PLOKHOOY AND VAN DAM
Two Clans of the Flakkee

by
Dr. A.W.E. Dek
Rijswijk 1956

Excerpted and translated from the original Dutch version
with annotations, corrections, comments and additions in 1997
by
Dr. Randy D. Ralph
and
Mrs. Amy Isabel Plokhooy Hein.

CHAPTER I

Introduction to the Plokhooys

Pieter Corneliszoon Plockhoy was born at Zierikzee [in the Netherlands] between 1600 and 1630.  In memory of this fact the Dutch Society in Philadelphia had a bronze comemorative plaque placed in the hall of honor in the townhall at Zierikzee in 1913 as a gift.  In 1658 he traveled to London in order to interest the powerful English Lord-Protector, Oliver Cromwell, in his plans.

He wanted equality of religious expression for all.  He also wanted to reduce the disparity between the rich and the poor.  In 1662 he came to an understanding with the Magistrate of Amsterdam, who wanted to establish a colony in New Holland, on the Delaware, in Swanendal [near the present-day town of Lewes, the location of the Zwanendael Museum]. Plockhoy directed the building of many facilities by the colonists there as they established their new community life.  But in 1664 the English destroyed the settlement.  In 1694, 30 years later on, Plockhoy wound up in Germantown (Pennsylvania).  He was totally blind and crippled, and was in the care of his wife.  Out of sympathy he was given a house with a small garden.  The date of his death is unknown.  Perhaps he was related to the following clan, which was recorded from 1616 on in Sommelsdijk [on the southernmost island Goeree-Overflakkee in the Dutch province of Zuid Holland].  This clan died out in the 17th century in Sommelsdijk.

During the 18th century the Job Line and the Barent Line prospered.  The last issue of the Barent Line was in 1798, thereafter there were no further descendants from him.

In the middle of the 19th century there were still two branches of the Job Line, one in Sommelsdijk and one in Stad aan 't Haringvliet.

The Sommelsdijk branch emigrated to America in 1866, sadly there were no further descendants.  In 1887 two brothers left Stad aan 't Haringvliet for America.  Their descendants propsered. 

Another branch of the clan wound up in South Africa.  In the Netherlands there still live [as of 1956] only 15 male Plokhooys.  Only 3 were born after 1920!

The Genealogy of the Plokhooys

I.  Adriaan Leendertszoon Plokhooy, the oldest known founding father, was
reported in Sommelsdijk in 1616 as a land owner, living on the Ring there, shown as invested by the birth of his son Adriaan Corneliszoon Plokhooy: 1 June 1637, on 8 August 1637 he was invested by another another son Steven Jobszoon Plokhooy.

In 1638 he was buried at Sommelsdijk, the name of his wife is unkown.

Children:

(The baptismal registry books of Sommelsdijk begin in the year 1636, around the same time the four sons of the founding father were all married, the baptism of these 4 brothers and also of the oldest children is therefore not possible to discover.  The oldest marriage book from Sommelsdijk begins in 1624.)

  1. Leendert, follow II A.
  2. Cornelis, follow II B.
  3. Job, follow II C, JOB LINE.
  4. Barent, follow II D, BARENT LINE.
  5. Teuntje, reported as bapt. at Sommelsdijk 5 May 1650, buried there 1651 or 1652.  She married Willem (Willemsen ?), who died before 1660.  In 1660 an account of his inheritance through Lijsbeth, widow of Cornelis Adriaanszoon Plokhooy and her brother-in-law Barent Plokhooy, was recorded by the *weeskamer* (orphan's court?) of Sommelsdijk.
  6. Pietertje, reported as bapt. at Sommelsdijk 3 October 1660.

II A.  Leendert Adriaanszoon Plokhooy married

1st. Adriaantje Jens

2nd. bans publ. Brouwershaven 15 July 1631, married Sommelsdijk 30 July 1631 with Pieterke Adriaans, spinster from Brouwershaven, buried at Sommelsdijk 20 October 1661.

Children from the first marriage:

  1. Adriaan, follow III A.
  2. (From the first or second marriage) Leendert, follow III B.

Children from the second marriage:

  1. Steven, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 26 January 1640.
  2. Steventje, christened Sommelsdijk 29 December 1641, was bapt. there 10 February 1667.
  3. Lena, bapt. Sommelsdijk 2 September 1646.
  4. Aerjaantje, christened Sommelsdijk 11 April 1649, bapt. there 1 April 1672.

III A.  Adriaan Lendertszoon Plokhooy married:  Pietertje Meentsdochter (= Meeuws).
She was bapt. 20 November 1678 at Oude Tonge. Son Aren follow IV A.

IV A.  Aren Adriaanszoon Plokhooy, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 20 June 1649, moved
to Oude Tonge and died between 20 November 1678 and 21 October 1679. He married, bans publ. Oude Tonge 27 June 1671 Zeligje Hendriks Krabbendijk, born at Oude Tonge probably between 1644 and 1651, in this period there is a hiatus in the book of baptisms (She married at Oude Tonge 19 November 1679 Jacob Laurenszoon Spoel, widower of Lydia Dankels. From this second marriage came a daughter Hendrikje Spoel bapt. 4 June 1684).

Children:

  1. Adrianus, bapt. Oude Tonge 16 October 1672.

  2. Maatje, bapt. Oude Tonge 9 December 1675, married about 1700 Bastiaan Jacobszoon Vink (from this couple 5 children were bapt. on 25 March 1701 and 16 November 1710 at Oude Tonge).

  3. Pietertje, bapt. Oude Tonge 20 November 1678.

III B.  Leendert Leendertszoon Plokhooy married at Sommelsdijk 30 May 1666 Dina
Stapels (She married earlier with Aart Corneliszoon Botte).

Children:

  1. Leendert, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 February 1667.
  2. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 1 April 1672.
  3. Arjaen, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 May 1674.

II B.  Cornelis Adriaanszoon Plokhooy, lived 1641 on the Ring in Sommelsdijk,
was 3 May 1643 deacon of the Reformed Church at Sommelsdijk, became deacon at Sommelsdijk on 24 May 1652 and was buried at Sommelsdijk in the same year.

He married:  1st. Truijtje Hoeve; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 30 November 1631 Lijsbeth Leenderts, she was in 1660 at Sommelsdijk one of the guardians of the orphans of Willem Willemsen and Teuntje Plokhooy.

From the first or second marriage:

  1. Leendert, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 19 January 1653.

  2. Mary, likewise bapt. at Sommelsdijk 19 January 1653, married earlier 1668 to Leendert Willems.  She died about 1673.

  3. Geertruijt, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 19 January 1670, buried there in 1701.  She married:  1st. Sommelsdijk 9 November 1656 Klaas Hendrikszoon Bot; 2nd. Jan Teuniszoon of Noorloos.

    In the official archives of Sommelsdijk resides an inventory of her estate, completed *d.d.*; 9 November 1701.  She occupied a house and barn on the west side of Gorcumstraat, likewise on the west side of the Enkele Ring, an orchard of 180 rods together with many goods. Mentioned were her children Cornelis Bot, Hendrik Bot and Lena Bot, married to Cornelis Teuniszoon of Eeuwen.

From the second marriage:

  1. Adryaen, bapt. Sommelsdijk 1 June 1637, died young before 1645.

  2. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 April 1639, died before 19 February 1676, married Sommelsdijk, bans publ. 2 January 1665 Jan Rokusz Kempe (he married:  1st.; bans publ. Sommelsdijk 14 February 1658 Tonijntje Joos, widow of Marinus Hendrikszoon Bot; 3rd. Sommelsdijk 12 March 1676 Arentje Jobs Plokhooy, accommodation II C).

  3. Grietje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 27 October 1641, died after 1674 and before 1680, married Willem Touwesse van Muije (He married 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 21 November 1680 Nelletje Rokus; 3rd. Sommelsdijk, bans publ. Den Bommel 19 July 1685 with Pietertje Andriesson of Kempe, born at Oude Tonge).

  4. Adryaen, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 December 1645, follow III C.

III C.  Adryaen (= Arent) Corneliszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 December
1645, was 28 May 1674 a shopkeeper at Sommelsdijk, married at Middelharnis in mid-December 1667 (bans publ. Sommelsdijk 24 November) Adriaantje Jacobs Spanjaard, born at Middelharnis.

