Fenneke Vrielink1,2,3

F, #4593, ° 1731, +. Jan 1812
FatherBerend Janssen Vrieling2,4,1 ° s 1683, +. b 1764
MotherJenneken Lamberts ten Hove2,4 ° s 1700, +. a 1774
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Fenneken Vrijlink (in her father's will.)5
     Fenneke Vrielink was born in 1731 in Almelo.1,6,3 She married (NH) Jacob Heuvelman, son of Hendrik Heuvelman and Reijntje Bouijtsman, on 18 Mar 1759 in Almelo1,2,3 (banns (NH) 17 Feb 1759, Almelo.)1 She died on 18 Jan 1812, house #446 in Almelo. Adolph Scholten and Hendrik Koebrugge were the witnesses.3

More Information:
She was mentioned in the will of Berend Janssen Vrieling and Jenneke Hof in 1759.5
Jacob Heuvelman and Fenneke Vrielink with her guardian Barent ten Bruggencate Isaaczn made a will on 31 Aug 1774.
They name each other as sole heir. Testator names his parents Hendrik Heuvelman and Reijntje Bouijtsman and testatrix her mother Jenneke Hof, widow of Baerent Vrijling, in their legal portion. If his parents predecease him, he names his two sisters Hendrica Heuvelman and Aaltjen Heuvelman, and his nephew Jacob Baarschers as heirs. Testatrix leaves to her sisters Trientje Vrijlink, married to Hendrik Baarschers, and Catharina Vrielink, married to Jan Selhorst, or, if they predecease her, their children, as well as the 3 children of her deceased brother Lambertus Vrielink, namely Baerent Vrielink, Geertruit Vrielink and Christina Vrielink all her gold, silver, linnen and woollen clothes, to be divided into three equal portions. If the survivor does not remarry, the estate will, after the death of the survivor, be divided into 2 equal portions, with half going to testator's heirs, namely his sisters Hendrica Heuvelman and Aaltjen Heuvelman, or if they predecease him, to their children, and the other half to testatrix' heirs, namely her brothers Willem Vrijlink and Jan Vrielink, as well as the 2 surviving sons of her deceased sister Maria Vrielink, who was married to Hendrik Jan Huiskes, in their mother's place, and her two sisters Trientje Vrijlink and Catharina Vrielink, as well as the children of her deceased brother Lambertus Vrielink in their father's place. If the survivor remarries, than this arrangement will be cancelled.7


Court Records:

Stadsgericht, Almelo, 2 Dec 1799:
Gerrit Huiskes, for himself, and as representative of Willem Vrijlink and Maria Huiskes, the children of Agterberg and the widow Boos, Hendrik Baarschers Jr for himself and his brothers and sisters, Catharina Vrielink, widow of Jan Selhorst, for herself and her children, Fenneke Vrielink, widow of Jacob Heuvelman, the last two with their guardian Adolph Scholten, all heirs of the late Willem Vrijlink and Maria Huiskes, also for the rest of the heirs, conveyed to Jan Vrielink, and his wife, children and heirs, a half house and yard, between the houses of Ds Stuul and Mozes Salomon, in which the buyer is living.8


Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Baerent Vrijlink (1st quarter.)6

Source(s)

  1. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Jacob Heuvelman en Fenneke Vrielink, 17 Feb 1759.
  2. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2650, Fol. 76. Testament Jacob Heuvelman en Jenneke Vrijlink, 31 Aug 1774.
  3. [S487] BS Gemeente Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1812 #6. Fenneken Vrielink, 18 Jan 1812.
  4. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 761-762. Testament Berend Vrieling en Jenneken ten Hove, 1959 (datum niet vermeld).
  5. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 761-762. Testament Baerent Vrijlink en Jenneken Hof, s.d. (datum tussen 10 Mar en 10 Apr 1759).
  6. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 8, #1.
  7. [S22] LA Court Records, Inv. #2650, Fol. 76-77. Testament Jacob Heuvelman en Jenneke Vrijlink, 31 Aug 1774.
  8. [S23] SA, Inv. #2622, Fol. 135. Transportacte, 2 Dec 1799.