They were about the first 17th century Wynkoops I ever heard about. In February 1974, Jan Krudop from Amsterdam gave me information about the coat of arms of Jan Wijncoop, merchant in Amsterdam and his wife Arnoldina Reijnst. Krudop had had a photo made from the original drawing, a copy of which has been in my possesion ever since. Click on the above picture for a larger image and more information.

Jan Krudop, who as far as I recall was a member of the same church as my father's mother was, also gave me a note about the relation between the Wijnkoop and Krudop families. That note lies somewhere in the archives, and will probably stay there for the time being ..

On the image Arnoldina Reijnst is called 'Allardina Rijns'. There is another line of text under her name, which alas is unreadable on the photo I have. It is remarkable that 'her' weapon shows violins, the reason for that is still unclear to me. As is the information on Jan Krudop's note, because it does not seem to fit in with the information I have on the Wijnkoops from Hoorn. But it's written with some real blue blood:

Volgorde in het kort is als volgt: Joost Hendrik Crudop, afkomstig uit Lippe (Dld) 1727, in Hoorn woonachtig, later in Amsterdam. A.J. Crudop, 1743 - J.H. Crudop, 1772 - A.J. Crudop, 1796 - J.H. Krudop, 1838 - A.J. Krudop, 1875 - J.R. Krudop, 1912."

"Jacob Wijncoop, 1686, Captain of the Civil Guards in Amsterdam, his father was Mayor of Hoorn. His niece Maria Wijncoop, born 1710, married the honorable (Jhr.) Joost Hendrik Reynst van Hoorn. Maria is the daughter of brother Jacob (1686) brother was merchant, name and further data not yet known by me. From the marriage between Maria and Joost Hendrik, who married in 17??, the honourable miss (jonkvrouwe) Amaranta Arnoldina Reynst van Hoorn was born, and she married Joost Hendrik Crudop, heritary Count Von Reveningen (German nobiliary title) in 1733 in De Rijp (province of North-Holland).
In short, this is the line of Generations: Joost Hendrik Crudop, from Lippe, Westfalen, Germany, lived in Hoorn in 1727 and later in Amsterdam - A.J. Crudop, 1743 - J.H. Crudop, 1772 - A.J. Crudop, 1796 - J.H. Krudop, 1838 - A.J. Krudop, 1875 - J.R. Krudop, 1912." [/quote]
The last mentioned J.R. Krudop, 1912 is my 'uncle' Jan, the writer of this note from 1974. He used to live Stadionweg 129-hs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Thursday the 30st april 1682 / appeared before the gentlemen Hasselaer & Trip, clerks / Jan Wijnkoop [with a K!] from Amsterdam, merchant, aged 44 years / (living) in the Oude Teertuijnen*, parents dead / assisted with Jacob Wijnkoop his brother / en Arnoldina Reijnst from Amsterdam, aged 29 years / (living) on the Keijsergracht assisted with her mother [meaning that her father had died] / Alida (Bick?) / van Zaen (?**) / requesting for three sundaily public calls, to after that same [calls] (caring or intention) faithfulness / to fulfill and to execute in all, as far as there further no legal obstructions / apply against. And after that they by truth declared that they are free persons, and / eachother in blood not related, by which a Christian Marriage might / be prevented, are their banns accepted. / Jan Wijnkoop / Aertie Reijnst / certificate granted the 19th May 1682.

* "When the 'oude teertuinen' (old tar-yards, now Prins Hendrikkade, opposite Amsterdam Central Station) were relocated to the Sloterdijksgracht and that area thus came to be the new staple-town of the tar merchants, the name of the quay overthere soon changed into 'Nieuwe Teertuinen'." (De Naam Van Onze Straat", The Name Of Our Street, by J.A. Wiersma); the 'Nieuwe Teertuinen' is the quay alongside the Prinseneilandsgracht, facing the Prince's Island, nearby the Haarlemmerpoort, the city gate on the Haarlem road.

** The Zaen, or now the Zaan, is the name of a river and of the region north of Amsterdam, a very old area with towns and villages like Zaandam, Zaandijk, Zaansche Schans, Koog aan de Zaan, Westzaan, Oostzaan etc.). Today, the whole area is called Zaanstad (Zaan City), is almost completely urbanized and industrialized, and is part of greater Amsterdam, bordering directly to Amsterdam-North. My father's mother was born in Zaandam, and my grandparents also married there.

Jan Wijncoop's signature rather reminds of that of Pieter Pietersz Wijncoop, the first Wynkoop to travel to America:

Especially the 'c's are written alike. This might be a coincidence, caused by the writing habits of those days. Also, they both don't write a 'y', but an 'ij' with two dots or, in the clearly more skilled writing of Jan Wijncoop, with a dash instead. It may all be speculation, but it is possible that they were direct relatives. The only relevant birthfile I found so far is (GAA, baptisms, 5/224): Pieter Jansz. Wynkoop and Jaapje Evers got a son Pieter, who was (born or) baptised on 1617, August 13.

According to source A., the Historical Manuscripts ('Pieter Wijncoop, 24 jaar' on '9.3.1640') Pieter was born between 1615, March 10 and 1616, March 9 - or maybe-maybe between 1615, September 4 and 1616, September 3 (I guess 9.3 means March 9, not September 3 - yet another proof it's wiser to use the YYYYMMDD format).
According to source B., the so far unclassified note ('Pieter Wijnkoop, 29 jaar' on '1643, August 21') Pieter was born between 1613, August 22 and 1614, August 21.

So either A. ór B. is wrong. But presuming that in the old handwriting it reads '27' instead of '29' years, the possible birthdates changes. I would like to see the original, and if my admittedly wild speculation proves to be right, tthat means that Pieter Pietersz. Wijncoop was born in 1615, between August 22 en September 4. Which is still one year difference to the birth or baptisme file though .. and I doubt it was usual to wait long with the baptism, those days.

Another remarkable similarity may be found in the fact that, though both wrote their name with a 'c', it is spelled with a 'k' in all the official Dutch documents I found so far. Just like with the Wijnkoops from Hoorn, who were a powerful and rich regent's family in Hoorn (and Amsterdam?) in those days. And in their branch, Jan, Pieter and less frequently Jacob are the most common names. Combined with the information from the Krudop Paper mentioned above, it seems Pieter's branch and the Hoorn branch migt be the same. The Veluwe branch, to which Cornelius Evertsz. Wijnkoop belongs to may be a different one, but the fact that both Pieter (until 1645) and Cornelius (from 1651) had a lot to do with Rensselaerswijck in the New Netherlands, is .. well .. remarkable .. ?