This line of the VanPee family has been assembled with considerable speculation and circumstantial evidence. Please note that due to a lack of civil records from the late 1600’s and the 1700’s, as well as the incomplete nature of the church records from that time period, certain assumptions were required in order to construct the following genealogy. While it is possible that written documents do exist, such as wills, by which this lineage can be confirmed, I do not have access to such items. As such, anyone using the information on this branch of the VanPee family should consult the original records and form their own opinions, caveat emptor.
While it might be possible to assemble further branches of this lineage, I have imposed a limit as to the degree of speculation I would consider. As detailed in the following section, a case has been made for the parentage of Sebastianus VanPee, as well as his descendants. Based on the baptismal records for the children of Engelbertus VanPee and Anna Spreutels, where Engelbertus is given the suffix “Jr”, it can be reasoned that Sebastianus is the son of Engelbertus VanPee.
Additionally, there is another Engelbertus VanPee listed in the church records, married to an Amelberge Rogiers, who are listed as having children in the 1630’s. However, no mention is made of a son named Engelbertus. Therefore, the present lineage will begin with the proposed parents of Sebastianus VanPee and Ann Spreutels, and not the grandparents.
A search of the church baptismal records for several towns
and villages (Huldenberg, Neerijse, Sint-Agatha-Rode, Loonbeek,
Sint-Joris-Weert, Ottenburg, Korbeek-Dijle, and
A check of the marriage records from the same towns and
villages revealed only a single marriage of a Sebastianus VanPee prior to
1700. The marriage record,
dated
A check of baptismal records indicated that Sebastianus is
not a common name in the aforementioned regions of
A check of the baptismal records for the aforementioned towns
and villages shows only two baptisms with a Sebastianus VanPee listed as a godparent. The baptismal record was for Sebastianus
Dewit, baptized
Following the marriage of Sebastianus VanPee and Christina
Abts,
Burial records indicate that a Sebastianus VanPee died and
was buried in
Based on an examination of the baptismal records, from the early to mid 1700’s it is proposed that all three children of Sebastianus VanPee and Christina Abts survived to adulthood, married and had children. The proposed marriages are as follows: Henricus VanPee and Maria Decock; Egidius VanPee and Maria Theresia Brion; and Guilielmus VanPee and Joanna Decock.
Henricus VanPee and Maria Decock are listed as having 8 children baptized in Ottenburg between 1720 and 1735. The godparents for the children include: Egidus VanPee (for Joanna born 1722; Joanna born 1725; and Egidius born 1729), Maria Thereisa Brion (for Egidius born 1729), Guilielmus VanPee (for Guilielmus born 1723), and Joanna Decock ( for Joanna born 1722; and Joanna born 1725). The choice of these individuals as godparents shows some relationship between the male VanPees (Henricus, Egidius, and Guilielmus).
The relationship is strengthened when the baptismal records
for the children of Guilielmus VanPee and Joanna Decock are examined. Guiliemus VanPee and Joanna Decock are listed
as having 5 children baptized in
Egidus vanPee and Maria Theresia Brion are listed as having 10 children baptized between 1727 and 1739. Godparents listed in the baptismal records do not include any Guilielmus VanPee, Henricus VanPee, Joanna Decock, or Maria Decock. Instead The VanPees listed are Egidius VanPee (for Egidius born 1727; and Theresia born 1736), Michael Joseph VanPee (for Michael VanPee born 1737), Joanna VanPee (for Brixtus VanPee born 1733) and Anna VanPee (for Joannes Baptista VanPee born 1738).
Egidius, Joanna and Anna are fairly common names, and they cannot be readily traced to any particular family. Michael Joseph is however very unique and should be relatively easy to locate. However, a search of the baptismal records do not list a single Michael VanPee born prior to 1737. In fact, the only Michael VanPee born prior to 1740 was born to Henricus VanPee and Maria Decock.
Although a link based on baptismal records between Egidus VanPee (wife Maria Thersia VanPee) and Henricus VanPee (wife Maria Decock) and Guilielmus VanPee (wife Joanna Decock) cannot be established, the previously cited evidence is reasonably strong. As such, I have decided to group these VanPee family lines with the qualifying statement that a direct relationship cannot be fully ascertained at this time due to insufficient cooberating documents. However, circumstantial evidence tentatively leads to the conclusion that the three aforementioned VanPees were indeed brothers and the children of Sebastianus VanPee and Christina Abts.
