Fokkelijna Coster1,2,3

F, #12889, ° 1704, +. Aug 1764
FatherThomas Kosters2 ° 1677, +. 9 Sep 1761
MotherStijntjen van Lochem4 ° s 1677, +. 9 Dec 1757
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • The widow Jan ten Cate (in the census.)5
  • Vokkelina Koster (in a mortgage.)6
     Fokkelijna Coster was born in 1704 in Almelo.3 She married (NH) Jan ten Cathe, son of Hendrik ten Cate and Elisabeth Tielemans, on 28 Feb 1723 in Almelo1,3 (banns (NH) 31 Jan 1723, Almelo.)1 She died on 27 Aug 1764 in Almelo.3

More Information:
She was baptized (Doopsgez.) on 21 Sep 1721 in Almelo by Ds. J. Rijsdijk.7,3
Jan ten Cate Hendrikszn and Fokkelijna Coster made a will on 5 Oct 1723. They name each other sole heir.8
Fokkelijna Coster with her guardian Gerrit Koster Gerritszn made a will on 26 Jun 1758. She names as sole heir her son Thomas ten Cate and the three children of her late daughter Elizabeth ten Cate, wife of the late Hermen Koster, namely Gerrit Koster, Fokkelina Koster and Jan Koster.8 Jan ten Cate's estate was probated on 9 Oct 1764. Thomas ten Cate for himself, and Gerrit Koster Gerritszn as guardian for the minor children of the late Harmen Koster and Elizabeth ten Cate.8

Court Records:

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 5 Dec 1738:
Gerrit Tusvelt, and his wife Grete ter Beke took out a mortgage with Vokkelina Koster, widow of Jan ten Cate and heirs, with as collateral their house and yard, in which they are living. The mortgage was paid off on 3 May 1741.6


Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of the widow Jan ten Cate (2nd quarter). Household consists of the widow, a son Thomas, 23 yrs, and a maid.5
1750 Heerlijkheid Almelo taxlist: The widow Jan ten Cate. The total estate was valued at 300:0:0.9

Family

Jan ten Cate ° 1693, +. 1731
Children

Source(s)

  1. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Jan ten Cathe en Fokkelijna Coster, 31 Jan 1723.
  2. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 1 (image 78b), #1. Thomas Coster.
  3. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 10 (image 87b), #2. Fokkalijna Costers, weduwe van Jan ten Cate.
  4. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 1 (image 78b), #5. Stijntje Coster, geb. van Lochem.
  5. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 9v, #17 (Film #0116398, image 14 of 306).
  6. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 341-342. Hypotheekacte, 5 Dec 1738.
  7. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 7 (image 9b), #9. Fokelina Koster, 21 Sep 1721.
  8. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2649, Fol. 43v-46: Testament Jan ten Cate Hendrikzn en Fokkelina Koster, 5 Oct 1723; Fol. 46-48v: Testament Fokkelina Koster, weduwe van Jan ten Cate Hendrikzn, 26 Jun 1758; Fol. 43-43v. Probate, 9 Oct 1764 (extract).
  9. [S260] Pers. Quot., Heerlijkheid Almelo, 1750. pg. 7.
  10. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 24 (image 18a), #3. Elizabeth ten Cate, 15 Jul 1742.
  11. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 27 (image 19b), #8. Thomas ten Cate, 17 Dec 1747.
  12. [S720] P. Beets, Stamboom Willingen, pg. 40, F-3.
  13. [S720] P. Beets, Stamboom Willingen, pg. 40, F-4.