1. Cornelius Wynkoop. The date of his birth is unknown; he died about 1676. His wife, Maria Janse Langedyck, died about 1679.
They lived at Rensselaerwyck until 1664-1667, and then settled at Esopus. Their children, Johannes, Marytje, Evert, 1665, and possibly
Gerret, were born at Rensselaerwyck.
The first record that has been found, of Cornelius, is the following: February, 5, 1655, at the house of Marselis Janse, Johan de Hulter
desires at this sale to dispose of certain personal property, on certain specified terms. Beneath, under date of February 18, is a
memorandum: "one piece of money Kees Wyncoop f. 3.06." 14 On January 29, 1657, Marcelus Jansen (van Bommel), at the village of
Beverwyck, offered for sale at public auction, the house in which he then lived, for which there were to be two payments, one on the first
of the then next May, and the other on the first of May of the year following. After much bidding, Cornelis Wynkoop remained the highest
bidder, for the sum of nine hundred and eleven guilders. He signed the contract, writing his name Cornelis Wynckoop. 15 On September
19, 1657, at Beverwyck, he was surety for William Brouwer, on the purchase by the latter of a brewhouse at Greenbush, in the sum of
twelve hundred and seven guilders. 16 On May 1, 1658, he brought an action of debt, at Albany, against Cornelius Teunissen, for his
share of the expense of foddering and taking care of the town bull, during the winter. Judgment for the plaintiff,


14 Early Records of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerwyck, Pearson, pp. 220-222.
15 Ibid., p. 17. The guilder was equal to forty cents, American.
16 Early Records of Albany, etc., p. 42.

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ten guilders, equal to $4. 17 On August 18, 1659, at Fort Orange, Claes Ripse van Dam made an acknowledgment of indebtedness to
Henderick Anderissen (van Doesburgh) and Cornelis Wyncoop, in the number of nine and thirty whole beavers, the indebtedness
growing out of the purchase by van Dam from Anderissen and Wynkoop, of a house and lot, at public sale. 18 An order was made, on
November 25, 1659, upon the request of Wynkoop, for the appointment of curators over the estate at Esopus, of Gysbert Philipsen, who
had been murdered by the savages of that region. 19 On December 11, 1659, Marcelis Janse (van Bommel) declared a grant to Cornelis
Wynkoop, of a house and lot, in the village of Beverwyck [bounded] to the south [by] the grantor's [land] -- to the north by [land of]
Peter Bronck -- to the west by the hill -- to the east by the street: the lot was in breadth thirty wood feet, and in length, according to the
patent, except [what] was taken for a street: which lot the grantor had received by conveyance from Goosen Gerritse (van Schaick), and
Goosen Gerritse, by patent from the Heer Director General and Council of New Netherland, of the date of October 25, 1653; for which
house and lot, the grantor acknowledges to have received satisfaction. 20 On May 30, 1662, he made a lease of lots one and sixteen at
Esopus, to Lambert Huybertse. 21 On August 31, 1665, he was the purchaser of a coat, and of other articles, for f. 15.10, at public sale,
made by the administrators upon the effects of Jan Ryerson. 22 On October 19, 1665, he is recorded in the Deacon's book at Albany, as
giving for alms 17 guilders, 10 stivers. On August 25, 1666, he made a declaration of conveyance, to Claes Ripse (van Dam), of the
house and lot, conveyed to Wynkoop by Marcelis Janse (van Bommel), according to the conditions of the public vendue, on January 10
and 17, 1658, the land being at Albany. 23
Cornelius is said to have settled at Esopus, in 1664. This opinion was held by Jonathan W. Hasbrouck, the incipient his-


17 Fort Orange Records, vol. iv., pp. 31-34, 202.
18 Early Records of Albany, p. 252.
19 Fort Orange Records, vol. iv., pp. 31-34, 202.
20 Early Records of Albany, p. 261.
21 Notarial Papers, 1660-1676, County Clerk's office, Albany.
22 Early Records of Albany, p. 82.
23 Ibid., p. 404.

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torian of Ulster County, and by Dingman Versteeg, an explorer among the ancient records of that place. It is possible that he was not an
actual settler there, until about 1667, although an owner of land in that region, and identified with it, before the latter date. He had a child
baptized at Esopus, in 1668. The name Esopus was applied to an indefinite tract of land, probably in allusion to the hijzop plant. This
region was, at first, called Wildwyck, meaning Indian quarter, or a refuge from savages. Hurley was embraced within this name. 24 The
name Wildwyck continued to be born by a hamlet, between Rondout and Kingston, until the three places were consolidated under the
name of Kingston.
On April 25, 1663, Cornelius obtained a grant of twelve morgens of land, at Esopus, equivalent to about twenty-six acres. In the Book
of Patents, in the Secretary of State's office, is a confirmatory patent, to Cornelius Wynkoop, dated June 28, 1667, of a parcel of land at
Esopus, near the new village, to the west of Nicholas Varlett, on the west side of the run, containing about twenty-four acres; also the lot
west of the highway, and west of Lambert Huybertse's; both granted originally by Director Stuyvesant. This "new village" was Hurley.
25 On March 30, 1670, the Commissioners for laying out lands at Esopus allowed Cornelius to lay out his two parcels in one tract, on
condition that he would set off five morgens of land, for the "assistance" of Marbletown. In the annexed Register of Patents to the
inhabitants of the town of Hurley, there is, for Cornelius Wynkoop, twenty-four acres, and forty-eight acres. 26
It seems probable that Cornelius settled in that portion of Esopus which is known as Hurley. The place there, now owned by James D.
[864], may be the site of the original settlement of


