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10 Jan 2026

Surname Saturday - Bedé in Streefkerk

One of my 'brickwall ancestors' is Pieter Cornelisse Bedé who lived in Streefkerk, Holland. His patroniem is Cornelis, so that's his father's first name. The spelling of Pieter's surname varied quite a bit, such as Bedé, Bedee, Biddee and Bodee. It's likely his ancestors were foreigners, and the parson didn't know how to write their foreign surname. The surname could be a toponym if the family originated in Bédée, a village in Bretagne in France.

Pieter Bedé is a brother of Ariaentie Cornelisse Bedé. She married Bouwe Claesse van der Leck on 26 December 1659 in (Nieuw-)Lekkerland, Holland. They had children baptised with the names Claes, Cornelia (witnesses Dirk Cornelisse, Geertie Reijnders, Neeltie Claes), Jacob, Dirck (witnesses Jan Jansen, Jan Cornelisse, Annegie Herperts), Willem (witnesses Jan Cornelisse, Ariaentie Cornelis) and Jan.

Pieter Cornelisse Bedé married Ariaentje Cornelisse (de Groot) on 27 november 1667 in Streefkerk, Holland. They had children named Annigje (2x) and Cornelis. With his second wife, Sijchie Arijens (Aaldijk), Pieter had children named Cornelis (witnesses Pieter Arijenze, Bouwe Claeze, Cornelia Bouwenze), Ariaentje (2x) and Annigje.
Both Pieter's wives had a mother named Annechie, while Pieter's younger daughters Ariaentje may have been named after his first wife. Thus, the names of Pieter's children yield no convincing clues.

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