Grietje Artse Tack

Notes:

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

Grietje married Luur Jacobsen, (Van) Kuykendall about 1680 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Luur (son of Jacob Luursen and Styntie Douwes) was born before 29 May 1650 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory; died after 1720 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Styntie............................................................ Leur Jacobz, ..............................Stintie Douwes, April 2, 1682.................................................. Grietje Artz Tack....................... Claes Teunisse.

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

Styntie married Jurian "Euric" Westfall about 1710 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Jurian (son of Johannes Jurian Westfall and Marritje Jacobs Cool) was born on 27 Apr 1684 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; died about 1731 in Minisink, Orange County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Jacob, ............................................................Luyr Jacobs,............................... Annetie Arys, August 12, 1683............................................. Grietje Tack............................... Jacob Jans Van Etten.

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

He was reared to manhood in the region about Kingston, and married Adrientjen Tietsoort, who was the daughter of Abram Tietsoort of Kingston, and niece of William Tietsoort, the pioneer blacksmith. The Tietsoorts, (now spelled Tittsworth); and the Kuykendalls intermarried in several instances later, as when William, a son of Stephen Tittsworth, married Cath-crine Kuykendal, daughter of Hendrick Kuykendall and Elizabeth Cole. Jacob Kuykendall had Only one child, Margrita, by his first wife. She was baptized at Kingston, N. Y., September 11, 1709. This first wife, Adrientje Tietsoort, must have died soon after the birth of her daughter Margrita, for his second marriage is recorded as having taken place at Minisink, February 3, 1712. The record in the Church register reads: "Married, Jacob Van Kuykendaal, wid'r of Adrientjen Tietsoort, and Sara Westvaal, maiden, both residing in Mennissing, (Minisink).

Family record of Jacob Van Kuykendaal now follows: Margrita, baptized Sept. 11, 1709, by 1st wife Adrientje Tietsoort. Johannes, (John), baptized Jan. 19, 1713, by 2nd wife Sara Westphael. Jacobus, (James), baptized August 19, 1716, he and the others, by 2nd wife. Dina, baptized Jan.28, 1719. Marretjen, baptized Oct.22, 1721. Benjamin, baptized Sept. 1, 1723. Christina, baptized Feb.12, 1727. Nathaniel, baptized Oct. 6, 1728. Abraham, was probably born in Virginia, no record found.

The family of Jacob, with some of his brothers and their families, went to Virginia, as elsewhere related, and some of their descendants are found still farther west and south. Going out into the frontier so early, many of the descendants lost trace of their forefathers.

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

Jacob van Kuykendall was among the residents who granted land in Old Minisink Village (Sussex co, NJ) for a schoolhouse and a burying ground. That old cemetery can still be found, with some perseverance, back in the woods. There are fieldstone markers hand carved in old Dutch with some 1700's dates still decipherable.

Where did Jacob, Cornelius and Arie live out their lives? The evidence seems strongest for Warren and Hunterdon counties in NJ. Property granted to a Cornelius K at Northampton, PA in 1753 was believed to refer to Cornelius van Kuykendall, son of Luur. A later record of a Cornelius K improving that land makes it much more likely that this land was granted to his grandson, Cornelius Kuykendall.

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

Jacob married Ariantje Tietsoort about 1708 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Ariantje was born before 1690; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Sara Westfall on 3 Feb 1711 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Sara (daughter of Johannes Jurian Westfall and Marritje Jacobs Cool) was born on 16 May 1691 in Minisink, Orange County, New York; died about 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Johannes........................................................ Leur Jacobs, ...............................Cornelis Aartz Tack, April 20, 1685............................................... Grietje Tack................................. Sytie Van Etten.

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

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Cornelis,........................................................ Leur Jacobs, ...............................Johannes de Hooghes, May 30, 1686............................................... Grietje Tack................................ Jan Evers, Grietje Adriens.

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

Some of the descendants of Cornelius who migrated to PA/OH comprise most, if not all, of the Kikendall/Kirkendall/Kirkendale branches. In the Anglicized, frontier environment to which they moved, meticulous records of marriages and baptisms were not kept as they had been in the Dutch Reform Church.

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

Cornelius married Marretje Westfall about 1705 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Marretje (daughter of Johannes Jurian Westfall and Marritje Jacobs Cool) was born on 16 Aug 1685 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; died about 1753 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Johannes, .......................................................Lur Jacobs, ................................Johannes de Hooghes, September 30, 1688...................................... Grietje Tack............................... Johannes Evers, Grietje Adriens.

