Harmen ten Bruggencate1,2

M, #3357, ° s 1708, +. bet Oct 1777 - Feb 1778
FatherGerrit ten Bruggencate2,3,1,4 ° s 1678, +. bet 1722 - 1724
MotherBerendje ten Bruggencate4 ° s 1683, +. b 1765
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Hermannus ten Bruggencate (at 2nd marriage.)5
  • Herman ten Bruggenkate G.zn (in his will.)6
  • Harmen ten Bruggekate Gerritssoon (in the taxlist.)7
     Harmen ten Bruggencate was from in Almelo at his marriage.1,5 He (1) married (NH) Hendricka Hagedoorn, daughter of Jurrien Arends Hagedoorn and Eva Luickas, on 23 Oct 1735 in Almelo1,5 (banns (NH) 25 Sep 1735, Almelo.)1 He (2) married (NH) Aletta Troost, daughter of Cornelis Trovest and Hendrijna Lucas, on 27 Dec 1739 in Almelo5,8 (banns (NH) 29 Nov 1739, Almelo.)5 He (3) married Jenneke Guijkinck on 1 Jan 1762 in Hengelo (with certificate from Almelo)9,10 (banns (NH) 6 Dec 1761, Almelo.)8 He (4) married (NH) Geertruit Ernst, daughter of Jan Erentsen and Eva Freriks, on 11 Feb 1767 in Almelo10 (banns (NH) 24 Jan 1767, Almelo.)10 He died bet 3 Oct 1777 - 9 Feb 1778, because he was living at the time of Clasina's marriage, and his will is probated in 1178.11,12

More Information:
He was a merchant.13
Harmen ten Bruggencate and Geertruit Ernst with her guardian Barthold Sandtmann made a will on 20 Dec 1775.
Testator names as sole heir his children, namely Geesken ten Bruggencate, married to Jan Troost, Gerrit ten Bruggencate, Cornelia ten Bruggenkate, married to Jan Vikkers, Hendrika ten Bruggencate, married to Abraham Wanschers, Berent ten Bruggencate, Clasina ten Bruggencate and Abraham ten Bruggencate, or if they predecease him their children. He leaves his clothes, as well as his 3 waistcoats with the silver buttons, to his 3 sons Gerrit ten Bruggencate, Berent ten Bruggencate, and Abraham ten Bruggencate, to be divided into 3 equal portions. Testatrix names her husband sole heir, and leaves her clothes and ƒ200.- to her niece Aaltjen de Ruiter. Gerrit ten Bruggencate and Berent ten Bruggencate will get the house with the yard and the warehouse for the sum of ƒ2000.-, on the condition that testatrix, if testator predeceases her, will be allowed to live in the frontroom for the rest of her life, without having to pay rent.6
Herman ten Bruggenkate G.zn's estate was probated on 9 Feb 1778. Geertruit Ernst, with her guardian Gerrit ten Bruggencate, present the will of Herman ten Bruggenkate G.zn for probate. Also present are: Geesken ten Bruggencate, widow Jan Troost, Jan Vikkers, for his wife Cornelia ten Bruggentate, Abraham Wanschers for his wife Hendrina ten Bruggenkate, Lambert Vixseboxen for his wife Cornelia ten Bruggenkate, and Derk Overbeek and Hendrik Geuijkink as guardians over Abraham ten Bruggenkate, togetherchildren and heirs of Herman ten Bruggenkate G.zn.6

Court Records:

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 8 Oct 1742:
Hendrijna Lucas, widow of Cornelis Trovest, for herself and as mother and guardian over her minor children Jan Trovest and Klaas Trovest, with her guardian Jan Bakker, and also Harmen ten Bruggencate and his wife Aletta Trovest, took out a mortgage with Anna Roelofs, widow of Lucas Prinsen, and Hendrik Jan Bruins and his wife Theodora Princen, and their heirs, with as collateral their house and yard, in which she and her heirs are living.14

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 29 May 1745:
Harmen ten Bruggencate, and his wife Aletta Trovest took out a mortgage with Albertus Bastiaan, and his wife Anna Christina Lubelei and heirs, with as collateral their house and yard, with the bordering land and the warehouse, between the house of the widow Jan ten Bruggencate and that of the widow of Andries Wanders. They had bought this house from Gerrit Swam, Jan Bakker and the widow of Cornelis Trovest, and they are now living in it.15

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 6 Jan 1755:
Herman ten Bruggenkate, and his wife Venneken Spijker, Berent ten Bruggencate and his wife Jenneken ten Bruggencate, Jan Trovest and his wife Geertruijd ten Bruggencate, Isaak ten Bruggencate and his wife Fenneken ten Bruggenkate, and also Hermannus Aerssen and Isaac ten Bruggenkate as guardians over the minor children of the late Benjamin ten Bruggencate, namely Jenneken ten Bruggencate, Benjamin ten Bruggencate and Abraham ten Bruggencate, together heirs of the widow of Baerent ter Braeke conveyed to Harmen ten Bruggencate, and Abraham ten Bruggenkate with their respective wives Allette Trovest and Maria ten Bruggencate and their heirs, a house of four dwellings at the Schutten.16

Landgericht, Almelo, 14 Jan 1755:
Harmen ten Bruggencate, Klaas Troofst and Jan Troofst as guardians over the minor children of the late Jan Troofs, conveyed to Jan ten Brincke, and his wife Harmina van Oinck and heirs, a garden in the so-called Wortelhorst, between the land of the House of Almelo and the garden of Jan ten Brincke.17