24 Dutch Church Magazine, vol. i., p. 190; Collections of the Ulster Hist. Soc., vol. i., p. 56.
25 The Commissioners appointed by Governor Francis Lovelace laid out, on September 17, 1669, two towns, naming the one nearest
to Kingston, Hurley, in honor to the Govemor's ancestral home on the Thames, England. On September 25, they gave Kingston its name,
in honor of the Governor's wife, who had been widow of William Hyde, of Kingston Lisle, near Wantage, Berkshire. They named
Marbletown, because of its stone. (Collections of the Ulster Society, vol. i., p. 51.) There are stone quarries in that region; but the
compiler is unaware of any marble.
26 Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan.

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this family, in Ulster County. (See Family 147.) A sketch of this house is given as a frontispiece to this work.
In April, 1669, Cornelius was appointed a Commissary of Kingston, and remained in office until 1671. 27 On June 10, 1672, he was
appointed one of the two new Commissaries; and he was reappointed on October 6, 1673, and served until August 14, 1674. 28 On July
5, 1674, he was witness to the renewal of the treaty with the Indians. 29
Cornelius was a Schepen of Hurley, during the re-occupation of the province by the Dutch. The Netherlanders re-captured the Province
of New York, July 30, 1673. The victorious naval and army officers, immediately afterward, organized a council of war, which was held
at the Stadt House, New York City. They issued a summons to the magistrates and constables of East Jersey, Long Island, Esopus, and
Albany, to appear forthwith at New York, and take the oath of allegiance. The Esopus officers appeared, on September 1, 1673, and
acknowledged allegiance. The Council made an order, changing the name of Kingston to Swanenburgh. Cornelius Wynkoop, Dr. Roelof
Kiersted, Wessel Ten Broek, and Jan Burhans were appointed Schepens of Swanenburgh, and, respectively, took the oath of allegiance to
the Staats General. The qualification required of them was, that they should be of the Reformed religion, and favorable to the Netherland
Government. 30
An account of this Cornelius is given, in a list of names of Dutch-settlers at Esopus, compiled by D. Versteeg, from the original Dutch
court records of Wildwyck (Kingston), as follows: "Wynkoop, Cornelius, 1664; nominated for Schepen, 1669: appointed Schepen,
1672, 1673, 1674: member of the Committee of Defense, against the French, 1674: received a grant of a location for a brick yard, 1675;
died before July 8, 1679." 31 On May 15, 1671, it was assigned to him as an inhabitant of Kingston, to renew his portion of the
stockade. 32


27 Henry Brace, of New York, referring to Records of Kingston, vol. iv., p. 38.
28 Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan.
29 Collections of the Ulster Hist. Soc., vol. i., p. 63.
30 Hist. of Kingston, Schoonmaker, p. 66.
31 Year Book 1897, of the Holland Society of New York.
32 Hist. of Ulster County, p. 68.

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Cornelius was chosen an Elder of the Reformed Dutch Church at Kingston, in 1671. 33 The church had been organized in 1659, and Rev.
Harmanus Bloem arrived there September 5, 1660, from the Netherlands, to take charge as pastor, and so continued until March, 1667,
when he returned to Holland. After that, the church seems to have been without pastoral care, until 1675. 34
Jonathan W. Hasbrouck, in his incipient History of Ulster County, 1868, gives various items in relation to this Cornelius, as follows:
1670. Paid Cornelis Wynkoop for a cow for child of Christopher Davis, in sewan, one hundred and twenty-one florins. 1671. By the
account of Hendrick Peters and Jan Cornelisse, the receipts were 435 florins, 1 styver, and disbursements, 321 florins---so that there
remained in the chest, 50 florins, as is to be seen by the list. This account was examined in the presence of Elders Jan Willemse
(Houghtaling), Cornelis Wynkoop, and Hendrick Aertsen. 1672. A meeting of the consistory was held, at the which were present, Rev.
Gideon Schaets, C. B. Slecht, C. Wynkoop, Wallerand Dumont, and Joost Adriaens, when Lysbat Crafford seeks to be reconciled with
her husband, Jeroeme Donwerse. He can not consent thereto. (Page 57.) 1670. January 17th, Cornelius Wynkoop wanted twenty-two
schepels of rye, from Claes Teunise, which the latter offset by a bill for doctoring his cows, and attending his pigs. (Page 122.) 1671.
May 3, Cornelius Wynkoop got permission to build a mill at Hurley, provided he had all the material in one year. (Page 123.) 1671. May
1, Harman Hendrix called Cornelius Wynkoop a rogue and villain. The latter retorted, that he had not been banished. Hendrix replied in a
vulgar way. He was obliged to do penance, with uncovered head, in the presence of Wynkoop. (Page 123.) On May 15, 1671, the
inhabitants were ordered to renew the stockade of Kingston. Among the allotments were, Hendrick Jochems and Cornelis Wynkoop, No.
33, thirty rods: small house of Wynkoop. (Pages 123, 124) 1672. January, Reyndert Petersen died, and Cornelis Wynkoop and
Wallerand Dumont were made curators of his estate. (Page 127.) In 1675, Cornelis Wynkoop began the manufacture of brick, near the
bridge at Kingston.