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

He during Queen Anne's war, as part of the Canadian Expeditonary Forces.

Notes:

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]

Matheus married Mary Tate before 1735 in North Carolina. Mary was born before 1715; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Arie,.............................................................. Leur Jacobs,.............................. Jan Van Etten, June 8, 1694.................................................. Grietie Tack.............................. Janette Rosa.

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

Arie married Griertjen Margaret Quick on 12 Dec 1720 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Griertjen was born before 1700; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Pieter,............................................................ Luir Jacobs,.............................. Peter Van Etten, May 1, 1698. ................................................Grietje Tack.............................. Hyltje Van Etten.

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

Pieter van Kuykendall, youngest son of Luur and Grietje, married Femmetje Decker and purchased a large tract of land from the Decker family in Machackemeck. This old farm literally encompassed the current village of Port Jervis. A historical marker depicts where Pieter's farm was burned in an Indian raid.

The descendants of Pieter tended be the only ones who remained in the Machackemeck area pioneered by Luur. This is fortunate for later descendants like myself who have the have the advantage of additional years of Dutch Reform Church records to identify our lineage.

The descendants of Pieter who remained in the vicinity of Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY before migrating primarily to Upstate NY are to be found as Cuykendall/Coykendall with the one exception noted below:

Wilhelmus Kuykendall, gr-grandson of Luur and my gr-gr-gr grandfather moved to old Mamakating Village (Wurtsboro, Sullivan Co., NY) before the Dominies and Clerks institutionalized their common misspelled versions (Cuykendall/Coykendall) of the surname.

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

Pieter married Femmetje Decker on 9 Jul 1719 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Femmetje was born before 1700; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Annetje,......................................................... Luir Jacobsen,.......................... Willem Van Vreedenburg, May 19, 1700................................................ Grietje Tack. ...........................Cornelia Swart.

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

Annetje married Roelof Brink on 27 Sep 1718 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Roelof was born about 1684 in Ulster County, New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christening Notes: (Child/Date of Christening/Parents/Sponsors)

Sara,.............................................................. Luir Jacobsen,.......................... Pieter Van Etten, June 14, 1702 ................................................Grietje Tack.............................. Eva de Hooghes.

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

Sara married Jacob Middagh on 18 Oct 1724 in Machackemeck, Orange County, New York. Jacob was born before 1702; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married first, on 9 May 1729 in Orange County, NY Arient Van Etten; and second 6 Aug 1747, also in Orange County, to Cornelius Cool.

Notes:

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]

Notes:

Said to have married Sarah COBURN of South Carolina. Sometimes shown as dying in Anson, North Carolina. Shown as having five children, James, Samuel, Jonathan, Mary and Elizabeth.

Notes:

APRIL, 1770: Andrew Hampton, Abraham Kuykendall, Henry Clark and Joseph Green presented their commissions as captains in the Tryon militia to the April Court. Tryon formed in 1769, from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in its initial scope had boundaries almost undefinable. See, "The History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties," 1730-1936, by Clarance W. Griffin. The first Tryon Sheriff reported 1226 taxables in 1769. Erent Holcomb in his, "Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina 1769-1786," shows that at the time of its formation, Tryon County, North Carolina included all of the South Carolina Counties of York, Chester, Union, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Greenville, Laurens and Newberry; and also included all or parts of the North Carolina Counties of Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford, Henderson, Polk, Burke and McDowell

http://harrisonheritage.com/anhamptn.htm

Family/Spouse: John Hardin. John was born about 1730 in Virginia; died on 28 Apr 1802 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Velma Winn shows that she married George MAUNEY.

Adam married Margaret Hardin about 1766. Margaret was born about 1746; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Hoysed. Walter was born about 1769; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I noticed on Ancestry.com that you listed the children of Samuel Young and wife Elizabeth Kuykendall [as John Young, Sr., Elizabeth Young, Catherine Young Hildebrand, Francis Young, Solomon Young, and Uknown Son Young]. I am a descendent of Samuel and have been researching this family for over 30 years.

There is an 1829 deed in Cleveland Co., NC where the heirs sell the land of Samuel Young deceased to Solomon Young also an heir. The heirs were John Young, Catherine Hildebran and Solomon Young. This also agrees with the census that they had 2 sons and only one daughter.

