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Jan de Witt 1478 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1478

Birth Location: Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands

Death Date: 17 JAN 1565

Death Location: Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk

Father: Witte Witt

Mother: Maria Witt

Spouse(s): Klara Witt

Children(s): Willem Witt, Kornelis Witt, Witte Witt

Jan de Witt was born in 1478 in Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands, the child of Witte Jans De Witt and Maria Roeloffsdr De Witt. Jan de Witt married Klara Willemsdr Witt, and had children including Willem Jansz de Witt, Kornelis Jansz de Witt, Witte Jansz de Witt. Jan de Witt passed away in 1565 in Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk.

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Biography

  • Jan de Witt was born in 1478 in Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands, the child of Witte Jans De Witt and Maria Roeloffsdr De Witt.
  • Jan de Witt married Klara Willemsdr Witt, and had children including Willem Jansz de Witt, Kornelis Jansz de Witt, Witte Jansz de Witt.
  • Jan de Witt passed away in 1565 in Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jan Witt's Ancestors

Self
Jan Witt
1478 – 1565
Birth Place: Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands
Parents
Witte Jans De Witt
1456 – 1507
Dordrecht, Rhynland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Maria (Roeloffsdr De) Witt
1453 – 1504
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Grandparents
Jan (Wittensz Wittesz) DeWitt
1420 – 1450
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Maria Tak
1409 – 1456
Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Witte Witte
1360 – 1385
Beatrix Steene
1385 –
Gerritje Tak
1379 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jan Witte
1340 – 1375
Trude Witte
1339 – 1383

Jan Witt's Descendants

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Jan (de) Witt (1478 – 17 JAN 1565) m. Klara (Willemsdr) Witt (ABT 1482 – 29 MAY 1556)
  1. 1. Willem (Jansz de) Witt (23 APR 1516 – 23 AUG 1596)
  2. 2. Kornelis (Jansz de) Witt (27 MAY 1519 – 1550)
  3. 3. Witte (Jansz de) Witt (15 OCT 1523 – )

Jan Witt's Timeline

2 Records

1478
1478
Birth of Jan de Witt in Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands
Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands
1565
17 JAN 1565
Age 87
Death of Jan de Witt in Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk
Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1478
    Event Place: Dordrecht, Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 14 JAN 1508
    Record Source: Age:
    29-30

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 JAN 1565
    Event Place: Dordrecht, Graafschap Holland, Heilige Roomse Rijk
    Record Source: Age:
    86-87

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