Notes for Jacob Leursen Van Kuykendaal: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #2141, Date of Import: Feb 27, 2005]
HISTORY of the KUYKENDALL FAMILY
As taken from the book of George Benson Kuykendall, Published in 1919 thru the line of Jacob Luerson, Luer Jacobson Van Kuykendall, Cornelius Kuyken- dall, Matthew Kuykendall, John Kuykendall & Nancy Kuykendall. Jacob Luerson together with his Brother Urbanis came to America in the employee of the West India Company about the same time that Peter Stuy- vesant became Director General of the New Netherlands. The year was 1646. Their home had been in Gelderland, Holland, in the vicinity of Wageningen. Jacob went to Fort Orange, N.Y., The site which is now Albany, N.Y., this and surrounding property was owned by Killiaem Van Renessaler who was a wealthy Holland Diamond Merchant and supervisor of the West India Co. Fort Orange was originally settled by a group of Walloons, protestant refugees, in 1624. Indian trouble tormented them from the start, and we know from a letter written in 1643, that only a hundred people were living in this area when Jacob arrived. No information is available concerning Jacob`s wife, but we know they had a son, who was baptized in New York City on May 29, 1650. This son, Luer Jacobsen, was to add the name of Van Kuykendall aboiut 1705 and become the father of the Kuykendall Family in America. Luer grew up from early youth in the Esophus country ( The region about Kingston, N.Y.), and in 1680 was married there to Grietje Tack, daughter of Aert Pietersen Tack and Annetje Ariens. Luer and Grietje continued to live in this area until about 1700. During this interval, they had seven children baptized at Kingston. Their eight child was baptized at Minisink, thus fixing the date of the move. The Minisink country to which they moved was then a far out frontier on the Delaware River near the present Pt. Jervis, N.Y. Cornelis, the third son of Leur and Grietje, stayed in the Kingston area after his father and some of his brothers and sisters moved to Minisink. It was here that Cornelis married Marytie Westphalen ( or Marretjen Westvael) and their first four children were baptized at Kingston; the next two at Deerpark, N.Y. Sometime after 1719, they moved to Minisink country where Petrus was baptized in 1733. It is interesting to note Cornelis gave his name as Kuykendall at the baptism of all his children, omitting the "Van" and other ties with his old name. According to the records, the first four children of Cornelis and Marytie were married and had children baptized in the Kingston and Deerpark area. The last three sons were too young to figure in the family history either in New York or the Minisink area. The last mention of the Cornelis family in the old church records, is where Cornelis and Marretje are present for the baptism of Marretje`s son, their Grandson, on June 21, 1747 at the Walpack Church in the Minisink area. Cornelis together with his three sons, Cornelius, Abraham and Petrus moved on to the Carolinas, stopping for a while in Virginia on the way. Many Kuykendalls were granted land on the "Wappacoma" or the Great South Branch of thr Potomac River from Lord Fairfax in 1749. The first record of Kuykendalls in the Carolinas was April 2, 1750, for the land of Leeper Creek, Catawaba County (Anson County at the time). There are many deeds on record in the county register`s office at Wadesboro, N.C., in which the names of Kuykendalls appear. Soon after 1750, many descendants of Matthew and Cornelius appear in the Carolina records. (Other places mentioned regarding these old Kuykendall residents were: Salisbury, N.C.,Tryon County, N.C., Bundcombe County, N.C., and Mecklenburg county, N.C.. There was another Matthew Kuykendall born in Mecklenburg county, so care should be taken to ascertain proper family ties.) The Kuykendalls had not been living in North Carolina long before they began to have trouble with the Indians. The settlers were compelled to organize companies of Rangers and Scouts, and in vol. XXll, page 820, Colonial Records of North Carolina, there is a list of Samuel Corbin`s company, among which are found the names of John Kuykendall, Abraham Kuykendall, and Corporal James Kuykendall. This was dated March 18, 1760. Shortly before the Revolutionary War, steps were taken to build a court house for Tryon County, N.C. in Vol. xx, laws of North Carolina, Chapter