Jan Kosters1

M, #7637, ° 1703, +. bet 1775 - 1779
FatherEgbert Kosters2,1 ° Jul 1677, +. 13 Nov 1758
MotherJudith Costers2,1 ° 1682, +. 1752
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Jan Coster Egb.zn (in his will.)3
     Jan Kosters was born in 1703.4 He died bet 1775 - 1779, because he makes a will in 1775, and that is probated in 1779.3

More Information:
He was baptized (Doopsgez.) on 20 Sep 1722 in Almelo by Ds. J. Rijsdijk.5,6 He presented Egbert Kosters's will for probate on 24 Nov 1758.7 He was mentioned in the will of Egbert Kosters and Judith Costers on 7 Jun 1747.8
On 7 Jul 1758 Jan Koster Egbertszn and the other heirs pay taxes on the inheritance of their uncle Jannes Koster, consisting of a house of four dwellings with the garden and the land.9
Jan Coster Egb.zn made a will on 6 Nov 1775. He names as sole heir his brother Gerrit Coster Egb.zn, his sister Judith Coster wife of Hermannus Hofkes, and the 2 children of his late brother Lambert Coster Egb.zn, namely Egbert Coster Lamb.zn and Judith Coster wife of Egbert Hofkes, each for 1/3 part. He gives in advance to his aforementioned sister ƒ3000.-, that should be deducted from the portion of the 2 children of his brother Lambert Coster Egb.zn, and she will receive also ƒ2000.- from the portion of Gerrit Coster Egb.zn. He leaves his housekeeper Janneke Betzeen ƒ1200.-, the bed she sleeps in and the furniture in her room. To the Mennonite Parish ƒ500.-. To the NH Parish ƒ100.-. To his maid ƒ50.-.3 Jan Coster Egb.zn's estate was probated on 20 Sep 1779. Gerrit Koster and Hendrik Hofkes, as representative of his parents, namely Hermannus Hofkes and Judith Coster, and also Egbert Coster Lamb.zn and Egbert Hofkes, wife of Judith Coster, all heirs of Jan Coster Egb.zn present the will of Jan Coster Egb.zn for probate.3

Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Egbert Kosters (1st quarter.)10

Source(s)

  1. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 740-743. Testament Egbert Kosters en Judith Kosters, 7 Jun 1747. Probate, 24 Nov 1758.
  2. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 2 (image 79b), #1. Egbert Coster.
  3. [S23] SA, Inv. #2620, Fol. 599-605. Testament Jan Coster Egb.zn., 6 Nov 1775; Fol. 597-598. Probate, 20 Sep 1779.
  4. [S720] P. Beets, Stamboom Willingen, pg. 11, B-3, C-15, D-6, E-2.
  5. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 8 (image 10a), #1. Jan Koster, 20 Sep 1722.
  6. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 16 (image 94b), #1. Jan Coster Egbertsz.
  7. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 740-743. Testament Egbert Kosters en Judith Kosters, 7 Jun 1747; Probate, 24 Nov 1758.
  8. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 740-743. Testament Egbert Kosters en Judith Costers, 7 Jun 1747; Probate, 24 Nov 1758.
  9. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv #2658+; 50th penning. Jan Koster Egbzn, 7 Jul 1758.
  10. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 8, #3 (Film #0116398, image 12 of 306).