1. There are many descendants of this family still living in Henderson County, North Carolina.
2. Ruby Dalton reported children: James, Abraham, Robert, Mary, and William?
1. Jacob was of Washington County, Tennesse, and he was found dead 4 miles West of Jonesborough, Tennessee, n.d. (H.M. March 20 1846) per exertps of estant Asheville, North Carolina newspapers 1840-1870 index by Robert M. Topkins).
1. Edmund McGuffey was bound out as an orphan of John McGuffey at the age of 7 years. His mother was still living at the time.
2. He was bound out to Gideon Morris, Washington County, in 1782 to receive "two years of schooling and a common good suit of clothes".
3. It is interesting to note that Abraham Kuykendall was also in Washington County for a short time.
1. Sarah & Edmund moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, Smith County, Tennessee, and then to Morgan County, Tennessee.
1. Daniel died while serving in the Civil War in CSA, from measles.
1. William was brother to Nellie that married Simon Kuykendall.
1. Esther & William moved to Franklin County, Tennessee about 1807.
2. Final records, Marion County, Alabama.
1. The earliest record mentioning Jacob [Luyersz] [Luursen] [Luyerson] [Luursen] [Leeurssen] van Kuykendall was his marriage banns (intentions) to "Stinjntje Douwes" which was recorded at Amsterdam, Holland on August 28, 1638. Dominie (clergyman) Wilhem Tzwingenburge married Jacob & Stijntie at the Nooderkerk (North Church) in the Jordann District of Amsterdam. At that time Jacob lived on Gasthersstraat (Near the Remjbrandt residence) and Stijntie lived on Anjellersstraat not far from the Old Nooderkirk. Note: There are other dates floating around for the marriage: 28 Mar 1638 - 29 Mar 1638 - 29 May 1638.
2. Jacob was a Metselaar (stonemason), from Wageningen, Gelderland Province, The Netherlands on the Rhine River.
3. He was possibly recruited along with his brother Urbanus as a soldier with The West India Company because of their profession.
4. A fire in 1662 in the Town Hall of Wageningen prevents us from having any older records on Jacob Luursen or his family.
5. On 25 Dec 1646, Jacob, Stynje, and their baby daughter Styntie most likely sailed on one of the four Dutch ships, The Great Gerrit, Princess, Zwol or Raet, that set sail from Amsterdam/Texel the Netherland, on a voyage to New Amsterdam in the new Dutch Colony of New Netherland located on the Eastern seaboaad of North America, and arrived in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherlands (now Albany, New York) on the ship "Princess" owned by the Dutch West India Company in 1647. The Fort was a small Dutch trade center located at the tip of today's Manhattan Island in New York City, New York.
6. Ancestor Chart of Sandra Denise Ashworth, 10864 E. Tierra Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259 revised 8 Aug 1993 lists Jacob's death at New Amsterdam (New York City), New York.
7. James D. Kuykendall reports that Jacob died during the Spring of 1655 at Fort Orange (Albany), New York. From: New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch: Vol. IV 1638/1649, Page 447, there was a report that Jacob had received five wounds by Rulof Cornelisz, a drunken soldier...probably knife wounds that most likely was a major contributor to his early death at age 39. [See writings on page 30 & 31 of book "Seeking van Kuykendaal". Stijntie remarried a Claes Teunussen and had at least two children by him before he died in 1663.
Stijntje [Christina]Wiggerz DOUWES
1. Alternate spelling of surname: Dourves
2. James D. Kuykendall gives place of birth as: Eunkhuizen, Noord Holland Province, The Netherlands and death after 1690, Kingston, Ulster, New York. He lists death in Minisink Area - Port Jarvis, NJ.
