Adolph Quist survived his son Adolph

The first Adolph Quist was baptised in Stavenisse (on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands) on 8 January 1708 with witnesses Johannes Boomhouwer, his wife Anna Nijset, Adolph Dupré and Elisabeth Verhorst. Adolph's mother is Anna Sibilla Olivier who originated in Aachen in Germany. She is the second wife of Cornelis Quist, son of Jacob Quist and Rachel Pieters. They lived in the Kempenshofstede polder near Stavenisse. Adolph seems to have been named after one of his mother's German relatives.

Adolph Quist had siblings Rachel, baptised on 29-9-1709 in Stavenisse, Jacobus on 16-10-1712, and Gerhardus 16-5-1717. Their mother Anna Sibilla remarried - as a widow - near the end of 1719. Her second husband was Pieter Denis (also: de Nijs) who was born in the Alsace region near the border of Germany and France. Pieter worked as a barber-surgeon. This couple had additional children: twins Johannes and Maria Esther were baptised in Stavenisse on 3-11-1720, Pieter Gideon on 7-1-1724, and Gerardus Adolphus on 3-2-1726.

At the age of 25, Adolph Quist married his first wife Lauwerina van't Veer on 13 July 1733 in Sint-Maartensdijk. She was baptised in Stavenisse on 30 June 1708 as daughter of Jan Geertsen van't Veer and Maatje Johannes Putoor with witnesses Klaas Pietersen de Vos and Laurijntjen Hendriks. Laurina died, aged 37, on 19 January 1746 in Sint-Maartensdijk on the island of Tholen. In an inventory drawn up on July 18, 1746, four surviving children from her marriage were mentioned: Adolf (10), Anna (8), Maatje (5) and Cornelis (3).

On 1 July 1746 in nearby Sint-Annaland, Adolf Quist, aged 38, registered to marry his second wife Cornelia Tintelaar. She was baptised in Sint-Annaland on 23 November 1707 as daughter of Domus Tintelaar and Geertruijd van Diest with witnesses Willem Tintelaar and Francijntje Josias. Cornelia was a widow who had married her first husband, Jacobus Boliere, on 8 July 1730 in Sint-Annaland. He had died in March 1746.

Sint-Maartensdijk on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands

Adolph's son Adolph the Younger (“Adolf Adolfse”) married Maria Gakeer on 19 March 1760 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Adolf Adolfse was around 24 years old when he married. Adolf died on 28 April 1768 in Sint-Maartensdijk, leaving 3 surviving children. However, on 4 June one of their children died. Their 2 surviving children were Lauwrina Quist (±1762-1808), who married Kornelis Boom, and Izaak Quist (1764-1811), who married Sara Dorst (1773-1825).
Adolf's widow, Maria Gakeer, remarried Marinus van der Made on 27 December 1768 in Sint-Maartensdijk.

Cougar Sara Dorst (1773-1825) had children with 3 husbands

A relationship between an older man and a younger woman is often seen as “the normal way of doing things”. The other way around, however, is often chuckled at. In the past, the combination of an older woman with a younger man was more common. For a young man without an inheritance, it could be attractive to marry a wealthier widow.

Sara Dorst was baptised in Sint-Annaland (on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands) on 4 July 1773 with witnesses Louis Rozemond and his third wife Matje Priem. Sara's parents are Adriaan Jeremiasse Dorst and his first wife Cornelia Rijstenbil. Adriaan married his second wife, Cornelia Voshol, on 30 April 1783, when Sara was 9 years old. Sara's youngest (half)sibling, Carolina, was born on 11 January 1795, when Sara was 21 yaers old, and already married.

On 6 December 1793 in nearby Sint-Maartensdijk 20-year-old Sara Dorst registered to marry Izaak Quist who was approximately 29 years old at the time. Izaak was born in 1764 in Sint-Maartensdijk as son of Adolph Quist (±1736-1768) and his wife Maria Gakeer (±1740-1793).
Izaak and Sara had 4 surviving children: Cornelia Adriana Quist (1796-1849) and Izabella Quist (1812-1873), who both married twice, Adolph Quist (±1798-1820), and Pieternella Quist (1800-1845) who married Laban Laban (1789-1852).