Children:

  1. Trijntje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 23 September 1668, died before 1670.
  2. Trijntje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 January 1670, bapt. Sommelsdijk 11 February 1706, married:  bans publ. Middelharnis (before the court) 2 March 1697 Johannis Corneliszoon Spoor, died at Middelharnis shortly before 16 January 1701 (included is the inventory of their estate in the archive no. 10 of Middelharnis, which resides in the Algemeen Rijksarchief in The Hague).
  3. Lisebeth, bapt. Sommelsdijk 2 October 1671, died before 7 September 1674 (when her father was assaulted for *molengeld* (pocket change?) in the polder there, he had but a single surviving child).
  4. Cornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 6 August 1673, died before 7 September 1674 (See under 3 above).
  5. Lisebeth, bapt. Sommelsdijk 12 June 1675, married:  Willem Melkslijter, (son of Leendert Wz.  Melkschuijt and Mary Krolis) bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 February 1673, date of death unknown. She left behind 10 July 1700 and 11 February 1706 several children christened in Sommelsdijk.
  6. Cornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 14 August 1678, died just before 1686.
  7. Susanna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 March 1680, died just before 1682.
  8. Susanna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 11 January 1682, date of death unknown.
  9. Kornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 March 1686, buried there 1708.
  10. Adriana, bapt. Sommelsdijk 28 January 1688, buried there 1757

THE JOB LINE

II C.  Job Adriaanszoon Plokhooy, lived 1641 on the Ring in Sommelsdijk, buried
Sommelsdijk 1651 or 1652, married:  1st. an unknown woman; 2nd. Arentje Arentsen Croock, buried Sommelsdijk 1651 or 1652.  This married couple was rather well-to-do and left behind *o.a.*; an orchard nearby; their orphaned children came under the guardianship of Barent Adriaanszoon Plokhooy.

From the first marriage:

  1. Cornelia, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 30 December 1657, married Jan Franszoon Spanjaert.  She had her only son Frans christened on 28 December 1652 at Sommelsdijk; both died before 28 December 1669.
  2. Leendert, follow III D.
  3. Lijsbeth, married Sommelsdijk 2 March 1656 Jan Goertszoon Borrendryncker. The couple died after 19 September 1659 and before 28 December 1669.
  4. (Possibly from the second marriage) Pieter, bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 December 1657, died before 28 December 1669.

From the second marriage:

  1. Steven, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 August 1637, died before 28 December 1669.
  2. Anna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 2 January 1639, bapt. there 8 February 1660; died after 28 December 1669.
  3. Arent, bapt. Sommelsdijk 4 November 1640, buried there 31 January 1670.
  4. Leentje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 5 October 1642, on 28 December 1669 engaged to Abraham Leanderts Sweijn.
  5. Jan, bapt. Sommelsdijk 12 March 1645, died before 28 December 1669.
  6. Kommertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 February 1647, bapt. there 1678, married, bans publ. Sommelsdijk 29 March 1670 Teunis Trommel, born at Sommelsdijk.  (He married, bans publ. Sommelsdijk 5 April 1681 Hester Groonendijk, widow of ? )
  7. Arentje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 5 May 1650, married Sommelsdijk 12 March 1676 Jan Rokusz Kempe (he married 1st. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 14 February 1658 Tonijntje Joos, widow of Marinus Hendrikszoon Bot; 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 2 January 1665 Pietertje Cornelisse Plokhooy, accommodated II B).

III D.  Leendert Jobszoon Plokhooy, became a shopkeeper in Sommelsdijk
on 28 May 1674; on 7 September 1674 he was assaulted for *molengeld* (pocket change?) in the polder there and left 2 living children.  Reported as bapt. there 19 October 1681.

He married:  1st. Sommelsdijk 19 May 1652 Pietertje Jacobsdochter; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 30 April 1662 Sara Pietersdochter.

Children from the first marriage:

  1. Annetje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 May 1654, died young before 1657.
  2. Jacob, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 July 1655, follow IV B.
  3. Anneke, bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 December 1657.
  4. Job, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 February 1660.

IV B. Jacob Leendertszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 July 1655, was
recorded 1689-1699 in the Quohier [=Kohier, a tax register] on the 200th *penning* (a coin or medallion?) at Sommelsdijk, married 1st. Janneken Abrahams; 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 20 February 1681 Nelleke Cornelisse van Tol.

Children from the first marriage:

  1. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 21 February 1677, died young before 1681.
  2. Pieter, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 April 1678.

Children from the second marriage:

  1. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 October 1681, died young before 1691.
  2. Matie, bapt. Sommelsdijk 6 December 1682, died young before 1689.
  3. Leendert, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 October 1684, died young before 1686.
  4. Leendert, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 November 1686, follow V A.
  5. Cornelis (christening not found) married:  1st. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 15 November 1715 Ariaantje Pieters van der Bos, born Dirksland (She married earlier at Dirksland 25 February 1700 Aren Leendertse Calle); 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 5 July 1720 Annetje Geijer, bapt. there 12 February 1667, daughter of Willem Jansz Geijer and Maatje Jacobs (She married Middelharnis 3 February 1732 Rainier Hartingsvelt, widower of Teuntje Glijnze Mercy).

    From Cornelis' first marriage sprang:

    1. Nelletje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 August 1716, buried Middelharnis 18 April 1748, married Middelharnis 7 June 1745 Jasper Stellenaar, farmer there (son of Jasper S. and Mary Heindrix), bapt. Nieuwe Tonge 7 November 1706, buried after 2 January 1752.  (He married:  1st. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 17 March 1730 Engeltje Willems Visscher, buried ? ; 3rd. Middelharnis 2 November 1748 Pleuntje van Driel, buried after 2 January 1752.  Engeltje Visscher had been twice married, *n.l.* 1st. Middelharnis 3 March 1721 Mattheus Kopheijn, housed at 1719 at Nieuwe Tonge and in 1721 at Sommelsdijk; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 12 March 1723 Pieter Pieterszoon Melis from Dirksland. As a matter of fact, Mattheus Kopheijn had also just been previously married *n.l.* at Nieuwe Tonge 19 December 1719 with Adriana Cornelisse van der Daft

    From Cornelis' second marriage sprang:

    1. Willempje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 15 February 1721, buried there the same year.

  6. Maetje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 January 1689.
  7. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 18 February 1691, died young before 1694.
  8. Pietertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk in 1694, married Dirksland 2 May 1723 Cornelis Doornheijn from Melissant.
  9. Hendrik, bapt. Sommelsdijk 28 May 1697, follow V B.

V A.  Leendert Jacobszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 November 1686,
common laborer there (1717), married:  1st. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 8 February 1714 Margrietje Gerbrants van Greuningen; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 15 October 1732 Klara Hoogstraten (daughter of Leendert M. and Arentje Jobs) bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 October 1696, buried there in 1738.  (She married 1st. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 2 May 1719 Simon van den Ham, son of Daniel Leuniszoon van den H. and Jaanetje Pleunis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 15 March 1693)

Children:

From the first marriage -

  1. Nelletje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 5 October 1715, bapt. at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 7 January 1770.

From the second marriage -

  1. Jacoba, bapt. Sommelsdijk 7 June 1733.
  2. Jakob, bapt. Sommelsdijk 31 October 1734.
  3. Leendert, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 May 1738, follow VI A.

VI A.  Leendert Leendertszoon Plohhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 May 1738, moved
to Dirksland and later to Stad aan 't Haringvliet.  Married:  Stad aan 't Haringvliet 30 July 1760 Dina Oostorling (daughter of Andries Harman 0. and Neeltje Pieters Stellenaer), bapt. Den Bommel 16 October 1740, date of death unknown.

