William Parmenter was baptized 7 Jan 1563 in Ovington, County Essex, England, the 9th child and youngest son of George Parmenter and Alice. He is my son-in-law’s 11th great-grandfather. His father was a well-to-do yeoman, his will mentioned quite a few landholdings; and William inherits a number of them. He …
Just found an interesting coincidence: My husband’s 7th great-granduncle married (as his second wife) Isabel Latham (dutch link) on 1 Feb 1699 in Amsterdam. (It was her second marriage also, she married at age 45 in 1687 with Jurriaen Sieuwertsz. Geersma). She is baptized in the English Church in Amsterdam on …
Most ten Bruggenkates in England descend from two sons of Albertus ten Bruggenkate (dutch link) and Willemina Weijdeman (In the Amsterdam and English records the name is spelled with a k). Gerardus Albertus emigrated from Amsterdam before 1819 (he married in London in 1819), and his brother Hermanus Johannes Barend must …
