Otto Van Tuyl

Male 1661 - 1705  (44 years)


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  • Name Otto Van Tuyl 
    Born 1661  Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Dec 1705  At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2330  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Jan Otto Van Tuyl,   b. 1632, Gameren, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1689-1690, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Geertruijt Jansdotter Van Lent,   b. Abt 1635, , , Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1700, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 1660  , , Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F89  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grietje Margrietje Dircks Fluyt,   c. 5 May 1672, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1722  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 14 Jun 1693  New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F1080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Otto is a German name not Dutch, however living so close to Germany, it is possible that there
      was intermarriage in earlier generations. Capt Otto Van Tuyl died in 1705 when his ship, the Privateer "The Castle Del Key," 130 tons, 18 guns, was wrecked on East bank of Sandy Hook, off Staten Island, on the 19th of Dec. 1705; Mr. Cortelyou of the Narrows failed in his rescue." (The Boston News Letter of Dec 16-24-1705, No. 88, New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vol XI, p. 4; The Pirates' Who's Who by Phillip Gosse)
      Captain Otto Van Tuyl was Commander of the private ship of war, Castle Del Key , owner of a Madagascar plantation in the Indian Ocean, and rover with Captain Kidd.
      Otto & Grietje 's marriagelisted in (6) Reformed Dutch Church of New York, 14 Jul 1693, p. 75.

      Otto was age 2 yr. in 1663 when the family arrived in New Amsterdam. He was named after his paternal grandfather