Ketelaers (alias Cuijten) 1500-1670 Our earliest known ancestors came from the town of Nuenen and were known by the family name of Cuijten (or Kuijten). In the 17th century some members of this family began calling themselves Ketelaers. There were other Ketelaers living in and around Nuenen who were related to them, possibly through a female line, but that can probably never be determined with any certainty. I Jan Jans Cuijten Jan Jans was born around 1500. He had three children: 1. Jan Jans Cuijten (see II below) 2. Jacob Jans Cuijten. He died without leaving any children, for only his brother and sister inherited from him. He died before 1608. 3. Lijske Jan Jans Cuijten. She married Peter Aerts. Their children took on their mother’s name and called themselves Cuijten. They have the most numerous descendants of Cuijten in the Netherlands. II. Jan Jans Cuijten Jan Cuijten was born in 1536 (he was about 55 years old in 1591) the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (I) and died before 1600. He bought a house in the Beeckstraat (a street) from a certain Willem Jan Willem, who had to pay 3 guilders rent. Four of his children have the alias Ketelaers, because Ketelaers, probably their mother’s name, was a more prestigious name.(5) note 5: See the book, De Familie Kuijten by Dhr. G.J.A. Schampers, Uden, 1997 p. 22 |
On 5 Jul 1604 Jan’s possessions was divided among his heirs, and according to that document he had the following children.
1. Jan Jans Cuijten. 2. Thomas Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers 3. Pauwels Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers 4. Wilhelmus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers |
5. Henrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers 6. Jan the younger (Cuijtsius) III. Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers note 6: There is more information on Cuijtsius. For a more detailed treatment see Schampers. pp 22-24 |
1. Jan Henrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers Jan was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout. He died in Nuenen on 3 Dec 1641. He married Margriet Peter Henricx Verclaeren there on 11 Mar 1633. With Margriet he had one son: Jan, baptized on 14 Jan 1634. Margriet died within a year of her son’s birth and Jan married Lijske Geraert Willems Salomons. Jan and Lijske had four more children. Including Jan, they were:
Thomas was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout. He married Marike Jasper Peter Aerts Cuijten. They lived in the diocese Speirs. Their children:
was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout 4. Peter Henrick Cuijten alias Ketelaers (see IV) 5. Pauwels Henrick Cuijten alias Ketelaers Pauwels was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout He was baptized on 14 Feb 1616 in Nuenen and died there on 14 Dec 1676. On 3 Feb 1646 he married Jenneke Adam Everts. Her mother was the same Maria Jan Jan Truijen who was also her sister-in-law (Peter’s wife, see IV below). Their four children: |
Catharijn was the daughter of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout. She was baptized in Nuenen on 11 Feb 1620. She was single when she died in 1644. IV Peter Hendrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers Petrus (Peter) was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout. He was a “well qualified person, but he could not write”. He was born around 1613 and married a certain Anna. Anna died at the birth of her daughter Anna, on 7 Mar 1638. Petrus married for the second time on 7 Feb 1639 with Maria Jan Jan Truijen (Mariken), widow of Adam Evert Aertssen. Mariken’s first marriage was on 22 Sep 1621, and she had 2 daughters by Adam, Heijlke (who married Laureijns Laureijnssen) and Jenneke, who married Peter’s brother Pauwels. Children: |
1. Anna Peter Cuijten alias Ketelaers Anna was the daughter of Peter Hendrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (IV) and Anna NN. She was baptized on 9 Mar 1638, and died in Nuenen on 25 Aug 1688. She married Theodorus Lucas van der Schoot. The widower Theodorus married Anneken Wilbers on 17 Jan 1689. 2. Lijske Peter Cuijten alias Ketelaers Lijske was the daughter of Peter Hendrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (IV) and Maria Jan Truijen. She was baptized on 30 Sep 1640. She married Jan Adriaan van Zoest, who was already deceased in 1683. Jan Jansen Ketelaers became guardian of their children. 3. Hendrick Peter Ketelaers alias van Nuenen (see IV ) |