Macphersons in Klundert, The Netherlands

Alexander Macpherson was a soldier in the company of colonel George Bojanowskij, garrisoned within the Klundert, Brabant, The Netherlands. On January 22, 1752, in Klundert, Alexander was married to local girl Sara van der Laan. Sara was born on January 26, 1733, in Klundert as daughter of Jan van der Laan and his second wife Neeltje Huijge Flink.
Alexander Macperson and his wife Sara had a daughter Neeltje, baptised on January 21, 1753, in Klundert, and a son William Macperson, baptised there on August 15, 1756.

William Macperson was married to Brezetta Brand on January 14, 1781, in Klundert. She was baptised there on January 23, 1760 as daughter of Jan Brand and Anna van der Mast (1823-1806). Brezetta is named after her maternal grandmother Bresetta Buijs, wife of Hendrik van der Mast.
William died in Klundert on April 25, 1828, at the age of 71. He was survived by his widow Brezetta, who died, aged 86, on August 6, 1846, in Willemstad, Brabant, The Netherlands.

Soldaat William MacPherson huwde Brezetta Brand op 14-1-1781 in Klundert.

William Macperson and Brezetta Brand had 4 children:

1. Alexander Macpherson was baptised on July 7, 1781, in Klundert.
2. Anna Macpherson was born on September 17 and baptised on October 6, 1782, in Klundert. Anna married Joachim Swijgers (1783-1842) on June 18, 1803, in Willemstad. During the period 1803-23 they had 9 children. Anna died on November 28, 1821, in Willemstad, at the age of 49.
3. Jan Macpherson was born around 1785 in Zierikzee, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Jan died in Willemstad on February 10, 1832. Jan was married on April 30, 1808, in Willemstad to Heijltje Weda. She was baptised on January 9, 1774, in Willemstad. Her parents are Adam Arijens Weda en Adriana Kostermans. Heijltje died on August 21, 1837, in Willemstad. Heijltje had first been married on November 2, 1799, in Willemstad to Jan Pieterse Prinse (1775-1807) and they had 3 daughters. With Jan Macpherson Heijltje had additional children:
• Bresetta Macpherson was baptised on September 4, 1808, in Willemstad. In 1837 she married Gerrit van Gent (1803-1859), and had several children. Bresetta died on May 25, 1859 in Willemstad. Two months after Bresetta's death, her widower remarried, but by the end of the year he had died, too.
• Adam Macperson was baptised on February 10, 1810, in Willemstad.
• Willem Macperson was born on September 13, 1813 in Willemstad. He married Cornelia Maris on May 25, 1843, in Willemstad. She was baptised there on August 18, 1815, and died there on July 17, 1747, after 4 years of marriage. Willem died in Ooltgensplaat, on March 31, 1887, aged 73. They had a son:
• Jan Macperson was born on October 27, 1845, in Willemstad.
• Heijltje Macpherson was born on July 12, 1816 in Willemstad, and died there on December 9, 1824, aged 8.
4. Willem Macpherson was born or baptised on September 29, 1786, in Middelburg. He was married on September 17, 1814, in Fijnaard and Heijningen. His bride was Grietje Endepoel. She was baptised on September 7, 1788, in Willemstad. Willem Macpherson died on October 20, 1858, in Willemstad. His widow died on April 26, 1852, in Klundert. They had children:
• Anthonie Macpherson was born on March 19, 1815, in Willemstad.
• Willem Macpherson was born on October 8, 1816, in Willemstad, and died there on September 5, 1841.
• Adriana Macpherson was born on November 26, 1819, in Willemstad.
• Alexander Macpherson was born on December 14, 1822, in Willemstad, and died there on February 28, 1823.
• Brizetta Macpherson was born on June 25, 1825, in Willemstad. She was married on May 11, 1848, in Klundert to Cornelis den Hollander (1824-1911). Brizetta died at the age of 92 on May 16, 1917, in Rotterdam. She was survived by her children Adrianus, Margaretha Pietertje and Adriana Wilhelmina den Hollander.

Sources: WestBrabantsArchief.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Clan-Macpherson.org. For additional genealogical info, see: GenealogieOnline.nl.

