Paternal ancestors of rock star Eddie van Halen in Dordrecht

Eddie van Halen is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, and was well known for popularising the tapping guitar technique. He was guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex in 1972.
Eddie van Halen was born as Edward Lodewijk van Halen in Amsterdam on 26 January 1955. He died of a stroke in Santa Monica on 6 October 2020, aged 65. He is the son of Eugenia van Beers (1914-2005) and pianist Jan van Halen (1920-1986). The family emigrated the the USA in 1962.
Eddie’s paternal grandparents are butcher Hermanus van Halen (1881-1960) and his wife Jannetje Berg (1883-1958). Eddies's paternal great-grandparents are ship carpenter Hermanus van Halen (1840-1924) and his wife Jacoba Maria Kamermans (1841-1916).

Eddie's paternal great-great-grandparents are Jan van Halen and Hermina Beekman (1814-1888) who both originated in Dordrecht, Holland. They were married there on 25 May 1838. Jan van Halen died on 20 February 1893 in Den Helder, Holland, at the age of 77. Jan was born in Dordrecht on 22 May 1815 as son of an earlier Jan van Halen and his wife Dina Lengton.

Jan van Halen and Dina Lengton were married on 26 May 1798 in Dordrecht.
Jan was assisted by his father Wouter van Halen. His bride was assisted by her mother Elisabeth Blekston.

The elder Jan van Halen was born in De Mijl, and baptised in nearby Dordrecht on 12 January 1772. Jan married Dijna Lengton on 26 May 1798 in Dordrecht. Dijna was baptised on 16 May 1775 in Dordrecht as daughter of Jacobus Lengton and Elisabeth Isaaks Blekston (1749-1819), a member of the Blackstone family in Dordrecht. Dijna died, aged 71, on 4 September 1846 in Dordrecht. Jan van Halen had died there on 21 February 1845, aged 73. Jan's death certificate mentions his parents Wouter van Halen and Johanna de Visser.

Wouter van Haalen married Johanna de Visser in Dordrecht on 19 November 1769.
Wouter was assisted by his father Dirk van Haalen, and his bride by her father Jan de Visser.

Wouter van Halen was born in De Mijl, and baptised in nearby Dordrecht on 9 September 1742. When Wouter married Johanna de Visser on 19 November 1769 in Dordrecht, they were assisted by their fathers Dirk van Halen and Jan de Visser. Wouter and Johanna had 6 children named Pieternella, Jan, Dirk, Reijnier, Wouter and Anna Margarita. Wouter's burial may have been registered in Dordrecht on 28 December 1802, his widow's on 7 November 1805.

Widower Dirk van Halen married Pieternella van Duijnen in Dordrecht on 5 November 1741.

Wouter's father, Dirck van Halen, was born in Dubbeldam, and baptised in nearby Dordrecht on 17 February 1710. Dirck married his first wife, Maaijke Oversteegh, in 1738. They had 2 sons named Hendrik and Matthijs.
Dirck married his second wife, Pieternella van Duijnen, on 5 November 1741 in Dordrecht. At the wedding, Pieternella was assisted by her father Wouter van Duijnen. Pieternella and Dirk had 9 additional children named Wouter, Jeremias (twice), Cornelis, Dirk (twice), Maaijke, Cornelia and Pieternella. 

Hendrick van Halen and Cornelia Boogerts were married in Dordrecht on 20 March 1702.
Cornelia was a widow, living outside the city gates, and was assisted by her brother-in-law.

Dirck's father, Hendrik Jeremiasse van Haelen, was baptised in Dordrecht on 27 May 1679 as son of Jeremias Claessen van Haelen and his third wife Jenneke Weijers. At the age of 22, on 20 March 1702 in Dordrecht, Hendrick married his first wife Cornelia Dircks Boogaerts who originated in nearby Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. Cornelia was a widow. She had married her first husband, Hendrik Hendriks, in 1693. Hendrick van Halen and his first wife Cornelia had 2 daughters named Anna and 2 sons named Dirck. The burial of Cornelia Bogaerts was registered on 4 September 1710 in Dordrecht.
Hendrik Jeremiasse van Haelen's second wife, Isabel Batteram, was a widow, too. They registered to marry in Dordrecht on October 19, 1710. Their son Jeremias was baptised on 16 may 1714 in Dordrecht.

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Wikipedia, en.GeneaStar.org.