The Seize Quartiers of my Maternal Grandmother

1. Albert Verhoef (1832-1910) of Doornspijk, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of various Gelderland families. 

2. Lubbertje Veldhoen (1833-circa 1875) of Doornspijk, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of various Gelderland families. 

3. Marten Karsten (1821-before 1900) of Doornspijk, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of various Gelderland families. 

4. Jannetje Veldhoen (1820-1901) of Doornspijk, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Sister of number 2, so also a descendant of various families of Gelderland. 

5. Jan Harmsen* (1811-1887) of Lage, Germany. Roots lie in the Bentheim, but ancestry largely untraced. 

6. Geerdjen Biester* (1818-1891) of Halle, Germany. Descendant of various Bentheim families. 

7. Gerrit Jan Vos* (1835-unknown) of Höcklenkamp, Germany. Roots lie in the Bentheim, but ancestry largely untraced. 

8. Zwenne Hülshuis* (1832-1859) of Grafschaft Bentheim, Germany. Roots lie in the Bentheim, but ancestry largely untraced past her grandparents. 

9. Abraham Wise (1822-1896) of Leesport, Pennsylvania. Ancestry largely unknown past his parents, but it's very likely his ancestors were among the Pennsylvania Dutch. 

10. Clara Harter (circa 1824-1854) of Alsace, Pennsylvania. Origins are unknown, but it's very likely she was of German descent. 

11. James C. Saxton (1809-after 1860) of New York and Jefferson, Michigan. Grandson of Jasper Saxton, Revolutionary War Patriot of the Saratoga Campaign, and descendant of various Massachusetts and Connecticut families from the Puritan Great Migration. 

12. Roxany Moon (1818-1903) of New York and Holland, Michigan. Ancestry largely unknown past her parents, but it is likely her ancestors had been in New England since the Puritan Great Migration. 

13. Reiner Harkema (1850-1943) of Holland, Michigan and Zillah, Washington. Descendant of various Groningen families. 

14. Jansje Stephan (1855-1890) of Harderwijk, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of a host of Gelderland families, with some possible ancestors from Echzell, Germany. 

15. Jan Hendrik Grote (1835-1915) of Grafschaft Bentheim, Germany and Fillmore, Michigan. Roots lie in the Bentheim, but ancestry largely untraced past his parents. 

16. Geertje Laarman (1845-1922) of Grafschaft Bentheim, Germany and Fillmore, Michigan. Roots lie in the Bentheim, but ancestry largely untraced past her parents. 

The Seize Quartiers of my Maternal Grandfather

1. Gerrit ter Vree (1798-after 1850) of Almelo and Zwolle, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of a host of Almelo families. 

2. Gesiena Kamferbeek (1796-after 1960) of Zwolle, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Daughter of Zwolle residents whose ancestry hasn't been traced further. 

3. Frederik Jan van Lente (1801-1874) of Zwolle, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Descendant of the van Lente family which supposedly entered Zwolle in 1734, when Rutger van Lente paid the city 35 guilders. 

4. Maria Horning (1798-1869) of Zwolle, Netherlands and Holland, Michigan. Daughter of a Hessian-born Catholic musician who deserted the Dutch Army, and a thrice-married Zwolle native, great-granddaughter of the sailor Carel Lavia, employed by the Dutch East India Company. 

5. Frens Roelofs Strik (1807-1849) of Smilde, Netherlands. Father born in Staphorst, Overijssel, and earliest trace of his ancestors in the Staphorst Municipality was in the 1670s. Paternal grandmother born in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, ancestry untraced beyond parents due to the loss of the town DTB registers. Mother born in Westerbork, Drenthe, to farming parents, whose ancestry has not been traced. 

6. Rensje Jacobs de Vries (1800-1849) of Smilde, Netherlands. Origins lie in Drenthe, but ancestry largely untraced. 

7. Tede Ulberg (1804-1890) of Friesland, Netherlands and Jamestown, Michigan. Origins lie in Friesland, but ancestry largely untraced. 

8. Akke Piebes Posthumus (1815-1901) of Friesland, Netherlands and Jamestown, Michigan. Descendant of a host of Frisian families. 

9. Quirinus Huyser (1790-1864) of Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Descendant of a Zuid-Holland family supposedly descended from the Huguenots. 