1ST Generation
I.1 Engelbertus VanPee,
Married Anna Spreutels.
II.1 Joanna VanPee; baptised
II.2 Engelbertus VanPee; baptised
II.3 Sebastianus
VanPee; See II.3
II.4 Maria VanPee; baptised
II.5 Anna VanPee; baptized
II.6 Jacobus VanPee; baptized
II.7 Joannes VanPee; baptized
II.8 Egidius VanPee; baptized
2ND
Generation
II.3 Sebastianus VanPee, baptised
III.1 Henricus VanPee; See III.1.
III.2 Egidius VanPee; See III.2.
III.3 Guilielmus VanPee; See III.3.
3RD
Generation
III.1 Henricus VanPee, baptized
IV.1 Michael VanPee;
baptized
IV.2 Joanna VanPee; baptized April 16, 1722
in Ottenburg, Belgium, died April 23, 1722 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
IV.3 Guilielmus VanPee;
baptized
IV.4 Joanna VanPee;
baptized
IV.5 Franciscus VanPee;
baptized
IV.6 Egidius VanPee; baptized April 30, 1729
in Ottenburg, Belgium, died August 5, 1781 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
IV.7 Maria VanPee;
baptized
IV.8 Child VanPee; died at birth on
IV.9 Elisabeth VanPee;
baptized
IV.10 Child VanPee; died at birth on
III.2 Egidius VanPee, baptized
IV.11 Egidius VanPee; baptized March 9, 1727
in
IV.12 Anthonius VanPee; See IV.12.
IV.13 Jacobus VanPee;
baptized
IV.14 Joannes Baptista VanPee; baptized
September 3, 1731 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died June 28, 1732 in Ottenburg,
Belgium.
IV.15 Britius VanPee; See IV.15.
IV.16 Martinus VanPee;
baptized
IV.17 Maria Theresia VanPee; baptized October
3, 1736 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died January 3, 1737 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
IV.18 Michael Joseph VanPee; baptized
November 6, 1737 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died December 21, 1737 in Ottenburg,
Belgium
IV.19 Joannes Baptista VanPee; baptized October
31, 1738 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died November 20, 1738 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
IV.20 Carolina VanPee;
baptized
III.3 Guilielmus VanPee, baptized on
IV.21 Henricus VanPee; baptized March 31,
1731 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died December 8, 1791 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
IV.22 Joanna Maria VanPee;
baptized
IV.23 Egidius VanPee; See IV.23.
IV.24 Theresia VanPee; baptized
IV.25 Johanna VanPee;
baptized
4TH
Generation
IV.12 Anthonius VanPee, baptized
V.1 Child
VanPee; died at birth on
IV.15 Britius VanPee, baptized
V.2 Henricus VanPee; baptized
V.3 Petrus VanPee; baptized
V.4 Joannes Baptista VanPee; baptized
V.5 Petrus VanPee; baptized
V.6 Gerardus VanPee; See V.6.
V.7 Joannes Baptista VanPee; baptized
V.8 Anthonius VanPee; baptized
V.9 Henricus Josephus VanPee; baptized
V.10 Elisabetha VanPee;
baptized
V.11 Maria Anna VanPee; See V.11.
V.12 Catharina VanPee; See V.12.
V.13 Theresia VanPee;
baptized
IV.23 Egidius VanPee, baptized
V.14 Maria Theresia VanPee; see V.14.
V.15 Franciscus VanPee; See V.15.
V.16 Hermanus VanPee;
baptized
V.17 Joanna Maria VanPee; baptized June 4,
1773 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died June 17, 1773 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
V.18 Elisabeth VanPee;
baptized
V.19 Child VanPee; died at birth on
5TH
Generation
V.6 Gerardus VanPee, baptized
V.11 Maria Anna VanPee, baptized
Children from first marriage
VI.1 Theresia Vanderletten; See VI.1.
VI.2 Maria Catharina Vanderletten; See VI.2.
V.12 Catharina VanPee, baptized
VI.3 Andre Stuckens; born
VI.4 Maria Theresia Stuckens; born April
1815 in
VI.5 Catharina Stuckens; See VI.5.
VI.6 Maria Anna Stuckens; See VI.6.
V.14 Maria Theresia VanPee, baptized
VI.7 Egidius Lenoir; See VI.7.
VI.8 Hermanus Lenoir; See VI.8.
VI.9 Joannes Franciscus Lenoir; born
VI.10 Franciscus Lenoir; See VI.10.
