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Styntie Douwes

Female 1617 - Aft 1682  (65 years)


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  • Name Styntie Douwes  [1
    Born 22 Jan 1617  Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1682  Ulster County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18648  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Douwe Wiggersz,   b. Bef 1600, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Agniete Coensen,   b. Bef 1600, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F6842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jacob Luursen,   b. Abt 1616, Wageningin, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1655, New Netherland Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1638  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 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
    Children 
     1. Luur Jacobsen, (Van) Kuykendall,   b. Bef 29 May 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1720, Machackemeck, Orange County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F6840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Claes Theunnisen,   b. Abt 1627,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Aft 1655  New Netherland Territory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2009 
    Family ID F6841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jan 1617 - Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Aug 1638 - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 1682 - Ulster County, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S472] Winn, Velma K.-Family Researcher Family History Website.

    2. [S168] Kuykendall, Gene (1997)"Family History Our Dutch Heritage" http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm.

    3. [S396] Stowell, Emily AMERICAN NOMADS(1988: Iris Press, Del Mar, California), p 482 (Reliability: 3).