GENEALOGY OF FENNE KLEINE MASSELINK; abt 1660-1731
GENERATION ONE: Fenne and her first husband, Harmen, are the first known Masselink ancestors
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Spouse 1: Harmen Kleine Masselink
Three Children: Gese Masselink (1707); Albert Kleine Masselink (1711) and Geerd Kleine Masselink (1713)
Spouse 2: Jan Bekhuis
No known children
Timeline:
um 1660 Fenne Kleine Masselink born Hardinghausen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Father Unknown
um 1660 Husband Harmen born; Father Unknown
before 1707 Fenne marries Harmen in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Unknown is Fenne’s or Harmen’s surnames before marriage, as either or both could have been born a Masselink or a Kleine Masselink
1707 Gese Masselink born; No record of Gese's name being changed to Kleine Masselink
Note that one of Fenne's children are registered with surname 'Kleine Masselink'. Throughout the generations of Kleine Masselink's, Gese (plus a child of Jenna (1794 GB 6) are known to have been registered with the surname 'Masselink' instead of 'Kleine Masselink'. The usual reason for Jenna is that the father was "unknown", meaning the mother was not married when she gave birth. There is no evidence that Fenne's first child was born out of wedlock.
1711 Albert Kleine Masselink born.
1713 Geerd Kleine Masselink born.
abt 1713 Husband Harmen Kleine Masselink dies in Hardinghausen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Buried in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim
1713 APR 23 Fenne marries Jan Bekhuis in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Jan born in Getelo; No known children; Fenne is "Harmen Masselink's widow".
1731 APR Fenne dies and is buried in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim.
Harmen and Fenne are our oldest known ancestors; Both born around 1660 in the farming community of Hardinghausen and marry in Uelsen sometime before 1707; Names of Harmen's and Fenne's respective siblings and parents unknown; Fenne’s and Harmen’s surname before marriage is also unknown, as either or both could have been born a Masselink
GENERATION ONE: Fenne and her first husband, Harmen, are the first known Masselink ancestors
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Spouse 1: Harmen Kleine Masselink
Three Children: Gese Masselink (1707); Albert Kleine Masselink (1711) and Geerd Kleine Masselink (1713)
Spouse 2: Jan Bekhuis
No known children
Timeline:
um 1660 Fenne Kleine Masselink born Hardinghausen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Father Unknown
um 1660 Husband Harmen born; Father Unknown
before 1707 Fenne marries Harmen in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Unknown is Fenne’s or Harmen’s surnames before marriage, as either or both could have been born a Masselink or a Kleine Masselink
1707 Gese Masselink born; No record of Gese's name being changed to Kleine Masselink
Note that one of Fenne's children are registered with surname 'Kleine Masselink'. Throughout the generations of Kleine Masselink's, Gese (plus a child of Jenna (1794 GB 6) are known to have been registered with the surname 'Masselink' instead of 'Kleine Masselink'. The usual reason for Jenna is that the father was "unknown", meaning the mother was not married when she gave birth. There is no evidence that Fenne's first child was born out of wedlock.
1711 Albert Kleine Masselink born.
1713 Geerd Kleine Masselink born.
abt 1713 Husband Harmen Kleine Masselink dies in Hardinghausen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Buried in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim
1713 APR 23 Fenne marries Jan Bekhuis in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim; Jan born in Getelo; No known children; Fenne is "Harmen Masselink's widow".
1731 APR Fenne dies and is buried in Uelsen, Grafschaft Bentheim.
Harmen and Fenne are our oldest known ancestors; Both born around 1660 in the farming community of Hardinghausen and marry in Uelsen sometime before 1707; Names of Harmen's and Fenne's respective siblings and parents unknown; Fenne’s and Harmen’s surname before marriage is also unknown, as either or both could have been born a Masselink