Ott Jansz Van Tuyl

Male 1596 - Bef 1666  (70 years)


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  • Name Ott Jansz Van Tuyl 
    Born 1596  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 26 Apr 1666  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2103  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Jan Sandersz Van Tuyl,   b. 1558, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 20 Jul 1617, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Marijken Van Over,   b. Abt 1559, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 21 Feb 1616  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married Between Apr and Nov 1586  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Neelken Geerlof Aertsdr,   b. Abt 1610, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Mar 1643, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married Bef 24 Nov 1627  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Geerlof Van Tuyl,   b. 1628, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1691-1696, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Geertien Van Tuyl,   b. Abt 1630, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1684-1688  (Age ~ 58 years)
    +3. Jan Otto Van Tuyl,   b. 1632, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1689-1690, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Styntje Jans Van Herwijnen,   b. Abt 1626, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 26 Apr 1666  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1643  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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