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Personal data Metje (Mettie) Margarethe Rycken 

  • Alternative names: Metje Margarethe Bengen, Metje Rycken-Bengen Bruns, Mettje Margaretha Rieken, Metje Margarethe Rycken-Bengen
  • She was born on August 22, 1783 in Riepe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen.
  • She was christened on August 23, 1783 in Riepe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen.
  • She died in fortasse, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • A child of Ryke (Rieke) Heeren Bengen and Almt Margareta Janssen
  • This information was last updated on October 25, 2012.

Household of Metje (Mettie) Margarethe Rycken

She is married to Jürgen Gerdes Bruns.

They got married on December 18, 1802 at in hiesiger Pastorey, Forlitz, Ostfriesland, Département Ems-Oriental, she was 19 years old.

Jügen Gerdes Bruns oo Metje Margarethe Rycken-Bengen

Marriage source: Potthast, Heinrich, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Forlitz-Blaukirchen (16778 - 1910), Band XC, (Aurich, Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, MMXI), Seite 92, Repository: MN Gen. Soc. Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

[Seite 92]

"88 Bruns, Jürgen Gerdes 81, /=OFB Riepe 783, OSB Loppersum 220, Victorbur 601/, Hausmannssohn u.Zimmermann zu Morhausen, Zimmermeister 1803, * 02. ~ 04.10.1777 Morhausen/Forlitz, oo 18.12.1802 i.hiesig.Pastorey Forlitz (25/18), wohnen in Morhausen, Metje Margarethe Rycken-Bengen 53, Bäcker- u.Krämerstochter aus Riepe, * 220.8.1783 Riepe, ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Almt Jürgens  1803-????
  2. Meeste Jürgens  1803-????
  3. Gerd Jürgens  1805-????
  5. Riecke Gerdes  1810-????
  6. Hiemke Gerdes  1812-????
  8. Jann Gerdes  ± 1818-1821


Notes about Metje (Mettie) Margarethe Rycken

Metje Margarethe Rycken-Bengen

Source: Potthast, Heinrich, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Forlitz-Blaukirchen (16778 - 1910), Band XC, (Aurich, Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, MMXI), Seiten 85 u. 92, Repository: MN Gen. Soc. Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

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"53 Bengen, Ryke Heeren, /=OFB Riepe 166 [sic 165]/, Bäckermeister aus Riepe, oo Almt Janssen

1. Metje Margarethe Rycken (Bengen) 88, * 22.08.1783 Riepe,"

[Seite 92]

"88 Bruns, Jürgen Gerdes 81, /=OFB Riepe 783, OSB Loppersum 220, Victorbur 601/, Hausmannssohn u.Zimmermann zu Morhausen, Zimmermeister 1803, * 02. ~ 04.10.1777 Morhausen/Forlitz, oo 18.12.1802 i.hiesig.Pastorey Forlitz (25/18), wohnen in Morhausen, Metje Margarethe Rycken-Bengen 53, Bäcker- u.Krämerstochter aus Riepe, * 220.8.1783 Riepe,

1. Almt Jürgens * 14.09.1803 nachm. 1 h, ~ selben Nachmittag um 5 h, Zwilling Tp: die Großmutter d.Kinder, Almt Janssen, des Ryke Heeren Bengen, Bäckermeister in dir Riepe, Ehefrau, u.Meeste Cornelius, d.weil.Hausmann Gerd Bruns Witwezu Morhausen, 2. Meeste Jürgens * 14.09.1803 nachm. 1 h, ~ selben Nachmittag um 5 h, Zwilling Tp: die Großmutter d.Kinder, Almt Janssen, des Ryke Heeren Bengen, Bäckermeister in dir Riepe, Ehefrau, u.Meeste Cornelius, d.weil.Hausmann Gerd Bruns Witwezu Morhausen, 3. Gerd Jürgens (OSB Victorbur 585), * 08.02.morg.5-6 h, ~ 10.02.1805 Morhausen Tp: Tjebbe Jacobs Raveling, Hausmann zu Morhausen u.dessen Ehefrau Hiemke Gerdes,"

Köster, Folkert u. Harm Harms, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Riepe von 1712 - 1909, (Aurich, Selbstverlag, MMV), Seiten 83 u. 177, Repository: MN Gen. Soc. Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

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"165 Bengen, Rieke Heeren 768, /= OSB Ochtelbur 566/, dort Rieke Bengen Heeren, 1804 Kaufmann und Bäcker? in Riepe gen. * 10.6.1759 Riepe ~ 13.6.1759 Riepe + 24.11.1829 Riepe, 70 J. (Kaltes Fieber, im Armenhaus) # 25.11.1829 Riepe oo I/I26.5.1780 Riepe Janssen, Almt Margareta

1. Here Bengen Rieken 160, 160 * 12.12.1780 ~ 13.12.1780 Riepe (Tfz: Reemt Hinrichs, Schulhalter Rudolf Bohlen, Gretje Mammen) 2. Mettie Margareta Rieken Bengen 783 * 22.8.1783 ~ 23.8.1783 Riepe (Tfz: Frau Pastorin E.M. Hörnemans, Meisterin Reenste Harms, Harm Gerdes) 3. Gretje Rieken * 25.2.1786 ~ 1.3.1786 Riepe (Tfz: Großmutter Gretje Mammen, Wiemde Bewen oo Rencke Schuster)"

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"783 Gerdes (Bruns), Jürgen, /=OSB Victorbur 601/, Zimmermann * um 1772 oo I/I 18.12.1802 Forlitz Blaukirchen Bengen, Mettje Margaretha Rieken 165 * 22.8.1783 Riepe ~ 23.8.1783 Riepe

1. Söhnlein * um 1808 + 21.7.1808 Riepe, 31 W. (Torminen) 2. Riecke * 18.2.1810 ~ 22.2.1810 Riepe (Tfz: Der Vater) 3. Hiemke * 16.2.1812 ~ 20.2.1812 Riepe (Tfz: Harm Gerdes und Frau Sarke Heeren, Harm Gerdes) 4. Gretje * 24.11.1815 ~ 26.11.1815 Riepe ( Tfz: Heere Rieken, Hientje Buss oo Claas Peters) 5. Jann * um 1818 + 18.5.1821 Riepe (Blattern) # 19.5.1821 Riepe" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Metje (Mettie) Margarethe Rycken

Metje (Mettie) Margarethe Rycken
1783-????

1802

Jürgen Gerdes Bruns
1777-????

Almt Jürgens
1803-????
Meeste Jürgens
1803-????
Gerd Jürgens
1805-????
Söhnlein des Jürgen u. Mettje Gerdes
± 1808-1808
Riecke Gerdes
1810-????
Hiemke Gerdes
1812-????
Gretje Jürgens Gerdes
1815-1857
Jann Gerdes
± 1818-1821

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Birthday August 22, 1783

  • The temperature on August 22, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
    • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
    • June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
    • October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
    • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
    • November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

Christening day August 23, 1783

  • The temperature on August 23, 1783 was about 19.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
    • June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
    • August 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
    • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
    • December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

Day of marriage December 18, 1802

  • The temperature on December 18, 1802 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1802: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.
    • April 26 » Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
    • May 19 » Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
    • May 20 » By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
    • June 4 » King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
    • July 4 » At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.


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