Judge James Marion KUYKENDALL "Sr"
1. James & Celia lived in Garrard County, Kentucky, then in 1832 moved to Clay County, Missouri.
1. The given name could be Leurt, Luretz, Lurr, Leur, Laur, or Luer.
2. These three (3) brothers. who were sons of Luur arrived on the ship "The Princes" landing at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherlands, (now Albany, New York) in 1640.
3. It is a family tradition that the Kuykendalls originally were from Scotland, that they fled that country because of political and religious persecutions, that they went to Holland about 852 where they married and intermarried with the Dutch, lost some of the Scotch characteristics, took on some of the Dutch characteristics, and that while in Holland the Dutch twisted the name from Kirk-in-dale, meaning "church in the valley" to Kuykendaal, which would mean "Valley of Fowls", suggesting that somewhere in the old country the ancestors of the fmaily lived in a valley where fowls abounded.
4. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ALL KUYKENDALL RESEARCHERS TO READ THE BOOK BY JAMES KUYKENDALL, [Seeking van Kuykendaal], enabling one to get "between the lines".
Stijntje [Christina] Wiggersz DOUWES
1. Alternate spelling of surname: Dourves
2. James D. Kuykendall gives place of birth as: Eunkhuizen, Noord Holland Province, The Netherlands and death after 1690, Kingston, Ulster, New York. He lists death in Minisink Area - Port Jarvis, NJ.
3. Note: The dates shown for birth and baptism of the daughter Stijnte are confusing....baptism 1st & birth 2nd.
4. James D. Kuydendall gives somewhat of a clue....There is a question regarding the parenthod and birth on January 17, 1838 in Amsterdam of a daughter baptized Stijntje whose mother was listed as Stijntje Douwes and father name Jacob Jansz. (Reported by Gene Kuykendall as questionable and by Emily Stowell with comment) It would be an unforgivable breach of ethics for a Dominie or church official to mistake the naming of a father at a time of baptism, and, it is hard to believe anyone might mistake the phonic sound of Luurson to be Janson. It is neither insulting nor rude to believe that Stijntie may have been married or united by banns prior to her marriage to Jacob; after all, she was past the age that most young ladies of that era would have been married. Jacob Janzs well might have been a good friend of Jacob and Urbanus and could have been a fellow traveler or soldier in the WIC who lost his life at an early age. One the other hand, for whatever reason, Jacob might have been using his metronymic (?) name at the time of this baptism. According to Charloette Wilcoxen, "Seventeenth Century Albany, a Dutch Profile", this would be altogether possible as she wrote, "the use of numberous names by the early Dutch made identification difficult". In her researsh, "found many different names being used by the same person". Prior to the eighteenth century there was no rules governing names or the use of names.
1. Found in the Old Dutch church member - 1659/1809 - ID #45. - "Tuense, Claesje - Born December 8, 1661 - Died October 23, 1663". This was probably the daughter of Christina and Claes Tuennissen.
1. A land lease contract dated in 1681 reveals that Luer Jacobson and Claes Teunissen rented a farm in the community of Marbletown, a small settlement located inland West of the Hudosn River and a few miles South of today's Kingston in Ulster County, New York.
2. This Claes Teunissen would be the eightteen-year-old son of Claes and Christina Teunissen and the younger stepbrother of Luer Jacobson.
1. Agnes was probably of Frisian Ancestry. [Frisians were a Germanic speaking people who historically inhabited the far Northern territory of the Netherlands]
Cornelius Petersen (Petersz) TACK
1. Peter & Maijke were listed as Catholic.
2. Source: Frans Gouverneur
Jurian (George) Westfall WESTPHALEN
1. The surname may have been spelled "Westvael" or "Westphalen".
2. Alternate places of death: Sandystone, New Jersey & 1731 New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey
Styntie "Christina" Jacobsen van KUYKENDALL
1. James D. Kuykendall lists place of birth: (DRCK) Marbletown/Kingston, Ulster Co. NY
2, Ancestry.com (Herring Family) gives place of death 27 Aug 1684 at Minisink, Orange, New York.
Jacobus Leursen "Jacob" van KUYKENDALL
1. Information from History of North Carolina...P.266.
2. First Kuykendall Families in Colonial Mecklenburg, by: Betty Kuykendall Price.
3. Jacob is ancestor of Dr. George Benson Kuykendall: Herbert F. Smith of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, & Dr. John Wells Kuykendall, the 15th President of Davidson College of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
4. James D. Kuykendall lists place of birth: (DRCK) Marbletown/ Kingston, Ulster Co. NY.
5. The third wife and three children are taken from his will.
6. Hanna, in his "Wilderness Trail", mentions Jacob Kuykendall as Indian trader in Minisink, in 1719.
Adrientje "Andriana" TIETSOORT
1. The Surname later became Tittsworth.
2. Adriontjen died a short time after marriage.
Jacobus Leursen "Jacob" van KUYKENDALL
1. Information from History of North Carolina...P.266.
2. First Kuykendall Families in Colonial Mecklenburg, by: Betty Kuykendall Price.
3. Jacob is ancestor of Dr. George Benson Kuykendall: Herbert F. Smith of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, & Dr. John Wells Kuykendall, the 15th President of Davidson College of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
4. James D. Kuykendall lists place of birth: (DRCK) Marbletown/ Kingston, Ulster Co. NY.
5. The third wife and three children are taken from his will.
6. Hanna, in his "Wilderness Trail", mentions Jacob Kuykendall as Indian trader in Minisink, in 1719.
Sarah Janse Westfall (Westvael) WESTPHALEN
1. Alternate spelling of name: Sarah Westfall.
2. Sarah, Jennetje, & Maritje were sisters.