Jesse Kuykendall

Jesse married Jean Hall on 17 Jun 1802 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Jean was born about 1764; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From GenealogyLibrary.com: Abstracts of Wills, Washington County, Tennessee pg. 41 P. 6 --Will of Peter Kuykendall, Feb. 17, 1783: Son, Jesse slave and land; d. Jane; s. Adams; d. Elizabeth; s. Matthew; s. Peter; ch. Mary, Ruthy, Rebecca, Offay [Affay]. Brother, Abraham, executor. Teste: Andrew Thompson, John Kuykendall, Robert Irwin. May Sessions, 1783.

(Courtesy of Grace Gleason)

Will of Peter Kuykendall

I, Peter Kuykendall of the State and aforesaid county being sick and in a low state of health, but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it with all others of his mercies, calling to mind the mortality of the body and knowing that it was appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last will and testament and principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it., etc. First, I give an bequeath that track or parcel of land where I now live and one Negro boy named Harry to my well beloved son Jesse; Secondly I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Jane Kuykendall one Negro named Dick; Also I give and bequeath to my son Adam Kuykendall five shillings sterling. I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Young the sum of one shilling sterling; I give and bequeath to my son Matthew the sum of one shilling sterling; I give and bequeath to my son Peter the sum of one shilling sterling and remaining part of my Estate after the discharge of all my just debts. I do ordain that it shall be equally divided among six of my children (viz) Mary Kuykendall, Ruth Kuykendall, Rebecca Kuykendall, Affray Kuykendall, Jesse Kuykendall and Jane Kuykendall. and this I do ordain and constitute my last will and testament revoking all others and affirm my seal this seventeenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. The above will and testament to be put into execution by my brother Abraham Kuykendall.
Signed Peter Kuykendall (Seal) Witnesses Andrew Thompson, John Kuykendall and Robert Irvin. Proven in open court by the oath of Andrew Thompson and John Kuykendall two of the subscribing witnesses. May Sessions 1783 and ordered to be recorded. Will Book 1 1779-1808

(Courtesy of Linda Young)

Peter married Mary Hampton about 1743 in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Mary was born about 1720; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Noah Hampton. (Marti Hurst).

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Velma Winn also lists a son, Simon.

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Mattheus was born about 1690, no baptismal record found.

From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)

Son Mattheus, and various grandsons began to migrate following the settlement patterns of this new country. Some moved south first to NJ/PA then VA/WV/NC then TN/KY and next west to TX. Some went to Upstate NY and, travelling primarily by boat across mighty rivers, to the midwest and eventually across the Oregon Trail in covered wagons to the far west.

The grandsons of Luur and Grietje who accepted early land grants in VA (WV) and NC, left a Dutch environment and entered an Anglicized environment. This meant the loss of the meticulous records of marriages and baptisms kept by the DRC's. Largely for this reason, there remains some doubt and serious disagreement about the lineage of the lines from NC. Were Abraham, Peter, Jacobus (James), Jonathan and Jacob the sons of Matthew or Cornelius? Researchers like Velma Winn and Betty Price are still working on this puzzle. The following records seem to indicate that Abraham, John, Peter and James lived in close proximity to Matthew. It would therefore seem they are more likely they are his sons, and not sons of Cornelius.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1748: Andrew Hampton shows in the North Carolina Militia Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Cobrin (Coburn). Dr. Robert W. Ramsay cited Samuel Coburn as the eldest son of James Coburn, who was a flourishing Indian Trader in the Susquehana Valley of Pennsylvania and then on the south branch of the Potomac River in Virginia by sometime earlier than his death there in 1748. Other members of Captain Coburn's Company in North Carolina under date of September 4, 1748, were Abraham, John, Peter and James Kuykendall. In 1743, one older Peter Kuykendall had been designated to lay out a road to Noah Hampton's mill on the Capon River, which later became Hampshire County, West Virginia. The old James Coburn was a neighbor of Noah Hampton. (Note: Peter married a Hampton and James married a Coburn).

