Baptism book of Huizen, with the baptism of Willem, son of Ebbe Jansz and Jannetje Gijsberts Harder. Image source: “Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-31169-29147-75?cc=2037985&wc=SM9W-T3N:1293193204,382111201,383878101 : accessed 28 April 2015), Nederlands Hervormde > Huizen > Dopen 1740-1811 Trouwen 1740-1773 > image 26 of 182; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
Willem Eppen (also known as Willem Eppen Veerman), is my 4th great-grandfather. Willem is the son of Ebbe Jansz and Jannetje Gijsberts Harder. He was baptized on 4 January 1756 in Huizen, and died on 5 May 1819 in Huizen.
19th century copy of the marriage book of Huizen, with at the top the marriage of Willem Ebbe and Deliaantje Joosten van der Hulst. Image source: “Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-31184-7964-81?cc=2037985&wc=SM94-BZ3:1293193204,382111201,383879701 : accessed 28 April 2015), Nederlands Hervormde > Huizen > Dopen 1675-1739 Trouwen 1675-1811 Begraven 1712-1738 Lidmaten 1675-1811 > image 192 of 397; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
Willem married Deliaantje Joosten van der Hulst, daughter of Joost Theunisz van der Hulst and Zwaantje Pieters de Braat, on 9 May (banns on 24 April) 1784 in Huizen. Deliaantje was baptized on 26 August 1759 in Huizen.
Willem and Deliaantje had three children:
- Ebbe was baptized on 13 March 1785 in Huizen and buried on 23 April 1785 in Huizen.
- Ep was baptized on 20 May 1787 in Huizen and died on 6 November 1812 in Huizen.
- Deliaantje was baptized on 10 June 1792 in Huizen and buried on 2 July 1792 in Huizen.
Burial book of Huizen. In the middle Deliaantje van der Hulst, huisvrouw van (wife of) Willem Eppen. A few lines down een kind van (a child of) Willem Eppen. Image source: “Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31167-2456-96?cc=2037985&wc=SM97-6TT:382016701,382111201,383100801 : accessed 28 April 2015), Alle Gezindten > Huizen > Huwelijksafkondigingen, Overlijden 1761-1811 Huwelijksafkondigingen, Overlijden 1783-1805 > image 96 of 114; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
Deliaantje died during childbirth and was buried on 11 June 1792 in Huizen.
19th century copy of the marriage book of Huizen, with (in the middle) Willem Eppe, weduwnaar van (widower of) Deliaantje van der Hulst, and Lammertje Hendriks Mol. Image source: “Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-31184-7937-86?cc=2037985&wc=SM94-BZ3:1293193204,382111201,383879701 : accessed 28 April 2015), Nederlands Hervormde > Huizen > Dopen 1675-1739 Trouwen 1675-1811 Begraven 1712-1738 Lidmaten 1675-1811 > image 201 of 397; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
Willem remarried Lammertje (or Lambertje) Mol, my 4th great-grandmother, on 18 May (banns on 3 May) 1794 in Huizen. Lambertje is the daughter of Hendrik Lucasz Mol and Lambertje Arents Duijn. She was baptized on 7 November 1756 in Huizen, and died on 3 February 1821 in Huizen.
Willem and Lambertje had two children:
- Hendrik Veerman was born on 20 and baptized on 25 June 1797 in Huizen, and died on 11 July 1866 in Huizen. He married Annetje Baas, daughter of Jacob Baas and Anna Slokker, on 9 February 1823 in Huizen. Annetje was born on 13 and baptized on 21 April 1793 in Huizen, and died on 27 December 1842 in Huizen. Hendrik remarried Maria van Steeden, widow of Pieter Fernhout, daughter of Jacob van Steeden and Jannetje Pieters, on 17 December 1848 in Huizen. Maria died on 30 July 1868 in Huizen.
- Gijsbert Veerman, my 3rd great-grandfather, was born on 13 April 1799 in Huizen, died on 23 March 1872 in Hilversum. He married my 3rd great-grandmother Jannetje Bronkhorst, daughter of Dirk Bronkhorst and Aaltje van Zomeren, on 13 december 1828 in Hilversum. Jannetje was born on 20 February 1805 in Hilversum, and died on 12 July 1875 in Hilversum.
Death certificate of Willem Eppen Veerman Image source: “Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9778-62366-79?cc=2020117&wc=MCLM-12S:341395201,341412101 : accessed 30 April 2015), Huizen > Overlijden 1811-1842 > image 200 of 609; Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem (Noord-Hollands Archives, Haarlem).