Children;

  1. Leendert, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 21 June 1761, buried there 12 November 1764.
  2. Andries, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 10 July 1763, buried there 26 April 1764.
  3. Klara, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 3 February 1765, buried at Oude Tonge 19 June 1790, married Oude Tonge 22 November 1789 Jan Klaasz Kraeft (son of Klaas K. and Kommertje Hendricks Lodder), bapt. Ooltgensplaat 26 June 1763, date of death unknown. (married Herkingen 3 May 1794 Trijntje Hameete).
  4. Niesje, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 14 June 2767, died Ooltgensplaat 4 March 1812, married Ooltgensplaat 20 April 1788 Leendert Brabar (son of Lodewijk den B. and Maatie Gerbrands Breur) christened Ooltgensplaat 29 March 1767, dayworker, died there 13 April 1812.
  5. Lena, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 7 January 1770, buried there 13 March 1770.
  6. Leendert, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 12 May 1771, follow VII A.
  7. Pietertje, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 1 May 1774, married Ooltgensplaat 1 November 1797 Govert Vervloet (son of Jelier Van ?), born Ooltgensplaat.  She bore in 1807 a stillborn baby buried at Ooltgensplaat.
  8. Lena, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 16 March 1777.
  9. Andries, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 28 November 1779.
  10. Neeltje, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 June 1781, died Ooltgensplaat 21 April 1648, married Ooltgensplaat 8 May 1809 Leendert Soldaat (son of Steven S. and Johanna Nicasius) christened at Herkingen 18 Febmari 1781, died Ooltgensplaat 21 March 1652.
  11. Annetje, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 29 October 1786, died there 20 June 18549 married:  Stad aan 't Haringvliet 25 March 1805 Joost Hoedemans (son van Willem H. and Maatje Schreur), born Ooltgensplaat ? , mason, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 13 October 1827 (68 years old) (he married 1st. Den Bommel 24 November 1784 Pietertje Leunisdochter v.d.  Wagt, born there).

VII A.  Leendert Leendertszoon Plokhooy, bapt. at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 12
May 1771; lived 1821 at Middelharnis, found himself by 3 August 1623 in the land of Cadzand, date of death unknown. (not in Cadzand).  Married:  Ooltgensplaat, bans publ. 17 September 1791 Fijtje van Hemert (unmarried daughter of Hendrik van H. and Wilhelmina Kool), bapt. at Oudbeierland 28 September 1768, date of death unknown. (she married earlier Ooltgensplaat 29 October 1786 Cornelis Arondszoon Paasen, bapt. Den Bommel 4 February 1759, buried there 19 August 1790, son of Aran Arendszoon P. and Saartje Jens Hoornaar).

Children:

  1. Willemijntje, born Ooltgensplaat 11 September 1792, died there 21 April 1864, married at Middelharnis 24 October 1819 Bart Zwerus (son of Adrianus Bartse Z. and Dina Leendertse Komtebed), laborer, born Den Bommel 9 May 1791, died Ooltgensplaat 8 July 1848.

    Unmarried Son:

    1. Klass, born Ooltgensplaat 8 October 1811, died there 30 November 1811.

  2. Leendert, born Ooltgensplaat 27 February 1795, died young there 28 October 1796.
  3. Leentje, born Ooltgensplaat 29 October 1797, died Middelharnis 3 April 1864, married Middelharnis 22 September 1821 Jan van der Waal (son of Cornelis and Jannetje Rasenberg) born Middelharnis 29 November 1794, laborer there, died Middelharnis I9 March 1855.
  4. Leendert, born Ooltgensplaat 21 November 1799, laborer at Middelharnis, died there 12 September 1829, married Middelharnis 3 August 1823 Jannetje Andriessen (daughter of Jan and Lena Vas), born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 18 February 1806, died Middelharnis 15 May 1828.

    From this marriage:

    1. Fijgje, born Middelharnis 12 January 1824, date of death unknown.
    2. Jan Andries, born Middelharnis 19 February 1825, died there 10 September 1827.
    3. Lena, born Middelharnis 20 November 1826, died there 21 September 1828.

  5. Andries, born Ooltgensplaat 10 December 1801, flankeur, died in the garrison hospital at The Hague 17 April 1821, unmarried.
  6. Hendrik, born Ooltgensplaat 13 November 1803, date of death unknown.
  7. Pieter, born Ooltgensplaat 14 September 1806, died there 28 December 1806.
  8. Pieter, born Ooltgensplaat 11 December 1807, bapt. there 10 January 1808, there died 10 Bloeimaand (May/June?) 1809.
  9. Pieter, born Ooltgensplaat 5 June 1810, died there 20 December 1811. 

V B.  Hendrik Jacobszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 28 May 1697, buried
there 1747, married:  bans publ. Sommelsdijk 18 April 1721 Neeltje Hoogstraten (daughter of Johannes H. and Annetje Cornelisse, bapt. Sommelsdijk 6 November 1699, buried there 1779 (She married, bans publ. Sommelsdijk 25 August 1749 Gerrit Weda, widower of Barbara Stote).

Children:

  1. Jacob, bapt. Sommelsdijk 28 March 1722, buried there 1722.
  2. Annetje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 13 June 1723, buried there in 1791, married Middelharnis 20 November 1746 Class Don (son of Hendrik D. en Anna Jacobs Koning), bapt. Middelharnis 13 August 1724, fisherman, drowned in 1774 on a fishing boat at sea.  His widow *compareerde* (sued?) 27 December 1782 before the *weeskamer* (orphan's court?) at Middelharnis.
  3. Jacob, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 January 1726, buried there 1736, 1739 or 1741.
  4. Johanna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 September 1728, buried there 1736, 1739 or 1741.
  5. Pieternella, bapt. Sommelsdijk 15 July 1731, bapt. there 9 June 1765, waarschijnlijke buried in 1780 at Sommelsdijk.
  6. Johannes, bapt. Sommelsdijk 7 March 1734, follow VI B.
  7. Pieter, bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 September 1736, follow VI C.
  8. Kornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 12 July 1739, buried there 1739 or 1741.
  9. Krelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 22 September 1743, buried there in 1756.

VI B.  Johannes Hendrikszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 7 March 3734, died
at Sommelsdijk 9 May 1809, married:  1st. Sommelsdijk 8 May 1757 Willemina Lamper (daughter of Marinus L. and Jacomijntje Laurens Hollander), Sommelsdijk 12 May 1737, buried there in 1765; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 6 August 1769 Trijntje Moerkerke (daughter of Philip Pieterszoon M. and Geertje Krelis Buurveld), bapt. Sommelsdijk 23 January 1746, died Sommelsdijk 22 December 1821.

Children from the first marriage:

  1. Neeltje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 6 November 1757, reported there 1768 in the index of orphans.
  2. Jacomina, bapt. Sommelsdijk 14 February 1760, reported there 1768 in the index of orphans.
  3. Johanna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 November 1761, died before 1766.
  4. Hendrik, bapt. Sommelsdijk 11 December 1763, died before 1768; perhaps he is the child, that was buried in 1763 at Sommelsdijk.

Children from the second marriage:

  1. Geertje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 29 April 1770, died there 15 December 1843, married at Sommelsdijk, bans publ. there 11 April 1793 Adrianus Doornheijm (son of Isaak D. and Anna Kortweg), Sommelsdijk 9 September 1770, died at Sommelsdijk 26 August 1841.
  2. Hendrik, bapt. Sommelsdijk 1 December 1771, died there in 1803.
  3. Philippine, bapt. Sommelsdijk 21 February 1773, buried there in 1777 or 1778.
  4. Johanna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 27 March 1774, buried there in 1777 or 1778.
  5. Philip, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 December 1775, follow VII B.
  6. Johanna, born at Sommelsdijk 7 August 1778, bapt. 23 August 1778, buried there in the same year.
  7. Cornelis born at Sommelsdijk 9 October 1779, buried there in 1780.
  8. Johanna (=Anna), born Sommelsdijk 14 February 1781, buried at Krayenisse 31 December 1804, married; Melissand 4 September 1801 Cornelis Zeedijk (son of Hendrik Z. and Maria Oosterling and earlier married before 12 February 1786 with Maria Dingemens Keijser, died after 4 February 1800 Dirksland ?), bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 23 December 1760, buried at Krayenisse 29 June 1805.
  9. Cornelis, born Sommelsdijk 11 September 1783, buried there in 1784.
  10. Jacoba, bapt. Sommelsdijk 4 July 1786, died there 1 March 1830, married:  1st. Sommelsdijk 26 March 1810 Jan Prins (son of Arend P. and Cornelia Kuijper), bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 November 1786, died at Sommelsdijk 25 January 1813; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 27 March 1818 Gerrit Grootenboer (son of Cornelis G. and Neeltje van Klink and earlier married with Maria Zeedijk, died Dirksland 11 August 1817, 34 years old), bapt. Sommelsdijk 21 April 1776, farmer at Onwaard, died there 15 December 1819; 3rd. Sommelsdijk 24 November 1824 Gerrit Zweris (son of Machiel Z. and Pieternella van Lith and earlier married with Willemtje Koert, daughter of Adrianus K. and Willemijntje van Bruggen, born 1777 or 1778, died Sommelsdijk 28 November 1820), bapt. Sommelsdijk 14 February 1768, laborer there, date of death unknown.

