De Heren van het Veen

The van Cuyck family in Heerenveen

Jan Anthonisz. van Cuyck (1509 – 1566)
Jan Anthonisz. Van Cuyck was born in Utrecht on 31 October 1509. He was the son of Anthonis van Cuyck and Gauborch Pijll.
Jan studied law. From 1534 to 1543 he was raed / raid and alderman of Utrecht. In 1541 he was in the Cleyne Calander in Utrecht. Jan van Cuyck was mayor of Utrecht in 1544/45 and 1545/46, together with Adam Ram.

He founded the Decama-, Cuyck- and Foeyts-veencompagnie in 1551 (*).

Jan married Elisabeth van Moerendael (before 1515 – 1576) in 1533. She was a daughter of Hendrik Wilgersz and Alit Thymansdr. Knijff. They had 9 children:
Anthonis Jansz., married Margaretha Boll; counselor and lawyer at the States of Utrecht.
Wilger, canon at Utrecht.
Tyman Jansz.
Valerius, canon at Utrecht.
Wermbout, married Margaretha van Meckinck.
Hendrik, doctor, married Catharina Wijnen.
Geertruyd: married ca. 1563 Johan Gerritsz. van Dashorst,; she died before 1579. He remarried to Alijdt Diricx van Amerongen.
Anna.
Bertha, nun.