THE GROTE (Groote) MASSELINK CLAN
GERMANY
HARDINGHAUSEN,
GRAFSCHAFT BENTHEIM
GROTE (Groote) MASSELINK CLAN
< The Groote Masselink farmhouse in Hardinghausen
The Groote Masselinks and Kleine Masselinks are related
Today in Hardinghausen, there are three adjoining acreages of farmland still designated as: Kleine Masselink, Grote Masselink and Masselink.
We can speculate that one of our pre-1660 ancestors once held title to the entire original Masseling farm in Hardinghausen before it was split into two unequal parts as the result of an inheritance. A possible reason that the known Grote's were not related to the Kleine's is that some time before 1698, the original larger piece of the inherited farmland was acquired by an unrelated family. As was the custom then, when the new family acquired their farmland, they took the original farm name as their new last name, which in this case was Masseling. As this new family now held title to the larger (grote) share of the original Masseling farm, they became known as Grote Masseling. There is no known record of who received this larger share of land during the original inheritance distribution, when the actual distribution occurred, or who held title to the property before or after the inheritance distribution took place. An inherited property was often split, e.g., 3/4 - 1/4. The first known Grote (or Grosse) Masseling was listed in the tax records in 1697. A 'Grote' family was usually much better off than a 'Kleine' family due to the larger amount of farmland they had after the original landholder died. The Dutch had a saying recognizing this economic fact:
"Die grote hebben werknehmers en die kleine niet"
(The large landholders have employees and the small landholders do not).
1697 Gerd is the first known Grote Masseling and he is listed as a neubauer (new farmer) in the village (dorf) of Hardinghausen. The "new" probably refers to a farm established from reclaimed land or a name for a settler new to an area. In this case, anyone with property rights to the farmland was probably known as a "new farmer" because he was new to the area (compared to his neighbors who may have been in Hardinghausen area for centuries) when someone named Masseling/Masselink (possibly from the original Masselink farm Mander or Vasse in the Netherlands) acquired the original land which became known as the Masseling farm. As was the custom, after this new family acquired their farmland, they took the original farm name as their new last name, which in this case was Masseling. Gerd was in the 1697 edition of the Regierungsbezirk (government district) of Osnabruck listing of all the adult males in the district. This is the first known mention of a Grosse Masselink family. "Grote" is the Dutch spelling of the German "Grosse" and means that they were the owners of the larger piece of a farm that was originally split into two by inheritance.
1735 GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * um 1735, place of birth unknown, + 1837 in Getelo, married Harmen
Greven 6 SEP 1760 in Wilsum, daughter Geerdjen born with the surname of Greven in 1764 in Wilsum.
Before 1740 GROTE MASSELING, Jan * before 1740, place of birth unknown, parents unknown, spouse unknown; three daughters: Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1753 in Hardinghausen, + 1816 in Hardinghausen, Harmtjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1757 in Hardinghausen, + 1819 in Itterbeck and Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1760, + 1832 in Hardingen.
1753 GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * um 1753 in Hardinghausen, + 23 APR 1816 in Hardinghausen, father Jan Grote Masseling (1740), married Albert Jongering, As the oldest daughter in a family with no sons, she inherited the Grote Masseling farm from her father Jan; husband Albert changed his surname from Jongering to Grote Masseling at the time of marriage; four daughters: Gese GROTE MASSELING * 1784 in Hardinghausen, + 1839 in Hardinghausen; Gesina GROTE MASSELING * 1788 in Hardinghausen; Gesina GROTE MASSELING * 1790 in Hardinghausen, + 1826 in Hardinghausen; and Janna GROTE MASSELING * 1793 in Hardinghausen, + 1848 in Hardinghausen.
1784 GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 25 APR 1784 in Hardinghausen, + 28 JUN 1839 in Hardinghausen; mother Geerdjen Grote Masseling (1753), married Geerd Suetering on 17 MAY 1811 in Uelsen. As the oldest daughter in a family with no sons, she inherited the family estate; husband Geerd changed his surname from Suetering to Grote Masseling; five children: Albert GROTE MASSELING * 1812 in Hardinghausen, + 1866 in Hardinghausen; Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * 1814 in Hardinghausen, + 1831 in Hardinghausen; Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * 1816 in Hardinghausen, + 1856 in Hardinghausen; Arend GROTE MASSELING * 1822 in Hardinghausen, + 1874 in Hardinghausen; Fenne GROTE MASSELING * 1826 in Hardinghausen, + 1826 in Hardinghausen.
