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Jacob Cornelisse Hofstede was baptized on 10 September 1747 in
Woubrugge. He died on 9 June 1809 in Uithoorn (Vrouweakker) and was buried in Cudelstaart.
On 4 May 1777 he married in Woubrugge with Pieternella (Pietertje) van Amsteldam.
Pieternella was christened in Alphen a/d Rijn on 13 March 1757, illegitimate daughter of Mary
Jans van Amsteldam (Amsterdam). Pieternella died in Woubrugge on 10 March 1778.
child:
1. Marijtje, c. Woubrugge 15 February 1778. She died in Woubrugge on 27 April 1832.
On 10 May 1807 she married in Leimuiden with Egbert van der Horde.
Jacob remarried on 10 October 1779 in Woubrugge with Marijtje Jans van der Hidde. Marijtje
was christened in Oudshoorn on 22 May 1757, daughter of Jan van der Hidde and Niesje
Hendricks Leliveldt. Marijtje was buried in Oudshoorn on 31 January 1809.
children all baptized in Woubrugge:
1. Teuntje, c. 26 March 1780. She died on 17 February 1851 in Ter Aar. In 1805 she had a child
out of wedlock in Ter Aar. At death she is wife of Balthus Ambachtsheer.
2. Cornelis, c. 11 May 1781.
4. Jan, c. 5 May 1782.
5. Neeltje, c. 4 January 1784. She died in Leimuiden on 30 November 1842. She married on
11 May 1806 in Leimuiden with Cornelis Braam (Leimuiden 20-2-1783 - 16-10-1842).
6. Niesje, c. 21 August 1785. She died in Woubrugge on 16 September 1785.
7. Maarte, c. 8 April 1787. He died in Woubrugge on 16 February 1792.
8. Jan, b. 31 December 1788.
9. Maarte, b. 19 October 1791.
10. Niesje, b. 15 March 1795. She died in Kralingen on 30 January 1868. She married on
19 August 1821 with Willem van der Horst, born 5-3-1799 in Alphen a/d Rijn.
11. Ariaantje, b. 9 November 1798. She died in Woubrugge on 25 March 1800.
Cornelis Jacobs Hofstede was baptized in Woubrugge on
11 May 1781. He married Johanna van Amerongen before 1808.
children:
1. Marijtje, b. ca 1808. She died in Mijdrecht on 24-10-1868. She married in Nieuwer-
Amstel on 20-2-1828 with Johan Aldert Swierking, son of Johan Berend Swierking and
Johanna van der Hoorn. There were at least 7 children born to Marijtje and Johan Aldert.
2. Klaartje, b. Nieuwer-Amstel 16 March 1811. She died on 6 February 1847 in Leimuiden.
She married on 10 May 1846 with Klaas Pieters Piet.
3. Jaapje, b. Nieuwkoop 27 November 1823. She died on 12 May 1824.
Jan Jacobs Hofstede was born in Woubrugge on 31 December 1788
and christened on 4 January 1789. He died in Ter Aar on 1 June 1863. He married in Leimuiden
on 5 June 1825 with Mensje Willems van de Vijver. Mensje was born on 19 May 1802 in
Valkenburg (ZH) and baptized on 23 May 1802, daughter of Willem van de Vijver and Matje
Dedel. Mensje died in Ter Aar on 27 January 1844.
children all born Ter Aar except Marijtje:
1. Marijtje, b. Alkemade 24 March 1826.
2. Willem, b. 24 June 1827.
3. Jacob, b. 28 September 1828.
4. Dirk, b. 14 January 1830. He died 6 October 1842.
5. Matje, b. 28 December 1831.
6. Klaas, b. 26 May 1834.
7. Adriana, b. 7 October 1835. She married Jan Vollebregt about 1857. Jan was born
Aarlanderveen 21-7-1835 as son of Jan Vollebregt and Johanna van Hemsbergen.
There are 9 children, 6 born in Ter Aar and 3 in Aarlanderveen.
8. Jan, b. 20 February 1837.
9. Maarten, b. 15 April 1839.
10. Abraham, b. 18 January 1841. He moved to Zevenhoven in 1879. He died on 18 July 1886.
11. Dirk, b. 17 January 1843. He died 12 May 1846.
Willem Hofstede was born in 1827 in Ter Aar. He died in Ter Aar on
30 May 1906. He married in Ter Aar on 8 March 1867 with Cornelia van Leeuwen. Cornelia
was born in Ter Aar on 19 April 1833. She died there on 16 March 1903.
children all born Ter Aar:
1. Jan, b. 21 May 1867. He died on 24 March 1896. He married on 17 August 1894 with Mensje
van Veen.
2. Marretje, b. 25 January 1869. She married on 13 April 1894 with Cornelis Vis.
3. Dirk, b. 23 February 1870.
4. Cornelis, b. 11 April 1871. He died 9 May 1871.
5. Mensje, b. 13 August 1875. She died on 6 October 1892.
6. Cornelia, b. 17 March 1877. She died on 21 July 1878.
Jacob Hofstede was born in 1828 in Ter Aar. He married on
1 November 1850 with Johanna Broer. Johanna was born on 13 September 1823 in Ter Aar,
daughter of Pieter Broer and Marrigje van Eyk. Johanna died on 1 February 1900 in Ter Aar.
Jacob died in Ter Aar on 27 October 1905.
children all born Ter Aar:
1. Mensje, b. 28 July 1851.
2. Marrigje, b. 10 October 1853. She married in Ter Aar on 21 February 1879 with Maarten
Broker. Maarten's death was registered in Ter Aar on 25 November 1886.
