Family tree Kuiken/Kuijken » Willem Stevensz. Wassenaar (± 1450-1506)

Personal data Willem Stevensz. Wassenaar 

• He was born about 1450 in Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
• Profession: boer, in 1479 belender te Hoogteilingen onder Sassenheim.

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• He died in the year 1506 in St. Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland.
• A child of Steven Huigenz Wassenaar and Willems
• This information was last updated on June 11, 2020.

Household of Willem Stevensz. Wassenaar

He is married to Emerentia Gerritsdr. van Poelgeest.

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They got married about 1473 at Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.

Child(ren):

1. Steven Willemsz. Wassenaar  1474-1537 
2. Barthout Willemsz. Wassenaar  ± 1483-< 1547 
3. Cornelis Willemsz. Bonteman  ± 1487-????
4. Claas Willemsz. Wasssenaar  ± 1490-1550 

Notes about Willem Stevensz. Wassenaar

1e geslacht op het Bildt had vier zoons die naar het Bildt zijn gegaan. De 4 zonen van Willem Stevens hielpen bij de aanleg van de Oude Bildtdijk en kwamen later op Het Bildt wonen. Geboren omstreeks 1445-1455 Trouwt N.N. Ook van Willem Stevensz weten wij alleen datgene, wat in de acte van 1566 wordt beschreven. Het is mogelijk, dat Willen Stevensz in 1506 met zijn 4 zonen naar Het Bildt is gegaan en daar overleed. Omdat in de familie-aantekeningen de vier broers genoemd worden als de personen, die zich in Het Bildt vestigden, lijkt het waarschijnlijker dat Willem in Sassenheim is gestorven. De verbinding met de adelijke Wassenaars wordt in onderstaand artikel als 'onwaarschijnlijk' beoordeeld. Dit in tegenspraak met het boek "De Friese Wassenaars 1400 - heden" LEEUWARDEN, the Netherlands - The town of Wassenaar is half a country away from the area in Northwestern Fryslân in where many carry a surname likely named after the South Holland place. From Fryslân, some namesakes emigrated to North America or moved elsewherein the Netherlands. For years, many within the extended family believed that their ancestors were related to the Van Wassenaar clan which is partof Dutch nobility. A new study by historian Kees Kuiken and genealogist Aleid van Poelgeest tries to settle the lingering issue with the verdict:very unlikely. They traced the family’s origin back to a Willem Stevenszoon of Sassenheim whose name was found in a 1479 document. Willem rented land from the local monastery between 1494 and 1533. His son Cornelis while continuing the contract also found with his brothers Steven, Bartout and Klaas new opportunities in 1527 on the reclaimed soil of the Middelzee, an area of Fryslân known as de Bildt. Cornelis did well for himselfin Northwestern Fryslân. Around 1600, his grandson Jan Bonteman rose to prominence as substitute mayor (grietman) and likely gave cause to confusion much later because of his seal which somewhat resembles the one of the Van Wassenaars and that of the Van Woudes, the lords of Warmond, a location near Sassenheim and Wassenaar. A document dating from 1566 which surfaced in 1905 acknowledges that Bonteman used the Van Wassenaar heraldic crest but it is now recognized that the accompanying terminology had been misconstrued a century ago. Genealogical data shows that the FrisianWassenaars for decades kept close contacts with people in Leiden and vicinity, where until around 1600 they found marriage partners and had real estate dealings. Kuiken and Van Poelgeest recently published their research in the “Nederlandsche Leeuw,” a Dutch heraldry and genealogy magazine. Kuiken is a descendant of Willem Stevenszoon.

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