Longevity ~ Pieter de Jong (95)

Pieter de Jong was baptized on April Fools' Day in 1759 in Oud-Alblas in Holland with witness Jannigje de Jong. Pieter is the 10th and youngest child of Tijs de Jong and Jannigje Kooijmans.

Pieter de Jong married Neeltje Stichter on 3 May 1801 in Oud-Alblas, Holland

Pieter de Jong was married on 3 May 1801 in Oud-Alblas to Neeltje Stichter. She was baptized on 30 October 1774 in Noordeloos. Her parents are Claas Stigter and Pieternella de Kluijt.

Pieter de Jong and Neeltje Stigter had 9 children:

1. Jannigje de Jong was born on 17-2-1802 and baptized on 21-02-1802 in Oud-Alblas with widness Marijgje de Jong. Jannigje married Jan Korporaal in 1827. He died in 1859. Jannigje survived him. Among their children was Marigje Korporaal, born on 16-7-1828 in Oud-Alblas, who reached the age of 93 before she die don 6-5-1922 in Oud-Alblas. 
2. Tijs de Jong was born on 4-9-1803 and baptized on 11-9-1803 in Oud-Alblas with witness Marijgje de Jong. At the age of 51, Tijs married 40-year0old Wouterina Groeneweg. Tijs die don 12-3-1874 in Oud-Alblas, aged 70.
3. Pieternella de Jong was born 26-3-1805 and baptized on 31-3-1805 in Oud-Alblas with witness Ariaantje Kooijwijk, wife of Jan Stichter. At the age of 40, Pieternella married 48-year-old Cornelis Hardam. Pieternella died on 5-8-1876 in Alblasserdam, aged 71. 
4. Klaas de Jong was born on 28-03-1806 and baptized on 30-3-1806 in Oud-Alblas with witness Ariaantje Kooijwijk. Klaas married Dirkje Boer. He died on 5-6-1879 in Alblasserdam, aged 73.
5. Arie de Jong was born on 19-5-1808 and baptized on 19-6-1808 in Oud-Alblas. Arie was married on 18-11-1843 in Nieuw-Lekkerland to Aartje Berkouwer, born on 17-2-1821 in Nieuw-Lekkerland. Arie died on 15-11-1859 in Alblasserdam, aged 51. 



Teunis de Jong
(1816-1876)

6. Willempje de Jong was born on 7-12-1810 and baptized on 16-12-1810 in Oud-Alblas with widness Ariaantje Kooijwijk. In 1835 Willempje married Hendrik de Haan. Willempje died on 23-10-1874 in Alblasserdam, aged 63. 
7. Marthijnus de Jong was born on 17-6-1812 and baptized on 28-06-1812 in Oud-Alblas with widness Marijgje de Jong. Marthijnus married Martijntje van Rijnsbergen in 1840. He died on 12-10-1892 in Oud-Alblas at the age of 80. 
8. Jan de Jong was born on 23-1-1815 in Oud-Alblas and baptized on 5-3-1815 in Oud-Olblas. Jan died there on 14-3-1845, aged 30. 
9. Teunis de Jong was born on 5-6-1816 in Oud-Alblas. He married 3 times, had issue, and emigrated to the USA. His third wife was Lijntje Boer (1812-1891).

Pieter's elder brother Adriaan de Jong (1736-1823) reached the age of 88. Pieter's wife, Neeltje Stigter, died on 7-2-1829 in Oud-Alblas, aged 54. Pieter de Jong survived his wife for 25 years and reached the age of 95. He died on 26 June 1854 in Oud-Alblas.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Dutch National Archives Website, G. Ouweneel CD with sources of Alblasserdam and Oud-Alblas, FamOfSH CD (“Klapper”), FindAGrave.com.

The picture of Teunis in this blog was added @ FindAGrave by Glen H. DeYoung.