1812 GROTE MASSELING, Albert * 21 JUL 1812 in Hardinghausen, + 21 FEB 1866 in Hardinghausen; mother Gese Grote Masseling (1784); inherited the Grote Masseling farm; married Deele Westrik on 18 DEC 1840 in Uelsen; first known Grote Masseling Colon and first known male Grote Masseling heir; seven children: GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 26 NOV 1842 in Hardinghausen, + 16 JAN 1909 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Harmina * 16 APR 1846 in Hardinghausen, + 15 AUG 1905 in Getelo; GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * 1 JUL 1849 in Hardinghausen, + 22 DEC 1871 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Gesina * 9 OCT 1851 in Hardinghausen, + 24 AUG 1899 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Gerrit Jan * 4 FEB 1856; GROTE MASSELING, Geerd * 5 DEC 1859; GROTE MASSELING, Fenne * 7 SEP 1863 in Hardinghausen, + 15 MAR 1864 in Hardinghausen.
1856 GROTE MASSELING, Gerrit Jan * 4 FEB 1856 in Hardinghausen, + 3 JUN 1892 in Hardinghausen; baptized 17 FEB 1856 in Uelsen; father Albert Grote Masseling (1812); married Harmina KEDDEMAN; inherited the Grote Masseling farm, son of Colon Albert Grote Masselink and Dele Westrik of Hardinghausen, died at the age of 36 and buried on 8 JUN 1892 in Uelsen, Religion: Separatist, belonged to the Separatist Reformed Church (Kirche getrennten Reformierten); Occupation: Colon, known as Colon Gerrit Jan Grote Masselink van Hardinghausen; Two children GROTE MASSELING, Alberdina * 28 SEP 1889 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children; GROTE MASSELING, Minna * 24 JAN 1891 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children.
1859 GROTE MASSELING, Geerd * 5 DEC 1859, + unknown; spouse unknown; two children GROTE MASSELING, Albert * 11 APR 1897 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children and GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 14 DEC 1898 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children. No known record of Geerd or Albert succeeding Gerrit Jan as Colon.
1898 Gese appears to be the last known person born with the surname Grote Masseling and when she married, the Grote Masselink surname died out.
HARDINGHAUSEN,
GRAFSCHAFT BENTHEIM
GROTE (Groote) MASSELINK CLAN
< The Groote Masselink farmhouse in Hardinghausen
The Groote Masselinks and Kleine Masselinks are related
Today in Hardinghausen, there are three adjoining acreages of farmland still designated as: Kleine Masselink, Grote Masselink and Masselink.
We can speculate that one of our pre-1660 ancestors once held title to the entire original Masseling farm in Hardinghausen before it was split into two unequal parts as the result of an inheritance. A possible reason that the known Grote's were not related to the Kleine's is that some time before 1698, the original larger piece of the inherited farmland was acquired by an unrelated family. As was the custom then, when the new family acquired their farmland, they took the original farm name as their new last name, which in this case was Masseling. As this new family now held title to the larger (grote) share of the original Masseling farm, they became known as Grote Masseling. There is no known record of who received this larger share of land during the original inheritance distribution, when the actual distribution occurred, or who held title to the property before or after the inheritance distribution took place. An inherited property was often split, e.g., 3/4 - 1/4. The first known Grote (or Grosse) Masseling was listed in the tax records in 1697. A 'Grote' family was usually much better off than a 'Kleine' family due to the larger amount of farmland they had after the original landholder died. The Dutch had a saying recognizing this economic fact:
"Die grote hebben werknehmers en die kleine niet"
(The large landholders have employees and the small landholders do not).
1697 Gerd is the first known Grote Masseling and he is listed as a neubauer (new farmer) in the village (dorf) of Hardinghausen. The "new" probably refers to a farm established from reclaimed land or a name for a settler new to an area. In this case, anyone with property rights to the farmland was probably known as a "new farmer" because he was new to the area (compared to his neighbors who may have been in Hardinghausen area for centuries) when someone named Masseling/Masselink (possibly from the original Masselink farm Mander or Vasse in the Netherlands) acquired the original land which became known as the Masseling farm. As was the custom, after this new family acquired their farmland, they took the original farm name as their new last name, which in this case was Masseling. Gerd was in the 1697 edition of the Regierungsbezirk (government district) of Osnabruck listing of all the adult males in the district. This is the first known mention of a Grosse Masselink family. "Grote" is the Dutch spelling of the German "Grosse" and means that they were the owners of the larger piece of a farm that was originally split into two by inheritance.
