Here's some info on the Wynkoop/Wyncoop family in early NY. They married into my DePuy line, but this is the same line that Roberta referred to earlier today. Hope it helps someone! Celia First Generation - ------------------------------------------- 1. Peter WYNKOOP (WYNCOOP), 9G Grandfather. Born ca 1610. From Holland in the Rensselaerwyck, 1639, settled in Manhattan 1644[1] 1642: "Pieter Wyncoop, commis."[2] [3]The name seems to signify "wine buyer" --- that is, wine-merchant. A different meaning is given by Mr. Munsell, who says that it signifies "something to drink upon the bargain." (Annals of Albany, iii.; 60) but this appears to be mistaken etymology. The motto of the family, preserved upon some old plate is "Virtutem Hilaritate Colere," - to adorn excellence with joyousness. Good principles with geniality seem to be preferred to somber correctness. The family name is borne by a bay on the southerly coast of Java, near the westerly end of the island. This seems to be a memento of a Merchant or of a navigator. In the United States of America, the name is found in 1642, when Peter Wynkoop settled at Rensselaerwyck, now Albany, New York. He was then "commissary Superintendent of Wares and merchandise" for the patroon Van Rensselaer (A. of A., i., 22; Hist. N. Neth., i., 440) In 1644, Peter Wynkoop was Supercargo of the vessel Arms of Rensselaerwyck, and arrived with her at Manhattan, she having been dispatched the previous autumn by the patroon, to his colony. Kieft, the Governor, demanded from him, shoes for the soldiers, who were then engaged in a war with the Indians of the neighborhood of Hempstead, Long Island. Wynkoop refused to supply them; Kieft siezed the shoes and ordered the vessel to be searched; and, finding powder and guns, which were not on the manifest, he declared them contraband, and confiscated the vessel and cargo. Wynkoop protested. He also sued the Fiscaal at Fort Amsterdam. The vessel and cargo, were released however, by agreement, and the case was referred for settlement to the Directors in Holland. The vessel soon after sailed. (History of New York, Brodhead, i., 390; History of New Netherlands, i, 339; Annals of Albany, i., 196-199; iv., 56.) It does not appear whether Wynkoop returned with the vessel, or remained in this country. In the same year Peter Wynkoop was commissioned by the patroon to purchase from the natives land about Catskill; and in connection with the Commissary General, Arendt Van Curler, to recover lands, etc., which had been purchased, and misappropriated by a former agent, Adrian Van der Donck. (History of New Netherlands, i., 339.) Child: 2 i. Cornelius (ca1627-ca1676) Second Generation - ------------------------------------------- 2. Cornelius WYNCOOP (WYNKOOP), 8G Grandfather. Born ca 1627 in Netherlands. Cornelius died ca 1676; he was 49. "Random Notes Concerning Settlers of Dutch Descent," by William J. Hoffman, M.Mech.Eng., Laplume, Pa." pg 111-A group of prospective farmers, twelve in number, was engaged by Jan Van Rensselaer in 1651, who were natives of villages within a five mile radius of Amersfoort. There was 14-year-old Elbert Elbertsz from Nykerk (not the ancestor of the Stoothoff family of the same name and origin who was born about 1620 and settled here in 1637), who, though the youngest, had for fellow travelers Paulus Paulusz from Amersfoort, 15 years old, Ryck Claes from Nykerk, 16 years old, and Cornelis Jansz from Bunschoten, also 16 years old. What an experience for the youngsters, to sail for the New World expecting to see the Indians who would later murder one of their fellow passengers. Another passenger was Cornelis Evertsz Wynkoop, 24 years old, from the "Buuarschap Wyckerom by Eeden." This establishes the origin, age, and the father's name, all heretofore unknown, of this well known family in American. In my article [N.Y. Record, 1934:331; 1935:68] devoted to the arms of this family, I enumerated several bearers of this surname found in the records of Gelderland (to which I have since been able to add others). I mentioned Evert Wincoop, who was living in 1585, and also one Reynier Evertsz