VII B. Philip Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 December 1775, laborer, died
there 3 August 1838, married Sommelsdijk, bans publ. there 17 February 1803 Cornelia de Vogel (daughter of Leendert de V. and Hendrikje van der Velde), bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 June 1774, died Sommelsdijk 16 October 1855. 

Children: 

  1. Johannis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 June 1803, date of death unknown.
  2. Leendert, born Sommelsdijk 26 September 1805, died young before 1811.
  3. Trijntje, born Sommelsdijk 24 December 1807, died there 25 May 1863, married there 3 May 1829 Jan Fase, born at Sint Annaland 24 March 1805, laborer at Sommelsdijk, died Sommelsdijk 26 March 1873.
  4. Leendert, born Sommelsdijk 6 September 1814, follow VIII A.

VIII A.  Leendert Plokhooy, born at Sommelsdijk 6 September 1814, emigrated
in 1866 from there to America, together with his children Pleuntje and Adrianus.  He married at Sommelsdijk, 6 January 1839 Elsie Fauel (daughter of Adrianus F. and Pleuntje Groenendijk), born at Sommelsdijk 13 May 1817, died at Sommelsdijk 16 February 1847.

Children:

  1. Flip, born at Sommelsdijk 22 September 1839, died there 5 May 1845.
  2. Pleuntje, born at Sommelsdijk 4 December 1340, emigrated in 1866 with her father to America.
  3. Cornelia, born at Sommelsdijk 19 June 1842, died at Sommelsdijk 11 August 1854.
  4. Adrianus, born at Sommelsdijk 9 June 1844, emigrated in 1866 with his father to America.

VI C. Pieter Hendrikszoon Plokhooy, bapt. at Sommelsdijk 30 September 1736,
died at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 21 September 1819, married Sommelsdijk 12 February 1761 Ariaantje de Vos, bapt. at Oud-Beijorlant 22 January 1738, died at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 25 October 1806 (daughter of Kornelis de Vos and Kornelia Niemansverdriet).

Children:

  1. Neeltje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 8 August 1762, died young before 1769.
  2. Cornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 9 June 1765, buried at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 9 January 1785.
  3. Neeltje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 2 April 1769, buried at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 5 January 1789.
  4. Hendrik, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 3 December 1760, follow VII C.

VII C.  Hendrik Plokhooy, bapt. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 3 December 1780,
constable there, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 26 January 1855. He married:  1st. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 23 April 1805 Teuntje Tibout (daughter of Marinus T. and Leentje Admiraal), bapt. there 23 April 1780, died 4 April 1820; 2nd. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 August 1820 Jannetje Mulder (daughter of Pieter M. and Pietertje Noordijk), bapt. Sommelsdijk 12 April 1795, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 6 June 1832; 3rd. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 25 September 1834 Maria den Hollander (daughter of Huibert den H. and Neeltje Baks), born at Fijnaart 20 March 1794, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 19 December 1843.

From the first marriage:

  1. Adriaentje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 11 August 1805, died there 11 May 1842, married there 14 May 1828 Jan Huijzer (son of Johannis H. and Adriana van Dam), born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 3 June 1791, laborer, died there 25 May 1856.
  2. Marinus, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 30 August 1809, buried there 19 Herfstmaand (October?) 1810.
  3. Leijntje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 9 November 1817, died ? , married:  Stad aan 't Haringvliet 6 June 1840 Marinus van Damme (son of Pieter van D. and Neeltje Meerman), born Nieuwerkerk (Z) in 1811, farm-hand at Middelharnis, date of death unknown.
  4. Marines Pieter, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 21 April 1819, died there 6 September 1819.

From the second marriage:

  1. Pieter, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 24 June 1821, follow VIII B.
  2. Cornelis, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 24 April 1824, follow VIII C.
  3. Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 30 November 1829, died there 19 December 1829.

VIII B.  Pieter Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 24 June 1821, laborer,
later night watch there, died there 27 August 1880.  He married: 1st. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 July 1842 Tiske = Tjishe Ruijtenberg (daughter of Hendrik R., schipper, and Catharina Burger), born at Ooltgensplaat 29 October 1819, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 1 December 1843; 2nd. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 February 1844 Angenietje Ooms (daughter of Johannis 0. and Maatje Hoodeman), born Stad aan 't Haringviiet 16 October 1822, died there 10 May 1864; 3rd. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 26 July 1864 Pieternella Donkersloot (daughter of Jan D. and Willemina Hoedeman), born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 26 August 1840, emigrated to America and died there at Passaic [NJ] 15 July 1911.  (She married John Rootman, died at Passaic [NJ].)

From the first marriage:

  1. Tjiske Jannetje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet, 28 November 1842, died there 4 October 1853.

From the second marriage:

  1. Johanna, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 15 December 1844, moved 18 April 1869 to Ooltgensplaat, died at Rotterdam 20 September 1918, married:  1st. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 June 1866 Pieter Arensman (son of Adrianus A. and Neeltje Dominé), born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 9 December 1847, laborer, date of death unknown. (before 1869).  2nd. Stad aan 't Haringvliet 17 April 1869 Jacob van Veen (son of Adam van Van and Johanna van der Veer and earlier married 4 July 1863 with Anna the Buizer, born on Texel 26 March 1834, date of death unknown. ), born Ooltgensplaat 26 June 1834, laborer, later common grounds worker at Rotterdam, died there 18 March 1915.
  2. Jannetje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 18 February 1647, died there 17 September 1847.
  3. Jannetje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 7 January 1849, died there, unmarried, 26 July 1866.
  4. Maatje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 7 July 1851, died before 1857 (niet in Stad aan 't Haringvliet).
  5. Tjiske, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 15 March 1854, moved 25 May 1877 to Sommelsdijk, moved from there 13 March 1878 to Nieuwe Tonge, died Rottcrdam 30 October 1925, married Arie Zwart, born at Broek 25 November 1878, died Rotterdam 13 July 1918, farm worker.
  6. Maatje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 April 1857, died there 31 October 1857.
  7. Maatje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 25 September 1859, died there 30 December 1943, married there 23 February 1868 Frans van Loon, born Sommelsdijk 4 May 1864, died Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 May 1942 (childless).
  8. Hendrika, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 5 May 1862, died at Middelharnis 13 January 1931, married:  Stad aan 't Haringvliet 29 April 1886 Hendrik Tijl (son of Willemina Tijl), born at Nieuwe Tonge 24 March 1863, laborer, moved 28 February 1900 to Sommelsdijk, died at Middelharnis 27 April 1929.

From the third marriage:

  1. Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 7 June 1865, died there 12 September l865.
  2. Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 18 January 1869, died there 5 September 1869.
  3. Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 10 January 1870, emigrated 3 March 1887 to America, follow IX A.
  4. Willem, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 29 March 1873, emigrated 3 March 1887 to America, follow IX B.
  5. Josina, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 24 March 1876, died there 21 July 1881.
  6. Child, stillborn Stad aan 't Haringvliet 27 November 1878.
  7. Child, stillborn Stad aan 't Haringvliet 31 August 1880 after his death.

IX A.  Hendrik Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 10 January 1870,
emigrated 3 March 1887 to America, foreman at Passaic (New Jersey), died Passaic 22 November 1898.  He married Passaic 1891 Marian (sic) [=Marina] van der Groef born Dirksland 10 December 1875, lived in Passaic [NJ], 205 Myrtle Ave.  (She married Garry Knight, born 4 May 1855, died 31 August 1922).

Children:

  1. Peter, born Passaic [NJ] 27 June 1892, follow X A.
  2. Trina, born Passaic [NJ] 26 October 1893, married Passaic [NJ] 20 July 1912 Edward Philbrook, born Garfield [NJ] 12 March 1893, maintenance forman Curtis-Wright Corp.
  3. John, born Wallington [NJ] 6 May 1895, follow X B.
  4. Lena, born Passaic [NJ] 23 July 1897, died there 1 November 1899.
  5. Christopher Henry, born Passaic [NJ] 4 January 1899, follow X C.