MARCH, 1754: Anson County, North Carolina Deeds show Mathew Kuykendall and [second] wife Mary sell 150 acres for 28 Pounds Virginia money to Andrew Hampton. The land is located on the south side of the Catawba River and south side of Leapers Creek. Witnesses were John and Peter Kuykendall and Charles Dunlap and the Register shows all parties to be of Anson County. Dr. Robert W. Ramsay in his 1967 article by map locates Andrew Hampton on Dutchmans Creek below the Kuykendall Creek.

http://harrisonheritage.com/anhamptn.htm

The descendants of Jacob and Mattheus, most of whom migrated to VA/WV/NC tend to be found today with the original version of the last name, Kuykendall. Some of the earliest Kuykendall's in Texas were NC descendants who were Col. Austin's original 300 and played key roles in forming Austin's Colony. These have been documented by a Mr. Marshall Kuykendall of Austin, Texas for a History of Texas to be published in 1995/1996.

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

Matheus married Jannetje Westfall on 27 Mar 1715 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Jannetje (daughter of Johannes Jurian Westfall and Marritje Jacobs Cool) was born on 17 Mar 1688 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kingston Marriage Register

Page 529 Marriage Number 322 1715 27 March
322 MATHEUS VAN KUYKENDAAL, j. m., born in Raysester (Rochester), and JANNETJEN WESTVAAL, j. d., born in Kingstown, and both resid. in Menissing (Minisink). Banns registered, 13 March

14th Jan. 1715. "MATTHEUS VAN KUYKENDAAL j. m. born in Raycester (Rochester) and JANNETJE WESTVAAL, j. d., born in Kingston and both residing in Mennising, (Minisink). Banns registered 3, April." Rochester, (now Accord), is a little village about fifteen miles in direct line from Kingston. While Mattheus and his bride, at the time of their marriage, lived in the Minisink region, not far from Machackemeck or Port Jervis, they chose to go back to Kingston to be 'married, for this was the old home of both.

From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)

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Jacob Luurszen and Stijntje Douwes had a son, Luur Jacobsen (son of Jacob) baptized in the Dutch Reform Church of New Amsterdam (NYC) in 1650. Only the father's name was recorded at that baptism. After the death of his father, Luur moved with his mother and stepfather to the area of Kingston.

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

Emily Stowell notes that Luur signed his name using the toponym "van Kuykendall" only once that is known of, and that was at the christening of his youngest daughter, Seyte in 1706.

THE NAME KUYKENDALL, ITS ORIGIN, DERIVATION AND MEANING.

For a number of years I have occasionally met a person who formerly lived in Holland, and on hearing the name Kuykendall, the first thing almost that was said, was, "Your name is Dutch, or of Dutch origin." Several have told me they used to know people of our name in Holland, but that it was spelled a little differently there. Mr. A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist for the state of New York, and New York State Library, writing to me in regard to the ancient home of the Kuykendall family, and the name, said: "I suspect that Kijk-in-'t-dal is a locality near Wageningen, which lies on a high hill on the bank of the Rhine, and commands a fine view of the river." In a letter written later he says: "There seems to be no doubt that your family originally came from Wageningen. I am still inclined to think that Kijk-in-'t-dal may have been the form from which Kuykendall is derived, because there is an elevation near Wageningen, called Wageningsche Berg, from which one obtains a beautiful view of the valley of the Rhine, and secondly there are other names of similar construction in the Netherlands, the most striking being that of Kijk-in-de vegt, which is borne by a family in the province of Overijessel."

In relation to this subject, Mr. L. P. de Boer, historian of Dutch American families, wrote me in March, 1913: "I have struck analogies of the name Kuykendall in one of the Dutch periodicals, headed, "Rare and Curious Names," a locality, Kykenweide, near Overyossel, is mentioned to have existed in 1460-1496, 'Mead on View,' or 'View of the Mead.' I now remember to have seen a street in Groningen called 'de Ky-in-Jat Straat,' or "Look-in-the-gate' street. These examples strengthen my belief in the etymology of the name as suggested by Mr. Van Laer and you." Kijk is an old Dutch word or form for view, and is pronounced as if spelled Kuyk or Kike. Mr. Van Laer says the derivation from Kijk-in-'t-dal, which in Gelderland dialect may well have been spelled Kuykendal or Kuukendal, seems altogether most likely.

Mr. Dingman Versteeg, genealogist for the Holland Society, says "That so-called Scotch tradition was simply invented afterwards, to account for the misspelling Kirkendall." It may help also to account for the mis-pronunciation of the name, for many even of those who spell it Kuykendall or otherwise, pronounce it as if spelled Kirkendall. Mr. Van Laer says "The explanation of the name meaning Chicken valley is absurd, for if named from a valley where young chickens abounded, it would be more likely Kippendal (chickendale). There are several instances in the early records which would tend to show that the Kuykendall ancestors lived at or near Wageningen. We find Urbanus Luursen signed his name Urbanus Luursen van Wageningen, and the name of our ancestor appears in a power of attorney given by himself, signed "Jacob Luyersen van Wageningen."