1735 GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * um 1735, place of birth unknown, + 1837 in Getelo, married Harmen
Greven 6 SEP 1760 in Wilsum, daughter Geerdjen born with the surname of Greven in 1764 in Wilsum.
Before 1740 GROTE MASSELING, Jan * before 1740, place of birth unknown, parents unknown, spouse unknown; three daughters: Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1753 in Hardinghausen, + 1816 in Hardinghausen, Harmtjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1757 in Hardinghausen, + 1819 in Itterbeck and Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * um 1760, + 1832 in Hardingen.
1753 GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * um 1753 in Hardinghausen, + 23 APR 1816 in Hardinghausen, father Jan Grote Masseling (1740), married Albert Jongering, As the oldest daughter in a family with no sons, she inherited the Grote Masseling farm from her father Jan; husband Albert changed his surname from Jongering to Grote Masseling at the time of marriage; four daughters: Gese GROTE MASSELING * 1784 in Hardinghausen, + 1839 in Hardinghausen; Gesina GROTE MASSELING * 1788 in Hardinghausen; Gesina GROTE MASSELING * 1790 in Hardinghausen, + 1826 in Hardinghausen; and Janna GROTE MASSELING * 1793 in Hardinghausen, + 1848 in Hardinghausen.
1784 GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 25 APR 1784 in Hardinghausen, + 28 JUN 1839 in Hardinghausen; mother Geerdjen Grote Masseling (1753), married Geerd Suetering on 17 MAY 1811 in Uelsen. As the oldest daughter in a family with no sons, she inherited the family estate; husband Geerd changed his surname from Suetering to Grote Masseling; five children: Albert GROTE MASSELING * 1812 in Hardinghausen, + 1866 in Hardinghausen; Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * 1814 in Hardinghausen, + 1831 in Hardinghausen; Geerdjen GROTE MASSELING * 1816 in Hardinghausen, + 1856 in Hardinghausen; Arend GROTE MASSELING * 1822 in Hardinghausen, + 1874 in Hardinghausen; Fenne GROTE MASSELING * 1826 in Hardinghausen, + 1826 in Hardinghausen.
1812 GROTE MASSELING, Albert * 21 JUL 1812 in Hardinghausen, + 21 FEB 1866 in Hardinghausen; mother Gese Grote Masseling (1784); inherited the Grote Masseling farm; married Deele Westrik on 18 DEC 1840 in Uelsen; first known Grote Masseling Colon and first known male Grote Masseling heir; seven children: GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 26 NOV 1842 in Hardinghausen, + 16 JAN 1909 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Harmina * 16 APR 1846 in Hardinghausen, + 15 AUG 1905 in Getelo; GROTE MASSELING, Geerdjen * 1 JUL 1849 in Hardinghausen, + 22 DEC 1871 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Gesina * 9 OCT 1851 in Hardinghausen, + 24 AUG 1899 in Hardinghausen; GROTE MASSELING, Gerrit Jan * 4 FEB 1856; GROTE MASSELING, Geerd * 5 DEC 1859; GROTE MASSELING, Fenne * 7 SEP 1863 in Hardinghausen, + 15 MAR 1864 in Hardinghausen.
1856 GROTE MASSELING, Gerrit Jan * 4 FEB 1856 in Hardinghausen, + 3 JUN 1892 in Hardinghausen; baptized 17 FEB 1856 in Uelsen; father Albert Grote Masseling (1812); married Harmina KEDDEMAN; inherited the Grote Masseling farm, son of Colon Albert Grote Masselink and Dele Westrik of Hardinghausen, died at the age of 36 and buried on 8 JUN 1892 in Uelsen, Religion: Separatist, belonged to the Separatist Reformed Church (Kirche getrennten Reformierten); Occupation: Colon, known as Colon Gerrit Jan Grote Masselink van Hardinghausen; Two children GROTE MASSELING, Alberdina * 28 SEP 1889 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children; GROTE MASSELING, Minna * 24 JAN 1891 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children.
1859 GROTE MASSELING, Geerd * 5 DEC 1859, + unknown; spouse unknown; two children GROTE MASSELING, Albert * 11 APR 1897 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children and GROTE MASSELING, Gese * 14 DEC 1898 in Hardinghausen, + unknown; no known spouse or children. No known record of Geerd or Albert succeeding Gerrit Jan as Colon.
1898 Gese appears to be the last known person born with the surname Grote Masseling and when she married, the Grote Masselink surname died out.