3. Jannetje, b. 17 November 1855.
4. Pietje, b. 12 November 1857. She had an illegitimate child Pieter Hofstede born in Ter Aar on
7 January 1879.
5. Jan, b. 4 January 1860.
6. Pieter, b. 8 May 1861. He died on 7 June 1862.
7. Pieter, b. 30 March 1864. He died on 27 February 1870.
8. Marijtje, b. 14 June 1865. She died on 27 June 1865.
9. Matje, b. 18 February 1867. She died on 2 June 1872.
Klaas Hofstede was born in 1834. On 4 May 1864 he married in Alphen
with Maria Zekveld (Zegveld). Maria was born in Alphen on 8 January 1838, daughter of Jan
Zegveld and Adriaantje Hoogedoorn.
children born in Oudshoorn:
1. Jan, b. 10 February 1869.
2. Adriana, b. 15 January 1870. She died on 15 November 1949. She married on 6 June 1895
with Aart Haak.
Jan Hofstede was born in Ter Aar in 1837. He married in Woubrugge on
17 September 1863 with Gerarda Wilhelmina van Wieringen. Gerarda W. was born in
Woubrugge on 17 December 1842, daughter of Gijsbertus van Wieringen and Geertje van
Rangelrooij.
children all born Amsterdam:
1. Jan, b. 19 February 1864. He lives in Nieuwer Amstel from 1890 on.
2. Gijsbertus, b. 9 April 1870.
3. Gerardus, b. 5 May 1876.
4. Geertje, b. 12 March 1882. She died on 27 September 1888.
Maarten Hofstede was born in Ter Aar in 1839. He died in Nieuwkoop
on 18 May 1886. He married in Nieuwkoop on 22 May 1874 with Elisabeth van der Swan.
Elisabeth was born on 19 October 1850 in Nieuwkoop, daughter of Hendrik van der Swan and
Marrigjen Sloof.
children all born Nieuwkoop:
1. Jan, b. 8 March 1875. He died on 20 September 1875.
2. Hendrik, b. 11 November 1876. He married in Abcoude-Baamburg on 22 September 1921
with Dirkje van den Wyngaard, born in Linschoten in 1883, daughter of Jacobus van den
Wyngaard and Johanna Konynenburg. Hendrik died in Kamerik on 24 July 1942.
3. Jan, b. 18 November 1878. He died in Kamerik on 10 August 1895
4. Willem, b. 31 August 1881. He died on 22 October 1881.
Dirk Willems Hofstede was born in 1870 in Ter Aar. He died on
2 March 1950 in Ter Aar. He married in Ter Aar on 18 June 1897 with Mensje van Veen,
daughter of Lammert van Veen and Elisabeth (Liesje) Kampe. Mensje was born on 15 March
1868 in Mydrecht. She died in Ter Aar on 3 September 1944. She was first married to Dirk's
brother Jan.
children all born Ter Aar:
1. Willem, b. 23 July 1898. He married in Ter Aar on 14 August 1924 with Anna Geertruy Oly.
He remarried on 21 September 1934 in Ter Aar with Maria de Kleer.
2. Elizabeth, b. 19 August 1899. She married on 20 April 1922 with Cornelis Rodenburg.
3. Lammert Jan, b. 6 March 1901. He died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 8 April 1992. He
married on 22 June 1922 with Geertruida Kuus. She died in Edmonton on 3 November 1986.
Many descendants still live in Edmonton.
4. Cornelis, b. 4 July 1904. He died 15 April 1905.
5. Teunis, b. 4 July 1904. He died 23 April 1905.
6. Cornelia, b. 22 May 1906. She married on 23 November 1933 with Tymen Kroon.
Jan Hofstede was born in Ter Aar in 1860. He died in Ter Aar on 18 February
1900. He married about 1881 with Maria van Eijk. Maria was born in Ter Aar on 13 September
1857. She died in Bilthoven in 1936.
children all born Ter Aar:
1. Johanna, b. 21 January 1882. She died on 23 November 1888.
2. Nicolaas, b. 9 June 1886. He died 1 May 1961. On 3 July 1918 he married Hendrika de Boef.
3. Johanna, b. 17 January 1889.
4. Maria, b. 5 August 1890. She died after 1967. She married 24 May 1912 with Hendrik
Heemskerk.
5. Jacob, b. 22 June 1892. He moved to Wassenaar in 1912.
6. Dirk Pieter, b. 29 November 1893. He died on 21 January 1957. He married in
September 1917 with Annigje de Rooij.
7. Pieter, b. 4 August 1895. He died on 13 March 1957. He married on 26 August 1920 with
Cornelia Dijkshoorn.
8. Mijnsje, b. 26 December 1896. She died on 30 September 1897.
9. Mijnsje, b. 25 December 1898.
Gijsbertus Hofstede was born in Amsterdam on 9 April 1870. He died
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1934. He married in Amsterdam on 12 May 1898 with Maria
Wilhelmina Klockenbrink. Maria was born in Amsterdam on 7 January 1875. She died in
Winnipeg in 1957. She was daughter of Jacobus Wilhelmus Klockenbrink and Lena Maria
Knuppe. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1917.
children all born Amsterdam:
1. Jan, b. 27 June 1899. He married on 31 December 1912.
2. Gijsbertus, b. 22 October 1900
3. Jacobus W., b. 21 August 1902.
4. Marinus, b. 15 March 1904.