33 William H. Dederick, of Kingston.
34 Manual of Reformed Church, Corwin, 1902, p. 983; Ecclesiastical Records of the State of New York, vol. i., p. 501.

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(Page 175.) In October, 1678, Rev. Laurentius van Gaasbeek arrived at Kingston, as pastor. The church there, and at Hurley and
Marbletown, then consisted of one hundred and forty members. A few months afterwards there were one hundred and eighty; among
them, Maritje Jans, widow of Cornelis van Wynkoop, deceased, and Maria van Wynkoop. (Page 152.)
The name of the wife of Cornelius appears frequently as Marytje Jans; but her will gives the family name as Langedyck. There was a
Maria Jans, orphan daughter, a passenger in March, 1660, by the Gilded Beaver; and in the same month, Marytje Jansen, maiden, came
as passenger, on the Love. 35
Cornelius made his last will as follows: On August 11, 1676, before William La Montagne, Secretary for the Honorable justices at
Kingston. Cornelius Wynkoop made his will, reciting that he was sick abed; that he had a lawful wife, and seven children; that his whole
estate should be the property of himself or his wife, whichever should survive the other; but if the survivor should marry again, one half
of the estate should be set aside, to be equally divided between said children. An inventory of the property, sold at auction, was made in
1677. The widow made her last will, on May 16, 1679. She was described therein as "Maria, widow of Cornelis Wynkoop, lying sick
abed," and she signed as "Maria Langedyck, widow of Cornelis Wynkoop." She "appointed in a Christian-like manner, for tutors or
guardians of her minor children, Wessel Ten Broek and Mr. William De Meyer, to have oversight over her minor children left behind, . . .
enjoining the said guardians to lead her children in the fear of the lord." She gave to her "oldest son, Johannes,""the silver piece from the
fleet of Piet Heyn." To her "oldest daughter, Maritje," she made bequests; also to her "youngest daughter, Catharine," and to her
"youngest son, Benjamin." 36 She was not an old woman, for she had a child baptized in 1675; the hardships of a new settlement may
have shortened her days, as well as those of her husband. On February 8, 1681, the guardians, under her will, were ordered to account
for the property, by spring. The executors let her property, in 1681. 37


35 Documentary Hist. of New York, O'Callaghan, vol. iii., p. 56.
36 Old Book of records, in Kingston, at one time in the hands of Jonathan W. Hasbrouck.
37 Jonathan W. Hasbrouck, of Rondout, 1874.

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The silver piece was, no doubt, a memento of the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet, at Matanzas, in 1628, by Admiral Piet Pietersen
Heyn. 38
It does not appear, which was the older of the children, Johannes or Maria; but, probably Johannes was; for he was married in 1687,
and Maria's oldest child was baptized the year following, and women usually married at an age earlier than men.
A deed was made, on September 1, 1697, by Johannes, Evert, Gerret, and Benjamin Wynkoop, and Moses Dupuis, to Jacob Rutse, of
lands whereof Cornelius Wynkoop, deceased, late of Kingston, was in possession. And a partition deed was executed, on April 26,
1715, by Major Johannis, Captain Gerrit, and Benjamin Wynkoop, and Moses Dupuis, to Evert Wynkoop. 39
Children of Cornelius and Maretje Wynkoop:
2. Johannes, Maj.: b. in Albany, N. Y.: m. 1st, Judith Fransen Bloodgood: m. 2d, Cornelia Ten Broeck.
3. Maria: b. in Albany: m. Moses Du Puis.
4. Evert: b. in Albany, Mch. 24, 1665: m. 1st, Gertrude Elmendorf: 2d, Antje Kiersted.
5. Gerret: b. in Albany or Esopus: m. Hilletje Fokker, known also as Helena Eltinge.
6. Nicholas: bp. at Kingston, Oct. 15, 1668, "Claes": witnesses, Jan Willemsen and his wife Barber, Jan Jansen Langedyck, Gertie
Jansen. He was one of the "seven children" mentioned in 1676, in the will of his father, but is not traced further.
7. Catharine: bp. at Kingston, June 18, 1671; witnesses, Thos. Chamber, the Hon. Sheriff, Greveraet, Gerretie Jansen, wife of Dirck
Foecken. She was one of the seven children mentioned in her father's will. Her mother's will, 1679, calls Marytje "oldest daughter,"
implying that an other was then living. She has not been traced further.
8. Benjamin: bp. Kingston, Apl. 18, 1675: m. Phemertje Van der Heul.