Family tree Eijskoot » Jan Harmen Borgsteede (1738-1793)

Personal data Jan Harmen Borgsteede 

  • He was born on April 21, 1738 in Spenge.
  • Confirmation of church membership on January 30, 1760 in Amsterdam.
    Evan. Lutherse gemeente
  • Profession: Droogscheerder De droogscheerder maakte deel uit van de lakennijverheid. Hij 'schoor' of eigenlijk knipte het gedroogde laken glad door de uitstekende vezels te verwijderen met een grote schaar, die de hele breedte van de scheerdis bestreek. Het weefsel werd daartoe eerst geruwd met behulp van de stekels van de kaardebol, die men daartoe speciaal kweekte. De beste kwaliteit laken werd aan beide kanten bewerkt. Deze soort heette vroeger 'scaerlaken'. De lakens uit Den Bosch ('Bussche lakens') waren in de veertiende eeuw om hun kwaliteit reeds gezocht in verschillende Europese landen. Het gildewezen zorgde dan ook voor een intensieve kwaliteitsbewaking. De droogscheerder die doorwerkte bij lamp- of kaarslicht kreeg een stevige boete als men hem betrapte..
  • He died November 1793 in Amsterdam, he was 55 years old.
  • He is buried on November 27, 1793 in Amsterdam.
    Heiligeweg en Leidsche Kerkhof
  • A child of Jost Heinrich Borgstetten and Gareth Ilsabein Borgstetten

Household of Jan Harmen Borgsteede

(1) He is married to Anna Wilhelmina Holtzen.

Their notice of marriage was on December 28, 1775 in Amsterdam.

They got married on January 14, 1776 at Amsterdam, he was 37 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Jan Andries Borgsteede  1778-1827 
  3. Antonie Borgsteede  1781-1781


(2) He is married to Geradina Huvaart.

They got married on April 29, 1784 at Amsterdam, he was 46 years old.

They have entered a marriage settlement in Amsterdam on May 16, 1784 .

Nieuwe Kerk

Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Borgsteede  1790-1895


(3) He is married to Margaretha Dorotea Weede Widees.

Their notice of marriage was on January 16, 1773 in Amsterdam.

They got married on January 31, 1773 at Amsterdam, he was 34 years old.


Child(ren):


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Birthday April 21, 1738

  • The temperature on April 21, 1738 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: helder bliksem hagel. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1738: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
    • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
    • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
    • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
    • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
    • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

Christening day January 30, 1760

  • The temperature on January 30, 1760 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
    • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
    • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
    • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
    • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
    • October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.

Day of marriage January 31, 1773

  • The temperature on January 31, 1773 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: sneeuw hagel 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of burial November 27, 1793

  • The temperature on November 27, 1793 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
    • July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
    • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
    • October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    • October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
    • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.


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