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Updated to September 22, 2009


Abraham Cornelisse Hofstede was baptized on 7 November 1666 in
Zoetermeer.  He married there on 28 January 1699 with Grietje Jans Bogaert who was probably
christened in Bleiswijk on 20 June 1666 as daughter of Jan Dirks Bogaert and Trijntje Claes. 
The family probably lived in Bleiswijk until about 1708.  They wound up in Hillegersberg.

children christened in Bleiswijk:
1. Marijtje (Maria), c. 10 May 1699.  She died on 13 September 1765 in Hillegersberg.
     She married in Hillegersberg on 15 November 1722 with Willem W. van der Leck and on 
    20 December 1736 in Hillegersberg  with Gerrit Cornelisse Schriek.
2. Helena (Lena), c. 11 December 1701.  She died in Hillegersberg on 16 October 1781.  She
    married on 24 May 1727 in Hillegersberg with Dirk Verboom.  They had 7 children in
    Hillegersberg.
3. Jannetje (Janna), c. 19 October 1704.  She died in Hillegersberg on 11 April 1736.
4. Cornelis, c. 26 January 1708.

Witnesses to baptisms were Neeltje Cornelis (1,3), Marijtje Jans (2) and Leentje Cornelisse (4).