The following is taken from Teresa Lynn (Truax) Clendinneng's "Our FamilyTies" from the RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.
Jacob was baptized at New Amsterdam on December 2, 1645 (NYG&B 57/338),and married at the Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, September 26,1974 to Elizabeth "Lysbeth" Post, probably a daughter of Lodewyck andAgnietje (Bonen) Post. Lysbeth was baptized at New Amsterdam on July 18,1655 and died after 1730.
Jacob was the first of the Truax name to settle in Monmouth County, EastJersey, which he had done March 7, 1676 when he was conveyed 12 acres inMiddletown (Book E/page 43). According to Honor in his "This OldMonmouth of Ours", page 264, Jacob located at Freehold where he had about400 acres of land.
It was during Jacob's generation that the family began to change itsspelling of Du Trieux and shifted to either Truax or Truex. - Assn ofPhilippe du Trieux.