THE SURNAMES 'BOS ' AND 'BOT '.
In my pedigree you will find amongst others the names ‘BOS’ and ‘BOT’.
In this part of the website more about the name 'BOS'.
Just like it is the case with the surname 'Bot', relatives of one family sometimes choose different
surnames. So, after a few generations, the family relationships become less clear.
In this part of the website the descendants of Trijntje Jansen (AT519, she married twice) are the
main persons of interest, together with the descendants of the couple Otto Rempts (AT304) and
Hendrikje Jans (AT305).
This concerns three separate genealogies: in two of them some descendants use the surname
‘Bos’ and the third geneology is my own. There are connections by marriage between the
descendants (see the diagram below).
TRIJNTJE JANSEN (AT519).
Trijntje Jansen, marries Jacob Pieters Bos in 1661 and marries a second time with Ubbe Jelmers
in 1667.
It is no coincidence that we encounter Trijntje Jansen here.
We encounter her four times in my pedigree (together with her husband Ubbe Jelmers) at the
places AT518, AT524, AT538 and AT1128.
The first three places even appear in the pedigree of Freerk Jacobs Alma (2X) and Derkje
Willems (1X) who married each other in 1799.
Some descendants of the first marriage of Trijntje will eventually call themselves ‘Bos’ and
others ‘Langeland’ (children of her granddaughter Grietje Pieters Bos, see diagram below and
page Arien Pontius) .
Note: Pieter Jacobs Bos and his half sister Cornelliske Ubbes also appear in the schedule on the
page concerning the brandy bowl.
OTTO REMPTS (AT304) and HENDRIKJE JANS (AT305).
So far me the most is known about Catharina Willems Bos ( AT19, daughter of Willem Jacobus Bos
(AT38) and Petronella Reinjes Feddema (AT39)) .
She married Heere Berends Bot (AT18) in 1832 and Bernardus Antonius Somers in 1894.
My aunt (paternal) Anna Catharina Maria Bos (married John Conraad Alma in 1939) descends from
a brother of Catherine Willems Bos. A part of the male descendants of this couple call
themselves 'Bos', another part ‘ten Oever’, and sometimes 'Wieringa' (see diagram below).