Almelo Family Reconstructions

     Judith Costers was born in 1682.⁶ She married (NH) Egbert Kosters, son of Jan Coster and Judith Willink, on 6 Nov 1701 in Almelo² (banns (NH) 3 Oct 1701, Almelo.)² She died in 1752.^1,7

More Information:
She lived at the time of her marriage in Almelo.² Egbert Kosters's estate was probated on 24 Nov 1758. Jan Kosters and Gerrit Kosters, Hermannus Hofkes and his wife Judith Kosters, and Jan ten Cate and his wife Judith Kosters, for their children Egbert Kosters and Judith Kosters, children of the last mentioned and her late husband Lambert Kosters, together children and grandchildren of the late Egbert Kosters and Judith Costers, present a closed envelop, containing the will of forementioned Egbert Kosters and Judith Costers.¹
Egbert Kosters and Judith Costers made a will on 7 Jun 1747. They name as sole heir their children, namely Jan Kosters, Lambert Kosters, Gerrit Kosters and Judith Kosters , and also the children of their late son Lambert Kosters, namely Egbert Kosters and Judith Kosters. Furthermore, the unmarried children will be allowed to receive, in advance from the estate, an amount equal to the amount that the married children have received as dowry. They wish that their oldest son Jan Kosters shall take over their house, in which they are presently living, for a sum of ƒ3000.- car. guilders. Their son Gerrit Kosters can, after both their deaths, take over the house at the Molenbrugge, in which he is living, for a sum of ƒ500.-.⁸

Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Egbert Kosters (1st quarter.)⁹