It currently appears that there were TWO separate men named "Johannes RIENSTRA" who lived in this part of Friesland. Johannas *Jans* RIENSTRA was the widower of Elisabeth DE JONG when he died in Leeuwarden at age 69 [ie: born abt 1782-3] The second Johannes RIENSTRA died in Sneek 31 Dec 1811 at age 56 [ie: born abt 1755]. At that time he was married to Leentje HOLKES [ie: Leentje/Leena Holkes BOKMA] who was still living at that time. This man may have been the Johannes *Jochem* RIENSTRA mentioned in the marriage record with Leena HOLKES in 1788 in Sneek. The husband of Leentje HOLKES and the husband of Elisabeth DE JONG **cannot** be the same man, because Johannes JANS would only have been age 6 when Johannes JOCHEM got married on 22 Jan 1788 at Sneek.
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