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 21 Jan 1765:
Harmen ten Bruggencate, and Abraham ten Bruggenkate, for himself and as representative of Isaac ten Bruggenkate, and also of Baerent Stuyt, married to Janna Troost, daughter of Jan Troost and the late Geesken ten Bruggenkate, Claas Troost, widower of Fenneken ten Bruggenkate, as guardian over his minor children, together children and heirs of the late widow of Gerrit ter Brake, ??? ten Bruggencate, conveyed to Isaak ten Bruggencate, and his wife and heirs, a house and yard at the Schuttenpad, in which their mother had been living, between the house of Gerardus Bolmeijer and that of Otto Swam.4


Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Harmen ten Bruggencate (3rd quarter). Household consists of Harmen, his wife, and six children: Geesken, 12 yr, Gerrit, 10 yr, and four under 10. Kornelia, Hendrika, Hendrina and Berent are probably the unnamed children.18
1750 Heerlijkheid Almelo taxlist: Harmen ten Bruggekate Gerritssoon. The total estate was valued at 60:0:0.7

Family 1

Hendricka Hagedoorn ° s 1710, +. b Dec 1739
Children

Family 2

Aletta Troost ° c 1719, +. bet 1758 - 1761
Children

Family 3

Jenneke Guijkinck ° 7 Dec 1736, +. b 1767
Child

Source(s)

  1. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Herman ten Bruggencate en Hendricka Hagedoorn, 25 Sep 1735.
  2. [S36] Hans Houwaard, 1998 - 2001.
  3. [S61] Gerard de Voer, 1998 - 2012.
  4. [S23] SA, Inv. #2620, Fol. 101-102. Transportacte, 21 Jan 1765.
  5. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Hermannus ten Bruggencate en Aletta Trovest, 27 Dec 1739.
  6. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2650, Fol. 162-164v. Testament Harmen ten Bruggencate en Geertruit Ernst, 20 Dec 1775; Fol. 161-161v. Probate, 9 Feb 1778.
  7. [S260] Pers. Quot., Heerlijkheid Almelo, 1750. pg. 6.
  8. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Herman ten Bruggencate en Jenneke Guijkink, 6 Dec 1761.
  9. [S202] "Netherlands, Overijssel Province, Church Records, 1542-1893," images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899W-PVDX> : 30 January 2015), Nederlands Hervormd > Hengelo > Dopen 1643-1811 Trouwen 1643-1795, 1804-1811 > image 349 of 392; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
  10. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Hermannus ten Bruggencate en Geertruid Ernst, 24 Jan 1767.
  11. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Lambert Vixeboxen en Clasina ten Bruggencate, 3 Oct 1777.
  12. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2650, Fol. 161. Probate, 9 Feb 1778; Testament Harmen ten Bruggencate en Geertruit Ernst, 20 Dec 1775.
  13. [S1] BS Stad Almelo, Marriages : 1835 #12. Hermannus Nijland en Gerritjen ten Bruggencate, 30 Jul 1835.
  14. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 479-480. Hypotheekacte, 8 Oct 1742.
  15. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 513. Transportacte, 29 May 1745.
  16. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 648. Transportacte, 6 Jan 1755.
  17. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2646. Fol. 118: Transportacte, 14 Jan 1755.
  18. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 12, #5.
  19. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Geesken, dochter van Harmen ten Bruggenkate en Hendrika Hagedoorn, 29 Aug 1736.
  20. [S723] DTB, Amsterdam, online database : Boek 603, Fol. 334. Jan Trovers en Geesje ten BruggenCate, 18 Jan 1760.
  21. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit ten Bruggenkate en Geertruij ter Braake, 14 May 1767.
  22. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Garrit, zoon van Harmen ten Bruggenkate en Hendrika Hagedoorn, 4 Apr 1738.
  23. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Henricus, zoon van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troves, 11 Dec 1740.
  24. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Jan Fikkert en Cornelia ten Bruggencate, 19 Apr 1766.
  25. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Kornelia, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troofst, 11 Feb 1742.
  26. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Abraham Wanschers en Hendrika ten Bruggencate, 7 May 1774.
  27. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Hendrika, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troofst, 22 Jan 1744.
  28. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Hendrina, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troost, 5 Dec 1745.
  29. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Berent ten Bruggencate en Gerritdina Schoenmaker, 5 Apr 1775.
  30. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Baerent, zoon van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troofst, 11 Feb 1748.
  31. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Fenneke, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troofst, 5 Apr 1750.
  32. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Clasina, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troost, 1 Jan 1752.
  33. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Lambert Vixeboxen en Clasina ten Bruggenkate, 3 Oct 1777.
  34. [S487] BS Gemeente Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1814 #34. Clasina ten Bruggencate, 9 Mar 1814.
  35. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Benjamin, zoon van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troost, 13 Nov 1754.
  36. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : blz: 75v. Fenneke, dochter van Herman ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troofst, 31 Oct 1756.
  37. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : blz: 78v. Harmina, dochter van Harmannus ten Bruggenkate en Aletta Troost, 8 Feb 1758.
  38. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : blz: 91v. Abraham, zoon van Hermannus ten Bruggenkate en Jenneke Geijkink, 20 Nov 1763.