Pijbe Gerrits (abt. 1610 - aft. 1696)

Born about 1610 in Groningen, Nederland

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Biography

Working through Pijbe Gerrits' marriages is quite tricky. It is suspected that Pijbe Gerrits married twice, as did one of his wives. The best clues are found in the names of the grandchildren of all 4 children. Jan appears as Pijbe Gerrits' oldest son and his step-son Sijtse's 3rd son. Thus their mother's father would most likely have been named Jan. Two girls' names also appear twice. Jan Piebes and Sijtse Sipkes had an Auke - both were girls. Sijtse's son Sipke also had an Aucke, as did Jan's son Jacob. Both Gerrit and Zijtse Pijbes had a Lijsebet.

Dates of marriages of the 4 children help somewhat in determining order. Jan Piebes was married in 1664; Gerrit Piebes in 1668; Zijtse Piebes in 1659 and 1670; Sijtse Sipkes in 1668. The name Sijtse / Zijtse can be either masculine or feminine; it seems confusing that there's one of each here. They would likely have been born before Jan Piebes' parents were married, making Jan the youngest child.

We have one more clue as to who is who. Several marriage contracts of the 1690's list Jan Piebes as an uncle of Sijtse Sipkes' children and Sijtse as an uncle of Jan's children. Sijtse Sipkes and Gerrit Piebes are also listed as uncles of one of Jan's children. Gerrit is listed as "neef" (in Dutch, either cousin or nephew) of one of Sijtse Sipkes' children, not uncle. Since a word for step-step-uncle doesn't exist in Dutch, "neef" or cousin was probably the closest they could get.

Therefore the chronology would seem to be as follows:

• Pijbe Gerrits married 1 Lisebeth around 1638. Children: Zijtse (1639), Gerrit (1641).
• Pijbe Gerrits married 2 Auck Jans around 1643. Child: Jan (1644).
• Auck Jans married 1 Sipke Sibrans around 1642. Child: Sijtse (1643).

According to one record, Pijbe was a farmer in the Westerlee.

From an email by Willem Vlietstra and Geesje Piebes: the earliest information we have on Pijbe Gerrits is that he came before the “heeren Borgemeesterend and the Raedt in Groningen” (the council of Groningen), along with Lolte Luilefs, as a renter of a lot of peat turf (veen) “in de Pekel”. This area is on the north side of the pekel A, in the Oldambt, 18 acres and 27 “roeden” wide, the 12th and 13th lots, extended from the olde A, going north. This made him a neighbor of Bronne Jans and Stijne Peters. He is mentioned again in a record of Sappemeer and Pekela in 1662. He was also mentioned in the “Caartboek van de Peekel Aa” by Arnoldus Tideman from 1696 to 1702; he didn’t appear in any records after that so he must have died somewhere around then. He almost certainly came here from Friesland, but no records have been found of him there. Not every town there has records going far back enough.^[1]

Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela are rather new towns founded by the Pekel Compagnie, a group of businessmen from Friesland and Holland who bought rights to an area next to the Pekel A river in Winschoten that was rich in peat in 1599 and divided it into 101 lots. Soon afterwards people started moving here from all over Groningen, Friesland and Holland to become peat farmers. We don't have records as to where people came from. The Reformed Church in Oude Pekela was founded before 1639, the year we have the earliest records. The Reformed Church in Nieuwe Pekela was founded with members of the Oude Pekela church in 1702.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Bertram Sluys.

• https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-vlietstra-piebes/I1066084058.php
• Groningen Council Records of early 1600's (not online).
• “Caartboek van de Peekel Aa” by Arnoldus Tideman, 1696 - 1702 (not online).
• Stamboom families Vlietstra, Piebes en aangetrouwde families as found at [1]
• Oude Pekela from Wikipedia as found at [2]
• Geneallogie online Stamboom Vliestra en Piebes

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Bertram Sluys for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Bertram and others.
• Dr. Ted Vandevis