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Personal data Otto Jansz Wit 


Household of Otto Jansz Wit

(1) He is married to Maartje Boogert.

They got married on August 24, 1794 at Broek op Langedijk, Nederland, he was 40 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willempje Ottod Wit  1795-1869 
  2. Antje Ottod Wit  1797-1849 
  3. Maartje Wit  1799-1842 
  4. Grietje Ottod Wit  1801-1866 
  5. Jan Wit  1803-1881 
  6. Neeltje Wit  1805-1864 
  7. Hendrik Ottosz Wit  1809-1815


(2) He is married to Neeltje Bouwens.

They got married on January 30, 1774 at Zuid-Scharwoude, Nederland, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Aaltje Wit  ± 1782-1836

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Otto Jansz Wit

Adriaan Jansz Wit
± 1701-????
Maartje Adams
????-1752
Jan Adriaansz Wit
± 1730-1764

Otto Jansz Wit
1754-1840

(1) 1794

Maartje Boogert
± 1770-1836

Maartje Wit
1799-1842
Jan Wit
1803-1881
Neeltje Wit
1805-1864
(2) 1774

Neeltje Bouwens
± 1752-????

Aaltje Wit
± 1782-1836

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  • The temperature on February 15, 1754 was about 5.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
  • The temperature on January 30, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
    • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
    • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
    • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
    • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
  • The temperature on July 25, 1840 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.


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