Styntie Douwes

1617 - Aft 1682  (65 years)

• Name	Styntie Douwes  [1]
  Birth	22 Jan 1617	Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1682	Ulster County, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I18648	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Douwe Wiggersz,   b. Bef 1600, Netherlands d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Agniete Coensen,   b. Bef 1600, Netherlands d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands   [3]
  Family ID	F6842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jacob Luursen,   b. Abt 1616, Wageningin, Gelderland, Netherlands d. 29 Apr 1655, New Netherland Territory (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	28 Aug 1638	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands   [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 d. Aft 1720, Machackemeck, Orange County, New York (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F6840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Claes Theunnisen,   b. Abt 1627   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1655	New Netherland Territory
  	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
  Family ID	F6841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Jan 1617 - Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands Marriage - 28 Aug 1638 - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Death - Aft 1682 - Ulster County, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S472] Winn, Velma K.-Family Researcher Family History Website. [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), p 482 (Reliability: 3).