Vries/van der Lijn » Watse Eelckes (Gadema) (± 1550-1629)

Personal data Watse Eelckes (Gadema) 

  • He was born about 1550.
  • from 1577 till 1578.
    schepen van Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1581 till 1583.
    burgemeester Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1584 till 1588.
    gezworen gemeenteman Leeuwarden, general
  • in the year 1589.
    burgemeester Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1590 till 1595.
    gezworen gemeenteman Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1596 till 1600.
    burgemeester Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1601 till 1608.
    gezworen gemeenteman Leeuwarden, general
  • in the year 1609.
    schepen van Leeuwarden, general
  • from 1622 till 1628.
    gezworen gemeenteman Leeuwarden, general
  • He died on August 12, 1629 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
  • A child of Eelcke Wattiesz and Yttjen Syrcxdr.
  • This information was last updated on April 20, 2021.

Household of Watse Eelckes (Gadema)

He is married to Ytjen Jan Lambertsdr..

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Eelcke Watzes  ± 1578-1597
  2. Sijtske Watzes Eelckes  ± 1580-1655
  3. Pieter Watzes  ± 1583-1603
  4. Maycke Watzes  ± 1585-1665 
  5. Antie Waetse Eelckes  ± 1587-????
  6. Itien Waetse Eelckes  ± 1595-???? 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Watse Eelckes (Gadema)

Watse Eelckes (Gadema)
± 1550-1629


Eelcke Watzes
± 1578-1597
Pieter Watzes
± 1583-1603
Maycke Watzes
± 1585-1665

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Historical events

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1629: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 10 » Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
    • May 22 » Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.


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