By W. I. Kip

The De Kype family was originally settled for a long period near Alencon in Bretagne. The first of whom there is any notice in history is: I. Ruloff de Kype. In the sixteenth century, he was a warm adherent of the Guises, and took prominent part, in that section of the country, in the civil war between the Catholics and Protestants.  

Henry Kype came to New Amsterdam in 1635. He returned to Holland, but his sons remained, and rose to important positions as citizens and land proprietors. He married Margaret de Marneil.  

(49p. 1871)