Cornelius Jacobsen Kuykendall, Sr

Cornelius VAN KUYKENDALL (Luur Jacobsen VAN KUYKENDAAL, Jacob Luursen VAN KUYKENDALL) was born May 30 1686 in Kingston, Ulster, N.Y.. He died after 1753 in New Jersey.

Cornelius married Marritje WESTVAEL, daughter of Johannes Juriaanz WESTVAEL and Marretje Jacobz KOOL, about 1705 in Kingston UL. Co. NY. Marritje was born Aug 16 1685 in Kingston, NY. She died after 1753 in New Jersey.

They had the following children:

   + 	52 	M 	i 	Leur KUYKENDALL was born Oct 27 1706 and died Jun 13 1789.

+ 53 F ii Margrite KUYKENDALL was born May 7 1710.
+ 54 F iii Marretjen KUYKENDALL was born Jun 22 1712 and died about 1747.
+ 55 F iv Nelletjen KUYKENDALL was born Jun 14 1715 and died WFT Est. 1754-1810.
56 M v
Johannes KUYKENDALL was born Jun 5 1717 in Minisink, NY. He died 1762.
Johannes married Elizabeth DECKER on Apr 19 1745. Elizabeth was born 1717.
+ 57 M vi Abraham , Sr. KUYKENDALL was born Oct 18 1719 and died 1812.
58 M vii
Jacobus KUYKENDALL was born about 1731. He died 1787 in Mecklenburg Co., NC.
59 M viii
Petrus KUYKENDALL was born Jul 4 1733 in Minisink, Orange, NY. He died 1783 in Washington Co., NC/TN.

1686 - Circa 1753

The fourth child of Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall, Cornelius was born

in Kingston on May 30, 1686, and married Maritje Westvael in 1705

in Minisink. Maritje was the daughter of Johannes Westphal and Maritji

Kool; Johannes' parents, Jurian Westphal and Maritje Hansen, had emigrated

in the 1600's from Westphalia, Prussia (present day Germany).

Cornelius dropped the Van in the family surname, probably influenced

by his English-speaking neighbors in the Minisink and Deerpark, New

Jersey, areas where his first four children were born. One record

states that after 1747 Cornelius with his youngest sons Johannes (John),

Abraham, and Petrus (Peter) moved south into Pennsylvania, Virginia,

and finally North Carolina. However, Cornelius and Maritje are reported

to have died after 1753 in New Jersey, so it is likely that either

Cornelius and his wife returned to Minisink or that only their sons

made the move south. Cornelius' sons were accompanied by the sons

and grandsons of Matthew Van Kuykendall, a brother of Cornelius, so

that the majority of the Kuykendalls were in North Carolina by about

1750. It is interesting to note that most of Cornelius' children were

marrying outside the Dutch community, thus becoming part of the cultural

melting pot of the American colonies.

Cornelius Kuykendall (son of Luur Jacobson Van Kuykendall and Grietje Artze Tack) was born 1686 in Ulster, New York, and died 1753 in Minisink, Sussex Co., New Sersey. He married Maritje Westvael on 1705 in Orange, New York, daughter of Johannes Jurianse Westfall and Marritje Jacobsen Cool.

More About Cornelius Kuykendall: Christening: May 30, 1686, Kingston, New York .

More About Cornelius Kuykendall and Maritje Westvael: Marriage: 1705, Orange, New York.

Children of Cornelius Kuykendall and Maritje Westvael are: +Abraham Kuykendall, b. October 18, 1719, Kingston, New York, d. Abt. 1812, Buncombe Co., NC.

Kuykendall / Neuffer Genealogy (Genealogy of the Kuykendall & Neuffer family)

Luur's son Matthew is listed as ``Mattheus Van Kuykendaal'' in marriage records dated April 3, 1715. Also, another son named Cornelius appears to have dropped the Dutch ``Van'' at some point as he moved into Minisink County in what is now New Jersey, as all of his children were baptised with just the surname ``Kuykendall.'' It is widely believed that most Kuykendalls of the present are descendants of Matthew Van Kuykendaal and Cornelius Kuykendall, so our use of the name stems from them and their children who moved out of the Hudson and Delaware river valley south into various parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Alabama.

