carltnmoriginally submitted this to carlton-magana on 27 May 2008(1) Source: Lorraine Luke <ancestress@yahoo.com>.
(2) Hoes, Roswell Randall, Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980, p. 78:
1706
Baptism No.: 1598
Parents: Cornelis Kuykendaal; Marytie Westphalen
Name of Child and Date of Baptism: Leur; 27 Oct.
Witnesses and Sponsors: Willem van Vredenburg; Seytie van Etten.
(3) Kuykendall, George Benson, History of the Kuykendall Family, Kilham Stationery & Printing Co., Portland, OR: 1919, p. 392:
Children of LIEUR KUYKENDALL (3), baptized October 27, 1706, and Lena Consalisduk. Lieur was son of Cornelius (2), baptized 1686, son of Luur (1), baptized 1650.
Cornelius (4), baptized July 4, 1733, at Minisink, N. J.
Manuel (4), baptized May 18, 1736, at Minisink, N. J.
Rebecca (4), baptized May 18, 1736, at Minisink, N. J.
Joseph (4), baptized at Deerpark, N. Y., May 29, 1739.
[Note by compiler: See Note 5, below.]
(4) Kuykendall, George Benson, History of the Kuykendall Family, Kilham Stationery & Printing Co., Portland, OR: 1919, pp. 118-119:
The marriage of Leur Kuykendall and Lena Consales brought together the Kuykendall and Gunsaulus families, in marriage for the first time. A brief sketch of the Gunsaulus family will now be interesting, and will aid us in understanding the Kuykendall genealogy. While gathering data for this work, as previously stated, there came letters to me from some of our people that mentioned the name Manuel, or Emanuel, as having been borne by some of their forefathers. In reading the "History of Sullivan County, N. Y.," written by Quinlan, we find him quoting from a manuscript history of that county, written by a Lotan Smith, part of which follows:
"About the year 1700 Don Manuel Gonsalus, a Spanish puritan, a young man fled from Spain, on account of persecution for his Protestant sentiments, married into a Dutch family at Rochester, in Ulster county. He moved to Mamakating Hollow, built a log house and entertained those who carried wheat to the Kingston market. Wheat, rye and corn were raised in abundance in Minisink, along the Delaware. Gonsaulus was a house carpenter, made shingles and raised some grain. He opened trade with the Indians, as they were friendly at that period."
Manuel was a name transmitted for generations in the Gunsaulus family and the name Joseph, also. The tavern and mill of the Gunsaulus people were the first in Sullivan county. Here at Mamakating the family lived for many years. The first mention of the name in the Kingston church records, was Nov. 16, 1694, when Manuel Gonsales and Marritje Davids had their son Manuel baptized. This is probably the Manuel that is buried about two miles above Wurtsborough, N. Y. Daniel was captured by the Indians, when a child, and carried off by them, and adopted by the wife of an Indian chief. But he succeeded afterwards in escaping and returned home. His wife was Elizabeth Kuykendall, of Mamakating, a woman of abundant courage and sufficient physical ability to back it up.
On one occasion during the Revolutionary war, when a number of the Tory neighbors, who had joined in with the Indians in committing outrages and terrorizing the settlers, went to the home of Elizabeth. She believed they wanted to capture a very small boy belonging to one of the neighbors, and so permitted the little fellow to hide under the ample folds of her skirts. There was a Tory in the crowd named John Van Campen, who suspected she had the little fellow concealed, and was about to make an attempt to get him. She finally succeeded in shaming him out of his cowardly undertaking. This Elizabeth Kuykendall was no doubt of the Wilhelmus Kuykendall branch of the family, as at that time Wilhelmus lived at Mamakating, though he was away in the service of the country. There were, in early days three Manuels Gunsaulus at Mamakating, supposed to be grandfather, father and son. They had lived at Kingston, before moving to Mamakating, and must have known the Kuykendall family there. This same branch of the Gunsaulus family were the ancestors of Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, of the Armour Institute.
The children of Leur Kuykendall and Lena Gunsaulus were the only grandchildren of Cornelius Kuykendall, whose baptisms are recorded in the registers of the Dutch Reformed Church. They had four children, names and dates of baptism as follows:
Cornelis (4), baptized July 4, 1733, at Minisink.
Manuel (4), baptized May 18, 1736, at Minisink.
Rebecca (4), baptized May 18, 1736, at Minisink.
Joseph (4), baptized May 29, 1739, at Minisink.
It is highly probable that Leur Kuykendall and Lena Gunsaulus with their family, went to Virginia, and perhaps later on went to North Carolina. The name Joseph Kuykendall is found in the Colonial Records of North Carolina, at a date and under circumstances which make it difficult to see how he could be any other than the son of Leur. We may safely conclude that the two Josephs were one and the same person.
[Note by compiler: See Note 5, below.]
(5) Smith, Herbert P., History of the Kuykendall Family (Additions to George Kuykendall's "History of the Kuykendall Family"), Lawrenceburg, IN: 1975:
An erroneous assumption is made [by George Benson Kuykendall in History of the Kuykendall Family] that Leur Kuykendall and Lena went to North Carolina. They did leave their home in New Jersey but they went to Western Pa. Several of their children were not included in the Book. Their complete list: Cornelius 1733, Manuel and Rebecca 1736, Joseph 1739, Benjamin (later known as Jersey Ben) 1742, Samuel 1744, and James about 1746. Lena died about 1750. On Feb. 2, 1752, Leur married a widow, Sarah Nye who had a small son Andrew Nye, who continued to live with them. Leur and Sarah then had three children, Abraham, John, and Henry.
Sometime around 1770, Leur and family moved to Washington Co. Pa. This was a large County and was eventually divided into several Counties, including the modern Counties of Allegheny and Washington. Apparently his older sons had some of them [sic] gone to Pa. and had influenced their father to move also. In this area the family began spelling their name as Kirkendall and Leur spelled his first name Lew?this was due to moving from a Dutch speaking area to an English [speaking] area.
Lew (Leur) wrote his will in 1782. It is in Wash. Co. Pa. Will Book No. 1 p. 98 and was probated 6-13-1789.
In this area of Pa. Lew and family had contact with his cousin Benjamin. (See p 90 and 91.) Cousin Benjamin was an appointed County Judge and always insisted on spelling his name ?Kuykendall.' On many occasions, when clerks would write his name as Kirkendall on official papers, he would mark through the name with his pen and write it in as Kuykendall. To distinguish the two Benjamins, the Judge was referred to as Benjamin Kuykendall?Gentleman in a manner in which we now use the term Honorable for an official. The younger Benjamin Kuykendall was called Jersey Ben because he had been born in New Jersey.
(1) Hoes, Roswell Randall, Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980, p. 526:
1732
27 May
748 LUER KUYKENDAAL, J. M. born in Menissing [Minisink], and LENA CONSALISDUK, j. d., born under the jurisdiction of Kingstown, "and each resid. in the afore-named place." Banns registered, 30 April.
(1) Canfield, Amos, "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, Pennsylvania," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 57 (1926), pp. 63, 69, 71:
REGISTER OF THOSE IN THIS CONGREGATION WHO HAD THE BANNS PROCLAIMED, AND WERE MARRIED. . . .
1752. . .
Feb. 2.
[No.] 29. Luer Kuykendal, widower of Lena Consales, to Sara Roos, widow of Andries Ny, both dwelling here.
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