Van Cuyck of Cuijk Culemborg & Utrecht

Arms of Van Cuyck “die [graue] van Kwck”  The The Beyeren Armorial folio 7V.  The arms of Hendrik III van Cuyck, as one of the participants in the tournament of 1238

The author of this summary has Y-DNA 700 findings that show a link to the American van Meteren family before 1500 AD. On April 20th 1679 Jan Joosten (van Meteren) and Theunis De Key were witnesses to the baptism of Jurriaen, daughter of Thomas Theunisz Quick and Rymerick Westfall. This birth was recorded in Kingston in Roswell Randolph Hoes, Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster Co., (New York, New York, 1891) pg. 12.

There is also a link to The van Cuyck Van Metern famuly and the Scots Brigade in the Netherlands. In 1673 Jacobus van Cuyck van Meteren was a Lieutenant Colonel in the English the scots Brigade. Jacobus was a son of Balthazaar van Cuyck van Meteren and a decendant of Johan van Cuyck van Metern born about 1490 whose family is recorded in Quint’s Bijdragen en mededeelingen, Volume 11, pgs 365-372 published in 1908.

In the Netherlands there is an ancestral link to the van Meteren’s and van Cuyck families in the mid-15th century. The city of Meteren itself was once under the lordship of the van Cuyck fiefdom. The family info of the Van Cuyck family presented below is from the website of Horst Van Cuyck and is well-sourced. For sources see https://www.cuyck.eu/. The Van Cuyck van Meteren branch of the Van Cuyck family was founded by Wenemar van Cuyck’s youngest daughter Elisabeth and her marriage to Jan van Tiel about 1390. During this time the van Cuyck family lost a lot of their land and possessions but the Cuycks clearly took a fresh start, succeeded in increasing their possessions and developed again into an important family of politicians and functionaries, first in Culemborg, later in Utrecht.

The history of the van Cuyck family goes back to the 11th century. It begins with a man called Herman van Malsen. He married Ida of Boulogne, sister of the great Godfrey of Bouillon, daughter of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and (Saint) Ida of Lorraine. The family of Herman van Malsen held land in the Betuwe around Geldermalsen and Meteren. Receiving the Land of Cuijk as a fief from the Emperor, his descendants started to use the surname ‘van Cuyck’

The van Cuyck family became an important family. They developed a very close relationship with the Dukes of Brabant, whom they represented on several occasions. In contrast, the relation with the Counts of Holland was more a problematic one, starting with the murder on Floris the Black, which caused eventually a loss of family lands in Rijnland. But overall the van Cuyck family was a family of high nobility, high ranking and very important on the political scene in Brabant, Holland, Gelre and the Holy Roman Empire.

At the beginning of the 14th century, the Lords of Cuijk were at the height of their power. Jan I van Cuyck (+ 1308) was a top European diplomat in his time. He acted as ambassador, negotiator, counselor, arbiter, witness, and combatant. Princes and kings employed his services. He ranked among the high nobility of his time. Jan’s son Otto van Cuyck (+ 1350) was the Duke of Brabant’s principal vassal and also became a pensioner of the English King Edward III. But Otto left behind a financial battlefield and his descendants were no longer able to maintain the important position of the Cuyck family. They lost power, had financial problems and quarreled over possessions and land. In 1356 the Land of Cuijk became a fief of Brabant.

Sometime later the Lords of Cuijk got caught in the middle of a conflict between Brabant and Gelre and ​finally lost their land in 1400. For a long time, it was believed that this was the end of the Cuyck family, but recent research has shown that the Cuyck family that appears in Culemborg at the beginning of the 15th century is in fact related to the Lords of Cuijk. The Cuycks clearly took a fresh start, succeeded in increasing their possessions and developed again into an important family of politicians and functionaries, first in Culemborg, later in Utrecht. The success story continued. They were politicians, lawyers, and respected scholars. One branch of the family founded a peat exploiting company. In the 17th century, a branch of the family moved to Afferden, part of the Catholic Southern Netherlands. A century later they continued their history in present-day Germany.