X A. Peter Plokhooy, born Passaic [NJ] 27 June 1892, box lunch deliveryman there,
married Paterson [NJ] 4 November 1914 Trina de Voe, born Paterson [NJ]7 November 1894.

Children:

  1. Margaret, born Clifton [NJ] 2 September 1918, married at Paterson [NJ] Joseph Puglise, born Paterson [NJ] 20 May 1918, chauffeur.
  2. Henry, born Passaic [NJ] 20 December 1920, employed at Robins Belt Conveying Co., lived in Clifton [NJ], married Rita Fenwick, born Paterson [NJ] 19 July 1926.

    From this marriage:

    1. Linda, born Paterson [NJ] 26 June 1947.

X B.  John Plokhooy, born Wallington 6 May 1895, milkman in Dellawana
(Clifton) [NJ], married in Novembor 1918 Isabella (sic) [=Isabel] Dugdale, born 17 September 1896 in Blackburn (England).

Children:

  • Amy [Isabel], born Passaic [NJ] 29 July 1920, married in California 17 April 1943 George [Karl] Ralph, born Passaic [NJ] 23 June 1920, employed in government service at Pequonnock [NJ].

    [added by the translator - his family.

    From this marriage:

    1. Randy Dennis, the translator, born Passaic [NJ] 19 May 1946, married 20 May 1972 at Charleroi PA, Kathleen Marie Ellison, physical therapist, born Charleroi, 3 August 1946, employed as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC.

      Children:

      1. Christopher Ellison
      2. Amy Margaret
      3. Oren Dugdale
      4. Robert Valerian Ellison

    2. Keith Todd, born Passaic [NJ] 27 May 1951
    3. Lisa Karen, born Passaic [NJ] 26 March 1953

      Children:

      1. Alice
      2. Karen
    ]

  • Marian, born Passaic [NJ] 29 January 1922, married 20 April 1947 Carmen Nicolosi, born 17 January 1917, employed at a drug store in Pompton Lakes [NJ].
  • Henry, born Passaic 29 October 1923, employed at Robins Belt Conveying Co., lived in Clifton [NJ], married Passaic 3 November 1951 Elizabeth Huyser, born Clifton [NJ] 5 June 1923.
  • Doris, born Passaic [NJ] 5 September 1925, married 27 November 1943 John Oleksy, born Passaic [NJ] 5 June 1913, employed at Robins Belt Conveying Co., lived in Wayne Township [NJ].
  • Charlotte, born Clifton [NJ] 20 November 1933, married 17 April 1955 Artie Palacak, born in New York (City) 1 February 1926, a postman in East Paterson [NJ].
  • John, born Clifton [NJ] 15 November 1939, [in 1956 a] student in high school.

    X C.  Christopher Henry Plokhooy, born Passaic [NJ] 4 January 1899, milkman,
    married Paterson 4 March 1922 Mary Geary, born in Poland 1 January 1904.

    Children: 

    1. Josephine, born Paterson [NJ] 2 September 1923, married Harold Diller, born Jersey City (NJ) 10 November 1921, employed in the Sisco dairy in Clifton, lived in East Paterson [NJ].
    2. Christopher Jr., born Wallington (NJ) 12 July 1925, studied for the priesthood St.  Vincents-Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  He hoped to be invested in 1959.
    3. Henry , born Clifton [NJ] 11 September 1929, chief mechanic at Mohawrk Airlines Newark NJ, lived in Little Ferry NJ, married Little Ferry 31 May 1952 Joan Kalza, born Little Ferry 18 July 1929.

    IX B.  Willem Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 29 March 1873, emigrated
    3 March 1887 to America, factory worker at Passaic, NJ, died there 9 November 1943.  He married Passaic 29 May 1895 Anna Louise Miller, born Paterson [NJ] 20 November 1877, died Passaic 1 April 1939.

    Children:

    1. Peter Charles, born Passaic 23 March 1896, follow X D.
    2. Elizabeth Mary, born Richfield (na Clifton NJ) 16 October 1897, married:  1st. Passaic 6 October 1922 (divorced ± 1944) Oliver Bishhop Henry, born Jersey City [NJ] 7 December 1886; 2nd. Paterson 5 July 1946 Emil Tschumi, born Paterson [NJ] 9 August 1893, drill press operator at Curtiss-Wright.
    3. Henry, born Passaic [NJ] 9 March 1900, follow X E.
    4. William, born Passaic [NJ] 25 January 1904, follow X F.
    5. John, born Passaic 9 June 1911, millworker, married Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, 26 June 1945 Harriet Doremus, born Passaic 23 June 1902.

    X D. Peter Charles Plokhooy Sr., born Passaic [NJ] 23 March 1896, maintenance
    man there, married Julia Mc Devitt, born Edenville, NY, 16 August 1897.

    Children:

    1. Julis, born Passaic [NJ] 8 June 1920, married Frank Masterton, born 17 March 1901, died about 1951?
    2. Peter Charles Jr., born Passaic [NJ] 16 October 1923, repairman for an oildrill (?) installation there, married there 7 February 1942 Rose Denisco. From this marriage: a.  Rose Marie, born Passaic [NJ] 18 October 1949.
    3. Margeret, born Passaic [NJ] 20 November 1925, married 25 June 1945 John Tuzzolino, born Garfield NJ, 25 March 1920.
    4. Jane, born Passaic 9 October 1930, married 30 July 1949 James Ferraro, born Nutly N.J., 16 August 1921, employed at Weston Biscuit Co.

    X E. Henry Plokhooy, born Passaic [NJ] 9 March 1900, carpenter, married there
    12 September 1923 Anna Cahayla, born 28 February 1903.

    Children:

    1. Robert, born Passaic [NJ] 4 November 1925, employed at U.S. Rubber, lived in Ridgewood N.J., married Passaic [NJ] 17 May 1947 Florence Jacobs, born Passaic 19 April 1927.
    2. Donald, born Passaic [NJ] 2 September 1930, employed at U.S. Rubber, lived at Garfield [NJ], married Frances Tinkosh, born Garfield NJ, 6 November 1932. From this marriage: a.  Donald Jr., born Passaic [NJ] 24 July 1954.

    X F. William Plokhooy, born Passaic 25 January 1904, construction worker in
    Clifton [NJ], married Passaic [NJ] 15 September 1926 Anna Miske, born Passaic [NJ] 16 February 1906.

    Children:

    1. William Jr., born Passaic 19 April 1928, carpenter in Lincoln Park [NJ], married Clifton [NJ] 6 September 1952 Jean Dalzell, born Jersey City 3 May 1932.

      From this marriage:

      1. William Joseph, born Passaic [NJ] 17 June 1953.
      2. Ralph, born Passaic [NJ] 28 September 1954.

    2. Alice, born Passaic [NJ] 9 April 1932, bank teller there.
    3. Betty Ann, born Passaic [NJ] 13 April 1934, secretary with Tompkin Brothers in Newark [NJ].

    VIII C.  Cornelis Plokhooy, born Stad aan bet Haringvliet 24 April 1824,
    grocer, died there 3 April 1898, married Willemtje Gebuis (daughter van Willem G. and Lijntje the Jonge), born at Ooltgensplaat 25 December 1829, died at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 20 February 1907.

    Children:

    1. Jannetje, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 23 February 1852, died young there 13 May 1854.
    2. Willem Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 10 November 1853.
    3. Hendrik, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 6 October 1857.
    4. Cornelis, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 18 March 1862, died young there 10 April 1864.
    5. Cornelis, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 11 January 1866.

    IX C. Willem Hendrik Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 10 November
    1853, office manager with Lips' Slotenfabriek at Dordrecht, died at Dordrecht 29 June 1944.  He married 29 September 1876 at Stad aan 't Haringvliet Geertrui Oosterling, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 2 January 1854, died at Dordrecht 17 August 1938.

