Lineage to Charlemagne and Others.

Many of the present v. O-s paternal lineage goes back to patriarch Aert (van Osenbrugge) b. ~1550. However, if we trace the roots through some female ancestors, we can go back much further to well known historic figures such as the Nijenrodes, Graaf Willem I of Holland, William the Conqueror, Charlemagne (Karel de Grote), the Kings of the Franks and even Claudius Tiberius (10 BC-54).

One of these female ancestors was Teuntje van Dorland (1642-1700), who was married to Hendrick van Osenbruggen (leenman of Culemborg, †Rijswijk), and was a descendant of the Dutch Nijenrode family. Her ancestry can even be traced back to Marc Anthonius, who's second wife was Cleopatra. Marc Anthonius' daughter was the grandmother of Julius Ceasar.

Hendrick and Teuntje's son Willem (1672-1719) was married to Maijken Dirckse Curff. Her family lineage also goes back to William the Conqueror and further. Look here for chart.

| Rijswijk was a small hamlet. Even today (2016) there only live some 360 people in the village. The Martinus church is from before the 14th century. During the Reformation the church, priest and congregation all went Protestant. During the following centuries, the church has been restored and modified several times. The Amsterdam Rhine canal, North of the town, was only dug after W.W. II and opened in 1952. Aert (c. 1545-?) ~married~ Lenige Steffens | Hendrick Aertsz (c. 1575-?) ~married~ Hilleken Hendrick Aertsz (born c. 1575) Lived in Rijswijk in De Betuwe region in Holland. Click here for a map.     | Bernt Hendrickszn (c. 1605-1658) ~married~ Maritge Dirks Bernt Hendrickszn (c. 1605-1658) Rijswijk was a small village. Even today (2012) there only live some 360 people in the village. The Martinus church is from before the 14th century. During the Reformation the church, priest and congregation all went Protestant. During the following centuries, the church has been restored and modified several times. Bernt Hendricksz lived in Rijswijk (Betuwe). Click here Rijswijk was a small village. Even today (2012) there only live some 360 people in the village. The Martinus church is from before the 14th century. During the Reformation the church, priest and congregation all went Protestant. During the following centuries, the church has been restored and modified several times. or on the pic. for a photo and description of the village Bernt's grandson Willem Hendrikse was a deacon at this (Reformed) church from 1702-1704. Bernt died before 1658, because his widow remarried on February 14, 1658. Since the baptize registers, in Rijswijk, start at 1638 his birth can't be found (in this village). |

Continue another family tree to Charlemagne and more | Gijsbert Cornelissen van Dorland (1610-?) ~married~ Aelertgen Hendricks (1615-1645) |

Slide 1 of 4. Photo from c. 1910. Click on the gray arrow to continue slideshow

Willem Hendrikse van Os(s)enbrugge (1672-1719)

In 1719 Willem buys a large farm named De Hope in Rijswijk
The pic on the right was taken in c. 1900.
I (Willem) visited the farm in May 2012. There are no van Osnabrugges living there now. It is presently owned by an equestrian school. It has several stables and horses.

I made a slidehow of the farm. Click pic to view

Willem Hendrikse van Os(s)enbrugge (1672-1719) ~married 1~ Mayke Dirks Kurf,
~married 2~ Jannetje Hartogs van de Hair

Willem Hendrikse van Os(s)enbrugge (1672-1719)

Families were fruit & vegetable growers.


Willem was a deacon at the Reformed church in Rijswijk from 1702-1704.
Look here for a large drawing from that time.


In 1719 Willem buys a large farm named De Hope in Rijswijk.
Old records show that on March 10, 1719 the heirs of Heteren sell a farm of 3 mergen and 2 hont to Willem Hendrikse van Oosenbruggen for 445 guilders.
In 1716 he had already bought an adjacent parcel of land of 5 hont.
Old land nomenclature:
1 mergen = 6 hont
1 mergen = 8400 m^2
1 hont = 1400 m^2
1 hectare = 10.000 m^2 = 2.5 acres
Therefore, his land area was a total of 3.5 hectare or 9 acres.