The current birth location is listed as Haarlem but nothing to explain why.
The first confirmed location of Volkert that i am aware of is Medemblik in 1517.
It strikes me that there is a town 24 km west of Medemblik named Schagen.
If Volkert (or an ancestor) moved to Medemblik from Schagen they might have adopted the family name of "van Schagen".
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