Jan Sandersz Van Tuyl

Notes:

Jan Sandersz, (sometimes called Johan) moved to Gameren at the time of his marriage in 1586.He was
mentioned together with his mother & sister on 13 Apr 1564, of age between 7 Jun 1570 & 17 Mar 1583, & died 18 May 1617 (around Midnight), married between 22 Apr & 24 Nov 1586.He was like his, father & father-in-law, alderman (and many times president) of the High Bench of Zuilchem(1589-1617. He was owner of a lot of property, inherited from his father-in-law, who was a member of the important family Van Oever, many of whom performed executive functions at Zaltbommel & Bommelerwaard. They were also major property owners in Gameren.
Sources:(1) New Netherland Connections 1st Quarter 2002, 974.7 D25nne V.7m.1,pp.1-8, 81,
101-107.
(2) A Van Tuyl Chronicle, 929.273 V369v,650 years in the History of a Dutch-American
Family. Based on the Historical Researches of: Jan N.A. Groenendijk, Rory L. Van Tuyl,
Rochus D. Van Tuyl, Preston C. Burchard.pp. 1-4, 69-85, 475-511, 589-603.
(3) Genealogical Tijdschrift Voor, Midden- en West-Noord-Brabant, Mar & Jun 1987
pp 1-4.

Jan married Marijken Van Over Between Apr and Nov 1586, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Marijken (daughter of Ott Van Oever and Geertken Bruystens) was born Abt 1559, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Bef 21 Feb 1616. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married 3 times, Sander Jansz was Buuermeester of Gameren in 1586 Wife #3 Jenneke Claes----Haaften DRC marriages, FHL 513247. "Sander Jansz van Tuyll, widower of deceased Janneken, and Janneken Claes ,widow of deceased Frans Meijers". Also p. 509 of The Early Van Tuyls of Gameren.
Death: Haaften DRC Marriages ,FHL 513247, 4 Jun 1637. " Jan Dircksen Rinck, batchelor of Haaften with Janneken Claes, widow of deceased Sander Jansz van Tuyl, both living at Haaften.

Sander married Janneke Ariens Peters Bef 4 Sep 1617, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Janneke was born Abt 1595, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Sander married Jenneke Claesdr Crom 5 Oct 1625, Haaften, Gelderland, Netherlands. Jenneke was born Abt 1593, Haften, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Marijken married Peter Ariensz Van Der Wiel Aft 1610, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Peter was born Abt 1585, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Metje married Jan Jansen Monseur Abt 1614, , Gelderland, Netherlands. Jan was born 1588, , Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He & his brother Metje apparently died young for in 1616 after their mothers death, there were only four children, 2 petioning for a division of their mothers estate, Marijken & Sandersz , but their father refused. After Jan sandersz death theproperty was divided between the four children, including Ott &
Arudt the younger brothers.

Arudt married Adriaentgen Jan Hermansdr 1629, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Adriaentgen was born Abt 1600, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Van Tuyl Genealogy, by Mary Ellenor Stafford Bowman.
Stories regarding Old Decatur House, across from the White House, Washington D.C., always include Baron Van Tuyl, Russian Minister to the United States, who lived there ca 1824, Marie Beal in her publication, "Decatur House and it's Inhabitants" (1954), refers to Baron Van Tuyl as " Major General Baron Feodor Vasil Teil-Van-Seroskerken." "Baron de Van Tuyl was a gentleman of eminence in Russia. As the name Van Scroskerken indicates, he was of Dutch extraction, like a number of the Russian nobility of that time. He had risen to the rank of a Major General in the Russian Army, and had been accorded the distinction of having an Island named after him by a Russian sea captain." (also see copies of the old newspaper, The Washington Post and Times Herald,Saturday 3-9-1957 p. A8, and Teusday 3-12-1957 p. B3.)
It has been pointed out that Otto is not a Dutch name but a German. However, living so close to Germany, it is probable that there was intermarriage. The final two paragraphs of the translation read as follows: "By royal decree of March 31, April 25, & 7 May 1822, it is ordained that all legitimate members of the house of Van Tuyl shall bear the title & style themselves Baron or Baroness."