10. Adriana Noteboom (1789-1823) of Pijnacker and Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Descendant of various Zuid-Holland families through her father, although her origins lie in Noord-Brabant on her mother's side. 

11. Dirk Kok (1813-1888) of Hoogwoud, Netherlands and Zeeland, Michigan. Origins lie in Noord-Holland, but ancestry largely untraced. 

12. Grietje de Vries (1811-1881) of Wervershoof, Netherlands and Zeeland, Michigan. Descendant of various Noord-Holland families. 

13. Hendrik Otte (1816-1874) of Zaandam, Netherlands and Chicago, Illinois. Origins lie in Noord-Holland, but ancestry largely untraced past his grandparents. 

14. Neeltje Smits (1808-1888) of Zaandam, Netherlands and Chicago, Illinois. Origins lie in Noord-Holland, but ancestry largely untraced past her grandparents. 

15. Jan François Joseph Fredrik Goossen (1817-unknown, probably circa 1891) of Goes, Netherlands and Chicago, Illinois. While his father had deep roots in Zeeland, his mother was a Roman Catholic from Brussels, and descended from various Flemish families. 

16. Ariaantje Scheele (1817-1854) of Terneuzen, Netherlands. Descendant of various Zeeland families. 

The Seize Quartiers of my Paternal Grandmother

1. Joseph Franklin Winn Sr. C.S.A (circa 1834-circa 1877) of Laurens, South Carolina, and Pulaski, Georgia. Descendant of the Fuller and Avent families of North Carolina and Virginia. 

2. Frances Emily Hart (1834-circa 1875) of Pulaski, Georgia. Descendant of the DeShazo family of France that immigrated to Virginia, as well as the probably Scottish Collum family. 

3. Noah Gideon Pittman C.S.A (1847-1926) of Tattnall and Toombs, Georgia. Descendant of the Reverend Hawte Wyatt of Jamestowne, a documented gateway ancestor, as well as various other North Carolina families. 

4. Elizabeth Partin (1843-1911) of Tattnall and Toombs, Georgia. Of mostly unknown heritage, but her ancestors seem to have been settlers of Tattnall from North Carolina. 

5. James F. Benton C.S.A (1822-1907) of Colleton, South Carolina, and Tattnall, Georgia. Origins unknown. 

6. Caroline E. Bowen (circa 1845-1915) of Tattnall, Georgia. Descendant of the Bowen family of Rehoboth, Massachusetts and Cohansey, New Jersey. 

7. John W. Eason (circa 1847-1902) of Tattnall and Toombs, Georgia. Grandson of the Reverend William Eason, the "Father of Methodism" in Tattnall County and great-grandson of Michael McKenzie Mattox (prominent early Tattnall settler). Also descended from John MacKinzie of Anne Arundel, Maryland. 

8. Sarah Strickland (circa 1845-1922) of Tattnall, Georgia. Descendant of the Strickland and Braswell families of Isle of Wight, Virginia and North Carolina. 

9-12 are unknown

13. William James Humphreys C.S.A (1837-1907) of Fayette and Haywood, Tennessee, Holly Springs, Mississippi, and Navarro, Texas. Origins unknown. 

14. Tennessee Martha Smith (1840-1923) of Fayette and Haywood, Tennessee, Holly Springs, Mississippi, Navarro, Texas, and Gracemont, Oklahoma. Origins largely unknown. 

15. Thomas Jefferson Freels (1846-1919) of Hardeman and Haywood, Tennessee, and Tippah, Mississippi. Origins largely unknown, but probably a descendant of the Friels family of Ulster Scots origin. 

16. Lumarah Anne Crump (1846-1922) of Tippah, Mississippi and Haywood, Tennessee. Descendant of Ancient Planter Alexander Mountney and various other Virginia/North Carolina/Maryland families. 

The Seize Quartiers of my Paternal Grandfather

1. Jacob Sadler (1794-after 1870), of Frederick, Maryland, Pulaski, Virginia, and Rock, West Virginia. Grandson of Michael Sadler (circa 1741-1831), who came to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1751 with his family from Germany. 

2. Mary Crowell (circa 1800-?), of Pulaski, Virginia. Descendant of the Grauel and Fulmann families of Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal, Germany, who immigrated to the Colony of Pennsylvania in 1736. 