Herman van Malsen was the great-grandson of Count Unroch. His father, also named Unroch, was count in the Kempen. Herman is mentioned in several charters of the bishop of Utrecht in the years 1057-1059 and 1080. He was one of the seven vassals of the prince bishop of Utrecht, who was himself a crown vassal of the Roman Emperor. The other vassals of the prince bishop of Utrecht were: the duke of Brabant, the counts of Holland, Gelre, Kleef and Bentheim and the lord of Goor, sometime before 1096, Herman van Malsen received the land of Cuijk. This land, situated in between the duchy of Brabant and the county of Gelre, was part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a fief that Herman (and his offspring) held directly from the emperor. A 14th-century charter, in which emperor Louis IV donated the land of Cuijk to Otto van Cuyck and confirmed that his ancestors had always held it in fief from the emperor, proves this.

Herman married Ida of Boulogne, daughter of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and (Saint) Ida of Lorraine (he was thus the brother-in-law of the famous crusader Godfrey of Bouillon). Their descendants started to use the surname ‘van Cuyck’. Herman and Ida had three sons: Hendrik, Andreas and Godfried.

Ida, the wife of Herman van Malsen and founding mother of the van Cuyck family, was the daughter of Eustace II and Ida of Boulogne. Both her parents came from important families. Her father Eustace was born around 1015-1022. He was the eldest son of Count Eustace I of Boulogne (1024-1047) and Matilda of Louvain († 1049), daughter of Count Lambert I of Louvain (1003-1015) and Gerberga of Lower Lorraine († 1018). After his father’s death in 1047, Eustace II inherited the county of Boulogne, while the county of Lens went to his younger brother Lambert. Eustace II later also inherited Lens, when Lambert’s son was killed in battle in 1054.

The maternal and paternal ancestry of Count Eustace II was impressive. His mother, Matilda of Louvain, was a granddaughter of Charles of Lorraine (977-993), the last lineal male descendant of Charlemagne. Eustace’s father also descended from Charlemagne through the marriage of the emperor’s great-granddaughter Judith with Baldwin I, Count of Flanders (863-879). Eustace’s dual Carolingian bloodline was the richest of any of his contemporaries and it gave him a lustre that was widely recognized. In the 11th century, the blood of Charlemagne was highly praised. The famous English chronicler Orderic Vitalis calls Eustace II a man of the very highest birth, sprung from the stock of Charlemagne, most renowned king of the Franks. Through his father, Eustace also descended from King Alfred the Great (871-899) through the marriage of the latter’s daughter Elftrudis with Baldwin II, Count of Flanders (879-918). Eustace’s brother Godfrey was bishop of Paris. His other brother, Lambert, married the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1027-1035).

In the early 1080s, a genealogy of the Boulonnais dynasty was produced which stressed Eustace's dual Carolingian descent, his marriage to the illustrious Ida of Lorraine, and also reflected the prestige the family had gained through Eustace's military prowess. According to this contemporary Genealogia Comitum Boloniensium, Eustace descended – via Charlemagne and the Merovingian kings.

In 1035, Eustace II married Goda or Godgifu, daughter of the English King Æthelred the Unready (978/9-1016) and his second wife Emma of Normandy. This marriage provided the county of Boulogne with two important alliances. Goda was the widow of Drogo of Mantes, count of Amiens-Vexin (1027-1035). Eustace thus sealed an alliance with his stepsons: Ralph, count of Hereford († 1057), and Walter III, Count of Vexin and Amiens (1035-1063). And when Goda’s brother Edward the Confessor became king of England in 1042, Eustace became his loyal ally. But Goda was also related to the duke of Normandy, her mother Emma being a daughter of Richard I of Normandy (942-996). Thus, Eustace had strong family ties to both England and Normandy. Through Goda, Eustace also acquired interests in a considerable amount of landed property in England. About 1049, after Goda’s death, Eustace married Ida, daughter of Godfrey II the Bearded (1044-1069), duke of Upper Lorraine, and Doda or Uoda. Ida’s family was amongst the most distinguished and influential in Germany.

From van Malsen to van Cuyck the pagus Teisterbant was Herman van Malsen’s region of origin. There he held different allodial possessions: Enspijk, Beesd, Geldermalsen, Buurmalsen, Tricht, Paveien, Meteren, etc. He also owned landed property in Holland: Rijnsaterwoude and Leimuiden. He is mentioned in several charters (in the years 1057-1059 and 1080) of the bishop of Utrecht, whose vassal he was. Sometime before 1096 he also received the land of Cuijk from the Holy Roman Emperor. This land was situated in between the duchy of Brabant and the county of Gelre. As a consequence, Herman’s descendants started to use the surname “van Cuyck”, thus referring to their main powerbase.

