Jacob Luurszen VAN KUYKENDALL

                   Name: Gene Kuykendall
E- mail: gatr69a@prodigy.com
Address: Two Sunset Road Sloatsburg, New York 10974
Surname of Immigrant: Luurszen
Given name(s) of Immigrant: Jacob
Name of Ship: Unknown (employee of Dutch West Indies Co.)
Arrival Date: Circa 1646
Origin of Immigrant: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Immigrant's Date & Place of Birth: abt 1616, Wageningen, Gelderland, the Netherlands
Immigrant's Date & Place of Death: bef 29 Apr 1655, Beverwyck (Albany, New York)
Immigrant's Spouse: Styntje Douwes, bp: 22 Jan 1617, Enkhuisen, North Holland, Netherlands d/o: Douwe Wiggersz & Agnietje Coensen
Source of Information: Amsterdam Archives, Dutch Reform Church (DRC) records of Amsterdam, Enkhuisen, New Amsterdam, Kingston, New York Historical Manuscripts-Dutch, Court records of Fort Orange and Kingston, Deacon records of Albany, and many others.
Immigrant's Children:
1. Styntje bp: 17 Jan 1638, Amsterdam (no further information)
2. Luur Jacobsen (van Kuykendall) bp: 19 May 1650, New Amsterdam (NYC) DRC, d: aft 1720 Machackemeck (Deerpark, Oragne County, New York) m: Grietje Aertze Tack, bp: 16 Aug 1663 Wiltwyck (KIngston, New York), d/o: Aert Pietersen Tack & Annetje Ariens.
3. Agniet Coens Jacobsen b: abt 1652, Fort Orange (Albany, New York) d: aft 1693, Ulster Co, New York m: Dirck Cornelisen Keyser
4. Jacomyntje Jacobsen b: abt 1654 Fort Orange d: 2 Apr 1693 Marbletown, Ulster County, New York m: Thomas Van der Merken
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Jacob and his brother Urbanus arrived in America in the winter of 1646 in New Amsterdam as immigrant workers on a ship owned by the Dutch West Indies Company. They settled in Fort Orange. Allegedly, a younger brother arrived later (Charsten Luursen) and married in 1664. Jacob was a stone mason and brick layer by trade. He was a member of the Dutch Reform Church in New Amsterdam.
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In 1646, Jacob Luurszen Van Kuykendaal (note this original spelling of the name), came to the Dutch Colony in the New World from near Wageningen, province of Gelderland, Holland. He had been in the employ of the West Indies Company, headed by Van Rensselaer. The name Kuykendall means "View of the Dale," derived from "KIJK-Indiana-'T-DAL," Wageningen is on the Rhine, near Arnheim, and lies on a high hill, commanding a fine view of the river. His son, Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendaal, was baptized in New Amsterdam (now New York City) on May 29th, 1650. He married Grietje Artze Tack, in turn reared a family, and about 1700 moved from around Kingston to Port Jervis. His son, Cornelius, was baptized May 30, 1686; he married Maritje Westvael. Abraham, son of Cornelius, was baptized on October 18, 1719, at Deer Park Church, New York. This Abraham migrated to North Carolina, was a captain in the Revolutionary Army, and a commissioner appointed to run the line between Tryon and Mecklinberg Counties and build a courthouse for Tryon County
SOURCE: Letter from RHEA KUYKENDALL in the book, "The Millers of Millersburg and Their Descendants" by John Bailey Nicklin
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After the House of Holland deceased, rulers of Hinault, Bavaria and Habsburg came and went. Holland fought Philips II of Spain, overlord of The Netherlands, during the Dutch war of Independence (1568-1648). In 1648 Holland integrated in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
SOURCE: HOLLAND AND ITS RULERS, The Royal Dutch People of Holland, © 2000 MokumTV Amsterdam
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IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING JACOB'S LIFE:
o 1614 The name New Netherland first appears in an official document; New Netherland Company licensed by the States General; fur trading post Fort Nassau established on Castle Island, present day Port of Albany
o 1618 Synod of Dordrecht; beginning of Thirty Years' War in Germany
o 1619 Beheading of Johan van OLDENBARNEVELT, leader of the peace party, at the Hague
o 1621 End of the Twelve years' truce with Spain; chartering of the West India Company [WIC] by the States General
o 1624 First colonists arrive in New Netherland where they are settled at Fort Orange (Albany), the mouth of the Connecticut River, and on High Island (Burlington Island) in the Delaware River; Cornelis MAY, as senior skipper, becomes first director of New Netherland
o 1625-1647 Prince Frederik HENDRIK becomes stadholder upon death of Prince MAURITS
o 1625 Publication of "De Jure Belli et Pacis" by the Dutch statesman and jurist Hugo GROTIUS, lays foundation for the science of international law. Willem VERHULST arrives as director of New Netherland
o 1626 Daniel van CRIECKENBEECK, commander at Fort Orange, killed while supporting a Mahican war party against the Mohawks; Peter MINUIT replaces VERHULST as director; purchases Manhattan Island; moves settlers from Fort Orange, Connecticut, and Delaware to Manhattan
o 1628 Piet HEYN captures Spanish silver fleet for the WIC
o 1629 "Freedoms and Exemptions," establishing the patroonship plan of colonization, approved by the WIC
o 1631 Patroonships of Rensselaerswijck (upper Hudson), Pavonia (Jersey City), Swaenendael (Lewes, Delaware), among others, founded in New Netherland
o 1632 MINUIT removed as director of New Netherland, replaced by Bastiaen Jansz CROL; Swaenendael destroyed by Indians
o 1633-1638 Wouter van TWIllinoisLER, director of New Netherland
o 1638 Peter MINUIT hired by Swedish South Company, establishes New Sweden on the Delaware River (Wilimington, Delaware); MINUIT lost at sea while returning to Sweden
o 1638-1647 Willem KIEFT, director of New Netherland
o 1639 WIC opens fur trade to everyone
o 1642-1654 Johan PRINTZ, governor of New Sweden
o 1643-1645 KIEFT's war with the Indians around Manhattan Island
o 1647-1650 Prince WIllinoisLEM II as stadholder
o 1647 Petrus STUYVESANT becomes director general of New Netherland, Curaao, Bonaire, Aruba, and other dependencies in the Caribbean; WIC ship "Princess Amalia" lost in Bristol Bay, former Director KIEFT and Domine Evardus BOGARDUS drowned with 82 others
o 1648 Peace of Westphalia, settling Eighty Years' War with Spain; end of Thirty Years' War
o 1649 Swedish relief ship "Kattan" ("The Cat") bound for New Sweden lost off Puerta Rico
o 1650 States General, opposing authority of princes of the house of Orange, assume control over Dutch general policy; Hartford Treaty, settling boundary dispute between New Netherland and New England
o 1651 STUYVESANT abandons Fort Nassau (Gloucester, New Jersey); replaces it with Fort Casimir (New Castle, Delaware) below Swedish Fort Christina
o 1652-1654 First Anglo-Dutch War
o 1653 Construction of defensive wall across Manhattan Island (Wall Street) after threat of invasion from England
o 1654 Swedes under new governor, Johan RISING, capture the Dutch post Fort Casimir on Trinity Sunday, rename it Fort Trefaltighet (Fort Trinity)
o 1655 STUYVESANT conquers New Sweden in the Delaware Valley; Indians around Manhattan attack New Amsterdam, Pavonia, and Staten Island in a conflict called "The Peach War."