Afstammelingen Govert Andriesz van Mersbergen » Jan Adriaansz Versteegh (± 1575-????)

Personal data Jan Adriaansz Versteegh 

• He was born about 1575 in Genderen.
• A child of Adriaan Versteegh

Household of Jan Adriaansz Versteegh

Child(ren):

1. Willem Jansz Versteegh  1603-> 1652 
2. Hendrick Jansz Versteegh  1605-????
3. Cornelis Janszn Versteegh  1607-????

Notes about Jan Adriaansz Versteegh

The DTB register of the Genderen Reformed Church dated June 19, 1645 notes the baptism of a child of Willem Janszn Versteeghen. It is probable that Willem's father was Jan Adriaanszn Versteegh, living in Genderen, who was involved in a court case against Cornelis Matheus, living in Veen. The sentence was handed down by the Court of Holland on October 28, 1633.
Unlike towns that grew up around a manor, Genderen consisted mostly of farmhouses built on a similar plan. Each street would have several well spaced houses. A typical house would be divided into two parts, the living quarters for the family and a barn for the livestock. Immediately behind the house would be a garden of about half an acre which would usually be the responsibility of the wife. Behind the garden would be a plot of farm land about two acres in size which would be the province of the husband, and would be planted in potatoes or similar crops. Wealthy farmers might have another field outside of town consisting of about three acres planted in grain. Each day the farm animals would be herded (usually by the older children) to three or four acre meadowlands that could be a substantial distance from the town.

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