At the time of the advent of our ancestor in America there were in use what are called patronymics, that is, father names. The family name corresponded to what is the surname now, but was often the name of the ancestral home, and was preceded by the word van, meaning from. If the family had adopted the name of the place where their fathers lived, then the Van was begun with a capital V, for instance Van Etten, Van Meteren. Many patronymics had a suffix that meant son, or son of. For instance a man who was the son of a father named William was called William's son, which later became Williamson, the family name. Thus we have the names Johnson, Peterson, Davidson, and many others. In the case of Irish and Scotch names there were many that were preceded by Fitz or Mac, which being added to other names, as Simmons, Hugh, Donald, made Fitzsimmons, Fitzhugh, McDonald or Macdonald, the terms Fitz and Mac meaning son or son of. In all these instances and many other, if the families should now undertake to trace their names back to their original formation, they would come to a person bearing the name Simmons, Hugh, or Donald, or otherwise, and if they wished to go still further back, they would have to seek some other proof or data to enable them to proceed.

It appears that the Dutch, along about the time our ancestors came to America, preferred the use of the patronymic or father name. Mr. Versteeg, genealogist for the Holland Society of New York, mentioned before, who was for some years the editor and publisher of "The Netherland Register," had in one of the numbers of the magazine, a very interesting and instructive article pertinent to this subject. Speaking of changes of names he said: "The Coykendall and Kuykendall families both trace their origin to Jacob Luurszen, but it was more than half a century after his death that his descendants began the use of the name Van Kuykendaal. The people were averse to using the family name, unless the person occupied a very prominent position." While, as Mr. Versteeg says, the family name Van Kuykendaal does not appear until fifty years after the death of our Holland ancestor, the evidence as to our lineal descent from Jacob Luurszen cannot be doubted. It is clear from the record that our ancestor's name was Luurszen. The Kuykendall family name is not peculiar or different in this respect from many other names found all over the country.Take the name Roosevelt, for instance. The ex-president's ancestors came from Holland, and as it happened, from the same province of Gelderland as our Kuykendall ancestor. The Roosevelt name as found in early New York records was Claes Martinszen. His name is usually found written this way, and only twice as Claes Martinszen Van Roosevelt. The family dropped the Martinszen and the Van, and adopted Roosevelt as the family name, so that now it is Roosevelt (Rose-field), the locality in Holland from whence the family came. In precisely the same way the Kuykendall name was Luurszen, and our ancestor's name was Jacob Luurszen (Van Kuykendaal), as has been shown. Our people dropped the Van and the patronymic Luurszen, and retained the present family name Kuykendall.

From: Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919)

Luur married Grietje Artse Tack about 1680 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Grietje (daughter of Aert Petersen Tack and Anneke Adriens) was born on 16 Aug 1663 in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory; died after 1720 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Although Grietje was born to Aert Piertsen Tack while he was still married to Anneke Adriens, and raised by Anneke Adriens as her daughter, Grietje was actually registered as the daughter of Aert Pietersen Tack and Grietje Vooght when she was baptisized. Grietje Vooght was an indentured servant in the Tack household, and most likely was the birthmother of Grietje Tack.

Old Dutch Church of Kingston records show the following births:

Parents: Aart Pietersen Tack & Grietjen Vooght. Child: Grietjen. (baptised Aug 1663) Sponsors: Jacob Jansen, Barber Andries

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It was in Kingston that Luur Jacobsen married Grietje Tack. Old unpublished records show they rented a farm at Marbletown in 1681. The baptisms of the eleven children of Luur and Grietje are recorded in the records of the Kingston Dutch Reform Church. Kingston became the first capital of the colony of New York.

In 1664, the British, irritated by the growing population of Dutch between the British colonies of Boston and Virginia, surrounded New Amsterdam with a large naval force and forced New Netherland to become a British Colony, renamed New York.

Inheriting a strong pioneering spirit and probably sick of British soldiers and taxes, Luur and Grietje moved their family around 1698 from the vicinity of Kingston to the Delaware valley wilderness known by the Indians inhabitants as Minisink or Machackemeck (now Port Jervis, Orange county, NY).