The village of Cuijk is situated along the river Meuse, close to the town of Nijmegen, in the province of North-Brabant in the Netherlands. Since 1994 the old village of Cuijk is merged with the villages of Sint Agatha, Katwijk, Beers, Haps, Linden and Vianen. The name ‘Cuijk’ comes from the Celtic word ‘Keukja’, which means ‘curve’ or ‘bend’. This probably refers to the curve in the river Meuse at the height of Cuijk. Under Roman occupation, Cuijk was called Ceuclum. In medieval sources, we find the orthographies Kuc, Chuc, Kuck, Kuk, Cuuk and Kyuc. From 1400 onwards the name of the village is written as Cuyk, Cuijk, Cuyck or Cuijck. It is important to point out that “uy” or “uij” has to be pronounced as “uu”. The origin of the village goes back at least to the Bronze Age. Burials mounds and other prehistoric traces were discovered in the course of several excavations. During the Roman period the village was called ‘Ceuclum’. On the Tabula Peutingeriana (the Peutinger map) Ceuclum is indicated close to ‘Noviomagi’ (Nijmegen).

From the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54) on, Ceuclum was an important military fortress combined with a village. The fortress was renewed during the reign of Constantine the Great (306-337). At that time a bridge was built across the river Meuse as a vital link between the fortresses on the frontier and the cavalry bases in the hinterland. In 1989 the remains of the bridge were found in the river. Another important archeological found concerns several 4th-century leather shoes. The Romans lost control of the area at the beginning of the 5th century. The village remained occupied however. The Romans left Cuijk at the end of the 5th century and only a few people remained in the village, but it was never entirely deserted. The place developed steadily and in the 11th century it became the center of the land of Cuijk, governed by the van Cuyck family. They built a fortification along the river Meuse, but this castle was completely destroyed in 1133, after the murder on Floris the Black. It was never rebuilt. The van Cuyck family constructed a new castle in the nearby town of Grave, which became the new center of their land. Cuijk lost a little bit of its luster, but remained a prosperous little town during the Middle Ages.

 

Lords of Cuijk: Family Tree to 1400

 Herman van Malsen Son of Unroch. Mentioned 1057-1059 and 1080. Lord of Cuijk and Grave. He married Ida, daughter of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Saint Ida of Lorraine. Herman and Ida had three sons:

    1. Hendrik

    2. Andreas. Ca. 1070 – 1139; provost of Saint-Lambert (Liège); provost of Saint-Pierre (Liège); provost of Emmerik; surrogate bishop of Liège 1121-1123; bishop of Utrecht 1128-1139.

    3. Godfried. Mentioned 1120-1135; provost of Xanten; elect archbishop of Cologne; canon of Steinfeld.

Hendrik I van Cuyck († ca. 1108) Mentioned 1096-1108. Lord of Cuijk and Grave. He married (ca. 1100) Alveradis, Countess of Hochstaden; she is mentioned for the last time in 1131. Hendrik and Alveradis had three sons and one daughter:

    1. Godfried. Married (1128) Jutta, only daughter and heiress of Count Frederik I of Arnsberg, and became count of Arnsberg (à Counts of Arnsberg and Rietberg); died ca. 1158.

    2. Herman

    3. Andreas. Mentioned 1155-1156; Provost of Saint-Peter (Utrecht)

    4. Aleydis. Married (1) ca. 1120 Arnold, Lord of Rode. They had a son (died young) and a daughter Heylwig or Heylwiva. Married (2) ca. 1132 Albert II, count of Nörvenich and Bonn.

Herman van Cuyck († 1168/69) Mentioned several times between 1121 and 1168 as a witness in charters of the Bishop of Utrecht and the King of Germany. Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and also advocate of Saint-Servatius (Maastricht). He probably married a daughter of Albert, Count of Chiny. They had four children:

    1. Hendrik II

    2. Albert. Mentioned 1174-1200. Died 2 February 1200. Bishop of Liège 1194-1200.

    3. NN (daughter). Married Dirk, lord of Batenburg. Mentioned 1162-1191.

    4. Andreas. Canon in Liège.

Hendrik II van Cuyck († 1204/05)  In 1166 he is already mentioned as comes de Kuick. Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and advocate of Saint-John in Utrecht. In or around 1160 Hendrik married Sophia of Rhenen, daughter of Dirk, Viscount (castellanus) of Utrecht and sole heir of Herpen. They had five children:

    1. Godfried. Mentioned 1178 and 1191. Possibly castellanus of Horst.

    2. Albert

    3.  Alveradis. Married Dirk, lord of Voorne and viscount of Zeeland, son of Floris à lords of Voorne, viscounts of Zeeland, lords of Heenvliet

    4. Lutgardis. Married Godfried II, Lord of Breda and Schoten.

    5.  Andreas. Magister and dean of Saint-Marie in Utrecht.

Albert van Cuyck († 1233) His older brother Godfried probably died before his father and that is why Albert succeeded his father. Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Merum and (half) Asten. Count of Utrecht.

