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Personal data Theodorus Johannes "Dirk Jans" Couperus 


Household of Theodorus Johannes "Dirk Jans" Couperus

(1) He is married to Geertje Claeses.

They got married before 1648.


Child(ren):

  1. Johannes Couperus  ± 1648-????
  2. Lucas Couperus  ± 1650-???? 
  3. Maria Couperus  ± 1650-????
  4. Petrus Couperus  ± 1657-1735 
  5. Sara Couperus  1659-????
  6. Abraham Couperus  ± 1662-> 1699


(2) He is married to Aeltie Lummers.

They got married on April 30, 1682 at Leeuwarden (Fr).Source 1


Notes about Theodorus Johannes "Dirk Jans" Couperus

Bron: http://www.couperus.org/Tree/wijnaendts.htm
There is no record of his theological studies. He changed his name at times from Dirk Janssen to Theodorus Johannis, and after r. 1655 he used "Couperus" and "Cuyperus". He served the churches at Idaard, Warga, Warnstiens, Wartena. He wrote some booklets: A Lily of the Valley, Samson's Lion Flesh, The Costly Riches (43 sermons). His name is often mentioned in minutes of classes, of churches, and of the synod of Embden (1663). Also in some deeds. In a museum in Leeuwarden is a small copper plate in the shape of a shield with his name on it: Theodorus Johannes Couperus - minister in Warga. Records also indicate that he was in financial difficulties most of his life, and often carried mortgages. He was married 2 times. His first wife wasGeertje Clases who was the mother of his children. His second wife was the widow Aaltje Limmers.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Theodorus Johannes Couperus

John Couper
± 1555-± 1620
Theodore Hay
± 1555-????
Jan Janssen Cuyper
± 1590-± 1674
Dieuwke Symens
± 1590-± 1658

Theodorus Johannes Couperus
± 1626-1684

(1) < 1648

Geertje Claeses
± 1625-± 1680

Johannes Couperus
± 1648-????
Lucas Couperus
± 1650-????
Maria Couperus
± 1650-????
Petrus Couperus
± 1657-1735
Sara Couperus
1659-????
Abraham Couperus
± 1662-> 1699
(2) 1682

Aeltie Lummers
± 1650-????


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Sources

  1. Trouwregister Gerecht Leeuwarden 1672-1682

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Historical events

Day of marriage April 30, 1682

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1682: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
    • May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
    • August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
    • September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
    • October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Day of death August 19, 1684

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1684: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 18 » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
    • December 10 » Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.


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