Surname Saturday - Van Bodigem

The Van Bodigem surname had a number of different spelling variations like Bodegom, Bodighem or Bodechum. The ancestor of this family is Jacob Govertszn. van Bodighem who lived in the 15th century, and originated in Antwerp in Belgium. Van Bodighem is a toponym, a surname derived from a place name - in this case in Belgium.
When Jacob van Bodighem travelled north, he settled in Emelisse on the island Noord-Beveland. This village was drowned in a flood in 1520. Long before that happened, Jacob had moved to Delft in Holland.

Delft around 1536

Jacob was married to Neltge, daughter of Gerrit Waellincxensz van der Seijst. They had two sons named Willem and Jacob ( †1512). Willem married Maria, a daughter of Johan van Hogerwoert and Margrieta van der Poel. They had several children, including sons Frans and Rochus. Frans married Maria van Seijst and they had 6 children before she died on xxviiij september 1532 in Delft. Frans was mentioned as a brewer, and as a care taker of an old men's house and an orphanage. Frans was buried on 12 April 1560 in Delft.

Frans' son Johan van Bodighem (1514-1581) was a bailiff, first of of Delfland, later of Strijen. Johan was steward of Holland around 1560. He owned some houses both in Delft and The Hague. He was married to Margaretha, a daughter of Dirck Godschalcks and Dignum Goudt. 
Their son François van Bodegom had an illegitimate son Frans with an unknown woman and also three surviving children with his wife. This situation resulted in 1622 in a quarrel over his possessions, but Frans was allowed to keep the land he had received. Frans lived in Spijkenisse and Hekelingen and had a son Jan, who had a son Willem, who had a daughter Ariaantje who married Arie Abrahams Crooswijk. They were living in Klaaswaal, Holland.

Sources: Nederlandsche Leeuw 1968 (mr. G. van Niekerken ), Genealogisch Tijdschrift voor Midden- en West- Noord- Brabant 1990.

A double first cousins marriage in the Warrebie family in Dordrecht

Johannes (Jan) Warrebie (1746-1775) and Hendrina Warrebie (1736-1785) were married on 5 May 1771 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Their surname is spelled in different ways. Jan, for example, was baptized in Dordrecht on 23 October 1746 as a younger son of Thomas Warbie and Elisabeth de Raad (1706-1797). Hendrina was baptized in Dordrecht on 14-3-1736 as eldest daughter of Tristom Warbie and Aartie de Raad (1713-1785).

Jan Warrebie and Henderijntje Warrebie were married on 5 May 1771 in Dordrecht

Their fathers were brothers and their mothers were sisters, so Jan and Hendrina had the same 4 grandparents: Thomas Warbie (±1670-1732), Catharina 't Hooft (1675-1746), Denijs de Raad and Hendrikje Troost (1677-±1749). Jan and Hendrina Warrebie had two children: Anthonij (1772-1807) and Aartje (1774-1802). Jan Warrebie was buried on 4 March 1775 in Dordrecht.

Dordrecht

Hendrina Warrebie's remarriage was on 2 July 1780 in Dordrecht. Her new husband was Hendrik Sleper (also: Slijpers). He had been born in Limburg, the southeastern part of the Netherlands. Their daughter Anna was baptized in Dordrecht on 19 November 1780. Hendrik may have died soon afterwards, for Hendrina was a widow again when she was buried on 1 January 1785 in Dordrecht, aged just 28.
Their son Anthonij was married in 1802 in Dordrecht and had two children, too, before he died on 24 September 1807, aged 35, while serving as a sailor on the Dutch fleet.

Anthonij Warrebie was serving as a sailor on the Dutch fleet when he died op 25-8-1807.

Same Name - Adriaen Wouters Visscher

My 17th-century ancestor Wouter Jacopssen Visscher had 2 sons named Adriaen. They were distinguished by the nicknames “de Ouden” (the Old one) and “de Jonge” (the Young one).

