Maria Swam1

F, #12619, ° s 1685, +. bet Feb 1731 - Jul 1733
FatherLucas Swam1 ° s 1650, +. b 1696
MotherMaria ten Brink2 ° s 1660, +. bet 7 Dec 1720 - 11 May 1721
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Maria Geertruid Zwam (at 2nd marriage.)3
  • Maria Geertruit Swam (in her will.)4
  • Proven or possible relations:
  • Was Maria Swam possibly a sister of Jan Swam? Maria's husband is curator over Jan's inheritance, but Jan is not mentioned in the will of Maria's mother in 1720.5
     Maria Swam was from in Almelo at her marriage.1,3 She (1) married (NH) Hendrik Roelofs in Almelo1,3 (banns (NH) 18 Nov 1708, Almelo.)1 She (2) married Berend Janssen van de Berg3,6 They went with certificate to Tubbergen3 (banns (NH) 11 Apr 1717, Almelo.)3 She died bet 20 Feb 1731 - 12 Jul 1733, because she makes a will in 1731, and her husband remarries in 1733.4,6

More Information:
She was mentioned in the will of Gerrit Gerritsen and Maria ten Brink on 7 Dec 1720.2
Baerent van den Berg and Maria Geertruit Swam made a will on 20 Feb 1731. They name each other sole heir. They give their brothers and sisters each 10 Car. guilders, and the Provisory of Almelo and the Church each ƒ25.-.4

Source(s)

  1. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Hendrik Roelofs en Maria Swam, 18 Nov 1708.
  2. [S23] SA, Inv. #2618*, Fol. 294-298. Testament Gerrit Roelofs en Maria ten Brinke, 7 Dec 1720.
  3. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Berend Janssen van de Berg en Maria Geertruid Zwam, 11 Apr 1717.
  4. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol 149-150. Testament Baerent van den Berg en Maria Geertruit Swam, 20 Feb 1731.
  5. [S23] SA, Inv. #2618*, fol 385-386. Transportacte, 8 Jun 1724.
  6. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Berent van den Bergh en Anna Catharina Nijhofs, 12 Jul 1733.