Ybe Jouckes

i.e. son of Joucke

(Early pre-) DYKSTRA Family

Born: 1670 in Tjerkwerd?, Friesland
Died: 1718 in Tjerkwerd?, Friesland (widow re-m. 3-27-1718)

Father: Joucke Taeckles
Mother: Acke Oenes

Spouse: Mencke Claeses b. c1670

Children:

  • Joucke bap 3 Dec 1699
  • Lolke bap 7 Jun 1705

    Ybe married Mencke in 1694 (between May and August). Ybe was a farmer at Jousterp near Tjerkwerd.

    Ybe made profession of faith in the Hervormde Kerk 25 August 1695 (he was 25 years old). 5 Oct 1709, Ybe became legal guardian over Bauke and Tetje Ages, children of Age Bauckes. Ybe died in 1718 and his widow Mencke Claeses remarried with Ybe's brother Durcks. The marriage was March 27, 1718.

    Ybe's first son Joucke married Jan 13 1723 with Feikje Sijmens and he was a "huisman" (farmer without a farm) in Bolsward. In 1753 he became a legal guardian over the children of Murk Hanses. Five children were born to Joucke and Feikje:

  • Klaaske born or baptized 1 Apr 1725
  • Ybe m. Trijntje Douwes who lived in Hijdaard
  • Sijmen b. 4 Nov 1732 in Bolsward, baptized 6 Nov 1732
  • Acke b. 1 Jun 1735 in Bolsward, baptized 5 Jun 1735
  • Klaas b. 19 Jul 1737 in Bolsward, baptized 28 Jul 1737

    Joucke Ybes b1699 was m. 1-13-1723 to Feikje SIJMENS, he was a huisman (farm helper?) at Bolsward. In 1753 he was curator [caretaker] of the kids of wijlen [relative?] Murk HANSES. Kids of Joucke/Feikje were Klaaske b. 4-1-1725; Ybe date? who m. Trijntje DOUWES 'en woonde te Hijdaard' [at the town of Hijdaard?]; Sijmen b. 11-4-1732 Bolsward; Acke b. 6-1-1735 Bolsward and Klaas b. 7-19-1737 Bolsward.

    Joucke Ybes de JONG d1753. His son Yeb Jouckes m1752 Trijntje DOUWES at Oosterend, Friesland. Yeb's son Douwe Yebs 1755-94 m. Jeskje KLAZES. Douwe's son Yeb Douwes 1789-1840 b. Witmarsum, Friesland m1824 Lemke Cornelis de WIT. The wedding register shows the date 11-27-1824, parents of groom Douwe Yebs - Sisk KLASES, groom Yb Douwes de JONG 35yo b. Tjerkwerd, bride Lemke Cornelis Andries de WIT dau of Minke GERRITS, wedding archive number 30-42, 'Burgerlijke Stand Wonseradeel - Tresoar, inventarisnummer [inventory number] 2008, aktenummer 0067 Gemeente: Wonseradeel Periode: 1824


    Dates:
    - cf JouckeT for earlier dates
    - 1689-97 War of League of Augsburg (War of English Succession) ends w/Treaty of Rijswijk
    - 1692 Glencoe massacre; Campbells slaughter MacDonalds on pretext of disloyalty to Wm III; Anglo-Dutch fleet defeats France at B of La Hogue; Salem witch trials in NE
    - 1693 English natl debt created, regularized later by the 'sinking fund'
    - May 1694 Bank of England established (222, NF's 'square of pwr' forming)
    - 1694 Voltaire born (d1778)
    - Dec 1694 Q Mary dies of smallpox at 32yo
    - Feb 1696 The D of Berwick's ass. plot nearly succeeds against Wm III
    - Sep 1697 Treaty of Rijswick ends war w/France
    - Nov 1700 elderly, sickly King Chas I of Spain dies, sparking 'War of Spanish Succession' 1702-13 (i.e. whether it would swing toward France or Wm III's coalition [HRE, England, TDR]); also Anne's longest-surviving child, the D of Gloucester (a potential heir to throne), dies
    - 1701 Wm forms Grand Alliance (TDR, England, HRE) v. KoF Louise XIV (i.e. key goal of 1688)
    - 1701 Act of Settlement passed, guarantees a Protestant heir via Sophia, Electress of Hanover, at the time #21 in line, but #1-20 RCC
    - 1702 Wm III dies, Anne t/o in England, 2nd stadtholderless period in TDR til 1747 (TDR ruler John Wm FRISO 1687-1711 23yo appt'd heir by Wm III PoO)
    - 1702-13 War of Spanish Succession, CHURCHILL wins a series of dazzling victories, til 'fired' 1711 after 'the explosive break-up of the long/intimate relationship between his wife [Sarah] and QoE Anne', war ends at Treaty of Utrecht (Paul RAHE: CHURCHILL/SAVOY shut down [permanently] KoF dreams of 'universal monarchy')
    - 1704 B of Blenheim
    - 1707 Act of Union England/Scotland = GB
    - 1711 PoO John Wm FRISO dies, son Wm IV t/o b1711 r1748-51 m. Anne dau of KoE Geo II (Anne regent 1751-66)
    - 1712 Rousseau born (d1778)
    - 1715 rebellion led by James Edward
    - cf YbeL for later dates


    Source: Dykstra family book

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