Xll, page 964, we find an act appointing commissioners for this. Among the commissioners appointed for this purpose was Abraham Kuykendall. War broke out and the project was sidetracked. Another Commission was appointed in 1778, and Abraham was once again selected for this duty. The North Carolina Kuykendalls were all patriotic, and when they heard of the "Boston Tea-Party", they were fired with enthusiasm and highly endorsed the work of the Bostonians. On the 26th day of July, 1775, nearly a full year before the Jefferson Declaration of Independence, pur North Carolina Kuykendalls, together with their friends and neighbors held a meeting in Tryon County to elect a safety committee. Among the committeemen for Captain Kuykendall`s Company was Abraham Kuykendall. ( Vol. x, page 120, Colonial Records) Excerpts from the public records in York County, South Carolina, give the following: -- At the april term of the court for York District, one Peter Kuykendall, Late of the Camdem District, S.C., conveyed to William Barron. and a tract surveyed to Abraham Kuykendall and conveyed to Peter Kuykendall, June 6, 1768. Deeds recorded- - Deed Book A, page 178. At the April Court, 1787, same District, one Abraham Kuykendall and wife Elizbeth, convey to Thomas Bridges a tract of land, 133 acres, on Buffalo Creek, in Camden (York) District, for 310 pounds sterling. Deed recorded in Book A, page 178. The North Carolina census for 1790, shows in Rutherford, Morgan District---- Abraham Kuykendall, Jr. with wife, Elizabeth Van Zandt, two sons and three daughters. The children were all under sixteen. Matthew Kuykendall married Nancy Johnsin, daughterof Col. William Johnson, in North Carolina. They moved to Tennessee, possibly to Franklin county. Matthew is reported to have been born in 1758. The birthplace and date of their first child is unknown, but their first Grandchild is reported to have been born in 1806. It is believed that Matthew died in Mississippi. The Children all left Tennessee, with Abner, Absolem, James and John coming to Texas. Abner in 1831, James and John about 1848. There is a second Matthew Kuykendall of Butler County, Ky. That made application for a Revolutionary War Pension. This Matthew is not to be confused with our ancestor, although they were about the same age and both were born in North Carolina. John and James Kuykendall came to Texasabout 1848 and settled at Harmony Hill, Rusk County. This settlement was called "Nip and Tuck" and was located on the "Trace" or Stage Route at that time. John was a Doctor, practicing the Thompsonian System. John Kuykendall married Poly Key, and through this marriage there were three sons-- John, Owen, and William--- and at least one daughter, Nancy Ann. Nancy Ann Kuykendall was born November 22, 1825 and died April 15, 1893. She first married a Grimes, who died shortly thereafter, and then married William A. Miles. There was one son, George Grimes, by this first marriage and seven dauthters by William A. Miles. Nancy and Wm. were married in 1851 or 1852. Laura Texana (or Texas Laura), the third daughter of Nancy and Wm. Miles, was born January 30, 1858, and died Febuary 19, 1918. Laura Texana maried James D. Woodall and they lived and raised a family of two boys and two girls on a farm near Hallsville, Texas. For more complete information on this family line and other background information, Dr. George B. Kuykendall`s HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY should be studied. The information contained herein was extracted from the folling pages of this History. Pages 27,35, 37, 116, 126-128, 169, 185-189, 197, 216, 223, 387-388, 587-589, and 619-620.
More About Jacob Leursen Van Kuykendaal: Date born 2: Abt. 1616, Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands.53 Died 2: 26 Apr 1655, Fort Orange, New York.53 Fact 1: 1646, Jacob Luurszen & his brother, Urbanus came.54 Fact 2: to America in 1646. They come from Gelder-.54 Fact 3: land, Holland. They settled in Fort Orange N.Y..54 Fact 4: Jacob Luerson was the father of Luer.54 Fact 5: JACOBSON who changed his last name to.54 Fact 6: VAN KUYKENDALL in 1705..54
More About Jacob Leursen Van Kuykendaal and Styntie Douwes: Marriage: 28 Aug 1638, Amsterdam, Holland.54, 55
Children of Jacob Leursen Van Kuykendaal and Styntie Douwes are:
Jacob Leursen Van Kuykendaal (b. 1616, d. 29 Apr 1655)
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