Gerrit ten Cate1

M, #5920, ° c 1690, +. Feb 1769
FatherHarmen ten Cate2 ° s 1661, +. a 1732
MotherCatharina Gerdes2 ° s 1665
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Gerrit ten Kathe (at marriage.)3
  • Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn (in his 2nd will.)4
     Gerrit ten Cate was from in Almelo at his marriage.3,5 He married (NH) Judith Schimmelpenning on 6 Apr 1714 in Wierden6,3 (banns (NH) 18 Mar 1714, Almelo.)3 He died on 4 Feb 1769 in Almelo.5,7

More Information:
He was baptized (Doopsgez.) on 30 Dec 1707 by Ds. Isaac Paaschen.5
Gerrit ten Cate and Judith Schimmelpennink with her guardian Secr. Hein made a will on 17 Jun 1738. They name each other as heir, with the special condition that Erve Bekkink, which is the property of Huize and Heerlijkheid Rhenen, may be used by the survivor. They name as sole heir their 5 still living children, namely Catharina ten Cate, Jan ten Cate, Henrik ten Cate, Harmen ten Cate Gzn and Gabriel ten Cate and the children, that still may be born from this marriage. They wish that their eldest son Jan ten Cate shall manage Erve Bekkink after their death.1
Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn and Judith Schimmelpennink with her guardian Jan Fredrik Hein made a will on 12 Mar 1759. They name each other as heir. After their deaths they name as sole heir their 4 children, namely Catharina ten Cate, Jan ten Cate, Harmen ten Cate and Gabriel ten Cate. Their 5th child Henrik ten Cate shall for special and important reasons only get the use of his legal portion, and after his death this portion will go to his children. They give their son Jan ten Cate ƒ500.- in advance.4 Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn's estate was probated on 25 May 1774. Catharina ten Cate with her guardian Secr. E. Dull, Jan ten Cate, Harmen ten Cate Gzn, Gabriel ten Cate and Henrik ten Cate, children and heirs of the late Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn and Judith Schimmelpenning, present for probate the will of forementioned Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn and Judith Schimmelpenning.4

Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Gerrit ten Cate (2nd quarter). Household consists of Gerrit, wife, four children, Catharina, Jan Hermen, Harmen and Henrik.8
1750 Heerlijkheid Almelo taxlist: Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn. The total estate was valued at 240:0:0.9

Family

Judith Schimmelpenning ° c 1693, +. 19 Apr 1774
Children

Source(s)

  1. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 327-329. Testament Gerrit ten Cate en Judith Schimmelpennink, 17 Jun 1738.
  2. [S897] Ten Cate, Parenteel Gerrit ten Cate. Va. Herman ten Cate, VIb. Gerrit ten Cate., online: http://hans.is-s.info/genweb/stam-alm/stam-almframeset.htm?stam-almstart.htm. From: W.E.M. ten Cate: De Almelose tak van de (van oorsprong doopsgezinde) familie Ten Cate uit Borne, Maasland - 1992.
  3. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit ten Kathe en Judith Schimmelpenning, 18 Mar 1714.
  4. [S23] SA, Inv. #2620, Fol. 423-427. Testament Gerrit ten Cate Hermenszn. en Judith Schimmelpennink, 13 Mar 1759; Fol. 422. Probate, 25 May 1774.
  5. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 7 (image 84b), #3. Gerrit ten Cate Harmsz.
  6. [S504] DTB Wierden, online: http://www.dtb-wierden.nl
  7. [S23] SA, Inv. #2620, Fol. 423-427. Testament Gerrit ten Cate Harmenszn. en Judith Schimmelpennink, 13 Mar 1759; Fol. 422. Probate, 25 May 1774.
  8. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 10, #8.
  9. [S260] Pers. Quot., Heerlijkheid Almelo, 1750. pg. 7.
  10. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 15 (image 13b), #10. Catharina ten Cate, 1 Feb 1733.
  11. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Jan ten Cate en Aleida Noordink, 28 Oct 1774.
  12. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gabriel ten Cate en Vrouwtje Jans Potser, 16 Oct 1789.
  13. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 31 (image 21b), #4. Gabriel te Cate Gerrits, 1 Apr 1754.