Cord Meyer zu Bakum1

M, #3293, + 1593/94
Meyerhof in Bakum

Family

Anneke Wessling + 1596/97
Children
  • ? Meyer zu Bakum1 + a 1586/87
  • Trina Meyer zu Bakum1 + a 1595/96
  • Heinrich Meyer zu Bakum1 + a 1597/98
  • Johann Meyer zu Bakum+1 + b 1605
     Cord Meyer zu Bakum was born in Melle (Bakum.)1 He married Anneke Wessling, daughter of Johan Wesselinck and Gese Grevens van Baringdorp, in 1555/56.1 He died in 1593/94 in Melle (Bakum.)1

Other information:

     In 1555/56 Cort, the meyer's son of Bakum, pays 2 daler for his marriage.1
     In 1556/57 the unmarried Meyer died, his father and brother paid 127 daler for the right to keep the place.1
     The Farm in Bakum
Cord Meyer zu Bakum was the first known Meyer of the farm in Bakum. Since that time members of the family have continually resided on the farm, although not always through the male line. In 2007 a direct descendant (Ridolph Joost) still has a natural chickenfarm there. The Meyers were in order: Johann, Peter Meyer zum Wendischhof (through his wife Grethe), Johann, Rudolf Cappel and Franz Meyer zu Ribbentrop (through their wife Anna Maria), Peter, Balts Hinrich, Franz Henrich, Johann Casper, Mathias Rudolf Bolte (through his wife Clara, who was first married to Johann Caspar), Carl Justus, Rudolf August, Erich, Annegret, and Rudolf Joost.1

Citations

  1. [S429] Rien Meijer, 14 Dec 2007.