Geertruij Haan originated in Köln

Geertruij Haan originated in Köln, Germany. In 1737 she was living near the Kalkhaven, a port in Dordrecht, Holland. On 4 May 1737 in Dordrecht, Geertruij married Jan Bouts (“Jean Boute”), a widower of Liège (Luik) in Belgium. He was living at the Varkenmarkt, a marketplace in Dordrecht. 

First marriage of Geertruij Haan in 1737 in Dordrecht

By July 1752 Geertruij Haan was a widow, living in the Prinsenstraat that's located between two bridges. The first notice of her second marriage to Cornelis Keuleman(s) was on 7 July 1752 in Dordrecht. According to a declaration, they owned less than 2000 guilders worth of goods. Their marriage was solemnised on 22 July.

Second marriage of Geertruij Haan in 1752 in Dordrecht

Cornelis Keulemans was baptised as Christianus on 25 October 1721 in Dordrecht with witnesses Christianus Burgh and Maria van der Tuynen. His father is also a Cornelis Keulemans who was baptised as Christiaan on 21 July 1699 in Dordrecht with witnesses Cornelis Ceulemans and Agnita Burgsgraef. He married Catarijna van der Tuynen on 5 June 1718 in Dordrecht.
Cornelis was his parent's third son. At the time of his marriage, Cornelis lived at the Knolhaven, a harbour located near the Nieuwe Haven and the Potato Market.

The burial of Cornelis Keulemans was registered on 2 February 1771 in the Nieuwkerk church in Dordrecht. His widow, Geertruij Haan, died in Dordrecht on 12 October 1778.

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl; WieWasWie.nl; E.R. van Dooremalen, Stamreeks Ceulemans uit Oosterhout, Gens Nostra 2002, nr. 1; M. van Baarsel: Van Aardappelmarkt tot Zwijndrechts Veerhoofd (De straatnamen van de historische binnenstad van Dordrecht), Verloren, 1992.

Ancestry of Dutch prime minister Æneas Mackay (1838-1909)

Æneas Mackay (1838-1909) 

Æneas, baron Mackay, was a Dutch statesman of Scottish descent. He was Prime Minister of The Netherlands from 1888 to 1891. Æneas was born on 29 November 1838 in Nijmegen in The Netherlands. On 7 July 1869 in Nijmegen he married Elisabeth Wilhelmina (1844-1907), barones van Lynden. Æneas died on 13 november 1909 in The Hague. He had one son, Eric, baron Mackay, who inherited the Scottish peerage Lord Reay from his great-granduncle. Eric's son, Æneas Alexander Mackay (1905-1963), 13th Lord Reay, was at 205½ cm (6'9") nicknamed “the tallest peer”.

Æneas had a brother Theodoor Philip Mackay (1840-1922) who was mayor of Amerongen and Leersum. Later he was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for a period of 15 years. Theodoor’s son, Daniël baron Mackay, was mayor of Voorburg, Medan, Enkhuizen and Meppel.
Their parents are jonkheer Johan François Hendrik Jacob Ernestus Mackay (1807-1846) and his wife jonkvrouw Margaretha Clara Françoise (1810-1869) van Lynden. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters, but their youngest daughter died young. 
Johan predeceased his father Barthold Johan Christiaan (1773-1854), baron Mackay. On 20 February 1816 Christiaan was elevated to the Dutch nobility. By royal decree of 4 June 1922 Christiaan was granted the title of baron with right of primogeniture. Christiaan's wife is jonkvrouw Anna Magdalena Frederica Henriette van Renesse (1775-1839).

Christiaan is a younger son of Æneas Mackay (1734-1807) and Ursulina Philippina van Haeften (1734-1793). Her parents are Barthold van Haeften and Margriet van Lynden (1700-1761).
Æneas is a son of Daniël AKA Donald Mackay (1696-1745) and Arnolda Margeretha van den Steen (1702-1782). Daniël was the first Dutch Mackay. He was baptised in Tiel in The Netherlands on 20 September 1696. He was a colonel in the Scottish Brigade, and died in battle on 18 May 1745 near Doornik in the Southern Netherlands.
Daniël’s father is Scotsman Æneas Mackay (1666-1697). On 29 January 1692 in Varik Æneas married a Dutch girl, Margaretha Puchler (1671-1761). Æneas died in Bath, England, on 20 May 1697. Æneas' parents are Ann Munroo and Donald Mackay.
That Donald's grandfather, Donald Mackay of Strathnaver, went to London with his uncle Sir Rober Gorden, and was knighted in 1616 by King James I & VI of England and Scotland. In 1627 Donald was elevated as Baronet of Nova Scotia. By patent dated 20 June 1628, he was elevated to Baron Reay of Reay in the Peerage of Scotland.