Wijncoop whose widow Diele van Morseler was mentioned in 1609, then aged 85, hence born about 1524. It is possible that he may be identified with Rev. Reynier Wijncoop, formerly a priest who had been converted to Protestantism and had become a minister at Barnevelt. He died in 1602. There is also mention of Styne Elbertsd [Evertsdr?], wife of Gerrit van Mehen and a sister of Reynier van Wyncoop (possibly the above) who sued Evert Wyncoop in 1580. These are excellent leads for a further investigation concerning the ancestry of the American settler, Cornelis Evertsz Wynkoop, born about 1627. The above cited records prove that the American Wynkoops belong to the Gelderland family of this name and not to the family of the same name from Hoorn as the late Mr. de Young, a Dutch genealogist in the United States, propounded."[2] [3]Cornelius Wynkoop, in 1671, was Elder of a Dutch Church at Esopus over which Hermanus Blom had labored as pastor. On the 25th of April, 1663, he received a grant of twelve morgens of land at Esopus, Ulster County., (H. N. N., ii., 592.) The morgen seems to have been equivalent to a little more than two acres. This land is said to have been at New Dorp, now Hurley. He removed from Albany to Hurley in 1664. The same year he hired some land of Albert Gysbert, for the price of a pair of horses - 400 guilders. His wife was Marritje Jans. The baptismal records of some of their children have been found at Kingston. She is said to be the "Orphan Daughter," whose name is recorded in a list of immigrants from Holland, who arrived in the Gilded Beaver, March 1660 (Documentary History of New York, O'Callaghan, iii., 56) Marritje Jansen, maiden, arrived on the Love, in the same month. (Same authority.) The names Marritje, Maria, and Mary, are said to be the same. (Annals of Albany, iii., 114.) This leaves the question of identity open. She was still living in 1678, as her name appears in that year in a list of church members. In 1673, he was Schepen of Hurley, Ulster County. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New York, ii., 626.) On the 5th of February, 1674, he witnessed the signatures of Indian Sachems to a treaty with Col. Nicolls (Collections of the Ulster Historical Society, i., 63.) He died in 1674. Cornelius married Maria Jane LANGEDYCK, 8G Grandmother, daughter of Jan LANGEDYCK & Gertje JANSZEN. Born ca 1640. Maria Jane died in 1679; she was 39. They had the following children: 3 i. Maria (1660-<1724) ii. Evert, 8G Uncle. Evert married Gertrude ELMENDORF. Third Generation - ------------------------------------------- 3. Maria WYNCOOP (WYNKOOP), 7G Grandmother. Born on 4 Jul 1660 in Ft. Orange, Albany, NY. Maria died in Albany, Albany, NY bef 17 Oct 1724; she was 64. In 1680 when Maria was 19, she married Moses DEPUY, 7G Grandfather, son of Nicholas DEPUY (DEPUI) (1629-1691) & Catherine LE RENARD DEVOS (DEVAUX) (ca 1630-1705). Born on 15 Aug 1660 in Leiden, Holland. Moses died in Rochester, Ulster, NY in 1752; he was 91. Moses was born at sea and became a captain of a merchant ship. He happened to visit Kingston, met Maria Wynkoop, and "the ship not going, came again and married." They settled on her family land in Rochester and survived a huge flood in 1689 by spending 3 days and nights in the barn on high ground. Moses was a Justice of the Peace, and with Jochem Schoonmaker, "held the patent of the town of Rochester, given 1703 by Queen Anne." There were four intermarriages among the Moses DePuy and Jochem Schoonmaker families.[4] They had the following children: i. Moses (<1691-1769) ii. Benjamin (1695-) iii. Susanna (1695-) iv. Jacobus (1702-) v. Johannes (1705-) vi. Catherine (Catrina) (ch. 1701-) vii. Catherrina (Catharina) (ch. 1684-) viii. Catrina (ch. 1690-) ix. Cornelis (ch. 1688-) x. Magdelene (ch. 1686-) xi. Mareitje (Maria) (1717-) xii. Nicholas (ch. 1682-) Sources 1. "Family History: First Families of America" 2. New World Immigrants - A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., I, 22, 1979. 3. Richard Wynkoop, Wynkoop Family: A Preliminary Genealogy, Richard Wynkoop, 1999. 4. "The Schoonmaker Family", Part I