Styntie Douwes

Styntie married Jacob Luursen on 28 Aug 1638 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Jacob was born about 1616 in Wageningin, Gelderland, Netherlands; died on 29 Apr 1655 in New Netherland Territory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Our first known ancestor was Jacob Luurszen. Jacob was from Wageningen in the Netherlands, born around 1616. This we know from his marriage record to Stijntje Douwes at the old Dutch Reform Church (DRC) of Amsterdam in 1638. Stijntje was baptized at Enkhuisen in the Netherlands in January of 1617. Her parents were Douwe Wiggersz and Agniete Coensen.

A child Christijntje, baptized in Amsterdam on January 17, 1838, had been considered the first child of our Jacob and Stijntje. However, this should be questioned: The baptism took place seven months before our Jacob and Stijntje were married and, although the mother was a Stijntje Douwes, the father is recorded as Jacob Jansz. (Note: Emily Stowell suggests taht Christijntje might have been an illegitimate child of either Stinjntje or Stinjntje's and Jacob's...the father's name Jacob Jansz being the dutch equivalent of John Smith).

Jacob soon moved his family up the (Hudson) river to Fort Orange, and there is strong evidence that Luur had two sisters born at Fort Orange. Agniet Coens Jacobsen (named after her maternal grandmother) who married Dirck Cornelissen Keyser and Jacomyntie Jacobsen who married Thomas Van Der Merken. There are many instances of cross sponsorship at baptisms among these families. The (poorly kept) records of the first Dominie of the Fort Orange Dutch Reform Church were thrown out by his successor so there are no baptism records to verify these sisters. There is no evidence of any brothers of Luur. A Teunis Jacobsen has been suggested to be a son of Jacob and Stijntje but the evidence doesn't seem to support that.

from: Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997 http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm

1. Luur Jacobsen, (Van) Kuykendall was born before 29 May 1650 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory; died after 1720 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York.

Styntie married Claes Theunnisen after 1655 in New Netherland Territory. Claes was born about 1627; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jacob's widow, Stijntje married Claes Teunissen who later moved the family inland to a more remote area known by the Indian name, sopus also known by the Dutch name, Wiltwyck (now Kingston, Ulster county, NY). Claes and Stijntje's names appear in both Fort Orange and Wiltwyck records.

There is no compelling evidence of any children born to Stijntje Douwes in her second marriage to Claes Teunnisen. No record has been found of when Stijntje or Claes died. We know only that Stijntje is last mentioned in Kingston church records in 1682 and Claes in 1700. There were clearly two different Claes Teunissen's in the records of New Netherland, so beware in researching Claes.

Family History Our Dutch Heritage A Research Synopsis of the Kuykendall Family: Kuykendall, Kirkendall, Cuykendall, Coykendall, etc

Compiled by Gene Kuykendall, 1997

http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm

Douwe married Agniete Coensen in Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands. Agniete was born before 1600 in Netherlands; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]