Signatures of Pieternella Quist and her husband Laban Laban

Izak Quist died on 27 April 1811 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Sara was 37-year-old and pregnant. Their postumous daughter Izabella was born on 4 January 1812.

Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (newspaper), 28-1-1888

On 1 April 1813 in Sint-Maartensdijk 39-year-old Sara Dorst married 28-year-old Cornelis Boogert. He was born on 2 July 1784, and baptised on the 11th in Oosterland (on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland in The Netherlands) with witnesses Abraham van Oeveren and Soetje Bierens. His parents are Dirk Bartelse Boogert (1746-±1797) and Jannetje Isaaks van Oeveren (1745-1831).
With Cornelis Boogert and Sara had a daughter Jannetje Boogert, born on 25 October 1815 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Cornelis died there on 26 March 1814, aged 29. Their daughter Jannetje was to marry a farmhand and reach the age of 70.

At the age of 41, Sara Dorst married 27-year-old Leendert Groenewege on 30 November 1815 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Leendert was baptised there on 24 February 1788 with witnesses Janus de Witte and Martijntje Groenwegen. His parents are Leendert Leenderts Groenewegen senior and his wife (He)Lena Cornelisse Dekker.
Sara's youngest child was another Leendert Groenewegen, born on 21 December 1817 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Leendert junior was to marry Dirksje Moerland and reach the age of 70. He was a councillor of the village of Sint-Maartensdijk.
Sara Dorst died at the age of 52 on 28 November 1825 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Her youngest son, Leendert Groenewegen, was 7 at the time, Jannetje Boogert was 12, Izabella Quist was 13, and the eldest (surviving) daughter Cornelia Adriana Quist was 29 years old.

Move Over Duran Duran, It's Laban Laban!

The Laban family originated in Moray in Scotland, possibly from a Flemish immigrant, as the Labans have Germanic Y-DNA. There are established Lowland Lobban families in England, Australia, USA and Canada, with a related Logan line in the US, and the Labans of Tholen in the Netherlands.

The Loban weapon features
a lion passant and sable

During the Eighty Years' War, many Scottish soldiers came to The Netherlands in mercenary armies. Williamm Loban, who settled on the island of Tholen, may have been a soldier, too. In Stavenisse, William married twice in the 1620s, and had 7 children. The oldest surviving aldermen's books of Stavenisse show that William Laban wasn't always able to pay his debts. In 1628, for example, part of his property was auctioned, including 2 cows, 2 pigs and his best bed.
William's son Cornelis Laban married a widow, and had 4 children, including a son Leunis Laban (1663-1737). Leunis married twice and had 15 children. With his second wife, Jacomijntje Swancken (1678-1737), Leunis had a son Laban Laban (1707-1762).

This first Laban Laban married twice around 1740. His youngest son from his second marriage to Martha Ellewit (1720-1766) was another Leunis Laban (±1755-1855). On 20 January 1789 in Sint-Maartensdijk this Leunis married Maria Geluk (1767-1815). That same year their eldest son Laban Laban was born.

This second Laban Laban was born on 18 October 1789 and baptised on 1 November in Sint-Maartensdijk with as witnesses his uncle Frans Laban and aunt Neeltje Brouw. Eleven siblings were to follow Laban. His father Leunis Laban died on 5 June 1805 in Kruiningen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, when Laban was 15 years old. His mother, Maria Geluk, died in Kruiningen on 11 January 1815, aged 47.
At the age of 37, Laban was finally married on 20 December 1827 in Sint-Maartensdijk. His bride was 27-year-old Pieternella Isacks Quist. She was born on 25 November 1800 in Sint-Maartensdijk as daughter of Isaak Adolfse Quist and his wife Sara Dorst (1773-1825).

Signatures of Laban Laban and his wife