    Children;

    1. Cornelis, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 28 February 1877.
    2. Andries, born 1878, died there 1882.
    3. Willempje, born Dordrecht 22 October 1880, died at The Hague 10 October 1921, married Gerardus Laurens Sirks, born at Rotterdam 1 January 1880, broker in the East Indies, later managing clerk, died at Amsterdam 10 November 1953 (He married Johanna Carolina Zorn).
    4. Racheltje, born and diedn about 1882.
    5. Rachelina Goertruida, born Dordrecht 26 October 1884, lived in Rotterdam, Juliana van Stolberglaan 56 A.  She married Dordrecht 27 April 1910 Johanmes Cornelis Schoolenberg, born Dordrecht 26 September 1883, dealer in seeds, died at Rotterdam 11 February 1945.
    6. Andries Willem Hendrik, born Dordrecht 11 February 1887.
    7. Dochter, born about 1889 and died young.
    8. Willem Hendrik, born Dordrecht 2 Janunri 1892, at first a military man in the East Indies, later commander of the fire brigade, and finally manager of a store in The Hague, lived there at Regentesselaan 214, married:  Huibertje van den Borg, born Beesd (Gold.) 2 March 1897.
      From this marriage:
      1. Nelly Geortruida Johanna, born at Willemstad 7 December 1919, nurse at Leiden.
    9. Jannetje Cornelia, born Dordrecht 22 February 1894, moved from there in April 1919 to Zwijndrecht, married Jan Welbeek, born Wesdongeradeel (Fr.) 16 April 1885, instructor at the Muleschool at Zwijndrecht.
    10. Geertruida Pietornella, born Dordrecht 11 September 1896, moved from there to Naarden on 9 November 1920, lived there at J. Verhoeflaan 11, married Johan Overwater, representative.

    X G. Cornelis Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 28 February 1877,
    then lived in Pretoria [S.Afr.], retired journalist, presented with the D.T.D. [a medal] for his exemplary conduct during the Boer War (1899 - 1902).  This is reserved only for officers who did their duty with excellence throughout the whole war.  He married at The Hague 23 July 1909 Petronella Adriana Steinz, born Hilvarenbeek 23 February 1883.

    Children:

    1. Geertrui Petronella Willemina, born at The Hague 19 January 1910, married 14 December 1935 Lourens Carol Zeeman B.A., nurseryman at Yersey Stamboekvee, together with the Governor of "die Bolandse Kooperatie vir kunstmatige bevrugting," he established, his own farmstead, in Belville, scarcely 20 miles from Kaapstad in South Africa.
    2. Hendrik, born at The Hague 29 July 1911, served in World War II in the South African Army, he served during the whole campaign in Italy and in the East Alps, then head officer of the Land Surveying department of of the Victoria Falls & Power Corp. at Johannesburg, where he lived. Married 4 October 1940 to Helena Elizabeth Goërke, born 16 March 1916.
      From this marriage:
      1. Anita, born Johannesburg 2 October 1941.
      2. Wilma, born Pretoria 30 December 1943.
      3. Cornelis, born Johannesburg 30 July 1947.
    3. Petronella Adriana, born at The Hague 3 April 1913, married Frank C. Madin born 25 April 1907, a Scott, construction engineer (Schotse and Duitse Universiteit).  In the war head officer in the Royal Air Force.  then became the engineer for an Olie Mij.  at Durban.

    X H. Andries Willem Hendrik Plokhooij, born Dordrecht 11 February 1887,
    teacher, lived later at Utrecht, married Anna Pliegar.

    Child:

    1. Willem Hendrik, born Dordrecht 20 June 1918, a lobbyist, lived at Broda, Kortenaarlaan 39, married:  Amsterdam 14 October 1943 Vera Rosenberg, born Amsterdam 23 June 1920.
      From this marriage:
      1. Louisa Wilhelmina, born Tilburg 2 July 1944, died 31 October 1946 at Amsterdam.
      2. Willem Hendrik Louis, born Tilburg 8 April 1946.
      3. Anne Lene, born Amsterdam 9 August 1951.

    IX D.  Hendrik Plokhooy, born Stad aan 't Haringvliet 6 October 1857, died
    at The Hague 28 August 1939.  He moved from Utrecht 25 October 1900 with his household to Den Helder, later to The Hague.  He married: 1st. Utrecht 24 June 1885 Grietje van Dijkhuizen, born Nijkerk 31 July 1859, died Utrecht 13 December 1894; 2nd. Utrecht 7 August 1895 Elizabeth Broekhuizen, born Doordrecht 17 January 1859, died The Hague 21 June 1928.  This second marriage remained childless.

    Children of Grietje van Dijkhuizen:

    1. Cornelis Hendrikus van Dijkhuizen, born at Utrecht 21 August 1882, died there 18 October 1882.
    2. Cornelis Hendrik, born at Utrecht 17 October 2883, married 24 June 1885.
    3. Johan Willem Hendrik, born Utrecht 20 November 1885.
    4. Willempje Jannetje, born Utrecht 10 November 1887, died there 7 January 1889.
    5. Willem Hendrik Cornelis, born Utrecht 20 November 1889.
    6. Anton Gerrit, born Utrecht 31 March 1891, remained unmarried, 25 July 1928 entered the institution of Bloemendaal at Loosduinen (Gemeent. Den Hang), died there 30 November 1933.
    7. Wilhelmina Lene, born Utrecht 6 December 1894, lived at The Hague, Schalkburgerstraat 449, married:  The Hague 8 March 1922 (marriage dissolved The Hague 24 February 1934) Cornelis Theodorus Wijnekus, son of Cornelis Andreas W, and Cornelia Arbod, born The Hague 7 February 1894, furniture maker, died there 20 December 1940.

    X I. Cornelis Hendrik Plokhooy, born at Utrecht 17 October 1883, moved from
    Utrecht 21 March 1899 to the Rijksopvoedingsgesticht (State Orphanage Institution) at Avereest, later errandboy at The Hague, where he settled, coming from Den Helder, 17 May 1904.  Later he was a merchant in *galanterieën* (fancies, trifles?), he lost his lower left arm and was 6 December 1933 accepted into the Rijkswerkingrichting (State Working School) at Norg.  He married:  27 December 1905 at The Hague (divorced The Hague 25 February 1925) Geertruida Johanna Jacoba Engelen, born Amsterdam 13 August 1885, washerwoman, settled herself 2 December 1904 in Amsterdam coming from The Hague.

    Children:

    1. Reinardus Willem, born at The Hague 24 April 1906, moved 24 May 1937 as *kellner* (?) at the Hotel America in Hoek van Holland, later hotel keeper at Naaldwijk, moved from there 5 March 1946 to Drieborgen, Hoofdstraat 57.  He married:  Zaandam 5 May 1937 Harmina Johanna van der Kooij, born at Haskerland 6 October 1902.
    2. Hendrik, born at The Hague 16 April 1908, *kellner* (?) there, lived unmarried at Schalkburgerstraat 449.

    X J. Johan Willem Hendrik Plokhooy, born Utrecht 20 November 1885, adjutant
    with the navy, later store manager for a sewing machine dealer in Amsterdam, died there 1 February 1953, married at Breskens 13 January 1910 Elizabeth Maria Vermeulen, born Breskens 28 November 1888, lived at Bennebroekstraat 48 III in Amsterdam.

    Children:

    1. Hendrik Johan, born at Den Helder 16 May 1910, moved 23 April 1938 from Amsterdam to Breskens, transported 17 April 1942 from Breskens to the Centraal Bevolkings Register.  He married at Breskens 17 March 1938 Janna Cornelia van den Broecke, born Breskens 15 August 1913, she moved 15 June 1945 to Terneuzen, Burgemeester Geillstraat 17.
    2. Elizabeth, born Den Helder 9 August 1914, office clerk, lived with her mother in Amsterdam.

    X K. Willem Hendrik Cornelis Plokhooij, born at Utrecht 20 November 1889,
    adjunct-inspector with the Office of Labor at Rotterdam, lived there at Roerdomplaan 21, married at Rotterdam 5 November 1913 Elizabeth Peetsold, born at 's-Gravenzande 13 July 1890.

    Children:

    1. Hendrik, born Rotterdam 8 November 1914, book dealer, lived there at Groenendaal 33 d, married Rotterdam 7 April 1943 Matje Maria Unverzagt, born Rotterdam 11 August 1914.
      From this marriage:
      1. Ludwig August, born Rotterdam 25 July 1937.
      2. Elizabeth, born at Rotterdam 10 May 1944.
      3. Iris, born at Rotterdam 10 September 1947.
    2. Elizabeth Grietje, born at Rotterdam 15 May 1918, married there 30 November 1950 Hendrik Wolters, born at Rotterdam 6 October 1915, frame welder at Rotterdam.