A successful Gameren farmer, he incurred crushing debts after his first wife's death. He was the first Van Tuyl to leave no estate for his children. Death: Zuilichem Judicial Archives Geloftesignaat, 677:28, 26 Apr 1666. On this day Geerlof, Geertien and Geurt, children of the late Oth Jansz van Tuyl and Neelken Geerloffsdr, declared that they buried the dead body of their father, which they did in reverence to him, out of honesty and fatherly love, but not as heirs of their father, and only to assist with that which is required because of the death of their mother.
Sources: (1) New Netherland Connections, 1st Quarter 2002, 974.7 D25nne V. 7 m.1, p. 1-4
(2) A Van Tuyl Chronicle 929.273 V 369v pp.1-4, 69-85, 475-511,589-603. Based on the Historical Researches of : Jan N.A. Groenedijk, Rory L. Van Tuyl, Rochus D.Van Tuyl,Preston C. Burchard
(3) Genealogical Tijdschrift Voor, Midden- en West-Noord-Brabant ,Mar & Jun 1987,
949.246 D25g V.11, pp.1-8, 81, 101-107.
Ott Janse married (2) Stijntje Jans Van Herwignen mg. 26 Mar 1643, they had a son Geurt b. 19 Oct 1645

Ott married Neelken Geerlof Aertsdr Bef 24 Nov 1627, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Neelken (daughter of Geerlof Aertsen and Grietgen Claesdr) was born Abt 1610, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died Bef Mar 1643, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]

Ott married Styntje Jans Van Herwijnen 26 Mar 1643, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Styntje was born Abt 1626, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Bef 26 Apr 1666. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Geerlof's birth date was given as Abt 1625 as submitted to temple Ready

Left with little land or social position, he managed to persevere, becoming the progenitor of many of
Gameren's van Tuyls.

Geerlof married Van Der Wercken Abt 1656, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. was born Abt 1629, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Geertien married Jan Joosten Van De Werken Abt 1651, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands. Jan was born Abt 1626, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 9J2T-78

Notes:

Surname also found as THULL.

Notes on related first Dutch families of America includes the Van Tuyl's & reveals a bit of the history of the New Netherlands, the territory along the Hudson River of The Dutch West India Company (a group of Dutch trading merchants organized 1621), governed first by Peter Minuit in 1626 and last by Peter Stuyvesant in 1647 until 1664, when the English renamed it New York and New Amsterdam (Manhatten Island) became New York City.
These families, including the Van Tuyls, have helped to record early American history and have been recorded, in turn, as "the only legitimate nobility and lords of the soil....a roll equal to the Doomsday Book of William the Conquerer, and establishing the heroic origin of many an ancient aristocratical Dutch family." (Washington Irvings History of New York, Book VII, Chap. I)
Jan Otto Van Tuyl was involved in a bar room brawl where he knifed a man in the arm & the man bled to death. A Judge & Schepenen examined the evidence & delivered their verdict:"Death by sword & confiscation of property, so Jan Otten as a fugitive from justice sailed for America to try a new life in the New World. Source (1) " He and his wife Geertruyd with their child of two years, rode the forceful waves of freedom from Amsterdam, Holland to the shores of a new land of wilderness. New York (New Amsterdam ) in 1663 in a ship named "De Bonte Koe"--The Spotted Cow.
No history of New York is complete without including one of its first families the Van Tuyls." Source (2).
Sources for the family record are;
(1) "A Van Tuyl Chronicle" 650 Yrs. in a History of a Dutch-American Family US/Can 929.273 V369v
(2) The Van Tuyl Family by Alma H. Cramer. 929.273 Vol. 369cr p. l-14
(3) Dutch Reformed Church of New York Baptism Rec. In the New York Genealogical & Biographical
Vol. 2 974.7 B4ne.
(4) Abstracts of New York Wills, N.Y. Hist. Society yr bk. 1902 unrecorded Wills Vol. XI p 182
(5) Abstracts of Wills Liber 12 p 181-182, NYHS yr bk 1894 Vol. VIII
(6) Dutch Reformed Church Mgs., NYG&B Rec. Vol. I, 974.7 B4ne
(7) Mg. Lic. granted & recorded in. N.Y. Abstracts of Wills Liber 5-6 Vol. I, NYHS yr bk 1892 ---
1665-1707, 974.7 B4n p. 243.
(8) Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. bap. rec.NYG&B 974.7 B4ne
Vol.4 p. 10
(9) Historical & Genealogical Miscellany of N.Y., & N.J., Vol. I p. 56 by J.E. Stillwell

