Feitsma family of Deinum
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Still under construction.
Updated to July 27, 2007
When I first started on the Feitsma family I ran into some problems finding dates since it seemed
that the Feitsma family was doopsgezind (Mennonite). My curiosity about the Feitsmas became
even greater when I discovered three Feitsma families that had a Feitsma spouse as well but
didn't seem to be related to each other even though they had some names in common. In 1825
Klaas Jans Feitsma (born about 1804) married in Deinum with Mintje Klazes Feitsma (born
1804) In 1800 Hillebrand Klazes Feitsma married in Deinum with Dieuwke Heins Feitsma. In
1786 Sjouke Kornelis Feitsma married Antje Klazes Feitsma, also in Deinum. After some
searching of the records at Tresoar it became evident that perhaps all these Feitsma's were
somehow related to each other. This is what I have been able to put together with the help of
several people in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
The earliest known forebear is Keimpe Gerrits. Keimpe died before 1640 and was married to
Aath Minnes. His only known child is Sjoucke Keimpes.
Sjoucke (Sjouke) Keimpes
Sjouke lived in Deinum. In 1667 his estate was inventoried. He was assessor of Menaldumadeel
and owned a house and a haystack on 34 pm of land in Deinum (in use from the city of
Leeuwarden). Children named are Lijsbeth (married with Andries Gerbens, baker at Dainum),
Jan (tax-collector at Deinum), Minne, Attie (married with Gerben Willems) and Lieuwe (married
with Griet Gerrits). Nothing is known about the wife of Sjouke.
Minne Sjoukes
Minne was born about 1625 and died after 1689. He had a relationship with Berber Claases. I
know of only one child from this marriage, a son Ruird (Ruurd).
Ruurd Minnes
Ruurd married twice, first with Aat Jochems and secondly with Doetje Tjeerds. Ruird was born
about 1665 and died about 1711 in Deinum.
Ruurd Minnes married Aat(h) Jochems before 1689. A son Minne was born to this couple and
baptized in Deinum on 10 March 1689. Minne died before 31 August
1742
Ruurd Minnes married on 4 June 1693 with Doetje Tjeerds. Ruurd and Doetje had the following
children.
1. Aukje, born Deinum 4-9-1693, christened there 8-10-1693.
2. Sjouke, born Deinum 1-4-1696, christened there 10-4-1696.
3. Berber, born Deinum 2-5-1701, christened there 8-5-1701
4. Lieuwe, born Deinum 8-11-1703, christened there 18-11-1703
5. Foocke (Fokke), born Deinum 2-3-1707, christened there 23-3-1707.
Minne was born in Deinum on 1-3-1689 and married in Deinum on 2-6-1712 with
Dieuwke Hilbrands (Hillebrands), born in Deinum on 4-11-1687. She was christened in Deinum
on 4 December 1687 as daughter of Hillebrand Heins and Mary Tjeerds. Minne and Dieuwke
had the following children.
1. Aath, born Deinum 18-2-1713, chr. there 19-2-1713
2. unnamed child, chr. between 3-1-1714 and 14-10-1714
3. Ruurd, born Deinum 8-6-1715, chr. there 9-6-1715.
4. Aath, born Deinum 31-1-1717, chr. there 31-1-1717
5. Klaas, born Deinum 13-7-1720, chr. there 14-7-1720.
6. Maria (Marike), born Deinum 29-5-1722, chr. there 31-5-1722,
married to Sjoerd Foekes.
7. Jan, born Deinum 12-12-1723, chr. there 19-12-1723
8. Jochem, born Deinum 8-10-1725, chr. there 14-10-1725
9. Hein, born Deinum 20-10-1727, chr. there 2-11-1727
Thanks go to:
Joop Woudstra
Polyne de Graaf
Dirk Feitsma
Andrys Stienstra
Irene Visser