Adriaen Joosten and Anneken Pieters
Progenitors of the Van Woggelum Family in America
c.1591-c.1651 and c.1591-1699

A typical 17th century Dutch house

Anneken Pieter's Marriage to Adriaen Joosten

Anneken Pieters was from Holstein, Denmark. The assumption that her father's name was Pieter is based on her patronymic "Pieters," meaning daughter of Pieter. The date and place of Aanneken's marriage to Adriaen Joosten Van Woggelum, her first husband, are unknown. The marriage is documented, however, in the marriage record for her second marriage to Jacques Kinnekom below, "Anna Pieters, widow of Adriaens Joosten of the Spiringbuurt." A third marriage, to Barent Jansen Bal, took place in New Amsterdam, New Netherland..

Only two of Anneken's children, sons of Adriaen Joosten, are known, Jacob and Pieter Adriaensen Van Woggelum.

Anneken Pieter's Marriage to Jacques Kinnekom

Anneken Pieters married as her second husband Jacques Kinnekom, a Scottish soldier under the command of Colonel Balcklough, in Outdorp, Alkmaar, North Holland, the Netherlands, 2 Mar 1630/31.

2 March 1631. Attestatie op outdorp:
Jacques Kinnekem schotsman, soldaat onder den Collonel Balcklough,
Anna Pieters wed van Adriaens Joosten op de Spiringbuurt.

2 March 1631. Attested at Old Town:
Jacques Kinnekem Scotsman, soldier under Colonel Balcklough,**
Anna Pieters, widow of Adriaens Joosten of the Spiringbuurt.

Anneken Pieter's Marriage to Barent Jansen

Jacques Kinnekom died before 1652, and Anneken Pieters married, as her third husband, Barent Janse Bal, in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 22 Nov 1652.

1652 22 Nov.; Barent Janszen Bal, van Velthuysen in't Graefschap Benthem; Anneken Pieters Uyt Holsteyn, wid van Jacques Kinnekom.

1652 22 Nov.; Barent Janszen Bal, from Velthuysen in the Graefschap Benthem [Vetthuysen in the County of Benthem]; Anneken Pieters from Holstein, widow of Jacques Kinnekom.

The House of Van Woggelum

                  Joost             Pieter
                    |                 |
            Adriaen Joosten 1m. Anneken Pieters
             ________________|  2m. Jacques Kinnekom
            |                |  3m. Barent Janse Bal
            |                |
  Jacob Adriaensen  Pieter Adriaensen†
          ___________________|______________
         |              |                   |   
Tryntje Pieters   Jan Pieterse       Pieter Pieterse
m. Jan Mangels‡   1m. Styntje Jans     1m. Margrietje Alberts
         |        2m. Hendricka  |     2m. Antje Jacobse   |
         |            Strokels   |            _____________|
         |                       |           |
         |_Mangle Jansen         |           |
         |_Pieter Mangelse       |         Mary
         |_Antje Janse           |
         |_Tryntje Janse         |_Elsje Jans
         |_Johannes Mangelse     |_Stintie Jans
                                 |_Helletie Jans
                                 |_Grietje Jans
                                 |_Jan Jansen
                                 |_Adriaen Jansen

Anneken lived where her husbands lived, while Jacob and Pieter went up to the Mohawk River frontier to make their fortunes. At first both brothers lived in or near Beverwyck, now Albany. Later Pieter Adriaensen moved deeper into the wilderness to become one of the founders of the city of Schenectady.

At Albany they were innkeepers and tapsters.

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* The marriage record was researched in the archive in Alkmaar, North Holland, the Netherlands, and translated by Tom Van Baar t.vanbaar@quicknet.nl.

** J.L.Motley. History of the United Netherlands, 1872. page 1083.

The war of Independence of the Netherlands against Spain began in 1568. One of the first successes was the capture of Den Briel on April 1st. 1572 by the so called Sea Gueux. Soon after this event Scottish soldiers came to the Low Countries. Already on September I6th. 1572 the Regent of Scotland, Mar. granted a passport to Captain Henry Balfour. Commander of about 200 Scotsmen. to serve under the Prince of Orange. In January 1573 Henry Balfour was present at the siege of Haarlem. From 1572 to 1781 there were always Scottish regiments in the Netherlands: in the period from 1629 to 1655 there were three.

The present collection of entries of marriages of Scotsmen starts with 1574. In the oldest marriage-register of the Netherlands. that of Dordrecht. Scotsmen are on record for the first time in that year. From 1648. when a peace-treaty was signed with Spain. until 1673. when William of Orange was fighting France, no Scottish soldiers came to the Netherlands. However, the three regiments continued to exist; in 1655 the number had decreased to two but from 1660 onwards there were again three regiments. This study stretches to 1665 because the Scottish regiments were then transformed into Dutch regiments. This was because of the outbreak of the Second Anglo- Dutch War. The Stuarts, of whom the Scots were fervent adherents, then reigned in England. The number of entries of marriages in the period 1665-1674 is negligibly small.

† Pieter Adriaensen was the progenitor of the Van Woggelum family in America.

‡ Jan Mangels was the progenitor of the Roll family in America.