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c. 1655 in Scotland) was the evil genius behind the establishment
of the Bank of Engiand. It is
strongly believed that he was a trader in New York in 1668-69 and that prior to this he had worked
with the pirate Morgan, who operated in the New Netherlands area. Witchcraft was part of some
people’s lives in New Netherlands,
but the colony was far more lenient toward them than in the
Puritan colony in Massachusetts.
The last Dutch governor of New Netherlands,
Gov. Peter
Stuyvesant’s
sister-in-law
was suspected of witchcraft, but acquitted. Ralph Hall of Seatalcott, Long
Island and his wife were the only ones seriously tried of witchcraft in New Amsterdam and they were
acquitted. In 1687, the British had taken the New Netherlands
from the Dutch for the second and final
time, and they made the Dutch take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Three Van Duyns of
New Amsterdam are recorded having taken that oath. They were Gerrit Cornelis Van Duyn, Cornelis
Gems Vanduyn, and Denijs Gerrise Vanduyn. However, in the 1790 census taken in New York state,
there are no Van Duyn families at all listed. One of the best books on the Van Duyn family is New
Netherlands Families
by Wilson V. Ledley, Vol. 3 which is about the Van Duyn family. I obtained a
copy of the Van Duyn part, which was able to assist me in my genealogy work. I count 378 Van
Duyn’s in the fifth generation of Van Duyn’s in this country. Some of the families that the Van
Duyn’s have intermarried with are Ailing (Allen), Brendel, Bullinger, Graeber, Hayes, Kennedy, and
Robertson. Some of the other families which are definitely Dutch with which the family married with
are the Van Burens, the Van Cleeves, and Van der Hoef. It would be exceedingly
interesting to find
out if the Van Duyn’s connect at all with the Dutch King William of Orange or some of William of
Orange’s supporters. Many of today’s elite trace back to William of Orange or his prominent
supporters. The Van Duyn last name has ended up with many spellings. For instance, in Bergen Co.,
NJ. the name is spelled Van Dyne, Van Duyn, VanDuyne, Van Dine, VanDine, & Van Dien. An
informer states that Van Duyn is one of the top 13 Illuminati families. If that is so, then it certainly
is
the least known family of the thirteen. This article will show clues and evidence that have kept me
from rejecting the possibility that the family is indeed one of the top thirteen. On the other hand, there
are also some very puzzling things about this family that almost disqualify
it from being a top family.
One puzzling thing is how rare this surname is. Considering
that the name belonged to one of the
earliest settlers in the New World one would expect quite a clan to have developed. But this is not so.
Another puzzling thing, is that the conspiracy has a great deal of activity going on in Brussels,
Belgium. Belgium
is half Dutch, half french. Many of the people in Brussels have Dutch names, and
it would be expected that if the Van Duyn family were a top family they would have someone in
Brussels, but I wasn’t able to locate any there. See the reproduction
of the Brussels phone book to
show that some places have been named after the Van Duyns but none live there, although two Van
Duynens are listed.
VAN DUYNS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE
Historically, there were a few Van Duyns that caught my attention.
Cornelis Van Duyn (1709-1779)--left
an inheritance of 1,000 pounds of money to children.
William Van Duyn (1695-1773)--left
two plantations to children in will
Aaron Van Duyn (1830- 1899)--trustee & deacon of the Meth. Episcopal church
Alfred Voorhees Van Duyn (1843-??)--an
undertaker of Middlebush,
NJ
Harrison Van Duyn (1845-1914)--member
of NJ legislature in 1879, became Speaker of the House in
1881,
Scottish and York Rite Freemason, member of the Holland Society (see Holland Society Yearbook
1915), and numerous other business organizations
and societies.
Horace N. Van Duyn--Stockholder
in the Boston National Bank
Lewis Van Duyn-- Surveyor, organizer & president of Boonton Water Co., owned lots of real estate.
