IJdsen Jacobs (1696 - bef. 1748)

Born 23 Aug 1696 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Juttjen Alberts — married 6 Jan 1736 in Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

Descendants

Died before 13 Dec 1748 before age 52 in Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

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Biography

This child is commonly accepted to be IJtzen. Otherwise IJtzen is the only child without a baptism record and this is the only unnamed child.

IJdsen (IJtsen, IJtzen) Jacobs: Married first Grietje Beerents. His children from this marriage were Stijne IJtzens (April 25 1725), Aaltjen IJtzens (Feb 3 1732), Almt (June 29 1734) and Geertje (June 29 1734).

Secondly he married Jutje (Juttijn) Alberts on Jan 6 1736 in Nieuwe Pekela. Their children were Jacob (Sept 26 1736), Aaltje (Jan 27 1737), Grietien (May 14 1741), Hendrikien IJdsens Piebes (Nov 10 1743), Albert (Aug 6 1747).^[1]

The name IJtsen is quite rare, and it seems most of the scribes writing his name didn't know how to spell it. Names he was given include Sijtsse, Itten, Idsen, IJtzen. Therefore his records are very difficult to find.

Itzen Jacobs was a skipper. He would have transported peat fuel out of Pekela to various markets, especially the city of Groningen and various foreign ports - they were going to Copenhagen and Stockholm by 1757, and St. Petersburg in Russia by 1780. It's a job that many men in Pekela area seem to have had - if they weren't harvesting the peat fields in the area. Many of Itzen's grandsons were also skippers. While Pekela wasn't near the sea, several canals were dug up to the Pekel A river and thus the town became an important shipping center. After dropping off their peat, they would often then pick up manure fertilizer to be used in farming in the area. At this point in history everyone also owned their own small farm; only a few in this area made farming a livelihood.

Itse Jacobs was one of many men in a fleet of ships that arrived safely in Texel harbor on July 28 1735, bringing 5 loads of fish from the Straet Davids. They had left June 25. Idse Jacobs arrived in 't Vlie from Koenigsburg, Prussia (now Russia) around Aug 12 1743. This might have been our IJtzen. There was also an Idse Jacobs leaving Texel for the Davis Straits in Labrador on March 19 1749, 3 months after our IJtzen died. So there may have been 2 sea captains with that name. It's also possible we have the wrong date for his death.

Baptism

Doop 23-08-1696 Oude Pekela
Kind N.n. Geslacht o
Vader Jacob Jans, Moeder Aeltjen IJtsens ^[2]

Marriage

Registratie: 06-01-1736
Bruidegom Itzen Jacobs, van Nieuwe Pekela
Bruid Jutje Albers, van Nieuwe Pekela ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Bertram Sluys.
2. ↑ Alle Groningers Baptism 23 August 1696 Bron Doop- en trouwboek 1655-1727, 1733 Kerkelijke gemeente - Oude Pekela Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 377
3. ↑ Alle Groningers Marriage 6 January 1736 Bron Doop- en trouwboek 1704-1811 Kerkelijke gemeente - Nieuwe Pekela Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 311, folio 199

• Baptism: Doop- en trouwboek 1655-1727, 1733, archiefnummer 124, Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, inventarisnummer 377 Gemeente: Kerkelijke gemeente - Oude Pekela as found at [1]

• Marriage: Doop- en trouwboek 1704-1811, archiefnummer 124, Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, inventarisnummer 311, blad 199 Gemeente: Kerkelijke gemeente - Nieuwe Pekela as found at [2]

• Baptisms of children as found at [3]

• Idfe Jacobs in newspaper as found at [4]

• Stamboom families Vlietstra, Piebes en aangetrouwde families as found at [5]

• Geschiedenis van de gemeenten Oude en Nieuwe Pekela By Tjakko Borgesius as found at [6]

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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