    IX E.  Cornelis Plokhooij, born at Stad aan 't Haringvliet 11 January 1866,
    agent of a state security bank in Amsterdam, died there 4 February 1926.  He married at Rotterdam 24 May 1893 Neeltje Hollaar, born at Hellevoetsluis 28 September 1871, lived at Emmastraat 16 III in Amsterdam.

    Children:

    1. Hugo, born at Gouda 18 January 1894, died there 31 March 1895.
    2. Willemina Cornelia, born at Gouda 16 July 1896, died at Rotterdam 24 December 1913.
    3. Hugo, born at Leiden 27 July 1898, died at Amsterdam 17 September 1925.
    4. Cornelis, born at Leiden 25 March, 1902, was chief of the Payroll Administration Bureau at the Commonwealth Administrative Office in Amsterdam, lived there at Emmastraat 16 II.  He married:  Amsterdam 7 January 1932 Elisabeth Roos, born at IJsselmonde 20 February 1892.
      From this marriage:
      1. Cornelis, born Amsterdam 8 May 1933, teacher there.
      2. Elizabeth, born Amsterdam 3 February 1937, student at a teacher's academy there.
    5. Elizabeth, born at Nijehaske (Friesland) 22 June 1904, married: 17 October 1929 Jan Hendrik Evers, born Amsterdam 17 May 1899, broker in raw goods, lived at Keizersgracht 421 in Amsterdam.
    6. Willem Hendrik, born at Nijehaske (Friesland) 8 April 1906, technical draftsman with Werkspoor in Amsterdam, lived there at Mesdagstraat 56. He married; 12 September 1946 Cornelia van den Berg, born Deventer 21 February 1912.
    7. Pieter, born at Rotterdam 26 February 1909, headmaster, lived at Bosdrift 291 in Hilversum, married:  2 August 1934 Catharina van der Molen, born Amsterdam 24 April 1910.
    8. Neeltje Maria, born at Rotterdam 18 May 1912, married:  5 March 1941 Cornelis Keel, born Amsterdam 5 April 1912, bank officer there. Lived at Veerstraat 9 III in Amsterdam.

    THE BARENT LINE

    II D.  Barent Adriaanszoon Plokhooy, lived in 1641 on the Ring in Sommelsdijk,
    owned in 1651 at Sommelsdijk 210 rods of orchard and had in 1654 there 16 adjacent to 77˝ rods of farmland.  He was buried 21 July 1669 at Sommelsdijk after being married twice to his n.l.:  1st. Jacomijntje Cents, buried 1638 at Sommelsdijk; 2nd. 31 March 1639 at Sommelsdijk with Josijntje Joos, spinster from Reimerswaal.  She lived in 1671 as a widow on the Ring at Sommelsdijk, payed 7 September 1674 *molengeld* and lived then with a son and a "meijt" (maidservant?), she was buried in 1680 there. Barent Plokhooy was the guardian for the children of his dead brother Job, on 26 December 1669 his widow *compareerde* (adjudicated?) *i.v.m.* this question in the presence of the bailiff at Sommelsdijk.  She received from the estate 1300 guilders.

    Children from the second marriage:

    1. Jakomijntje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 5 February 1640, married:  5 May 1669 at Sommelsdijk, Jan Teuniszoon Spanjaart.
    2. Joos, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 September 1641, follow III E.
    3. Aernoudt, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 April 1644, died young before 1646.
    4. Arent, bapt. Sommelsdijk 17 June 1646, married, bans publ. there 6 June 1674 Lisebeth Pietersdochter Breemans.
      From this marriage:
      1. Barent, bapt. Sommelsdijk 31 March 1675.
      2. Cornelia, bapt. Sommelsdijk 20 February 1678.
      3. Pieter, bapt. Sommelsdijk 22 December 1680, died young before 1683.
      4. Pieter, bapt. Sommelsdijk 27 January 1683.
      5. Josina, bapt. Sommelsdijk 10 November 1686, died before 12 May 1730, married:  1e.  bans publ. Sommelsdijk 21 February 1721 Johannis Smit (son of Pieter Janszoon S. and Lena Adams), bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 December 1690, died in 1721 or 1722.  (He married earlier Sommelsdijk at the beginning of March 1713 Annetje Pieters van Gelder); 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 4 December 1722 Cornelis Hollander (son of Laurens Creliszoon H. and Katalijntje Joos), bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 December 1685 (married Sommelsdijk 2 June 1730 Maria Dimmits Verkaak).
    5. Maria, bapt. Sommelsdijk 13 September 1648, died there 4 December 1682, married Sommelsdijk 17 April 1667 Jacob Corneliszoon Wittekoek, son of Cornelis Jacobszoon and Eva Lauwerens, born ± 1644, elder at Sommelsdijk 1698, died there 23 June 1717 (he married 2nd. Sommelsdijk 1 June 1683 Adriana Jacobsdochter Goudswaard, died there 1703; he married 3rd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 24 February 1708 Susanna Philips Admiraal.  She married earlier, as a spinster from Dirksland, 6 May 1696 at Dirksland, Gerrit Hendriksson van Prooyen from Herkingen, she died in 1744 at Sommelsdijk). See for their descendants:  Dr. A.W.E. Dek, De Geslacht Wittekoek, publ. 1955, pg. 7 et seq.
    6. Aerjaantie, bapt. Sommelsdijk 11 September 1650, died at Middelharnis about 1681, married at Middelharnis 27 May 1674 Jacob Elsevier, magistrate at Middelharnis, buried there 6 May 1707, son of Roeland Mattheuszoon E. and Jannetje Jacobsdochter Coningh (Jacob Elsevier married Sommelsdijk 9 December 1682 Annetje van Kakum).
    7. Cornelis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 19 January 1653, died before 11 January 1688, married:  bans publ. Sommelsdijk 2 December 1682 Neeltje Jacobs Moy (She married Middelharnis 5 February 1688 Andries Aartsson van de Broek, born at Sommelsdijk).
      Children of Cornelis Plokhooy:
      1. Baerent, bapt. Sommelsdijk 22 August 1683.
      2. Maria, bapt. Sommelsdijk 23 September 1685.
      3. Cornelia, bapt. Nieuwe Tonge 20 September 1687.
    8. Job, bapt. Sommelsdijk 28 October 1657, date of death unknown.

    III E.  Joos Barentszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Sommelsdijk 24 September 1641, married:
    1st. Nieuwe Tonge 29 May 1667 Jannetje Lambrechtsdochter; 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 4 February 1678 Masen Kornis, born at Middelharnis.

    From the first marriage:

    1. Jacomijna, bapt. Sommelsdijk 23 March 1670, reported as bapt. there 5 February 1722, died before 22 May 1730, married:  bans publ. Sommelsdijk 14 May 1694 Pieter Knape, son of Pauck Pieterszoon Knape and Lijntje Leenderts Glenij, born about 1668, boatman at Sommelsdijk, died there in 1741, after 1 March.  (He married Sommelsdijk 22 May 1730 Grietje de Vlee, bapt. there 27 April 1675, died there in 1740.  She married 1st. Barent Adrianuszoon van Klink, 2nd. bans publ. Sommelsdijk 1 December 1724 Pieter Corneliszoon Mooy.  The last named was also reported as having been married earlier, *n.l.* 1st. Krelia Pieters van de Velde; 2nd. Sommelsdijk 30 August 1723 with Lijsboth Leenderts Sterk.  She married 1st. bans publ. there 5 May 1702 Pieter Hendrikszoon Staats) See Dr. A.W.E. Dek, De Geslacht Knape, publ. 1955, pg. 2.
    2. Barant, bapt. Sommelsdijk 13 December 1671, remained unmarried, but left behind with Pieternella Cirro an unmarried daughter, *n.l.*
      1. Barendina Plokhooy, bapt. Dirksland 13 January 1697, married:  Dirksland 30 April 1725 Arend Cornelisson van Vugt (son of Cornelis Imansson van V. and his 2nd wife Barbara Arends, at the back of this book), born Sommelsdijk.
    3. Josina, bapt. Sommelsdijk 16 April 1673, lived until 7 September 1674 when her father was assessed with taxes.
    4. Jannis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 1 May 1675, follow IV C.
    5. Lijntje, bapt. Sommelsdijk 11 April 1677.