If you have information or proof that they had other children, I would like to hear from you about this.
There were 3 Samuel Youngs living in old Rutherford Co about the same time period. Some people get these families confused. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Terry Young (t_young@charter.net) Vale, NC
Email dated March 25, 2006

Information about this branch of the Kuykendall family was also provided by Linda Young.

(email: lyoung@southplainscollege.edu)

Elizabeth married Samuel Young about 1774. Samuel was born about 1749; died about 1827 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried in Knob Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Belwood, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Jane Hardin about 1781 in Burke County, North Carolina. Jane (daughter of John Hardin and Elizabeth Kuykendall) was born about 1763; died about 1840 in Butler County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Benson Kuykendall, author of HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY SINCE ITS SETTLEMENT IN DUTCH NEW YORK IN 1646, featured a section in his book featuring some of those Kuykendall's whose membership is quite large and widely scattered over the country, but who had not yet been able to trace their lineage back to earlier Kuykendall families. He listed Peter Kuykendall in this section at the time of the books publication in 1919.

The HISTORY OF THE KUYKENDALL FAMILY quotes E.G. Kuykendall, a veterinarian of Carmi, Illinois, "My great grandfather, Peter, came to this county from near Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1807 or 1808. He came to Kentucky from farther east, supposedly Virginia. He stayed here a few years and went to Northern Missouri. His two sons, James and Noah, stayed here, and later James moved to Southeast Indiana, where some of his descendants still live, one or two in New Harmony."

In the winter of 1912-1913, George Benson Kuykendall received a letter from an old veteran of the Union Army, John Kuykendall, at the Soldier's Home, Los Angeles, California "There were two Kuykendalls settled in White county, Illinois, in an early day; there names were Noah and Peter. Peter was my grandfather; my father's name was James."

In the book, the author notes that "There are a lot of Kuykendalls whose ancestors came into White county, Illinois, in the first decade of the nineteenth century, and since then have scattered...Carmi, the county seat of White county, is yet the location of a considerable sized settlement of Kuykendalls. These people with all their known relatives have been classified by me as the "Carmi Branch." By consulting a map of the country surrounding Carmi, in the White county, White river regions, it will be seen that Carmi is only about ten miles from the Wabash river, and that the White river empties into the Wabash only about twenty miles distant by straight line. The Ohio is the line between Kentucky and Indiana, and between the lower part of Illinois and Kentucky. In early times it was very common for the emigrants from Kentucky to go down the Ohio in barges or pirogues and to land at such points as suited their destination. It appears very likely that a good many of these Kuykendalls ....took the water lines of travel...(being) much more convenient to travel this way, after the Indians had been subdued by Wayne and Harrison. It was easier to float down the rivers than to go through the vast forests of Kentucky and Indiana."

This theory is confirmed in "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996), an article reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay: " It has been stated that the first name to become of record in the new county of White was Kuykendall. That being true, a few lines regarding him and his family will likely be of interest. James (sic) Kuykendall came from Tennessee in the winter of 1807, crossing the Ohio river at Shawneetown. There he camped to rest himself and family and take a look around. It appears that he tarried too long, for before he was aware of it, he was water bound. The river had backed up and he found himself on an island with no way of getting off. He had more than the usual amount of stock for a mover at that time, and he lost the greater part of it getting it out of the backwater. After getting to dry land with his family and such of his stock and household goods as he was able to save from the water, he felt he had all of Shawneetown that he wanted. So he came to Big Prarie and settled near where Georgia school house now stands. There he raised one if not two crops of sod corn. Enough of it to be able to loan a load to Robert Land when he came in the fall of 1809. So far as I can learn James (sic) Kuykendall made no effort to enter land and about 1820, maybe before, he complained that the country was getting too thickly settled to suit him, so he moved on. Going to northeast Missouri and settled near Chillicothe, where he died. Noah Kuykendall, a son of James, who had not inheritied his father's love for moving and hunting a new and unsettled country, selected a location in the north edge of the Prarie and in 1809 built a log cabin about one hundred yards west of the present home of George G. Kuykendall, his grandson. He married and brought to his cabin home a Miss Jones, sister of Dan and John, prominent men in their day. The only descendant of the Jones family now living in the county so far as I know is our fellow townsman, John R.

