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Jakobus Engelsma Mebius

Male 1749 - 1838  (89 years)


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  • Name Jakobus Engelsma Mebius 
    Birth 25 Jan 1749  Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1769  Ureterp, Opsterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    predikant 
    Moved to 22 Oct 1775  Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • predikant
    Moved to 1781  Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • predikant to 1785
    Moved to 11 Sep 1785  Jorwerd, Baarderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    • wrote letter re. Doumaleen frin here in 1789
    Moved to 1789  Rijperkerk, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • en Hardegarijp
    Occupation 1807  Rijperkerk, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    predikant, and Hardegarijp 
    Reference Number 37025 
    Death 30 Jan 1838  Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 89y,buried there
    Person ID I37025  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2011 

    Father Theodorus Ernestus Mebius,   b. Abt 1720, Bernburg in 't Vorstendom, Anhalt Bernburg, DEU Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1757, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Mother Froukje Jacobus Engelsma,   b. 1718   d. 1807 (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage Y  [5
    Family ID F15838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elisabeth Wijbes,   b. 1749   d. 1800 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 01 Oct 1775  Terband, Aengwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Theodorus Ernestus Mebius,   b. 01 Feb 1779, Terbandsterschans, Aengwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1844, Leeuwarderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Marigjen Mebius,   b. 14 May 1782, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Wijbe Mebius,   b. 14 Apr 1784, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1857, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. Froukjen Mebius,   b. 27 Feb 1787, Jorwerd, Baarderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Martinus Mebius,   b. 23 Sep 1788, Jorwerd, Baarderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F17114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Anna Cloppenburg   d. 02 May 1842, Tietjerksteradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1807  Rijperkerk, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    Jacobus Engelsma Mebius
    Jacobus Engelsma Mebius

  • Notes 
    • "aan de Franeker Academie werd ingeschreven als J.E. Mebius, Haskia Frisius (Fries uit De Haske)"; "daar volgde nog twee studiejaren in Utrecht"
    • "een overtuigd patriot die tijdens de Bataafse Omwenteling ... op de voorgrond trad"
    • "verkreeg een eredoctoraat aan de Universiteit van Harderwijk, ook wel de Gelderse Academie genoemd"
    • called together the "collatoren" of the Doumaleen to recommend his grandson of the same name as "beneficiant". This was done on 26 Jan 1827
    • sold Douma-sate to notaris Wijbren A. Everts; "erf was toen 1510m groot met een tuin van 510m (D142) en een boomgaard van 1950m (D140)"
    • "de familie Engelsma schijnt enige tijd eigenaar geweest te zijn"
    • sold plaats "met een dubbele boomgaard" to Jelle J. Koopmans
    • emeritus

  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Dr. T.A. Romein, Friesland Pred, (Leeuwarden, 1886), p. 589.

    2. [S141] Dr. T.A. Romein, Friesland Pred, (Leeuwarden, 1886).

    3. [S167] Martha Kist, Doumaleen te Oldeboorn, (Uitgerverij Verloren, Postbus 1741, 1200 BS Hilversum, 2008), p. 51.

    4. [S167] Martha Kist, Doumaleen te Oldeboorn, (Uitgerverij Verloren, Postbus 1741, 1200 BS Hilversum, 2008), p. 42.

    5. [S58] Groen, Marten, Oldeboorn Meiers 18-de Eeuw, (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1992), p. 48.


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