Aeltje Dircks
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Aeltje Dircks (1572 - abt. 1634)

Aeltje "Aeltgen" Dircks aka Dirckse, Dirx, Kool, Cool
Born in Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederlandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1604 in Noord-Holland, Netherlandsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died about at about age 62 in Netherlandsmap
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Biography

The parents of Aeltje Dircks are not known. Aeltje Dircks was born in the Netherlands in about 1572. Her birthplace probably was Vollenhove in Overijssel, because her marriage banns describe her as being "of Vollenhoven." [1][2]

Marriage

  • inschrijvingsdatum: 27-01-1596 naam bruidegom: Arentsz, Jacob naam bruid: Dierics, Aaltje[3][4] Aeltje was married to Jacob Arentsz (a.k.a. Kool or Cool) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, in 1596; banns were posted on 27 January 1596.[5]

Children

Aeltje and Jacob had at least six children:[6][2]

  1. Arent Kool, born and baptised in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; seemingly named for his paternal grandfather (Arent); married Annatje Sluijters on 9 May 1626
  2. Dierikien Kool, bapt. 23 Sep 1604 at the Old Saint Nicholas church (De Oude Kerk), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; seemingly named for her maternal grandfather (Dirck)
  3. kind: Pieter doopdatum: 08-10-1606 kerk: Oude Kerk godsdienst: Hervormd vader: Arentsz, Jacob moeder: Dieriks, Aeltje [7] ; married Jaapje Van Steenwijck on 9 May 1626; married Aafje Ijsbrants on 2 June 1640).
  4. kind: Barent doopdatum: 12-03-1609 kerk: Oude Kerk godsdienst: Hervormd vader: Arentsz, Jacob moeder: Dierix, Ael opmerkingen: Ber. va: Veerman op Rotterdam[8]; died young
  5. kind: Barent doopdatum: 18-05-1610 kerk: Nieuwe Kerk godsdienst: Hervormd vader: Arentsz, Jakob moeder: Dirx, Aeltje [9]; married Marritje Leenderts De Grauw
  6. kind: Lievijn doopdatum: 28-04-1613 kerk: Oude Kerk godsdienst: Hervormd vader: Arentsz, Jakob moeder: Dierix, Aeltjen opmerkingen: Ber. va. Veerman op Rotterdam[10]

Death

Aeltje Dircks died in the Netherlands on 6 November 1634, at 62 years of age.[2]

Disputed Data

Some online family trees (and an earlier version of this profile) state that Aeltje was born about 1584-1585 in Netherlands and died 10 May 1610 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands when she was about 25 or 26 years old. The original source of the birth information has not been determined; the 1584 birthdate is inconsistent with the age given on her marriage banns in 1596.[6][5] The supposed death date of 10 May 1610 also is not supported by any known records; it coincides with the documented date of the birth of her son Barent.

Some genealogies, including an earlier version of this WikiTree profile, state that Aeltje emigrated to New Netherland, arriving in New Amsterdam in 1658. This purported immigration appears to be an error, resulting from a conflation error with another Aeltje Dircks, who married William Traphagen in New Amsterdam in 1658.

Sources

  • Richard H. Benson, The Barent Jacobsen Cool Family, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 2
  • Clarke, Robert Gordon. Early New Netherland Settlers website. "Jacob <Arent> Kool," Generation 1. 29 March 2013.
  • Doop, Trouwen en Begraven Boek (Book of Baptisms, Weddings and Burials) 664: 184, as cited by Benson, page 2. Text: "JACOB ARENTS, who was a sailor in Amsterdam when his wedding banns were posted in the Amsterdam Town Hall on 27 January 1596 to marry AELTJE DIRCKS, of Vollenhoven, aged 24 years."
  • Marriage record: "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch Marriage record : accessed 19 June 2015, Alle Gezindten > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften 1581-1606 > image 282 of 539; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague)
  • Amsterdam Archive Amsterdam archive marriage

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Benson, page 2. States that Aeltje was 24 years old at her marriage in 1596, thus she had to be born in 1572.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clarke
  3. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 664, p.184 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de PUI. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26321073
  4. ↑ see image +source
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," Alle Gezindten > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften 1581-1606; image 282 of 539; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague). Accessed 19 June 2015 on FamilySearch.org.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Benson, page 2
  7. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 4, p.177 opmerkingen: ber. va. Veerman op Rotterdam Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24228151
  8. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 4, p.275 Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24640940
  9. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 39, p.218 Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24286004
  10. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 5, p.63 Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24653833

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Sarah Key for creating Dirks-163 on 21 Nov 2013. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sarah and others.
  • WikiTree profile Dircks-24 was created through the import of wolfefamily.ged on Jun 26, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe.
  • WikiTree profile Dirckse-10 was created through the import of My Family File.ged on Nov 16, 2011 by Lance Foster.
  • Thank you to Albertus (BdFM) for creating WikiTree profile Dircks-95 on 18 Feb 2015. Click to the [Changes tab] for the details on contributions by Albertus and others. Dircks-95 was merged with Dircks-24 on 11 July 2015.