The marriages between the Mackay and Van Lynden families, as described above, are shown schematically below.

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2024 Ancestor Score Completeness Statistics

Geneanet defines the Ancestor Score as 

“comparing the number of possible ancestors with 

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

Inspired by the Ancestor Score - or “Completeness Statistics” - of other blogs and GeneaNet's definition above, I generated my first one in February 2016. Since then I haven't just been able to linearly increase my known ancestors. Instead, I had to remove a whole line of wrong ancestors in 2018.

I could only partially replace them by already existing ancestors - due to inbreeding among my ancestors. Therefore, I decided to generate a new in-between ancestor score in August 2018 to be able to continue this series of posts (and removed the wrong one of 2017). Since then I've been gradually able to increase my number ancestors.

The generation with the most known ancestors is the 13th generation with just 21% of the theoretically maximum number of ancestors in that generation. In the 12th generation I've found around 840 ancestors so far, and that's 41% of the theoretical maximum (if there wouldn't be inbreeding).

At birth, the human sex-ratio differs; slightly more boys are born than girls. The ‘natural’ sex-ratio at birth is around 103-107 boys per 100 girls. There are biological reasons for this: boys are more susceptible to birth complications, and infectious diseases.
Genealogy is actually even more male-biased, because usually the males owned the properties, so males can sometimes be traced in property records, when church records are missing. Additionally, even in old records, males are sometimes mentioned with a surname, but females not even with a patronymic, rendering it impossible to find their parents. As a result, of my ancestors found in the 13th generation 43% is female, and 57% is male. In the 16th generation it's even worse with 63% males.

My ancestors mostly originate in the provinces of South Holland and North Brabant (mostly in the part that belonged to Holland before 1800) - with a recent increase in the number of ancestors in the province of Utrecht.

The following typically Dutch first names are common among my ancestors: Jan, Cornelis, Willem, Pieter and Adriaan for men, and for women Elisabeth, Adriana and Maria.
My ancestors include two men, Pieter Huigen Blaeck and Crijn Jans Tuck, who both lived around 1700 and married five times.
The ancestors with the longest marriage - 66 years - are Gerrit Maertensen Korver and Neeltje Claessen Bloet who were married on 30 January 1650 in Moordrecht, and Gerrit died at the end 1716. The next longest marriages are the 61-year marriages of my parents, and my father's maternal grandparents.

Composition and Bandwidth of various Generations
Gen	Composition								Bandwidth **
	Men	Women	Total	% 2024	% 2022	% 2020	% 2018*	% 2016	From	Until
G 3	2	2	4	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1892	1906
G 4	4	4	8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1850	1880
G 5	8	8	16	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1804	1857
G 6	16	16	32	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1756	1832
G 7	30	30	60	93.8	93.8	93.8	93.8	93.8	1724	1802
G 8	59	59	118	92.2	92.2	92.2	92.2	90.6	1680	1777
G 9	114	113	227	88.7	88.7	89.1	88.3	86.7	1645	1749
G 10	208	202	410	79.9	80.1	79.7	78.7	76.4	1600	1722
G 11	343	317	660	64.5	64.4	61.8	60.8	57.0	1560	1695
G 12	454	394	848	41.4	41.0	38.4	37.3	33.8	1510	1666
G 13	490	372	862	21.0	20.0	18.7	17.9	15.7	1505	1645
G 14	448	312	760	9.3	9.0	7.3	7.1	6.1	1440	1625
G 15	339	223	562	3.4	3.2	2.3	2.0	1.6	1440	1580
G 16	209	124	333	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.5	1395	1540
G 17	111	58	169	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	1365	1500
G 18	68	36	104	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	1335	1470

     *) The years 2016 and 2020 feature an ancestor score of February; 2018 has an August score; 2022 and 2024 have a January score.
   **) 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 (mostly) missing.

Further Reading: Geneanet's Ancestor Score Definition, Equivalent Complete Generations, Identical Ancestors Point, Coefficient Of Relationship, Gender Ration, Completeness Index.