Otto Van Tuyl

1661 - 1705  (44 years)

• Name	Otto Van Tuyl
  Born	1661	Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Dec 1705	At Sea
  Person ID	I2330	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Jan Otto Van Tuyl,   b. 1632, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands ,   d. 1689-1690, At Sea  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Geertruijt Jansdotter Van Lent,   b. Abt 1635, , , Netherlands ,   d. 1700, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New York, United States  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	1660	, , Netherlands
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grietje Margrietje Dircks Fluyt,   c. 5 May 1672, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Aft 1722  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1693	New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F1080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Otto is a German name not Dutch, however living so close to Germany, it is possible that there was intermarriage in earlier generations. Capt Otto Van Tuyl died in 1705 when his ship, the Privateer "The Castle Del Key," 130 tons, 18 guns, was wrecked on East bank of Sandy Hook, off Staten Island, on the 19th of Dec. 1705; Mr. Cortelyou of the Narrows failed in his rescue." (The Boston News Letter of Dec 16-24-1705, No. 88, New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vol XI, p. 4; The Pirates' Who's Who by Phillip Gosse) Captain Otto Van Tuyl was Commander of the private ship of war, Castle Del Key , owner of a Madagascar plantation in the Indian Ocean, and rover with Captain Kidd. Otto & Grietje 's marriagelisted in (6) Reformed Dutch Church of New York, 14 Jul 1693, p. 75. Otto was age 2 yr. in 1663 when the family arrived in New Amsterdam. He was named after his paternal grandfather