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Marriage Arent Jacobsz Cool and Annetje Henrix Sluijters & Pieter Jacobsz Cool and Jaapje Jans, 9 May 1626 Amsterdam
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Timmerman-225 Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Her father would have had Dirck as his first name , she (most likely) has his first name for patronym, so a Dirck Unknown was her father
posted by Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Timmerman-225 Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
still no trace first two children...
posted by Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
The 1584 birthdate, 1604 marriage date, and 10 May 1610 death date that appear on this profile are pervasive within Ancestry Family Trees. I searched that site only for the name "Aeltje Dircks" and found numerous instances of these dates (sometimes also with 1658 immigration to New Netherland) for the woman who married Jacob Kool (who was sometimes Arentsen, sometimes Barentsen). Most sources cited were other Ancestry Family Trees or OneWorld Tree. Exceptions were that sometimes her son Barent's birth record was linked as her birth record or her son's marriage record was linked as her marriage record. No "real" records supported the birth, marriage or death dates. The immigration date was sometimes linked to a record for the Aeltje Dircks who married William Traphagen in 1658.

Note that the 10 May 1610 date given for her death on those records is the date of the baptism of Barent, son of Aeltje Dircks and Jacob Arents [Kool].

Based on what I found on Ancestry.com, this profile is intended to represent the woman who married Jacob Arentsen. This is not a different person. There are no known sources to support the dates of 1584 for birth, 1604 for marriage, and 1610 for death. These dates should be removed from the profile data fields, but they need to be discussed in the biography section because the data from these widely shared family trees is sure to get submitted again and again.

posted by Ellen Smith
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Michelle, I agree with Steven Mix's perception (based on note he left in Dircks-24 ) that the reference to immigration in 1658 in the Dircks-24 profile probably indicates conflation with Dircks-10, who was married in New Amsterdam in 1658 and died before her husband's remarriage in 1661.

I edited Steven's note in Dircks-24 to include a link to Dircks-10.

posted by Ellen Smith
Fuller-5187 Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Before merge can take place, the place and dates of Aeltje Dircks' birth and death need to be clarified. Dordrecht lies not in Zuid (a non-existant place), but rather, in modern-day Zuid-Holland, a province of the Netherlands. The data for this Aeltje conflict completely with the data of the other Aeltje Dircks, to be merged into her. Are they truly the same woman? are their husbands the same men? have two different couples with somewhat simliar surnames been amalgamated into one profile here?
posted by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Fuller-5187 Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Please remove the Current surname van de Cuyl from Aeltje Dircks' profile before approval of the suggested merge with Aeltje Dircks can be given. No Dutch woman in those days ever bore her husbands surname. She was known only by her maiden name, usually her patronymic (Dircks in fact means [daughter] of Dirk.) Her LNAB is correct - Dircks; that should also be her Current surname. Standard practice at WikiTree, in fact, favours the usage of the maiden name as Current surname for Dutch woman, certainly up to the generation born after 1664, when the British took over Nieuw Nederland. And Aeltje never even left the Netherlands!
posted by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Gerard-337 Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
Dircks-95 and Dircks-24 appear to represent the same person because: Dircks-24 is the NNS green lined profile. Please merge Dircks-95 into Dircks-24.
posted by Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
Fuller-5187 Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Michelle,

i do not know when Aeltje Dircks died. I only have her birth and marriage dates, which are taken from the Amsterdam Registry of Baptisms, Weddings and Burials. Dircks-24 & Dircks-95 seem to me to be two different persons, as also do their respective husbands. No sources are given at the profiles of Dircks-24, her husband and her son; nothing supports their existance, nor their being identical to Dircks-95 and her family. The alternative surname Kool at Dircks-24 and her husband's profile seems to have been recently added in order to give the impression of their being identical to Dircks-95 and her husband, which i sincerely doubt. Albertus

posted by Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung
Gerard-337 Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
Removed the pending merge notices from 2013 that I posted.
posted by Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
Gerard-337 Michelle (Gerard) Hartley
Dircks-24 & Dircks-95 are possibly two different people. If Dircks-24 died in 1610 in Dordrecht then would be impossible she arrived in New York in 1658 at age 73.

Marked unmerged match for now. Also, both profiles have a ppp to avoid merging until there is further information is obtained.

posted by Michelle (Gerard) Hartley

Rejected matches › Aeltje Dircks (abt.1635-abt.1660)

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