Name: Maarten van der Hoogt
Birth: 13 July 1766 in Hazerswoude
Death: 20 December 1831 in Hazerswoude
Parents: Mattheus van der Hoogt, Marijtje Molenaar
Spouse: Aaltje de Bruin (marriage: 31 August 1791 in Zevenhuizen, prov. Zuid-Holland)
A page from the church books of Hazerswoude, with 1766 baptisms. Towards the bottom we find my 4th great-grandfather Maarten van der Hoog[t]. We learn from this page that he was baptized on 13 July 1766 in Hazerswoude. His parent were Mattheus van der Hoog and Marijtje Molenaar. Witness was Arijantje van der Hoog, presumably an...
read moreMaarten van der Hoogt and Aaltje de Bruin are my fourth great-grandparents. They lived in quite a few places during their lives: Hazerswoude, Zevenhuizen, Moerkapelle, Leiderdorp, Kouderkerk, probably more – towns and villages in the same region in the province Zuid-Holland. I still miss quite a few vital records for them. But with all the scans available on the FamilySearch website it should not be hard to find those. I had in my notes that they probably married in Hazerswoude. And sure enough, I found them in the church books there:...
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