The American Descent of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen
VAN KEULEN / VAN KEUREN / VAN KUREN / VAN CUREN
A FAMILY HISTORY
by D G Van Curen
For anyone researching the Van Keuren, Van Kuren, Van Curen family in America, this book will save many hours of research time. It begins with a detailed history of the first ancestor in America, Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen (aka van Keulen), and tracks the family, generation to generation, as they spread out across America. Included are numerous Court, Land, Census, and Military references, an explanation of the Old Dutch Patronymic(the way they named their children), and a family genealogy of several thousand names, dates and places. This genealogy includes the four surnames generated by the four children of Mathijs Jansen Van Ceulen:
Daughter Katryn Matthyssen; Van Steenbergh(en), Steenburgh, etc
Daughter Annetje Matthyssen; Peersen, Peerson, Pearson, Person, Personius
Son Jan Matthyssen; Jansen, Jonson, Johnson
Son Matthys Matthyssen; Van Keuren, Van Kuren, Van Kurin, Van Curen
. A limited number of copies have been reserved for sale directly by the family. Once those are gone, the book may still be available through bookstores, but at a substantially higher price. The book is hardbound using acid free paper. A print of the family Coat of Arms is stamped into the cover.
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Family reserve copies will be sold at $17.00/ea for single copies, or $15.00/ea for two or more copies in a single mailing. Buy four, get one free. Price includes shipping anywhere in the U.S. Also available, for $2 more, is a CD containing an all-name index and corrections page, plus a current descendent report, as well as pictures of 19th century family, old homesteads dating back to the 1600s, and New York Dutch Churches where many of the early family were christened.
To order your copy, send check or money order to:
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D G Van Curen
1506 Rand Street
Boise, Id 83709
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