3. Achilles White, of Virginia. Origins and life mostly unknown. 

4. Elizabeth, of Virginia. Origins and life mostly unknown, but maiden name possibly Mawles. 

5. Elkanah Champ (circa 1821-after 1880), of Tazewell, Virginia. Origins unknown. 

6. Nancy B. Carter (circa 1827-after 1880), of Tazewell, Virginia. Origins unknown. 

7. John Gilman (circa 1810-after 1880), of Wythe, Virignia. Descendant of the Krieger family of Germany, that migrated to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and eventually Wythe County (among its original settlers). 

8. Susan Corvin (circa 1818-after 1880), of Wythe, Virginia. Origins unknown. 

9. Nicholas Morris (circa 1823-1895) of Nelson, Virginia. Maternal grandson of Richard Lee and Anna Dodd, his earliest known ancestors. 

10. Martha Ann Wood (circa 1825-after 1880), of Nelson, Virginia. Origins unknown. 

11. Bartholomew Kidd Bragg C.S.A. (1814-1889), of Louisa, Albemarle, Augusta, and Nelson, Virginia. Origins mostly unknown, but probably a descendant of Thomas Bragg, an early Virginia colonist. 

12. Martha A. Tyler (circa 1822-after 1860), of Louisa, Albemarle, and Augusta, Virginia. Possibly a descendant of John Punch, widely regarded as the first Slave in the USA. 

13-16 are unknown. 

Indentured Servants in my Ancestry

According to Nathan Murphy MA, AG, of FamilySearch International, "The gateway to Europe are the indentured servants". In Colonial America, indentured servants were those who agreed to act as servants, without pay, to an owner for a set period of time. The indentured servant often entered to receive a specific benefit, for example, free passage to America, or to meet legal obligations. Once their contract was complete, they received their freedom, and occasionally some land. 

The institution of indentured servitude was brutal- many servants died before their contracts expire. The practice is outlawed by the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as a form of Slavery. 

The practice, however, was very common in the British Colonies of North America. Between one-half and two-thirds of all Europeans who came to the Colonies between the 1630s and the American Revolutionary War, were indentured servants. Because of this, many Americans with Colonial ancestry can trace at least a couple of lines back to indentured servants. So far, I have found three, two in the South and one in New England: 

• John Blandford, Massachusetts- Came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 on the "Confidence", as a 27 year old servant of Walter Hayne. Hayne was a linen weaver of Sutton Mansfield, county Wiltshire, and that is probably where the English roots of Blandford are. The details of his life as a servant are unknown, but he ended up settling in Sudbury, Massachusetts where he lived out his life until his death in 1687. 
• Alexander Mountney, Virginia- Came to the Colony of Virginia in 1610 on the "Mary James", as a servant, around the age of 19, “at company charges”, on the company lands of the Virginia Company. Servants on the company lands were the lowest social class in old Virginia, and their mortality rate was the highest of any group. Eventually however, he earned the title of Ancient Planter, and received 100 acres of land. On the strength of his character, he built his life, and rose from a mere servant to a prominent citizen of Accomack/Northampton County, Virginia. He served on the vestry, was referred to as Mr., and was Keeper of the Community Store. 
• Richard Tydings, Maryland- Although his origins are obscure, it is clear that he was an indentured servant, as on June 20, 1659, he claimed 50 acres from William Blay on completion of his indentured service in Maryland. It is possible that Tydings was contracted with Blay back in England, but his roots are unknown. While he didn't become as prominent as Mountney did, he certainly raised his social status- he served on the jury in Anne Arundel County and witnessed wills. 

I also have a couple of ancestors who owned indentured servants: 

• Thomas Brigham- In his estate inventory, the Puritan of Cambridge is listed as owning a "Daniel Mykene" as an asset of the estate worth £15. He is also listed as owning a female indentured servant. 

Other ancestors, such as Andrew Warner, are referred to as having servants in their biographies, but there is very little information. This is to be differentiated between my many ancestors who owned african slaves. A few others, such as Thomas Welles of Evesham, Worcestershire, apparently had servants who helped them. And of course, my many Royal and Noble ancestors also had servants. 

A source for some of my information: 

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/ancestor-colonial-america-indentured-servant/   My Ancestor Came to Colonial America as an Indentured Servant