Albert married a daughter of Rutger, lord of Merum, and Aleydis of Horne. They had ten children:

    1. Hendrik III

    2. Rutger, lord of Herpen. Married Maria of Diest, daughter of Arnold IV and Aleydis of Heimbach à Lords of Herpen.

    3. Godfried, canon in Xanten and Utrecht.

    4. Dirk/ Married Christina, daughter of the Viscount of Leiden à Viscounts of Leiden.

    5. Willem. Married a daughter of Arnold IV and Aleydis of Heimbach à Lords of Asten and Escharen.

    6.  Agnes. Married Hendrik, Lord of Reifferscheid.

    7. NN (daughter). Married Gijsbrecht III, Lord of Amstel

    8. Everard, canon of Saint-Gereon in Cologne, provost of Tiel and dean of Saint-Peter in Utrecht.

    9. Margareta, married Folpert II van der Leck.

    10. Frederik. Canon in Xanten.

Hendrik III van Cuyck († 1254) Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Lord of Merum and (half) Asten. Not much is known for certain about his marriage(s). It is possible his first wife was a daughter of Jan van Putten, but it could also have been a daughter of the Horn, Altena or Heusden family. See: V. Lambert & C. Gräfin von Arco-Zinneberg, De huwelijken van Hendrik III van Cuyck, heer van Cuijk en Grave (1233 – 1254). Meer vragen dan antwoorden …, 2015. Children:

    1. Albert. Mentioned 1240-1246. à Deil?

    2. Jan I

    3. NN (daughter). Married Rudolph de Cocq.

    4. Gerard. Provost of Odilienberg, Provost of Munster.

    5. Alveradis, married Jacob II of Mirlaer (Meerlo).

Seal of Jan I van Cuyck

Jan I van Cuyck († 1308)  After his older brother Albert died (between 1246 and 1254) Jan became Lord of Cuijk and Grave, lord of Merum and Neerloon. In or around 1260 he married Jutta van Nassau, daughter of Count Hendrik II and Mechteld van Gelre. They had nine children:

    1. Hendrik, lord of Mierop. Born ca. 1260. Died on the battlefield in July 1304. Married ca. 1290 Aelis (Aleydis) of Diest, Lady of Royère (Rivieren), daughter of Arnold VI of Diest and Elisabeth of Mortagne-Tournai, widow of Hellin I of Petegem and Cysoing. They had two children:

        1. Jan II, lord of Cuijk and Grave (1308-1319). Illegitmate son: Jan van Cuyck van Mierop, knight, who married Maria of Berlaer (Berthout), daughter of Jan II and Elisabeth van den Berghe (Arkel). à van Cuyck van Mierop.

        2. Margareta, married Jan IV of Heusden, son of Jan III and Adelissa of Cattendyck.

    2. Willem

    3. Gerard, mentioned 1296-1310. Provost of Saint-Peter in Louvain.

    4. Jan, mentioned 1306-1325. Provost of Saint-Peter in Louvain and of Saint-Servatius in Maastricht.

    5. Otto, lord of Cuijk and Grave, lord of Mierlo, Neerloon, Zelem, Merum, and Heverlee. Married (1) Aleydis van Diest, Lady of Zelem, widow of Walter III of Berchem-Ranst: no children. (2) Johanna van Heverlee: one daughter Adelissa. (3) Johanna of Flanders, granddaughter of Count Guy of Dampierre, widow of Gerard of Diest: no children.

    6.(Aleydis). Married Hendrik of Voornenburg, lord of Acquoy, son of Albrecht, lord of Voorne and viscount of Zeeland, and Catharina of Durbuy.

    7.Agnes. Mentioned 1303-1342. Died 1345. Married Hendrik I of Leeuwenberg (Spanheim), son of Jan I and Gisela of Falkenstein.

