Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Lord Ruloff De Kype and Geesjen Romeyn

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Husband Lord Ruloff De Kype [18857] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1510 - Alençon, Orne, Lower Normandy, France 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1569 - Jarnac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France 1
 Cause of Death: killed in battle
         Buried: 16 Mar 1569 - Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France 1
FamilySearch ID: 946W-FC8

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         Father: Lord Ruloff De Kype I [18859] (1485-1544) 2
         Mother: Lady Christiana De Kype [18860] (1490-1540) 2

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       Marriage: 1539 - Alençon, Orne, Lower Normandy, France 3

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Wife Geesjen Romeyn [18858] ¹

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           Born: 1520 - Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1569 - Jarnac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LZ4F-D4X

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Children

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1 M Lord Ruloff De Kype Kipp [18855] ⁴

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           Born: 10 Jan 1544 - Alençon, Orne, Lower Normandy, France 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1596 - Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 4
         Buried:  - Notre-Dame Churchyard Alencon Departement de l'Orne Basse-Normandie, France 4
FamilySearch ID: K4P9-YD2
Find A Grave ID: 127228122

         Spouse: Jillis De Kype Pieterszen 4 [18856] (1554-1596)
           Marr: Abt 1575 - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 1

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General Notes: Husband - Lord Ruloff De Kype

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Ruloff de Kype's sons:

Henri de Kipe born about 1540.

Jean Baptiste de Kipe born about 1542.

Ruloff de Kipe born about 1544.

All family histories and sources I have found show Ruloff was killed in battle on the banks of the La Charante near Jarnac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France and that his son, Jean Baptiste, a priest, buried him in a small near the site he was killed. His altar tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution. He was born in Alencon, , Bretagne, France.

Arthur Van Riper November 14, 2019

The KIP Family [https://archive.org/details/historyofkipfami00kipf/page/n21/mode/2up], page 22

The first of whom there is any notice in history is Ruloff De Kype, who was born about 1510-1520. He was a warm adherent of the Guises, and took a prominent part in the civil war between the Catholics and the Protestants. On the triumph of the Protestants, which occurred soon after the general massacre of the inhabitants of Vassey in Champagne, in 1562, his chateau was taken and burned and he fled to Holland with his three sons, where they lived for several years under an assumed name. In 1569, with his son Henri, he returned to France, joined the army of the Duke of Anjou, and on the 13th of March, 1569, fell in the battle fought on the banks of La Charante, near Jarnac.

By the care of his son, Jean Baptiste, who was a priest, he was buried in a small church in the neighborhood of Jarnac, where an altar tomb was erected to his memory, which was destroyed with the church during the French Revolution. The inscription on the tomb mentioned him as RulofF De Kype, Ecuyer, a title which designates a gentleman who had a right to coat armor, and was surmounted by his arms, with two crests, one a game cock, the other a demi-griffin holding a cross, both of which crests have been used by different branches of the family in this country.

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Ruloff De Kype Kipp, person ID K4P9-YD2.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Ruloff De Kype, person ID 946W-FC8.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Geesjen Romeyn, person ID LZ4F-D4X.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Hendrick Ruloffzen de Kype Kip, person ID 9KDG-KHM.