Claes Teuniszen (1616 - aft. 1684)

Born 1616 in Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands [uncertain]

Husband of Stijntge Douwes — married Jan 1658 in Beverwyck [uncertain]

Died after 9 Jun 1684 after age 68 in Province of New York

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Biography

"Claes Teunisz, referred to as Claes Teunisz alias Uylenspiegel and as Claes Teunisz Uylenspiegel (the wag, or joker); is credited with two years' wages in van Curler's time and with wages earned on de Vlackte, from April 10, 1645, to the fall of 1646; also with wages of his partner Thomas de Engelsman; and with various amounts for sweeping a chimney, finding horses, etc. Dec. 17, 1648, he was prosecuted for driving his horse too fast. He took over the farm of Jan Andriesz, Dec. 21, 1649, and was ordered to vacate it Sept. 9, 1650, for failure to improve it satisfactorily." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ New York State Library, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Arnold J. F. Van Laer, Nicolaas de Roever, and Susan de Lancey Van Rensselaer Strong. 1908. Van Rensselaer Bowier manuscripts: being the letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and other documents relating to the colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York.

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Claes Teunesen

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Teuniszen-1 created through the import of Hudson.ged on May 29, 2011 by Arletta Hudson.