    From the second marriage:

    1. Cornis, bapt. Sommelsdijk 30 October 1678.
    2. Janneken, twin of the above.

    IV C.  Johannis (= Jannis) Joostszoon Plokhooy, bapt. at Sommelsdijk May 1675,
    farmer at Middelharnis, *testeerde* (?) at Melissant 19 August 1707, buried at Middelharnis 7 May 1721, 11 May *d.a.v.* his will was read in the the *weeskamer* (orphan's court?).  He married:  Middelharnis 4 July 1706 Annetje Abrams den Bout, buried at Middelharnis 9 February 1726.  She married Middelharnis 26 November 1721 Jacob Luijendijk, bapt. Sommelsdijk 20 February 1689, died between April and 18 May 1730, son of Gerrit L.  and Matie Jacobs Meijnaart.

    He married 2nd. Sommelsdijk 2 September 1726 Wijntje Abrams van Veen (daughter of Abram van V. and Neeltje Commenarens), bapt. Sommelsdijk 6 September 1705 date of death unknown. She married, bans publ. Middelharnis 15 May 1730 Cornelis Roon (son of Ewout Corneliszoon R. and Pieternella Joosten), bapt. Nieuwe Tonge 23 December 1703, date of death unknown.

    On 2 March 1730 *compareerde* (sued?) before the *weeskamer* (orphan's court?) in Middelharnis Pieter Abrams den Bout and Gerrit Pijl, married with Lena den Bout, as guardians of Joost and Abram Plokhooy, together with a son-in-law Leendert Vink.  The son-in-law received his part of the inheritance *n.l.* f. 398. - parceled out, for this purpose was purchased first from among the assets of the deceased pair a 238˝ rod piece of land.

    Children:

    1. A child, bapt. at Middelharnis 9 September 1708, this child appeared no more in the parents' inheritance on 2 March 1730.  Therefore this was propbably the Maatje Johannesdochter Plokhooy, who married on 13 October 1732 at Sommelsdijk Pieter Janszoon Staal and who was buried there in 1793.  (Pieter Staal married earlier on 1 September 1726 at Sommelsdijk with Krelia Krelis Schelvis, died after 1 October 1730.)
    2. Jannetje, bapt. Middelharnis 6 October 1709, she made a will on 5 February 1736 at Middelharnis with her husband and was already 11 February *d.a.v.* at Middelharnis buried.  She married, bans publ. Middelharnis 11 February 1729 Leendert Janszoon Vink, grave digger, there 2 April 1782 (He married Middelharnis 4 November 1736 Catharine Mulkhuijsen, buried there 5 October 1769).
    3. Teuntje, bapt. Middelharnis 1 March 1711, died perhaps before 2 March 1730.
    4. Joost, bapt. Middelharnis 13 March 1712, was no longer living on 2 March 1730.
    5. Abram, bapt. Middelharnis 12 December 1714, follow V C.
    6. Aernoudt (?), christened Middelharnis 23 February 1716, died perhaps before 2 March 1730.

    V C. Abram Johanneszoon Plokhooy, bapt. at Middelharnis 12 December 2714, buried
    6 September 1755 in the churchyard there; according to the *weesboek* (orphan book?) of Middelharnis d.d. 13 July 1761 he left a triffling estate there; he married at Nieuwe Tonge 5 May 1743 Bastiana Pietersdochter van der Zijde, died before February 1765 (she married Middelharnis 18 February 1761 Cornelis Breur Cz (sic), he married 24 February 1765 Hendrina Adams Hoogzandt from Ooltgensplaat).

    Children:

    1. Child, buried Middelharnis 3 February 1744.
    2. Johannes, bapt. Middelharnis 7 June 1745, follow VI D.
    3. Pieter, bapt. Middelharnis 30 July 1747, follow VI E``.
    4. Annetje, bapt. Middelharnis 16 November 1749, died there 8 March 1782 (leaving 3 children *n.l.* Pietertje, 7 years old, Cornelis, 3 years old and Abraham, 1˝ years old).  She married:  Sommelsdijk 2 May 1773 Simon van der Tulp, bapt. Sommelsdijk 25 October 1733, son of Barend Simonszoon Tulp and Aagje Bastiaans Muijs.  (He married bans publ. Sommelsdijk 4 April 1782 with Hendrika Konijnendijk, born at Oud Beierland.)
    5. Jan, bapt. Middelharnis 9 April 1752, died before 13 July 1761.

      VI D.  Johannes Abramszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Middelharnis 7 June 1745, died
      there 1 May 1792.  He married:  1st. mid-September 1773 at Sommelsdijk Teuntje van Neutichem (daughter of Johannis van N. and Maria Stout), Sommelsdijk 1 November 1739, died Sommelsdijk shortly before 8 January 1774, when guardians for their children were named:  Gerardus Alebeek, Teunis Hendrikszoon Ruighaver and Gerrit Teuniszoon van Prooyen. (Teuntje van Neutichem married 1st. Sommelsdijk 27 June 1762 Willem Kuijper, born at Biervliet.  This fellow married 1st. Sommelsdijk 29 August 1756 Pieternella Muije.); 2nd. Sommelsdijk 4 February 1776 Susanna Abrahamsdochter van den Tol, born at Oude Tonge.

      From the second marriage:

      1. Abraham, born Sommelsdijk 28 August 1777.
      2. Neeltje, bapt. Nieuwe Tonge 24 June 1781.

      VI E. Pieter Abramszoon Plokhooy, bapt. Middelharnis 30 July 1747, buried
      there 6 February 1796.  He married; Middelharnis 1 May 1774 Sijtje Leendertse Abeele (daughter of Leendert A. and Annetje Wessels Kerbeek), bapt. Middelharnis 6 January 1754 (She married 9 March 1796 at Middelharnis, Pieter Janszoon de Bloeme, widower of Teuntje Stapel, living at Ouddorp).

      Children:

      1. Child, buried Middelharnis 17 October 1778.
      2. Leendert, bapt. Middelharnis 15 February 1778; on 16 Februaru 1798 *compareerde* (sued?) his mother before the *weeskamer* (orphan's court?) of Middelharnis; the estate of his parents was burdened with debts and injunctions.  Later Leendert would receive only 12˝ pennies! There were no other descendants from him.
      3. Bastiaan, bapt. Middelharnis 9 September 1781, buried there 22 February 1782.

      CHAPTER II

      Introduction to the van Dams and van Vugts

      In the beginning of the Golden Age, perhaps about the time of the leadership of Frederik Hendrik, the founding father Christiaan (Corstiaan) moved presumably from Vught to Sommelsdijk.  His son Iman was reported from 1645 in the indexes of Sommelsdijk.  From which of these sons Hendrik (1650-1722) or Leendert (1652-1679) came the name van Dam is unknown.  His brother Cornelis (1658- ±1710) *d.e.t.* called himself van Vugt. The van Vugt branch lived in the l8th century around Dirksland.  The male line died out in 1817.

      The branch of Leendert van Dam died out in the beginning of the 18th century. The oldest branch, that of Hendrik (1650-1722), was the only one that did well in any regard, at least in the l7th and 18th centuries.  In the 19th many members of the family van Dam died, often unmarried, often childless, and often in the bloom of their lives.  See Tabel III.

      Johannis van Dam died in 1856 in his 15th year.  Perhaps he left some descendants behind.  Research by the [original] author about this matter revealed nothing.

      As far as is known the clan died out in 1900.

      [The genealogy of the van Dam and van Vugt clans is ommitted as not relevant to the Plokhooy clan.]

      Index of the names of the predecessors.

      [Omitted because this document is word searchable]

    • [Tables I, II and III]

    Tabel I

    I  Adriaan Leendertszoon Plokhooy  † 1638
     
    II A  Leendert II B  Cornelis  † 1652 II C  Job  † 1651 - 52 ? II D  Barent  † 1669
           
    III A  Adriaan     III B  Leendert II C  Leendert Adriaan 1645 - ? III D  Leendert [after 1681]    Pieter Arent 1640-1670 III E Joos 1641 - ?  Arent 1646?   Cornelis 1653-±1687