When Jan William Woertman was born about 1600, in Oldenburg, Germany, his father, William Workman, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Cocke, was 28. He married Harmetje Jans in 1627, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands in 1627. He died on 3 May 1667, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 68, and was buried in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
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Britain waged wars against the Dutch.
The Amsterdam Office (part of the Dutch East India Company) traded in it's own shares during 1602 and effectively formed the world's first stock exchange. In 1609, the Bank of Amsterdam began operations as a full service bank.
"Samuel Coster, a Dutch playwright, helped establish the ""First Nederduytsche Academy"". It was created with the intent to offer higher education to common citizens and offer higher quality theatre than what was available before. The inauguration took place on September 23, 1617 and included two plays: ""Apollo"" by Suffridus Sixtinus and ""Vande moordt begaen aen Wilhelm van Orangien"" by Gijsbert van Hoghendorp."
Americanized form of German Wertmann: variant of Werthmann , or in some instances an Americanized form of the same name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJOHN WILLIAM WORKMAN (the Dutch form of his name being Jans William Woertman) died in Amsterdam, Holland, some time before the year 1647. Little is known of him except that he was married and had a fa …
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