POSTHUMA FAMILY TREE
Sybrant Doytsesz Bonga
Kimswerd, Wonseradeel
Bongastins in Kimswerd. The earliest known owner was Sybrant Doytsesz Bonga. The oldest records is of a fortified house at the end of the 15th century.
Bongastins in Kimswerd. The earliest known owner was Sybrant Doytsesz Bonga. The oldest records is of a fortified house at the end of the 15th century.
Other names for it are Bonda gued (1522) and Bonga saet (1546). The Bongastins appears in the map from 1718.
Until around the end of the 15th century, the Oedsingastins played an important role as fortifications in Kimswerd, which was then taken over by the Bongastins. We encounter the Bonga family in documents from 1494 onwards. - StinsenInFriesland.nl
List of Owners:
before 1511 Sybrand Doytzes Bonga
1514 Doytze Sybrands Bonga (son), married to Doed Bongha
1537 Sybren Doytzes Bonga (son), married to Gaets Haringsdr Harinxma
1580 Doytze Sybrens Bonga (son), married to Id Sickes Galama
approx. 1614 Jelts Doytzes Bonga (daughter, married to Taecke Feijes van Heemstra
1632 (?) Sybrant Doytzes Bonga (last v/h gender)
1632 - 1645 Taeck Orcksdr van Doyem, widow of Sybrant Doytzes Bonga
You may recognize some of these names as these people all appear in our lager family tree. The Bonga family married members of the Douma, Harinxma, Galama, and van Heemstra families.