Adriaen Wouters “de Ouden” Visscher was probably born between 1625 and 1630 in Raamsdonk, Brabant, The Netherlands. He was known as Ariaen “de Ouden”. He is likely a son of Wouter’s second marriage with a woman named Lijsken Ariens.
Ariaen “de Ouden” was married on 25 February 1655 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle, Brabant, to Cornelia (“Neeltjen”) van Tilborgh. Neeltjen was baptized on 22 January 1634 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle with witness Japickgen Jacobs. Her parents are my triple ancestors Adriaen Woutersz (†1678) and his wife Toniske Seeu (±1605-1680). Ariaen and Neletjen had 7 children, all girls: Lijsken, Teuntje, Dingentke, Marie, Anneke and Wouterke (twice). The oldest two girls were named after their grandmothers.
Ariaen likely died between August 1678 and May 1684. Cornelia’s death was recorded on 5 September 1704 in Vrijhoeve-Capelle.

Adriaen Wouters “de Jonge” Visscher was baptized on 29 May 1635 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle. He was later known as Adriaen or Arien “de Jonge”. He is a son of his father’s third marriage to Anneken, a daughter of Tielman Jacops and Adriaentken Oerlemans. Anneken was widow of Adriaen Dircks “den Ouden” van Clootwijck and had a daughter Adriaentken van Clootwijck. Anneke’s first husband had a brother with the same name, too, and they both had the same parents, while their grandfathers were both named Adriaen.
Arien “de Jonge” was married on 26 December 1667 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle to Anneke Adriaense van Tilborgh, an elder sister of Neeltjen. Anneke was baptized on 11 January 1632 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle with the same witness as Neeltjen. Anneken was already 35 year old at the time of her marriage, and she had no known children. After Arien’s death, recorded on 23 September 1681 in ‘s-Grevelduin-Capelle, Anneken took a second husband, Jost Smits, in 1684. Anneke’s death is recorded in Vrijhoeve-Capelle on 7 April 1699.

Sources: Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena, "Genealogisch Tijdschrift voor Midden- en West- Noord- Brabant en de Bommelerwaard" 1997, "Sprang-Capelle huwelijken 1610-1811" (A.C.M. Gouverneur).

Ancestor Score 2020: 79.7% in the 10th generation

Inspired by the Ancestor Score - also called "Completeness Statistics" - of other blogs, and GeneaNet's definition, I generated my first one in February 2016. Since then I haven't just been able to increase my score, I also had to remove a whole line of wrong ancestors***. I could partially replace them by already existing ancestors - due to inbreeding among my ancestors, which didn't increase the score either. Therefore, I decided to generate a new in-between ancestor score in August 2018 to be able to continue this series of posts. Thus, in February  2019 I was able to continue with my Ancestor Score Series.

Geneanet defines the Ancestor Score as 

“comparing the number of possible ancestors with 

the number of identified ancestors on a 10-generation report”. 

My Ancestor Score at generation 10 in the period 1600-1740 is 79.7%. It will never reach the 100%, because some cousins intermarried in generation 7. The total number of my “known” ancestors - starting with my parents (generation 2) - is currently 4618.

Composition and Bandwidth of various Generations
	Composition							Bandwidth**
Generations	Men	Women	Total	% 2020	% 2019	% 2018*	% 2016	From	Until
G 3	2	2	4	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1892	1906
G 4	4	4	8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1850	1880
G 5	8	8	16	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1804	1857
G 6	16	16	32	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1756	1832
G 7	30	30	60	93.8	93.8	93.8	93.8	1724	1802
G 8	59	59	118	92.2	92.2	92.2	90.6	1680	1777
G 9	115	113	228	89.1	89.1	88.3	86.7	1645	1750
G 10	207	201	408	79.7	79.5	78.7	76.4	1600	1740
G 11	330	303	633	61.8	61.2	60.8	57.0	1560	1695
G 12	420	360	780	38.1	37.6	37.3	33.8	1510	1695
G 13	438	322	760	18.6	18.1	17.9	15.7	1505	1670
G 14	356	240	596	7.3	7.0	7.1	6.1	1440	1625
G 15	231	132	363	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.6	1440	1580

     *) All years feature an ancestor score of February, except for the August score of 2018 and a January score for this year.
   **) The Bandwidth of a generation is determined by the earliest and latest known birth or baptism date within that generation.
  ***) I have many ancestors in places like Sint Anthoniepolder, 's-Gravendeel, Wieldrecht and Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, where pre-1800 baptism records are missing.