Jan Otten Van Tuyl, named for his paternal grandfather,attained majority( 20 yrs.) between 29 Sep 1656 and 23 Apr 1661 in the village of Gameren near the city of Zaltbommel, province of Gelre (now Gelderland), implying that he was born there between 1636 and 1641. He died before his wife's 6 Aug 1696 remarriage to Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt of New Utrecht. He married before 23 Apr 1661 Geertruyt Jans daughter of Jan Geritsz Van Lent and Lijsbeth Matthijs Van Gravenweert.
Convicted of murder in obstentia by the High Bench of Zuilichem on 6 Mar 1662, he was forced to flee to Nieuw Amsterdam & appeared in New Amsterdam on 16 Apr 1663 with his wife and a 2 yr. old child, aboard "De Bonte Koe". He spent the rest of his life in New York City, where he resided on Wall St. by 1686, earning his living as a mariner. They founded the Van Tuyl family in America.
Sources: (10) New Netherland Connections, 1st Quarter 2002, 974.7 D25nne Vol 7 m 1,p.1-4
(11) A Van Tuyl Chronicle, 929.273 V 369v. Dutch Genealogy pp. 1 - 85, 475 -511,
American Genealogy pp. 589 - 603.
(12) Genealogical Tijdscrift Voor, Midden - en West- Noord- Brabant, Mar & Jun 1987,
949.246 D25g V.11

Jan married Geertruijt Jansdotter Van Lent 1660, , , Netherlands. Geertruijt (daughter of Jan Gerritsz Van Lent and Lijsbeth Mathijs Van Gravenweert) was born Abt 1635, , , Netherlands; died 1700, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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

Otto married Grietje Margrietje Dircks Fluyt 14 Jun 1693, New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States. Grietje was christened 5 May 1672, New York City, New York, United States; died Aft 1722. [Group Sheet]

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Gerrit m. Margrietje; had a boy & a girl under 16 in 1703, noted in Van Tuyl s Us/Can 929.273 V369b p. xvii.

Gerrit married Margrietje Abt 1685, New York City, New York, United States. Margrietje was born Abt 1667, Amsterdam, , New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Neeltje was apparently named for her paternal grandmother Neelken Aertsdr. She married Aert Teunissen Lannen Van Pelt and became the mother of nine children.

Neeltje married Aert Teunisen Van Pelt 3 Oct 1686, Brooklyn Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States. Aert (son of Teunis Jansen Laenen Van Pelt) was born Abt 1656, , Gelderland, Netherlands; died Abt 1738, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bap 30 Jan 1667 in DRC of New York ( NYG7B Vol. VII, p. 74
Md. Wm. Pell (License granted 23 Nov 1694 ( New York His't. Soc. Collections 1892, p. 243 also (6)
New York RDC mgs, p. 78.
Elizabeth, named for her maternal grandmother Lijsbeth Van Gravenweert. She married 23 Nov 1694 shipwright William Pell and became the mother of seven children.

Elizabeth married William Pell Aft 23 Nov 1694, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands. William was born 2 Feb 1666, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; was buried 18 Mar 1747, Brooklyn Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8FCC-9C

Notes:

Annetje & her family info are found in: The Van Tuyl Family by Alma H. Cramer, 929.273 V369cr p. 1-14
also The Van Tuyl Genealogy by Mary Ellenor Stafford Bowman
Antje married in 1694 Cornelius Vandeventer, to whom she bore four children. She married second after 1705 but before 1720 Abraham Lakeman, her brother Isaac's widowed father-in-law. She was named in brother Otto's 1704 will. Wife "Antje" was mentioned in Abraham Lakeman's 25 Mar 1734 will(NYHS Wills Vol. 3 p. 162) and he witnessed the I May 1720 baptism of son-in-law Isaac Van Tuyls child with "Antje Van Tuyl". It was the custom of the scribe to enter wives under their maiden name.

Annetje married Cornelius Van Deventer Abt 1694, , Richmond, New York, United States. Cornelius (son of Jan Pieters Van Deventer and Maria Hoogeboom) was born Abt 1665, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Aert sailed in 1695,at age 20, to the Indian Ocean aboard the pirate vessel John and Rebecca in the position of Ship's Carpenter. After an initial pirate voyage, he settled in Madagascar, where he engaged in trading slaves and supplies to European mariners - his exploits being chronicled by Daniel DeFoe.
He married a Madagascan women (or Women) with whom he had children by circa 1703. He was last heard of 25 May 1714, in Madagascar, where he probably died.( For details of AertVan Tuyl's life, see:" A Van Tuyl Chronicle", Chapter 6. ----He possibly could have died at sea with his brother Capt. Otto.

Notes:

Alexander was given the English version of the traditional family name Sander was bap. 2 Aug 1677, but died young.

