Gerrit Gerritsen1

M, #14698, ° s 1670, +. bet 1749 - 1755
FatherGerrit Roelfsen1 ° s 1640, +. b 1696
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Gerrit Roelefs (at 2nd marriage, and in his will.)2,3
  • Gerrit Roelofsen Bolk (in sales contract.)4
  • Gerrit Roelof (in the census.)5
  • Proven or possible relations:
  • Gerrit can not be the same person as Garrit Roelofs. Garrit Roelofs's children are not mentioned in Gerrit Gerritsen's will, and they are from Oene at their marriage.
     Gerrit Gerritsen was from in Almelo at his marriage.1,2 He (1) married Maria ten Brink1,2,6 (banns (NH) 19 Feb 1696, Almelo)1 They went on 22 Mar 1696 with certificate to Tubbergen.1 He (2) married Margaretha Loomans in Almelo2,7,8 (banns (NH) 11 May 1721, Almelo.)2 He died bet 1749 - 1755, because he made a will in 1749, and died before Gerrit's marriage.3,9

More Information:
He and Margaretha Loomans were storekeepers.3
Gerrit Gerritsen and Maria ten Brink with her guardian Dr. Liens made a will on 7 Dec 1720. He gives to his daughter Janna Roelofs ƒ50.- as her legal portion. They name each other sole heir (she is called Anna ten Brink here). She names her daughter and son from an earlier marriage, namely Maria Swam, wife of Berent van den Berg, and Zwier Zwam, who has gone to the East Indies, and if he returns, her husband or her daughter Janna Roelofs has to pay him his portion. She gives ƒ50.- to their joint daughter Janna Roelofs as her legal portion. They give a rijksdaalder to the poor.10
Gerrit Roelefs and Margaretha Loomans with her guardian Secr. Hein made a will in Dec 1748. They name each other as heir. Testator gives his daughter, born from a previous marriage, namely Janna Roelofs, wife of Pieter Stiphout, her legal portion, in addition to what she already has received, namely ƒ135.-. He names as sole heir his daughter Maria Roelofs, wife of Baerent ter Braeke, his daughter Venneken Roelofs. wife of Pieter Bolk, and his son Gerrit Roelofs. Testatrix also names her 3 previously mentioned children as heirs. They wish that their son Gerrit Roelofs shall take over the house, in which they are presently living, and also the store and inventory, for the sum of ƒ600.- car. guilders.3

Court Records:

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 1 May 1711:
Gerrit Gerritsen, and his wife Maria ten Brink conveyed to Zwier Zwam, and heirs, their house, in which they themselves were living, situated at the Ende, between the house of Gerrit Tusveld and that of Jan Swam.4


Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Gerrit Roelof (4th quarter). Household consists of Gerrit, his wife, and a son Gerrit, 21 yr.5

Family 1

Maria ten Brink ° s 1660, +. bet 7 Dec 1720 - 11 May 1721
Child

Family 2

Margaretha Loomans ° s 1695
Children

Source(s)

  1. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit Gerritsen en Maria Gerritsen, 19 Feb 1696.
  2. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit Roelefs en Margrieta Luemans, 11 May 1721.
  3. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 546-548. Testament Gerrit Roelofs en Margaretha Loomans, s.d. (datum tussen 4 Dec 1748 en 13 Feb 1749).
  4. [S23] SA, Inv. #2618*, Fol. 3-3v. Transport acte, 1 May 1711.
  5. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 17, #13.
  6. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 546-548. Testament Gerrit Roelofs en Margaretha Loomans (Datum niet in het extract).
  7. [S23] SA, Inv. #2620, Fol. 103-105. Testament Margaretha Loomans, 27 Jan 1765.
  8. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 546-548. Testament Gerrit Roelofs en Margaretha Loomans, geen datum in het extract.
  9. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit Roelofs en Philippina Sneidlers, 5 Sep 1755.
  10. [S23] SA, Inv. #2618*, Fol. 294-298. Testament Gerrit Roelofs en Maria ten Brinke, 7 Dec 1720.
  11. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Baerent ter Brake en Anna Maria Roelofsen, 8 Jun 1748.
  12. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Pieter Bolk en Fenneken Roelofsen, 4 Nov 1747.
  13. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2647, Fol. 206-207. Testament Margaretha Loomans, weduwe van Gerrit Roelofs, 10 Jun 1761. Extract.
  14. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : blz: 4v. Hendricka, dochter van Garrit Roelefsen en Margareta Lomans, 8 Aug 1734.