Hij was schoolmeester.
He is married to Grietje Simons Bennema.
They were married in church July 1733 at Grijpskerk.Source 3
Menno Bennema Geerlings
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/groningen-genealogy/message/5498
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/groningen-genealogy/message/5498; M. Bennema Geerlings; Kwartierstaat van Pieterke Geerts Huizinga