The Carmi Illinois 1816-1966 Sesquicentennial booklet also mentions the earliest settlers of Carmi: first the trappers and hunters, seeking fur and game. Then the land-lookers, wanting to settle. Daniel Bain, a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia, pushed into this area in 1806. He sired 18 children; was step-father of six more. Others built on the Big Prarie---Peter Kuykendall in 1808; Robert Land, Thomas Miller, Henry Jones, James Garrison, Thomas Gray and the Rev. Daniel McHenry in 1809.

The year 1811 was one of trouble and terror. Indians were killing and scalping. Tecumseh was trying to unite all tribes for war. "This is our land," he told General William Henry Harrison at Vincennes.

Then came that terrifying December 16. It was 2 a.m. Monday. Settlers slept. Suddenly the earth shook. Cabins shuddered. Logs creaked. Cradles rocked. Chimneys cracked. Bells rang. Clocks stopped. Dishes crashed. Cattle bawled. Dogs howled. Horses panicked. People fled their cabins; huddled in the cold. Parents prayed. Children cried. The ground rolled up in waves. Trees blew up, cracked, split, fell by the thousands. When earth waves hit the tall timber, forest giants weaved their tops together, interlocked their branches, sprang back and cracked like whip lashes. The earth rumbled, roared, split open, raised in some places, sank in others. On the prairie, snow white sand shot up like geysers. Along the Wabash and little Wabash Rivers banks caved in. Trees toppled into the water. Mrs. Edward McCallister hurried her children into a dugout canoe, pushed it into the Wabash River. Violent waves forced her to struggle back to the heaving land.

The earth shook all night and the following day. Tremors continued for three months, with massive shocks January 23 and February 7. The praying pioneers didn't know it, but they had experienced the heaviest earthquake ever to shake the American continent. It shook 1,000,000 square miles.

The following biography, not entirely accurate, was published in the "HISTORY OF NEW LEBANON, COOPER COUNTY, MO":

Peter Kuykendall went from KY to IL at an early date; he was dealing in land there at least in 1814-15. By his first wife (name unknown) he had the following children: Benjamin (R AR Terr.); Catherine (married Mar. 8, 1818 Howard Co., MO Benjamin Mathews) (R AR Terr.); Sarah (R AR Terr.); Moses (R Howard Co, MO); Hannah (married a Gage, R Howard Co, MO); Jesse (R IL); Polly (married a Taylor, R IL); and Noah Kuykendall (R IL); the geographic placements are as of 1826. While in Illinois, Peter Kuykendall married his second wife, Ruth Wyatt, and had seven more children: Wyatt, b Sept 28, 1810 IL; William Grant b Nov. 18, 1811 IL d 27 July 1892 buried Otterville, MO; Josiah A. b Feb 19, 1815 d Jan. 20, 1853, buried Brush Creek Cemetery, Williamson Co, TX; Peter b ca 1817 d before 1846; Mary d 1892; Narcissa; and Janette Kuykendall (married William Adams).

Wyatt, Josiah, and William Grant all entered land inthe 1830's northwest of Otterville Isee DVKM). Ruth (Wyatt) Kuykendall and her sons, Peter and Josiah entered land northwest of Otterville (see DVKM). Just when Peter Sr. and Ruth Kuykendall moved to Cooper County, Missouri from IL is not known, but Peter died there in Dec. 1826. Ruth died in 1858 and is buried in Llano County, Texas. **Taken from the probate papers for the Estate of Peter Kuykendall. R=resides

In Gifford White's unpublished paper titled "William and Mary Kuykendall Perry of Llano County, TX", he quotes Lania and Mattie Perry as saying "Mary Kuykendall Perry said that her father was in the Revolution, and was an old man when he married Ruth Wyatt, with a first family. She said he died of TB because of exposure in the war...the Kuykendall family lived near Boonville in MO because they used to hitch up and go into town."

There were 17 KNOWN living children of the two marriages of Peter Kuykendall at the time his estate was probated.

Peter married Unknown Wife Of Peter Kuykendall before 1780. Unknown was born after 1748; died before 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Ruth Wyatt about 1808 in Illinois. Ruth was born about 1792 in South Carolina; died about 1857 in Llano County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Jane married Matthew Kuykendall about 1781 in Burke County, North Carolina. Matthew (son of Peter Kuykendall, I and Mary Hampton) was born about 1758 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; died on 25 Sep 1845 in Butler County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]