Brief Life History of Catharina Tryntje Jochemse
When Catharina Tryntje Jochemse Wessels was born on 8 March 1621, in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, her father, Jochem Ghijsen Wessels, was 30 and her mother, Trijntgen Gerrits, was 30. She married Major Abraham Staats on 26 January 1642, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1707, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Menands, Albany, New York, United States.
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- Catharina Jochemse Wesselsen Staats, "Find A Grave Index"
- Trijn Gijssen, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
- Catharina Jochem Wessels Staats, "Find A Grave Index"
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1624
The Dutch conquered Salvador, Brazil.
1631 · Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
"The Amsterdamse Atheneum was an ""illustrous school"" sponsored by the city, where famous scientists such as Petrus Camper and Caspar Barlaeus taught classes. It was built from the remains of a 1470 chapel (Agnietenklooster). Upon being founded, the City Library was moved to the attics of the building and formed the beginning of what would become the University Library."
1648
End of Eighty Years' War with Spain.
Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wessel 1. This surname is also established in South Africa.
History: One of the most prominent fur traders in New Netherland (now NY) in the 1660s was Dirck Wessels(e) (1637–1717), who probably came to New Netherland before 1650 with his father, Wessel Wesselse, a West India Company employee. He also bore the surname Ten Broeck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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