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Jan Joosten van der Hofste(d)e was born in Hazerswoude
about 1618.  He probably died after 2 March 1682.  On 21 October 1640 
he married in Hazerswoude with Annitje Ariens Rutten.  Nothing is
known about Annitje.  It is possible that they have two children besides
Ary. There are twins born in Hazerswoude with no parents named but it
is probable that they are children of Annitje and Jan.

children:
1. Ary, b. abt 1641.  He died in the West Indies prior to 7-3-1682.
2. Aeltje, c. Hazerswoude 18 June 1642.
3. Maertje, c. Hazerswoude 18 June 1642.

Jan remarried in Hazerswoude on 15 November 1643 with Maertje
Cornelis.  Maertje was christened in Zoetermeer on 8 September 1619.
She was buried in Hazerswoude on 15 February 1689.

children:
1. Neeltje, c. Hazerswoude 20 November 1644.  She married on
     25 February 1674 with Pieter Gerrits van Poelgeest.
     It is possible that this Neeltje Jans who marries
     Pieter Gerrits is not the daughter of Jan Joosten.
2. Maartje, c. Hazerswoude 18 November 1646.  She married on
     1 January 1672 in Benthuizen with Leendert Dircks Bon.
3. Pleuntje, c. Benthuizen 26 April 1648.  She probably died
     in Loosdrecht.  She married first in Benthuizen on
     23 January 1675 with Jeroen Leenderts van der Zijde
     from Berkel.  She married again in December 1679 with
     Aert Hendricks Voghel of Loosdrecht.
4. Rachel, c. Benthuizen 3 March 1651.  She married in 
     Hazerswoude on 14 November 1677 with Ysbrant Jans
     Appelman.
5. Lysbeth, c. Benthuizen 5 September 1653.  She died after 1721.
     She married first in Benthuizen on 25 January 1680 with
     Dirk Jorissen Kapelle.  On 25 September 1701 she married
     again in Benthuizen with Cornelis Cornelis van der Helm.
6. Anna, c. Benthuizen 18 March 1656.  She married on
     12 August 1695 with Cornelis Hogerbrugge.  It is possible
     that the Anna that married Cornelis Hogerbrugge is not
     the daughter of Jan Joosten.
7. Joost, c. Benthuizen 18 August 1658.  He probably died in
     Hazerswoude on 17 May 1688.
8. Kors, c. Benthuizen 11 June 1662.

Witnesses to the baptisms were Annetje Martens and Jannetje Joosten (4),
Anneke Martens (5), Adriaantje Jans Voling (6), Willem Pieters (7)
and Maertje Cornelis (8).


Kors Jans (van der) Hofstede was baptized on 11 June 1662 in
Benthuizen.  He married first with Machteltje Willems Geleveen.
The marriage date and place have not been found.  Machteltje was
christened on 9 September 1663 in Benthuizen, daughter of
Willem Arents and Ariaentje Pieters.  Machtelt was first married to Pieter
Heijndrickse van Til.  Machteltje was buried in Bleiswijk on 9 June 1721. 
All the children of Kors are from the first marriage.  From 1706 on the family
lived in Bleiswijk.

children:
1. Maartje, c. Benthuizen 21 March 1690.  She married on 
     1 April 1716 in Bleiswijk with Arien Dirks Roggeveen.
2. Pieter, c. Benthuizen 10 January 1692.
3. Jan, c. Hazerswoude 2 January 1695.
4. Ary, c. Benthuizen 2 June 1698.
5. Ariaantje, c. Benthuizen 27 December 1699.
6. Ariaantje, c. Benthuizen 29 October 1702.  She married on
     9 January 1729 with Jan Claase van der Cijs from
     Zevenhuizen.
7. Neeltje, c. Benthuizen 9 March 1704.  She probably died in
     Hillegersberg on 29 March 1784.  

Kors remarried on 4 February 1725 in Bleiswijk with Maria Michiels
de Knegt, probably from Bergschenhoek.  Maria was buried
in Bleiswijk on 5 October 1729.

When Kors married for the third time he was living in 
Bergschenhoek.  He married in Capelle a/d Yssel on 10 October 1734,
banns were in Bergschenhoek.  He married Stijntje Klaase
Kruijt, last widow of Harmen Kloot.


Jan Korsse van der Hofstede was christened in Hazerswoude on
2 January 1695.  He died in Hillegersberg on 21 October 1768.
He married in Bleiswijk on 13 February 1718 with Geertje
Claes Goedraad from Bleiswijk.  Geertje died before 18 February 1748
as Jan remarried on that date in Bergschenhoek with Leentje
Dirks de Uijtenbroek, widow of David Pieters de Bruijn.

children all christened Bergschenhoek:
1. Cornelis, c. 26 February 1719.  He died in Hillegersberg on
     23 March 1719.
2. Neeltje, c. 5 May 1720.  She died in Hillegersberg on
     29 March 1784.  She married on 29 July 1759 with Jan
     van Hulst.
3. Cornelis, c. 1 January 1723.  
4. Maria, c. 17 September 1724.  She died in Hillegersberg on
     2 November 1769.
5. Claes, c. 15 September 1726.  He died in Hillegersberg on
     15 August 1781.  He married on 11 January 1767 in 
     Hillegersberg with Neeltje Brillenburg.  Neeltje was
     baptized on 6 September 1740 in Hillegersberg, daughter
     of Jan Brillenburg and Grietje Dekker.  There is one
     known child of this marriage.  It died in Hillegersberg
     on 21 November 1769.
6. Machteltje, c. 22 January 1730.  She married on 8 March 1761
     with Maarten Ariens Krijgsman, son of Arie Ariens
     Krijgsman and Klaasje Ariens Hoogerwaart.  Machteltje
     remarried in Bergschenhoek on 13 November 1785 with
     Hermanus Diederik.
7. Elizabeth, c. 24 August 1732.  She died in Zevenhuizen on
     22 February 1791.  She married on 25 January 1761 with
     Cornelis Krijnen van der Meer.