    8. NN (daughter). Married Gijsbert van der Leck, son of Hendrik II and Jutta of Borssele. à Lords of Haps.

    9. NN (daughter). Married Gerard II of Dyck, son of Gerard I and Sofia of Schleiden.

Willem van Cuyck († 1303) Mentioned in 1295-1303. Knight. He married (ca. 1295) Sofia of Gimnich (Gymnich), lady of Hoogstraten and Wortel, daughter of Wenemar and Johanna of Elslo. They had three children:

    1. Jan III

    2. Wenemar of Hoogstraten, knight. Mentioned 1325-1357. Had children with Elisabeth Smeets, daughter of Wouter.

    3. NN (daughter). Married Jan II, Count of Megen.

Jan III van Cuyck († 1357) Lord of Cuijk, Mierlo, Asten, Hoogstraten, Grave and Wortel. He married (ca. 1320) Catharina Berthout, daughter of Hendrik, lord of Le Bosquiel, alias Bebbeken. They had five children.

    1. Willem of Hoogstraten, knight. Mentioned 1351-1355. Two illegitimate children: Anthonis and Margaret.

    2. Jan IV van Cuyck, lord of Cuijk and Hoogstraten. Married Lutgardis of Voorst and Keppel. One son:

        1. Jan V van Cuyck, Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Lord of Hoogstraten, Lord of Nieuwcuijk and half Asten.

    3. Elisabeth. Married Gerard of Asperen (Arkel), lord of Tull and ‘t Waal.

    4. Hendrik, lord of Vorssele, Enke and Asten, lord of half Zundert and half Brecht. Married Geertruid Cotterel. One son:

        1. Jan IV of Hoogstraten, knight.

    5. Wenemar

Wenemar van Cuyck († 1390) Lord of Cuijk and Grave 1382-1390. Guardian of Neerloon. Ca. 1360 he married Aleydis de Cocq van Opijnen, daughter of Jan and Johanna van Tuyll. They had five children:

    1. Jan VI, Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Lord of Hatendonk, Beesd and Hernen. Guardian of Neerloon. Married Johanna, illegitimate daughter of Duke Willem of Gelre-Gulik. No children.

    2. Johanna, lady of Cuijk and Grave, lady of Meteren and Est. Married Willem, illegitimate son of Willem of Gelre-Gulik. No children.

    3. Katharina. Married Herbaren van Heukelom (Arkel), lord of Acqoy.

    4. Elisabeth. Married Jan van Tiel (Eyll), also called Jan van Meteren, alderman of Deil. à van Cuyck van Meteren.

    5. Jutta. Married Willem Pieck.

    6. Jan

New Beginnings: from Gelre to Culemborg 

At the beginning of the 14th century, the Lords of Cuijk were at the height of their power. Jan I van Cuyck (+ 1308) was a top European diplomat in his time. He acted as ambassador, negotiator, counselor, arbiter, witness and knight. Princes and kings employed his services and he ranked among the high nobility of his time. Jan's son Otto van Cuyck (+ 1350) committed his town of Grave to the Duke of Brabant, from whom he received it back as a fief. He was the Duke’s principal vassal and also, like his father, became a pensioner of the English King Edward III. But Otto left behind a financial battlefield and his descendants were no longer able to maintain the important position of the Cuyck family. The position of the Lords of Cuijk declined rapidly. They lost power, had financial problems and quarreled over possessions and land. In 1356 the Land of Cuijk became a fief of Brabant. Jan V van Cuyck (+ 1382) sold Hoogstraten to his cousin Jan IV of Hoogstraten and Asten to Gerard van Berkel and Ricoud de Cocq.

Wenemar van Cuyck and his son Jan VI van Cuyck got caught in the middle of a conflict between Brabant and Gelre. The Cuycks were vassals of the Duke of Brabant, but through his marriage, Wenemar was related to the Duke of Gelre. Wenemar supported Gelre and in 1384 even arranged a marriage between his son Jan VI and Johanna, illegitimate daughter of Willem of Gelre. And Wenemar’s oldest daughter Johanna, who became Lady of Cuijk in 1394, married Willem, an illegitimate son of Willem of Gelre. In 1400 the conflict between Brabant and Gelre was definitively settled. The land of Cuijk was given to Gelre. Johanna’s (childless) marriage to Willem the Bastard of Gelre was annulled. She is mentioned for the last time in 1426 and died at an unknown time.

