Their Story
Bruin Zee was born in Hoogwoud in 1791, the son of Bruin Zee & Neeltje Zijp, and grandson of Bruin Bruinszoon Zee & Jannetje Tromp. His father Bruin Zee had moved to Hoogwoud in 1785 to take up postion as the school master there.
He married Maartje van Exter in 1811, and together they had a daughter, Maartje Zee born in 1812. She married Dirk Appel. However, three months later, his wife Maartje died, in May 1812, at the age of just 24. They had not even been married for a year.
Bruin remarried to Pietertje Davidzon in 1814, and moved to her hometown, Venhuizen. Pietertje was also a widow; her husband Cornelis Groot had also passed away a year earlier, and she was left with two young children, Maartje and Reinder. With Bruin, she gave birth to 6 further children.
Maartje Zee (1812) x Dirk Appel
Maartje Zee was the only child born to Bruin Zee and Maartje van Exter. Her mother died in 1812 when she was just 3 months old.
She married Dirk Appel in 1829, when she had just turned 17. Dirk was also from Hoogwoud, and was the son of Arien Appel and Maartje Rijkes. Dirk was mayor (Burgemeester) of Hoogwoud from 1851-1866.
Together they had 12 children. Grietje Appel (1830-1863), Maartje Appel (1831-1900), Ariën Appel (1833-1833), Neeltje Appel (1834-1836), Arien Appel (1835-1889), Bruin Zee Appel (1837-1887), Jacob Appel (1838-1914), Neeltje Appel 1840-1861), Elizabeth Appel (1842-1928), Marijtje Appel (1844-1911), Frederik Dirkszn Appel (1846-1885), and Dirk Appel (1849-1927). Their son Bruin Zee Appel had an unusual name, where the “Zee” was more of a middle name, but still referred to Maartje’s Zee heritage.
Maartje died aged 61 on December 19, 1873. Dirk remarried to Debora Bauwdina Vetter, and he died in 1881 aged 72.
Dirk Bruin Zee (1850)
Genealogy
D11 Bruin Zee
b 21-Aug-1791 Hoogwoud [Bruin Zee & Neeltje Zijp]
+ 27-Mar-1839 Venhuizen
x (1) Maartje van Exter 12-May-1811 Hoogwoud >
* 02-Sep-1787 Hoogwoud [Jacob van Exter & Grietje Hoogland]
+ 02-Mar-1812 Hoogwoud >
Children:
E1 Maartje 11-Feb-1812 Hoogwoud x Dirk Appel +19-Dec-1873 >
x (2) Pietertje Davidzon 03-Jul-1814 Venhuizen [>]
* 02-Apr-1786 Venhuizen [Willem Davidzon & Hiltje Pieters Valens]
+ 13-Aug-1869 Venhuizen
Children:
E2 Willem 25-Aug-1815 Venhuizen + 27-Apr-1816 Venhuizen
E3 Bruin 03-Dec-1816 Venhuizen + 07-Oct-1835 Venhuizen
E4 Hiltje 19-Jul-1818 Venhuizen x Pieter Rolle
E5 Willem 25-Jul-1820 Venhuizen x Geertje Bakker
E6 Neeltje 02-Apr-1822 Venhuizen + 27-Jul-1865 Venhuizen
E7 Dirk Bruin 02-Mar-1824 Venhuizen x Lijsbeth Molenaar, Grietje Baan
E8 Louwris 23-Feb-1826 Venhuizen + 15-Aug-1828 Venhuizen
E7 Dirk Bruin Zee
* 02-Mar-1824 Venhuizen [Bruin Zee & Pietertje Davidzon]
+ 07-Jul-1902 Blokker > Aged 82
x (1) Lijsbeth Molenaar 05-Nov-1868 > Venhuizen
* 1833 Beemster [Cornelis Molenaar & Geertje Bark]
+ 11-Nov-1870 Venhuizen >
Children:
F21 Bruin Zee 27-Oct-1870 Venhuizen +02-Jan-1876 > Venhuizen
x (2) Grietje Baan 12-Apr-1878 > Blokker
* 12-Dec-1826 Hoogkarspel
+ 30-Apr-1909 Blokker
Timeline
03-Feb-1823 Louwris Zee & Etje van der Molen, loan registered to Bruin Zee jr, f. 1000, for the purchase of 'Huismans woning', Boet en Erve, 11 Bunders en 7 Roeden grasland, at Noorderpade Hoogwoud. [> p7]
11-Feb-1823 Bruin Zee jr, te Venhuizen, sells a piece of Zaadland, in 'de weere te Hoogwoud' for fl. 550 to Jan Kaijer of Abbekerk. [> p13, No. 17] [Akte >]
24-Mar-1824 Pieter Zee, onderwijzer der jeugd in de Purmer, consent tot radiatie van een Hypotheek, Bruin Zee jr te Venhuizen [> p15, No. 24] (Bruin Zee jr's uncle)
1832 In 1832 was Bruin Zee vermeld als eigenaar van 18 Landstukken: 9 Weilanden, enz. [Zee fam boek 1993]
01-Jan-1880 Timeline items
Bruin Zee
17-Apr-1816 Bruin Zee & Pietertje Davidzon living at No. 27 Venhuizen, at death of son Willem 35 weeks >
Willem Zee (1820)
28-Apr-1873 Willem Zee Burgemeester, at marriage of daughter Maartje >