V.15 Franciscus VanPee, baptized
VI.11 Anna Maria VanPee; See VI.10.
VI.12 Theresia VanPee; born
VI.13 Joanna VanPee; born May 30, 1820 in
Ottenburg, Belgium, died December 10, 1900 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
VI.14 Egidius VanPee; born
VI.15 Elisabeth VanPee; See VI.15.
6TH
Generation
VI.1 Theresia Vanderletten, born about 1808
in
VII.1 Maria
Louisa Devolder; See VII.1.
VII.2 Anna
Maria Devolder; See VII.2.
VII.3 Joanna Devolder; born July 23, 1836 in
Duisbourg, Belgium, died October 11, 1863 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VII.4 Joannes
Baptista Devolder; born
VII.5 Andreas Devolder; born May 26, 1840 in
Duisbourg, Belgium, died May 27, 1840 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VII.6 Andreas
Henricus Devolder; born
VII.7 Joanna
Maria Devolder; born
VI.2 Maria Catharina Vanderletten, born
about 1811 in
VII.8 Maria
Catharina Noe; See VII.8.
VII.9 Maria
Anna Noe; See VII.9.
VII.10 Maria
Theresia Noe; born
VII.11 Maria Rosalia Noe; born July 1, 1839 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died February
8, 1845 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VII.12 Henricus
Bernardus Victorius Noe; born
VII.13 Leopoldus Guilielmus Elisius Noe; born
September 22, 1845 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died January 6, 1848 in Duisbourg,
Belgium.
VII.14 Maria Josephina Adele Noe; born
December 5, 1848 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died January 7, 1852 in Duisbourg,
Belgium.
VII.15 Lambertus
Noe; born
VII.16 Ludovicus
Franciscus Josephus Noe; born
VI.5 Catharina Stuckens, born
VI.6 Maria Anna Stuckens; born March 14,
1825 in Tervuren, Belgium, died November 20, 1864 in Tervuren, Belgium. Married by 1850 Etienne Joseph Meunir, born about 1817 in
VII.17 Petrus
Josephus Stephanus Meunier; born
VII.18 Constantinus Josephus Christianus Meunier;
born
VII.19 Charles
Francois Meunier; born
VII.20 Louis
Francois Charles Albert Meunier; born
VII.21 Etienne
Honore Meunier; born
VII.22 Honore
Marie Joseph Meunier; born
VII.23 Marie
Augustine Meunier; born
VII.24 Gabriel Hubert Marie
Meunier; born November 14, 1864 in Tervuren, Belgium, died December 8, 1862
in Tervuren, Belgium.
VI.7 Egidius Lenoir, born
VI.8 Hermanus Lenoir, born
VI.10 Franciscus Lenoir, born
VII.25 Catharina
Lenoir; born
VII.26 Maria
Theresia Lenoir; born
VII.27 Joanna
Maria Lenoir; born
VII.28 Philomena Elisabeth Lenoir; born
September 24, 1848 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died March 13, 1876 in Ottenburg,
Belgium.
VII.29 Joannes
Baptista Lenoir; born
VII.30 Felix
Lenoir; born
VII.31 Elisabeth
Lenoir; born
VII.32 Anastasia Lenoir; born March 11, 1859
in Ottenburg, Belgium, died May 8, 1874 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
VI.15 Elisabeth VanPee, born
VII.33 Evaristus Joannes Magosse; born
VII.34 Joanna Maria Magosse; born
VII.35 Franciscus Magosse; born
VII.36 Alphonse Egidius Carolus Magosse; born
VII.37 Emilius Egidius Magosse; born
VII.38 Octavia Joanna Maria Magosse; born June
10, 1860 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died April 1, 1877 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
VII.39 Franciscus Magosse; born January 17,
1864 in Ottenburg, Belgium, died February 22, 1881 in Ottenburg, Belgium.
7TH
Generation
VII.1 Maria Louisa Devolder, born
VIII.1 Petrus
Josephus Delsaert; See VIII.1.
VIII.2 Maria
Hortensia Delsaert; born
VIII.3 Joannes Elias Delsaert; born November
13, 1857 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died January 15, 1860 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VIII.4 Maria
Clementina Delsaert; See VIII.4.
VIII.5 Joanna
Josephina Delsaert; born
VIII.6 Joannes
Baptista Delsaert; See VIII.6.
VIII.7 Joannes Franciscus Leon Delsaert; born
January 21, 1865 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died December 5, 1866 in Duisbourg,
Belgium.