(I) Jan van Cuyck in Culemborg in 1424 a man named Jan van Cuyck (we will refer to him as Jan sr.) appears in Culemborg. Jan sr. van Cuyck and his son Jan jr. owned land in Redinchem, Kampen, Tricht, Altena, Gorinchem, Trichterbroek, Mastenbroek, Zoelmond, Culemborgerbroek, Everdingen, Paveien, Buurmalsen, Meteren, Corte Hoeven and Golberdingen. Some of these lands were acquired through acquisition, others seem to come from the core posessions of the Cuyck family: the so-called “allodia”.  Jan sr. and his son were also vassals of the lord of Arcen, of the “drost” of Arnhem for land in Rijswijk and of the lord of Culemborg for land in Beusichem, Parijs, Rol and Lang Avontuur. A farm in Welboren was kept as a fief of Vianen. The fact that Jans sr. and his son owned a considerable amount of landed property that came from the “allodia” of the lords of Cuijk shows the relationship between the lords of Cuijk and the van Cuyck family in Culemborg kept as a fief of Vianen Jan jr. van Cuyck. 

(II) Jan jr. van Cuyck was born in Culemborg ca. 1410. In the sources he is sometimes called “Jan Jansz.” (Jan son of Jan or Jan Janson). Like his father he became alderman. Jan jr. first married Christina van der Weijde; they had no children (HUA, 26 Familie Des Tombe, inv. 336). On 7 December 1440 a marriage was arranged between Jan jr. and Johanna, illegitimate daughter of Gerard, later Gerard II, lord of Culemborg, and illegitimate granddaughter of Jan II of Culemborg (GA, 0370 Heren en graven van Culemborg, Reg. 1117a, inv. 1787, f° 67v°-68r°). Jan sr. had a good relationship with Jan II, lord of Culemborg from 1422 to 1452. They were on the same side in the war between the co-called Hoeken and Kabeljauwen. Being a descendant of the lords of Cuijk, Jan jr. was a good match for Johanna.

(III) Jan jr. jr. van Cuyck Jan jr. was born in Culemborg in or around 1445. In the sources he is sometimes called Jan de Jonge (Jan the Younger). Jan was the son of Jan jr. (II) and Johanna, illegitimate daughter of Gerard van Culemborg (GA, Heren en graven van Culemborg, Reg. 2421).  He became alderman of Culemborg in 1487.

The van Cuyck family in Culemborg

At the end of the 15th century, two members of the van Cuyck family moved to Utrecht. They were both sons of Jan van Cuyck jr. jr. (C.III): Jan (U.I.A) and Anthonis (U.I.B). The branch founded by the first son (A-branch) did not exist for a long time, but with Anthonis a new branch (B-branch) started blooming.

Jan van Cuyck was born in Culemborg. He was the son of Jan van Cuyck jr. jr. (C.III). We don’t know the name of his mother. In 1507 Jan van Cuyck filed a claim for compensation because of the fact that he and Hendrik van Cuyck (C.IV) were held by lord Gherrit van Poelgest, knight (GA, 0370 Heren en graven van Culemborg, inv. 213.2). The trial was held before the court of Holland. In the documents, Jan van Cuyck and Hendrik van Cuyck are called poorters van Culemborg (citizens of Culemborg), but it is not clear what the exact relationship was between them. Since nothing is specified, they were almost certainly brothers. Jan married Aleydis (Alith) Florensdr van Jutphaes van Blockhoven, daughter of the mayor of Utrecht (Burman, 1738). They had at least two children:

   1. Jan (U.A.II)

   2. Anna, who married Adam Ram. She is mentioned in 1567 as the widow of Adam Ram (HUA, Registers Sint-Paulusabdij, reg. A, fol. 481). Willem van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1538-1608), married in Utrecht with Catharina Ram, daughter of Adam Ram and Anna van Cuyck.

