Selected Families and Individuals


Reinder Derks [Parents] 1. Reinder married Sijbge Jacobs.

Sijbge Jacobs.


Balle 1, 2.

He had the following children.

  F i Geeske Balles died about 9 Nov 1696.
  M ii Reinder Balles.

Onne Jans.

Wiske Cornelis [Parents] 1. Wiske married Onne Jans.


Egbert Pannekoek [Parents] was born 1 on 19 Oct 1843 in Niezijl gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, The Netherlands. He died 2 on 26 Apr 1920 in Kloosterburen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Egbert married 3 Leentje van Dijk on 20 May 1865 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Other marriages:
van der Maar, Geertruida

Leentje van Dijk was born 1 about 1835 in Noordhorn, Groningen, The Netherlands. She died 2 on 22 Sep 1873 in Zuidhorn, Groningen, The Netherlands. Leentje married 1 Egbert Pannekoek on 20 May 1865 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

They had the following children.

  F i
Roelfke Pannekoek was born 1 on 27 Jul 1865 in Zuidhorn, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  F ii
Trientje Pannekoek was born 1 on 15 Feb 1867 in Ezinge, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  F iii
Grietje Pannekoek was born 1 on 22 Feb 1869 in Oldehove, Groningen, The Netherlands. She died 2 on 2 Oct 1890 in Ulrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Tjeert Pannekoek [Parents] was born 1 on 1 Dec 1886 in Hornhuizen gem. Kloosterburen, Groningen, The Netherlands. He died 2, 3, 4 on 18 Dec 1944 in Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Tjeert married 5 Renske Pol on 4 May 1911 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Tjeert was born in Hornhuizen on December 1, 1886. He went to be a major organizer of the farm labor union in Groningen and ultimately became a member of the Provincial board. He resisted the Nazi’s and was arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo and was killed December 18, 1944 in Mauthausen Concentration Camp. He was recognized as a Hero of Netherlands by the Queen after the war. His name is prominently memorialized in the Provincial House in the City of Groningen.

Renske Pol was born about 1879. She died 1 on 21 Mar 1964 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Renske married 2 Tjeert Pannekoek on 4 May 1911 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

They had the following children.

  F i Geertruida Martje Pannekoek.
  F ii Martje Pannekoek.

Jacob Wierts 1. Jacob married Lijske Jacobs.

Lijske Jacobs [Parents] 1 was born about 1735 in Hoogkerk, Groningen, The Netherlands. She died on 25 Dec 1827 in Aduard, Groningen, The Netherlands. Lijske married Jacob Wierts.


James Alexander 1. James married Mary Peden "Polly".

Mary "Polly" Peden [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1732. She died in 1813. She was buried 2 in Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA. Polly married James Alexander.

They had the following children.

  F i Margaret Alexander was born in 1765. She died on 22 Jun 1837.

John Peden [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1702 in Ireland. He died 2 in 1792 in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA. He was buried 2 in Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA. John married Margaret McDill "Peggy".

From the best information obtainable, the parents of John Peden refugeed from Scotland to the Xortli of Ireland during the time of the religious persecution in the former country. He and his family came to the United States, first landing in Pennsylvania, settling in Bucks and Chester counties; just how long they remained there we cannot say. About the year 1768 he (John) removed to the Spartan District, South Carolina, settling near Nazareth church, in what is now Spartanburg County.

They had ten children. Sons—James, Thomas, William, John, Samuel, Alexander and David. Daughters—Hilary, who married James Alexander, Sr.,; Jane, who married Morton, after whose death she married Samuel Morrow; Elizabeth, who married William Gaston. (The latter left no children.)

Margaret "Peggy" McDill [Parents] was born 1 in 1715. She died 1 in 1788 in Chester County, South Carolina, USA. She was buried 1 in Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA. Peggy married John Peden 2.

They had the following children.

  F i Mary "Polly" Peden was born in 1732. She died in 1813.

John McDill 1 was born in 1675. He died in 1761. John married Janet Leslie.

Janet Leslie was born in 1679. She died in 1755. Janet married John McDill 1.

They had the following children.

  F i Margaret "Peggy" McDill was born in 1715. She died in 1788.

James Peden. James married Mary Mills.

Mary Mills 1. Mary married James Peden.

They had the following children.

  M i John Peden was born in 1702. He died in 1792.

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