Hendrik Fremantjou (dutch link) was baptized 31 May 1646 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Utrecht. He was the eldest son of Antonie Jorisse die Fremantjou and Belichje Hendriks, and my husband’s eighth great-grandfather. Antonie and Belichje would have four more children baptized in Utrecht, the last one in 1658. It …
Gerrit Brouwer was baptized Dutch Reformed on 20 May 1736 in Almelo, as son of Jan Brouwer (dutch link) and Garretien Brouwer. He is my fourth great-granduncle. He probably did not live very long, as a namesake was baptized in 1739. Jan Brouwer was also known as Jan Geertsen Brouwer, Jan Geerts …
Jane Watson was born 12 May 1848 in Delaware County, NY, daughter of John Watson and Eliza Kirkwood. She was my son-in-law’s third great-grandaunt. She was a school teacher,(1) married Alva Chandler in 1868, and died in 1902 in Rock Valley, Delaware County, NY. Her parents probably came from County …
Jan and Marrichjen were baptized 29 Apr 1703 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Oude Pekela, Groningen. They were children of Frans Hindricks and Albertje Olcherts, my 7th great-grandparents. Jan probably did not live very long; a Jantje is baptized in 1706, and Jan is not mentioned among the heirs …
Willem Cramer (dutch link) was baptized NH in Amsterdam on 26 Apr 1730, son of Godfried Cramer and Maria de Fremantjou. He is my husband’s fifth great-grandfather. His wife’s line is a dead end at this point (I wrote about that here), but today I will concentrate on his mother. The …
Anna Christina Linsen (dutch link) was baptized 21 Apr 1769 in Amsterdam, third and last child of Antonij Coenraad Linsen and his second …
Jacob Wassenaar was born 17 Apr 1881 in Het Bildt, Friesland. He married Sjoukje Lingsma there, and they had five children, three …
Eliza Sarah was baptized on 13 Apr 1831 in St. Mark’s Church in London, daughter of Gerardus Albertus ten Bruggenkate (dutch link) and …
Fenneke (or Femmetje) Troost was baptized 9 Apr 1762 in Almelo, 6th child and 4th daughter of Jan Troost and Geertruid ten …
Johann Fredrich Seidler was born 5 Apr 1744 in Germany. The papers I inherited do not mention a place, but they do …
