Ketelaars

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.

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.

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.
Jan Jans was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He died before his father, and before 1604. In 1604 he had underage children. His widow, Jenneke and her children were represented by Eijmert Hendricx. They inherited from Jan (II) land on “de Tom”, and they had to pay yearly rent (20 stuivers) to the “Holy Spirit” (i.e. the poor box) in Helmond.

2. Thomas Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers
Thomas was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He died before 23 Jun 1608. On 25 Jan 1595 he bought arrable land in Nuenen from Jan Henrick Mickers and two other people. On 10 Oct 1596 he donated all his belongings to his father Jan. On July 7 he bought the ancestral home on the Beeckstraat from his co-heirs. Thomas married Heeske, who died 23 Apr 1643. In 1637 Heeske (also known as Hester) sold property in Mierlo. In 1616 all Thomas’ children were of adult age. They were the sons Henrick , Jacob, Jan and Peter, and the daughters Lijske, Marike and Yken.

3. Pauwels Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers
Pauwels was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He was mayor of Nuenen in 1604. In 1605 he bought with his brother in law, Gerard Hendricx the inheritance of Aert Peters van Bruessel. His last recorded action was in 1606 when he lent 94 guilders to Frans Franssen and his sister Engel. He died before 1608. He was married to Leijfine (Livina) Henrick Gerits van der Beeck who died in 1618. They probably did not have any children.

4. Wilhelmus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers
Wilhelmus was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He died after 1595 but before 1599. He married Marijke Jan Henricx van Coll. Their children were: Jan (who died in 1616), Thonis and Marijke. A fourth child, Marijke, came from a second marriage. In 1609 Jan and Thonis were adults, but the two Marijkes were still underage.

5. Henrick Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers
(see III, below)

6. Jan the younger (Cuijtsius)
Jan was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He was born in 1569 and became a priest. In 1599 he was called the rector of the Holy Sacraments Altar at Eindhoven. He was a teacher until 1601 and a notary in Eindhoven, admitted by the council of Brabant, on 12 July 1615. As a priest, he was a Canon of Eindhoven, starting from 1601 and likely until 1620.(6)

III. Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers

Henricus was the son of Jan Jans Cuijten (II). He lived at the beek (a brook) in Nuenen and died on 21 Dec 1639. He was married to Jenneke Henrick Jansen van Stiphout, born in Mierlo, who died on 15 Oct 1643.
On 6 Jun 1606 he sold some grassland in the Roesdonk to his brother Pauwels. On 1 Dec 1610 he also sold some grassland to Goorden Ghijsbrechts. In 1611 he wrote a promissory note for ƒ116,10,0 to the children of his deceased brother Willem. From the children of his deceased brother Thomas he bought a house and related property on the Beekstraat on 28 Jan 1616. On 21 Mar 1619 he promises to pay a yearly rent to baron Robbrecht van Eijck. On 19 Sep 1631 he sold all the goods he inherited from his father in law to his brother in law Jan Henricx.

The following six children are known:

note 6: There is more information on Cuijtsius. For a more detailed treatment see Schampers. pp 22-24

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:

Jan, married to Geertruij Gerrits van der Beeck
Peter, baptized on 6 Dec 1635 and died young
Margaretha, baptized on 25 Jan 1639
Maria, baptized on 24 Jan 1640
Johannes, baptized on 13 Apr 1642. He moved to Zwolle.

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:

Sophia born on 13 Sep 1637
Joannes born on 12 Aug 1638

was the son of Henricus Jan Cuijten alias Ketelaers (III) and Jenneke van Stiphout

(see IV)

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:

Hendrick Pauwels Ketelaers, baptized at Nuenen on 7 Jun 1646
Adam Pauwels Ketelaers, baptized at Nuenen on 13 Nov 1648 and died there on 3 jul 1683. He married Anna Aerts Jacobs, daughter of Aert Jacobs Martens and Elisabeth on 20 Oct 1675. They had the following children:
1. Johanna, baptized on 10 Nov 1675
2. Gerardus, baptized on 3 Jum 1678
3. Elisabeth, baptized on 14 Sep 1682
4. Paula, baptized on 23 Feb 1682
Peter Pauwels Ketelaers.
Jan Pauwels Ketelaers, who died after 1682

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.

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:

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.

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.

(see IV )