Notes:

Hus. --Isaac Van Tuyl was 25 yrs. of age in 1706 census of Staten Island. Hist. & Gen. Msc. N.Y. & N.J. Vol 1 p. 152. The witnesses at Isaac's & his twin brothers bap. at the New York City Dutch Reformed Church were (sponsers Jan Pietersen, Joost Ryckuyt, Lysbeth Lubbertse And Gerrit And Claertis Leydecker.) His will Proved 27 Nov 1728 gives his age as 47 yrs.
Source "The Van Tuyl Genealogy", also "Notes on The Van Tuyl Family" by Alma M. Cramer, 929.213 369c

Child 1 - Catherine - bap. NYG&B Vol 4 p. 13. Witness at her bap.- Marin Lakerman

Child 2 - Isaac - NY Historical Soc. Vol . XI, Wills p. 70

Child 5 - Caterine - bap. NYG&B Vol. 4 p. 24 . Witness at her bap.- Anetje Van Tuyl

Child 6 - Geertruy - bap. NYG&B Vol 4 p. 29-

The Census of Staten Island in 1706 includes Isaac Van Tuyl age 25 and Sarah Vantull. The ancient baptismal records of their children in the Dutch Reformed Church in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York are written in Dutch. The Dutch Reformed Church in New York City (Presbyterial) was the first church in New York State, organized in 1628 on Manhatten Island with a population of 270. Until 1803 services were in Dutch. It is now known as Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue; Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, pastor since 1928.
Isaacs Will dated 20 Dec 1724 & Proved 27 Nov 1728 His Will states "To Eldest son Isaac , or such of my sons as shall be eldest at my decease, one golden pistole, in full of all pretence as heir at law. To wife Sarah, full power to dispose of all estate during her widowhood... To my son Isaac $ 50. To my sons Abraham and John
$ 30 ea., all the rest to be divided among all my children, Isaac, Abraham, John, Catherine and Gertruy. Wife, Abraham Lakerman and Abraham Van Tuyl, Gentlenen Execuyor. (NY His't Soc., Vol. XI, AbstracTs of Wills)

Isaac a twin to Abraham apparently farmed near New Dorp, Staten Island, up until the time of his death at age 47 making his last will in 1724.

Isaac married Sarah Lakerman Abt 1708, Port Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States. Sarah was born Abt 1690, , Richmond, New York, United States; died 25 Mar 1734, Somerset, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In1681, twins,Abraham & Isaac, were born & were bap in the New York City Dutch Reformed Church.
The twins grew up on Staten Island where they both became wealthy land owners, members of the militia, and active in local affairs of Richmond County. They established three privately owned Staten Island ferries on their waterfront property in Richmond County which were later inherited by Cornelius Vanderbilt through his wife, Elenor Van Tuyl, grandaughter of twin Abraham.
5 Jul 1735, Will of Abraham Van Tuyl of Richmond Co.Staten Island. " I, Abraham Van Tuyl of Richmond Co. leave to my oldest son Denis Van Tuyl, My Great Dutch Bible and silver tankard.... to my son Otto and to my daughters, Gertruye, Helena and Leentye $140 ea. My son Otto to have his part when he comes of age... I leave to my sons Dennis, Johannes and Abraham, all my real estate, and Dennis is to have his choice of the one-third land where I now live, and he is to have the choice of my negro slaves or $ 50. My wife Femitje..." wife, sons Dennis & Johannes, executors.
Sources: (1) Reformed Dutch Church of Richmond,Staten Island,Richmond,New York, 974.7 B4ne v Vol 4, p. 10, 12, 23,41,43,49,50.
(2) Reformed Dutch Church History of Richmond co., 974.726 h2b
(3) Croesen Family in America by Katherine Breck Kroesen Weaver.
(4) New York Wills vol III. p. 181
(5) Van Tuijl Bible Records N.J. Pub. N. Vol. 71 p. 141
(6) N.J. Mis 1:65 Rec. 90:172, WNYHS 3: 181
Abraham worked briefly as a shipwright in New York City before marrying and moving to the North shore of Staten Island, where he owned slaves and a 360 acre farm encompassingthe site of today's
"Sailor's Snug Harbor Cultural Center".
His first three Children married two Croesen brothers, Gesrit & Cornelis & their sister Neeltje.

Abraham married Femmetje Phoebe Denyse Abt 1715. Femmetje was born 2 Apr 1692, Narrow, Kings, New York, United States; was christened , , Richmond, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]