Matheus Jacobszen (Van) Kuykendall

Abt 1690 - Aft 1754  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Matheus Jacobszen (Van) Kuykendall  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1690	Rochester Township, Ulster County, New York   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1754	Anson County, North Carolina   [1, 3]
  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
  Person ID	I18643	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Luur Jacobsen, (Van) Kuykendall,   b. Bef 29 May 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory d. Aft 1720, Machackemeck, Orange County, New York (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Grietje Artse Tack,   b. 16 Aug 1663, Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory d. Aft 1720, Machackemeck, Orange County, New York (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1680	Kingston, Ulster County, New York   [4]
  	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
  Family ID	F6838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jannetje Westfall,   b. 17 Mar 1688, Kingston, Ulster County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Mar 1715	Kingston, Ulster County, New York   [3]
  	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)
  Children	1. Symen Kuykendall,   b. 24 Jun 1716, Fort Orange, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory d. Yes, date unknown   2. Peter Kuykendall, I,   b. 28 Jan 1718, Fort Orange, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Territory d. 17 Feb 1783, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina (Age 65 years)   3. Jacobus "James" Kuykendall,   b. 22 Oct 1721, Kingston, Ulster County, New York d. Abt 1748, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Age 26 years)   4. Abraham Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1724   d. Abt 1813, North Carolina (Age ~ 89 years)   5. Elizabeth Kuykendall,   b. 26 Jan 1725   d. Bef 1728 (Age 2 years)   6. Elizabeth Kuykendall,   b. 6 Oct 1728, Kingston, Ulster County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Tate,   b. Bef 1715   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1735	North Carolina
  Children	1. Jacob Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1735   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1690 - Rochester Township, Ulster County, New York Marriage - 27 Mar 1715 - Kingston, Ulster County, New York Marriage - Bef 1735 - North Carolina Death - Aft 1754 - Anson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S472] Winn, Velma K.-Family Researcher Family History Website. [S396] Stowell, Emily AMERICAN NOMADS(1988: Iris Press, Del Mar, California), p 485 (Reliability: 3). [S168] Kuykendall, Gene (1997)"Family History Our Dutch Heritage" http://w3.gorge.net/forest/FAMILY%20HISTORY%20BY%20GENE.htm. [S396] Stowell, Emily AMERICAN NOMADS(1988: Iris Press, Del Mar, California).