Family: Jacob Luursen / Styntie Douwes (F6840)

• Male Jacob Luursen

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1616	Wageningin, Gelderland, Netherlands
  Death	29 Apr 1655	New Netherland Territory
  Burial
  Marriage	28 Aug 1638  [1]	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands  [1]
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  Female Styntie Douwes

  
  

  Birth	22 Jan 1617	Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands
  Death	Aft 1682	Ulster County, New York
  Burial
  Other Spouse	Claes Theunnisen | F6841
  Marriage	Aft 1655	New Netherland Territory
  Father	Douwe Wiggersz | F6842 Group Sheet
  Mother	Agniete Coensen | F6842 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Luur Jacobsen, (Van) Kuykendall

  
  

  Birth	Bef 29 May 1650	New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory
  Death	Aft 1720	Machackemeck, Orange County, New York
  Burial
  Spouse	Grietje Artse Tack | F6838
  Marriage	Abt 1680	Kingston, Ulster County, New York

  
  

• Notes

  Married: 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

  
  

• Sources

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