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There are 3 Moeskoker families in Holland in the early 1600s. They are recorded in the archives of Amsterdam, Enkhuizen and Drenthe.
This project is to serve as a base for researching the Amsterdam branch.
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There is no evidence so far of a link between the families other than sharing the same name.
One male from generation 2 of the Drenthe Moeskoker family lives and dies in Amsterdam, his marriage record is ambiguous and could imply that he was born in Amsterdam. This is potentially the first known birth location of that family.
One member of the Amsterdam Moeskoker family sails with the VOC, numerous members of the Enkhuizen Moeskoker family are linked to the VOC, including one daughter who marries the son of a director of the Enkhuizen Chamber.
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Frederick Gherritsz Moeskoecker (1498 - 1568)
This story first seemed interesting because i know there was a medieval monastery in Drenthe (Kloosterveen) but i think this story is from Amsterdam? Google translate cannot cope with the language very well, especially what i assume is old dutch. It seems to me that for some reason the locals were not happy with the monastery so a mob went to burn it down, a burgher from Amsterdam and a man named Moeskoeker saved some things from the monastery but were later hanged for their efforts.
http://www.jordaanmuseum.nl/Karthuizers.html
Pieter Hendriks Moeskoker
His VOC record lists him as from Amsterdam but the ship he sails on is built in Enkhuizen and owned by the Enkhuizen chamber. Does this represent a link between the Amsterdam and Enkhuizen branches of one family?
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/personen-zoeken/zoeken/document/a2apersoni...