3. Note: The dates shown for birth and baptism of the daughter Stijnte are confusing....baptism 1st & birth 2nd.
4. James D. Kuydendall gives somewhat of a clue....There is a question regarding the parenthod and birth on January 17, 1838 in Amsterdam of a daughter baptized Stijntje whose mother was listed as Stijntje Douwes and father name Jacob Jansz. (Reported by Gene Kuykendall as questionable and by Emily Stowell with comment) It would be an unforgivable breach of ethics for a Dominie or church official to mistake the naming of a father at a time of baptism, and, it is hard to believe anyone might mistake the phonic sound of Luurson to be Janson. It is neither insulting nor rude to believe that Stijntie may have been married or united by banns prior to her marriage to Jacob; after all, she was past the age that most young ladies of that era would have been married. Jacob Janzs well might have been a good friend of Jacob and Urbanus and could have been a fellow traveler or soldier in the WIC who lost his life at an early age. One the other hand, for whatever reason, Jacob might have been using his metronymic (?) name at the time of this baptism. According to Charloette Wilcoxen, "Seventeenth Century Albany, a Dutch Profile", this would be altogether possible as she wrote, "the use of numberous names by the early Dutch made identification difficult". In her researsh, "found many different names being used by the same person". Prior to the eighteenth century there was no rules governing names or the use of names.
1. An unnamed publication wrote that a child of Jacob & Christina had been lost at sea during their voyage.
Styntie Luursen van KUYKENDALL
1. Stijntie, born 17 Jan 1638, is believed to be a child born to Jacob & Stintje [marriage contract 28 Aug 1638], however, caution is urged regarding her parenthood....
1. Alternate spelling of name: Aerit Pietersen Tack.
2. Aerit Pietersen Tack was baptized as Arnoldus.
3. Aert was a soldier stationed at Fort Orange for years starting in 1637.
4. From a narrative compiled and written by Mr. Robert B. Van Atta, a descendant of John van Etten and Jane Petersen Tack, it is found that Aert Petersen Tack was a major grain grower during the early 1660's in the Esopus owning 20 morgens [40 Acres] of land outside the village of Wiltwyck but made his home in the village itself. He may have worked more land in the area as he apparently employed a goodly number of farm workers. One of those was a man by the name of Jacob Jansen van Etten who was known as "Tacks farm boss" and who later, would marry Annetje "Jane" Ariens, Aert Tacks former wife and the mother of Grietjen "Margaret" Tack van Kuykendaal.
In the year 1663, Aert Petersen Tack is found confronted by a series of court suits stemming from complaints by Jacob van Etten and from his other farm workers as well as from suppliers whom he had failed to pay. All were seeking payment for work they had done and for supplies they had furnished during the year. In 1662 Tack had mortgaged the next years grain crop harvest and had spent the money so was unable to satisfy his debtors.
As it so happened, in June 1663 the Indians of the area attacked the village of Wiltwyck, massacred residents, took prisoners and burned many of the homes. Mr. Aert Tack apparently took advantage of the situation and simply disappeared hoping that his wife, his debtors, as well as the courts would believe he had been taken captive by the savage Indians and probably killed. The absconding Aert Petersen Tack had deserted his wife and family and left Annetje, his wife, to face the responsibility of settling his affairs and facing the problems he had created. Although no record has been found, it is recorded he returned and died ca. 1705 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
1. Alternate names she was sometimes identified as: Annetie "Jane" Ariens..., Annetje Ham..., Annetje Cam..., Annetje Gelvins..., and Annetje Adrianse.
2. After their marriage in 1665, Jacob and Annetje would move to the village of Hugly located in Ulster County between Kingston and Marbletown and rear a family of four girls and five sons.
1. Leur, Luerr, Luur...take your pick.
2. Alternate date of birth: 27 Oct 1709.
3. Leur's Will was probated 13 Jun 1789...Washington County, Pennsylvania. Executor was Andries Nye his stepson.
4. Some Information from Wanda H. Arnold Group Sheet.
1. This name may be Lena Consalisduk or Lena Consaulus.
1. Leur, Luerr, Luur...take your pick.
2. Alternate date of birth: 27 Oct 1709.
3. Leur's Will was probated 13 Jun 1789...Washington County, Pennsylvania. Executor was Andries Nye his stepson.
4. Some Information from Wanda H. Arnold Group Sheet.
1. Sarah was Widow of Andries Nye.