Anthonis van Cuyck was born in Culemborg. He was the son of Jan van Cuyck jr. jr. (C.III). He married Gauborch Pijll (Pyll), on 4 March 1496 (Burman). She was the daughter of Bruno (Bruning) Pijll, alderman of Utrecht, and Bertrade.  Anthonis and Gauborch had at least two sons:

1. Jan Anthonisz. (U.B.II)

2. Bruno (Bruning) Anthonisz.

   3. Anthonis died in 1561 (HUA, Archief van de Heerlijkheid Sterkenburg, Inv. 4, fol. 25 v° - 26 r°).

(U.B.II) Jan Anthonisz. van Cuyck was born in Utrecht around 1500. He was the son of Anthonis van Cuyck (U.B.I) and Gauborch Pijll.  Jan studied law (Buchell). From 1534 to 1543 he was raed / raid and alderman of Utrecht. In 1544/45 and 1545/46 he was mayor of Utrecht (together with Adam Ram). Jan Anthonisz. Van Cuyck was a respected scholar. He not only annotated Flavius Charisius and Audonius, but he also published several works himself:

Jan married Elisabeth van Moerendael (before 1515 – 1576) in 1533. She was a daughter of Hendrik Wilgersz and Alit Thymansdr. Knijff. Their children:

1. Anthonis Jansz., married Margaretha Boll; counselor and lawyer at the States of Utrecht.

2. Wilger, canon at Utrecht.

3. Tyman Jansz.

4. Valerius, canon at Utrecht.

5. Wermbout, married Margaretha van Meckinck.

6. Hendrik, doctor, married Catharina Wijnen.

7. Geertruyd: married ca. 1563 Johan Gerritsz. van Dashorst,; she died before 1579. He remarried to Alijdt Diricx van Amerongen.

8. Anna.

9. Bertha, nun.

The two oldest sons of Jan, Anthonis and Wilger, are mentioned by Cornelius Valerius van Audewater (**), from Utrecht, professor at the University of Leuven 1557 – 1578. In 1561 he published a book “De Sphaera …” and in this book he refers to several people who pushed him to publish the book. Among them: “doctissimi Johannis Cauchii duos filios natu majores, adolescents et probitate et litteris etiam interioribus ac reconditis perpolitos, meis cognatis in studiis contubernales amantissimos”. Jan Anthonisz. Van Cuyck was a respected scholar. He not only annotated Flavius Charisius and Audonius, but he also published several works himself (***): 

(U.B.III) Tyman Jansz. van Cuyck (1540 – 1616)

Tyman Jansz. van Cuyck was born in Utrecht on 5 October 1540 (TRESOAR, 319 Familie Van Beyma thoe Kingma, inv. 629). Tyman was the son of Jan van Cuyck and Elisabeth van Moerendael.

Tyman was married to Catharina van Sompijken (Cathalina van Sombeecken, van Zombeecke), daughter of Augustijn. They had several children:

    1. Maria

    2. Peter

    3. Johan, married Cornelia Willemsdr van Lamzweert.

    4. Alidt; married Herman de Jonghe Cornelis Hermansz. Van Leuvensz. (Leeuwen) On 2 June 1593 in Utrecht.

According to HUA, 26 Familie Des Tombe, inv. 336, they also had the following children:

    1. Augustijn

    2. Tyman

    3. Jacob

    4. Bruno

    5. Geertruyd

    6. Anna

 van Cuyck of Cuijk Records

Doorn

18-7-1597: Jan Welsinck van Borculo, rentmeester, voor Emerentiana Snoye, gchuwd met Luert Manninga, hoofdeling te Dycke, Pieterburen, Nijland enz., bij dode van Lambert, haar broer, na verzuim, waarna belast voor Mr. Wilger van Cuyk, kanunnik ten Dom te Utrecht, met f. 31.- 5 st. en voor Anna en Geertruida, dochters van Thomas van Cuyk, oud respectievelijk 20 en 12 jaar, met f. 62.- 10 st., bijeen te lossen met f. 1000.-, fol. 56vo-61.

18-7-1597: Jan Welsinck van Borculo, steward, before Emerentiana Snoye, chased with Luert Manninga, chieftain at Dycke, Pieterburen, Nijland, etc., at the death of Lambert, her brother, after absence, after which taxed for Mr. Wilger van Cuyk, canon ten Dom in Utrecht, with f. 31.- 5 pcs. and for Anna and Geertruida, daughters of Thomas van Cuyk, old 20 and 12 years respectively, with f. 62.- 10 pcs., To be released with f. 1000, fol. 56vo-61.

21-7-1598: Mr.Wilger van Cuyk, kanunnik, c.s. zijn gelost, fol. 74vo.

21-7-1598: Mr. Wilger van Cuyk, Canon, et al. Have been released, fol. 74vo.

