Family tree Westerman » Peter Jans (1695-1771)

Personal data Peter Jans 


Household of Peter Jans

He is married to Anje Jans.

They got married on November 11, 1736 at Leens.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Pieters Helder  1744-1820 


Notes about Peter Jans

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- in the file PeterJans(born 1695 Pieterburen) , also son of Jan Jacobs and ImkeSijgers, the descendants of Peter Jans and AnjeJans (born 1699 Wehe) are given. In a report of a lawsuit made at 29 April 1747 Peter Jans is indicated with the surname HELDER,sofar the oldest record of this surname for my family.
The file contains considerable data on immigrants to Illinois and especially to Michigan. The couple Jan Jacobs Helder (born 1823 Houwerzijl) x AlbertjeTimmer (born 1818 Zuurdijk) arrived in MI in 1856 and they were the basis of a large Helder family in MI.
AnjeBerendsHelder (born 1808 Leens) x KlaasJans Hof(f)man with their children arrived in 1848 in Michigan. Their doughter Helena (born 1837 Leens) married in MI to Albertus C. van Raalte, son of Rev. van Raalte, who founded the Holland Colony inMichigan.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter Jans

Peter Jans
1695-1771

1736

Anje Jans
1698-1805

Jacob Pieters Helder
1744-1820

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Historical events

Christening day May 26, 1695

  • 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 1695: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
    • August 15 » French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
    • September 7 » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
    • November 20 » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho - an event nowadays commemorated in Black Awareness Day.

Day of marriage November 11, 1736

  • The temperature on November 11, 1736 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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 1736: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
    • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
    • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
    • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
    • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of death October 8, 1771

  • The temperature on October 8, 1771 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
    • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
    • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
    • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
    • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.


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