ahofstee@sympatico.ca


Pieter Cornelisse Hofstede was christened in Zoetermeer on
1 September 1669.  He was buried in Bleiswijk on 25 October 1717.
He married on 13 February 1695 at Zoetermeer/Bleiswijk with
Annetje Ariens Coster.  She was born in Hoogeveen in the parish
of Benthuizen.  She was buried in Hillegersberg on 13 January 1734
at the age of 101 years, 9 months.  She was the daughter of
Ary Jans Coster and Grietje Willems van Rijndam.

children:
1. Trijntje, c. 4 December 1695.  She probably died on 28 February 1774.
2. Cornelis, c. 4 August 1697.
3. Arij, c. 31 January 1700.
4. Maria, c. 1 January 1703.
5. Marijtje, c. 25 January 1705.  She died on 22 September 1736.
6. Grietje, c. 28 July 1709.
7. Cornelis, c. 5 April 1711.  He died on 23 September 1737.

Baptisms at Zoetermeer (1,2,3,4) and Bleiswijk (5,6,7).
Witnesses were Maartje Cornelisse (1,2,4,5), Neeltje Cornelis (3),
Grietje Jans Bogaert (6,7).  The address at baptisms 1 and 2 is
given as Rockeveen.  The family lived at Hillegersberg at a later
time.  The burials in 1736 and later are recorded in Hillegersberg.