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Welcome! The origin of the Kuykendall name is Dutch. Genealogists such as Dr. George Benson Kuykendall, author of History of the Kuykendall Family (1919), have traced the name to an area near Wageningen overlooking the Rhine river. Drawing from sources such as the Archives of the State of New York, the Holland Society, and records from 17th century Holland, Dr. Kuykendall explains that the name Kuykendall was not used as a surname in the modern sense until our Dutch ancestors had been in this country over fifty years. During the 17th century in Holland, only people of great prominence or social position used the family name as we do today; instead, they preferred the father's given name with the suffix sen attached. For example, our ancestor who immigrated from Holland to Fort Orange, New York, was called Jacob Luursen because his father was named Luur. Consequently, the name of Jacob's son was written as Luur Jacobsen in Dutch Reform Church records in 1650. When he arrived in the New World in 1640, Jacob signed his full name as Jacob Luursen Van Wageningen, the word van meaning from, thus establishing that he was from Wageningen, Holland, although some genealogists believe he was actually born in Land Van Kuyk, a county about 12 miles south of Wageningen. This area, probably known at the time as Kijk-in-t-dal, lies on a high bank above the Rhine river and it said to have a beautiful view of the Rhine valley. Kijk is an old Dutch word for view and it is pronounced as if it were spelled Kuyk or Kike. Mr. Van Laar, a New York State Archivist in 1919, maintained that in the Dutch dialect of the Wageningen area, Kijkinstdal may have been spelled Kuykendall or Kuukendal. Other genealogists familiar with Dutch names support this view. Our first American-born ancestor, Luur Jacobsen, was also the first to use the surname Van Kuykendall. My sources say that he added the name when he reached the age of 21, according to Dutch custom. However, he did not use Van Kuykendall except for some official documents such as baptism records of his children. From this point on, however, Luur Jacobsen's children used the surname Van Kuykendall as a last name, probably due to the influence of English customs after New Netherland became New York under British control in 1664. Luur's son Matthew is listed as Mattheus Van Kuykendaal in marriage records dated April 3, 1715. Also, another son named Cornelius appears to have dropped the Dutch Van at some point as he moved into Minisink County in what is now New Jersey, as all of his children were baptised with just the surname Kuykendall. It is widely believed that most Kuykendalls of the present are descendants of Matthew Van Kuykendaal and Cornelius Kuykendall, so our use of the name stems from them and their children who moved out of the Hudson and Delaware river valley south into various parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Alabama. Ths extensive research of the genealogists and archivists above convincingly dispells the popularly held belief that Kuykendall is of Scottish origin because of its resemblance to the old Scottish word kirk for church. It has been suggested by some that the name means church in the valley (dale) in old Scottish dialect, but there is no evidence that the name derived from that language. In light of genealogy studies mentioned above, it is likely that English-speaking neighbors anglicized the name as members of the family moved out of the traditionally Dutch New York area into colonies dominated by English and Scottish culture.

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Welcome! The origin of the Kuykendall name is Dutch. Genealogists such as Dr. George Benson Kuykendall, author of History of the Kuykendall Family (1919), have traced the name to an area near Wageningen overlooking the Rhine river. Drawing from sources such as the Archives of the State of New York, the Holland Society, and records from 17th century Holland, Dr. Kuykendall explains that the name Kuykendall was not used as a surname in the modern sense until our Dutch ancestors had been in this country over fifty years. During the 17th century in Holland, only people of great prominence or social position used the family name as we do today; instead, they preferred the father's given name with the suffix sen attached. For example, our ancestor who immigrated from Holland to Fort Orange, New York, was called Jacob Luursen because his father was named Luur. Consequently, the name of Jacob's son was written as Luur Jacobsen in Dutch Reform Church records in 1650. When he arrived in the New World in 1640, Jacob signed his full name as Jacob Luursen Van Wageningen, the word van meaning from, thus establishing that he was from Wageningen, Holland, although some genealogists believe he was actually born in Land Van Kuyk, a county about 12 miles south of Wageningen. This area, probably known at the time as Kijk-in-t-dal, lies on a high bank above the Rhine river and it said to have a beautiful view of the Rhine valley. Kijk is an old Dutch word for view and it is pronounced as if it were spelled Kuyk or Kike. Mr. Van Laar, a New York State Archivist in 1919, maintained that in the Dutch dialect of the Wageningen area, Kijkinstdal may have been spelled Kuykendall or Kuukendal. Other genealogists familiar with Dutch names support this view. Our first American-born ancestor, Luur Jacobsen, was also the first to use the surname Van Kuykendall. My sources say that he added the name when he reached the age of 21, according to Dutch custom. However, he did not use Van Kuykendall except for some official documents such as baptism records of his children. From this point on, however, Luur Jacobsen's children used the surname Van Kuykendall as a last name, probably due to the influence of English customs after New Netherland became New York under British control in 1664. Luur's son Matthew is listed as Mattheus Van Kuykendaal in marriage records dated April 3, 1715. Also, another son named Cornelius appears to have dropped the Dutch Van at some point as he moved into Minisink County in what is now New Jersey, as all of his children were baptised with just the surname Kuykendall. It is widely believed that most Kuykendalls of the present are descendants of Matthew Van Kuykendaal and Cornelius Kuykendall, so our use of the name stems from them and their children who moved out of the Hudson and Delaware river valley south into various parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Alabama. Ths extensive research of the genealogists and archivists above convincingly dispells the popularly held belief that Kuykendall is of Scottish origin because of its resemblance to the old Scottish word kirk for church. It has been suggested by some that the name means church in the valley (dale) in old Scottish dialect, but there is no evidence that the name derived from that language. In light of genealogy studies mentioned above, it is likely that English-speaking neighbors anglicized the name as members of the family moved out of the traditionally Dutch New York area into colonies dominated by English and Scottish culture.

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                           Sumner, North Carolina, United States - 1787                        

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                           Rutherford, North Carolina, United States - 1790                        

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                           Franklin, Tennessee, United States - 1820                        

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                           De Soto, Mississippi, USA - 1840                        

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                           No Township Listed, De Soto County, MS - 1841                        

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