Johannis Dietrich Becker was born about 1645 in Duisburg, Rhineland, Prussia, Deutschland, son of Alexander Bocher (~1625– ) and Sibilla Unknown (~1628– ).
Johannis died on January 24, 1717 in Westphalia [Germany], aged about 71.
Sources
Source: Pioneers, Plunderers, and Patroits: History of The Bekker Family by Henry Shaw hshaw at iafrica dot com on 5th June 2013 [1]. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
J.Pottas & A. Tiran, Stamboom van Pieter Becker, www dot genza dot org dot za.
Baptism: "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898" Original data: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 596780 Ancestry Record 9866 #30600896 (accessed 15 March 2024) Johan Diederich Bocker baptism on 15 Oct 1645, son of Alexander Bocker & Sibilla, in Evangelisch, Krombach, Westfalen, Prussia.
Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index" Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet Ancestry Record 62476 #6852304715 (accessed 15 March 2024) Name: Johannis Dietrich Bekker (Becker); Gender: M (Male); Birth Date: 15 oct. 1645 (15 Oct 1645); Birth Place: Duisburg, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia (Duisburg), Nordrhein Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Allemagne (Germany); Death Date: 24 janv. 1717 (24 Jan 1717); Death Place: Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Allemagne (Germany); Father: Alexander Bocher (Becker, Bekker); Mother: Sibilla (Bocher); Spouse: Sibilla Van Der Upwich; Child: Johan Pieter Bekker; View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/jeanml23?n=bekker+becker&oc=&p=johannis+dietrich.
Pieter, thanks for the observations. We are are still in the collation stage of this project and in time we will get nearer to the truth ... we still need to source with primary sources many of the progenitors. At this moment they are being profile by profile brought under the custodial managership of the project protect (even if temporary) the LNAB and the parental connection, as well as to facilitate eventual further research and communication through this project. It is a collaborative effort to collectively source the research. You can help someone like me who has to tend to hundreds if not thousands of surnames and genealogical lines over countless generations, who may have no idea who Henry Shaw might be, to put his comments into context. If I think of a German version - "Bäcker" ... and there might be dozens of variations in the spelling because Low-Saxon was one of the common "Lingua Franca's" in those days, together with Westphalian and Eastphalian Low Saxon.
I am unconvinced by Henry Shaw's assertion that Johannes and Sibella are Pieter Becker's parents. In all the early instances of his name it is spelled Becker (a German rather than Dutch spelling) and there are no instances of either Johannes or Sibella amongst the names given to his children. Shaw does not cite his sources. I am unconvinced by this ascription.
I see no evidence connecting Johannes with Pieter Becker. The supposition that he was born in Koningsburg appears to be just that: a supposition. If we factor in the male names of Pieter's sons, it seems odd that none is called Johannes. So I remain skeptical of this ascription.
Bekker-364 and Becker-2194 appear to represent the same person because: Seems to be duplicates. Aka Bekker. I'll do the final integration of the bio after the merge.