I Heer van Echteld Jordaen van Wijhe, I. heer van Echteld

he first recorded ancestor of Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, is Jordaen van Wyhe who took his name from the settlement of "WYHE" on the river "YSSEL" in the central Netherlands province of "OVERYSSEL". (The van Wyhe Coat of Arms is apparently based on the Arms of the province of "OVERYSSEL")

Jordaen was probably born around 1245, for it is stated that in 1271 be married ___ Echteld. She was apparently an heiress in her own right, as Jordaen became the "1st Lord of Echteld", a minor title of Dutch nobility passed through the eldest son. This was the beginning of the branch of the family known as "van Wyhe - Tot Echteld" which become extinct in 1753.

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The first recorded ancestor of Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker is Jordaen van Wyhe who took his name from the settlement of "WYHE'on the river "OVERYSSEL" in the central Netherlands province of "OVERYSSEL" (The van Wyhe Coat of Arms is apparently based in the Arns of the province of "OVERYSSEL"

Jordaen was probably born around 1245, for it is stated that in 1271 he married__Echteld. she was apparently an heiress in her own right, as Jordaen became the "1st Lord of Echteld" a minor title of Dutch nobility passed through the eldest son. This was the beginning of the branch of the family known as "van Wyhe"- Tot Echteld" which become extinct in 1753.