REPERTORIUM OP DE LENEN VAN DE HOFSTEDE ZUILENBURG,1397-1670 door J.C. Kort

Soest

15-10-1614: Mr. Timan van Cuyk, raad ordinaris in het Hof van Utrecht, bij overdracht door Johan Bolle, 38 fol. 9.

11-5-1627: Anton van Cuyk bij dode van Timan, zijn vader, 38 fol. 147v-148.

15-10-1614: Mr. Timan van Cuyk, Counselor in the Court of Utrecht, on transfer by Johan Bolle, 38 fol. 9.

11-5-1627: Anton van Cuyk at the death of Timan, his father, 38 fol. 147v-148.

Culemborg

18-4-1574: Jan van Cuyk Hendriksz., rentmeester van Culemborg, voor Hendrik van Abcoude van Meerten, heer van Essestein, bij dode van Anton, heer van Essestein, diens vader, 4777 fol. 258.

18-4-1574: Jan van Cuyk Hendriksz., Steward of Culemborg, for Hendrik van Abcoude van Meerten, lord of Essestein, dead of Anton, lord of Essestein, his father, 4777 fol. 258.

9-2-1577: Jan Antonsz. van Oord bij overdracht door Hendrik van Meerten, heer van Essestein en Maarsserbroek, neef van de leenheer, 4777 fol. 258.

6-4-1599: Jan Antonsz. van Oord, 4777 fol. 258.

9-2-1577: Jan Antonsz. van Oord upon transfer by Hendrik van Meerten, lord of Essestein and Maarsserbroek, nephew of the lord, 4777 fol. 258.

6-4-1599: Jan Antonsz. van Oord, 4777 fol. 258.

13-8-1453: Johan van Cuyk bij overdracht door Dirk, gehuwd met Johan van Amstel, met lijftocht Johanna, natuurlijke dochter van de leenheer, zijn vrouw, 4773 fol. 24, 4774 fol. 29, 4775 p. 61.

29-11-1487: Gozewijn van Cuyk bij dode van Johan, zijn vader, 4776 fol. 67.

1-7-1505: Herman van Cuyk bij dode van Gozewijn, zijn vader, 4776 fol. 67.

17-1-1535: Gozewijn van Cuyk, oudste zoon, bij dode van Herman, zijn vader, met lijftocht van Janna van Vronestein, zijn moeder, 4776 fol. 67.

19-9-1554: Lambert Tonisz. bij overdracht door Gozewijn van Cuyk, voor wie belast met ƒ 42.- Hollands, te lossen met ƒ 700.-, 4776 fol. 67.

16-11-1558: Gozewijn van Cuyk is gelost, 4776 fol. 67v.

21-9-1556: Lambert Tonisz. met ledige hand, 4776 fol. 67v.

14-4-1570: Lambert Tonisz. met ledige hand, 4778 fol. 29.

13-8-1453: Johan van Cuyk on transfer by Dirk, married to Johan van Amstel, with Johanna, natural liege lord's daughter, his wife, 4773 fol. 24, 4774 fol. 29 4775 p. 61.

11/29/1487: Gozewijn van Cuyk at the death of Johan, his father, 4776 fol. 67.

1-7-1505: Herman van Cuyk at the dead of Gozewijn, his father, 4776 fol. 67.

1/17/1535: Gozewijn van Cuyk, eldest son, at the death of Herman, his father, with a procession of Janna van Vronestein, his mother, 4776 fol. 67.

9/19/554: Lambert Tonisz. upon transfer by Gozewijn van Cuyk, for those charged with NLG 42.-Hollands, to be released with NLG 700.-, 4776 fol. 67.

11/16/558: Gozewijn van Cuyk has been released, 4776 fol. 67v.

9/21/556: Lambert Tonisz. with empty hand, 4776 fol. 67v.

4/14/1570: Lambert Tonisz. with empty hand, 4778 fol. 29.

27-6-1646: Adriaan Hermansz. bij overdracht door Melchior van Cuyk van Meteren voor Anna

Adriaansdr., diens vrouw, 4783 fol. 220.

27-6-1646: Adriaan Hermansz. upon transfer by Melchior van Cuyk van Meteren for Anna

Adriaansdr., His wife, 4783 fol. 220.

Van Cuyk records of the Church of St Paul - REPERTORIUM OP DE LENEN EN TIJNSEN VAN DE ABDIJ SINT PAULUS, 1221-1667 door J.C. Kort