VIII.8 Henricus
Delsaert; See VIII.8.
VIII.9 Maria
Virginia Delsaert; See VIII.9.
VIII.10 Maria
Josephina Delsaert; born
VIII.11 Maria
Valeria Delsaert; See VIII.11.
VIII.12 Maria
Theresia Delsaert; born
VII.2 Anna Maria Devolder, born
VIII.13 Petrus
Josephus Dekeyser; born
VIII.14 Maria
Josephina Dekeyser; born
VIII.15 Henricus
Alphonsus Dekeyser; born
VIII.16 Theresia
Florentina Dekeyser; born
VIII.17 Leopoldus Theophilius Dekeyser; born
January 3, 1866 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died September 19, 1866 in Duisbourg,
Belgium.
VIII.18 Sydonia
Dekeyser; born
VIII.19 Maria
Sylvia Dekeyser; See VIII.19.
VIII.20 Eugenius
Dekeyser; See VIII.20.
VII.8 Maria Catharina Noe, born
VIII.21 Maria
Elisabeth Vandenbempt; born
VIII.22 Maria Catharina Vandenbempt; born March
3, 1870 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died December 8, 1875 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VIII.23 Maria Anna Vandenbempt; born
VIII.24 Maria Theresia Vandenbempt; See VIII.24.
VII.9 Maria Anna Noe, born
.
VIII.25 Maria Catharina Debecker; See VIII.25.
VIII.26 Petrus Josephus Debecker; See VIII.26.
VIII.27 Joanna Catharina Debecker; See VIII.27.
VIII.28 Andreas Debecker; born
VIII.29 Joannes Baptista Debecker; born July
15, 1873 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died May 29, 1897 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VIII.30 Ludovicus Josephus Debecker; born
November 8, 1874 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died March 21, 1882 in Duisbourg,
Belgium.
VIII.31 Maria Amelia Debecker; born
VIII.32 Petrus Theophile Debecker; born
VIII.33 Alphonse Debecker; born May 14, 1882 in
Duisbourg, Belgium, died October 17, 1882 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
8TH
Generation
VIII.1 Petrus Josephus Delsaert, born
VIII.4 Maria Clementina Delsaert, born
IX.1 Maria Hortensia Delsaert; born about
1879 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died April 17, 1880 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
VIII.6 Joannes Baptista Delsaert, born
IX.2 Maria Julia Delsaert; born June 1898 in
IX.3 Julia Josephina Delsaert; born March 4,
1902 in Duisbourg, Belgium, died November 12, 1902 in Duisbourg, Belgium.
IX.4 Irma Virginia Delsaert; born
IX.5 Male Delsaert; died at birth
IX.6 Robert Jozef Delsaert; born
VIII.8 Henricus Delsaert,
born
VIII.9 Maria Virginia Delsaert, born
VIII.11 Maria Valeria Delsaert, born
VIII.19 Maria Sylvia Dekeyser, born
VIII.20 Eugenius Dekeyser,
born
IX.7 Florence
Dekeyser; born
IX.8 Maria
Julia Dekeyser; born
IX.9 Maria
Sylvia Dekeyser; born
VIII.24 Maria Theresia Vandenbempt, born
IX.10 Maria
Catharina Ludovica Deleebeeck; born
IX.11 Louise
Maria Elisabeth Deleebeeck; born
IX.12 Joanna
Francisca Deleebeeck; born
IX.13 Maria
Theresia Garbiella Deleebeeck; born
IX.14 Joannes
Baptista Louis Deleebeeck; born
VIII.25 Maria Catharina Debecker, born
IX.15 Maria
Theresia Caron; born
IX.16 Maria
Anna Caron; born
IX.17 Maria
Josephina Caron; See IX.17.
IX.18 Joannes
Josephus Caron; born
IX.19 Guilielmus
Josephus Caron; born
IX.20 Eduardus
Caron; born
VIII.26 Petrus Josephus Debecker, born
IX.21 Maria Catharina Debecker; born
September 29, 1886 in Vossem, Belgium, died August 3, 1886 in Vossem, Belgium.
IX.22 Maria Anna Debecker; born January 10,
1889 in Vossem, Belgium, died on January 21, 1889 in Vossem, Belgium.
IX.23 Maria
Catharina Debecker; born
VIII.27 Joanna Catharina Debecker, born
9TH
Generation
IX.17 Maria Josephina Caron, born
X.1 Maria
Theresia Wierepand; born