The Kingston Dutch Reform Church records tell us only that Luur and his family were in "Minisink" by 1700. The term Minisink referred to a vast territory along the Delaware valley in the tri-state region of NY/NJ/PA. However, Only two areas were settled before 1700, Peenpack and Machackemeck. Peenpack, or the Upper Neighborhood, was well documented by Peter Gumaer and Luur was not one of the early settlers here. We know that William Tietsoort had been granted land in Machackemeck, or the Lower Neighborhood, in 1698 and we also know that Luur Jacobsen's oldest son, Jacob, married a daughter of William Tietsoort. I think we can fairly safely assume that Luur came to Machackemeck with William Tietsoort around 1698. If for no other reason than the fact that there don't seem to be any other possibilities. Old Minisink Village (Sussex Co, NJ) where Luur's sons, Jacob and Matthew later owned property wasn't settled until in the 1720's. The section of Minisink on the PA side of the Delaware wasn't settled until even later.

Initially the local Leni-Lenape Indians, (called the Delaware by European settlers), were friendly toward these new neighbors. However, the Europeans penchant for exclusive land ownership soon led to hostilities. The history books reflect Kuykendall Family members among those scalped and kidnapped by Indian raiding parties.

The van Kuykendall children and grandchildren married with the neighboring Dutch families of Westfall, Tietsoort, Westbrook, Decker, Quick, Cole, Cortright, Van Auken, Van Etten, Depue, Van Vliet etc. Also with the Huguenot French families of Gumaer, Swartwout, Cuddeback, DuBois and Freer all of whom spoke Dutch and attended the Dutch Reform Church.

Some have been led to believe that church records for the Minisink/Machackemeck (Deerpark) DRC were lost for the years 1720- 1736. Histories of the Dutch Reform Churches in America reveal the following: The Deerpark DRC was not established until 1737. Until that time, Dominies from the established Kingston DRC travelled to the remote areas to perform baptisms which were later entered into the Kingston DRC records. The first Dominie at the Deerpark DRC found notes on baptisms performed in 1716-1719 in Minisink that had never been recorded in Kingston. He appended them to the Deerpark records which actually began in 1737. Hence, the appearance of missing records for 1720-1736.

We have no record of when Luur or Grietje died. We know only that both are last recorded in Deerpark church records in 1720.

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

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Johannes Jurians Westfael was the son of Juriaen Westfael and Marritje Hansen. Johannes was of Foxhall Manor, Kingston, Ulster, New York. He had two brothers, Abell and Symen, and two sisters, Elsjen and Rymerick. He married Marritje Jacobs Cool 28 Jan 1683 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. Marritje was born in Kingston, Ulster, New York to Jacob Barentsen Cool and Marritje Simons . She was baptized 7 Mar 1666 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. She had three older brothers, Symen, Barent (who died young), and Barent, and another brother, Arent, who was probably her twin. Johannes was among those who obtained a deed from a group of Native Americans for land in the Minisink area. This land is believed to be located in between the present-day cities of Westbrookville and Port Jervis, Orange, New York.

Sources:
1. Hoes, Roswell Randall (comp.), ?i?Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York?/i?, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997 (originally published by De Vinne Press (New York), 1891).
2. 1696 Deed for Menissing and Waggacknock.
3. "A rool of the names and surnames of them that haue takin the Oath of Allegiance in the County of Ulstr, by ordr of his Excely: the Gouernor; the ffirst day of Septembr Anno Qe: Domini 1689".

http://www.boydhouse.com/michelle/westfall/johanneswestfall/johanneswestfall.html

Johannes married Marritje Jacobs Cool on 28 Jan 1682 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Marritje (daughter of Jacob Barentsen Cool and Marritje Simens) was born before 1666 in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory; was christened on 7 Mar 1666 in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory; died about 1738 in Minisink, Orange County, New York; was buried in Minisink, Orange County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kingston Marriage Register

Page 506 Marriage Number 59 1683 28 Jan.
JOHANNES JURIAANZ WEESPHAAL, j. m., of Foxhal (Foxhall), ?u?[?/u?in the Esopus, and resid. in Kingston, and MARITIE JACOBZ COOL, j. d., of Kingston, and resid. there. First publication of Banns, 17 Dec., 1682.