The Dewulfs of Torhout

Brugse Vrije orphan register 16541 f. 12, Koekelare, 29 May 1675: Joannes, son of Jan Mollet (died 1673) and Chateline De Wulf, daughter of Herman; guardian Michiel De Wulf, maternal uncle, living at Diksmuide

Geert Tavernier, 'Regesten weesregisters Brugse Vrije, Westkwartier 1614-1699' (Database Akten West-Vlaanderen, vrijwilligersrab.be; GeneaScript, geneaknowhow.net), abstracting the orphan registers of the Brugse Vrije, State Archives at Bruges, nos 16533-16545; used non-commercially with attribution. Cropped from the PDF, page 968. · see it in the archive

Transcription

16541, 12, Koekelare, akte van 29-05-1675. Joannes (11 maanden oud toen zijn vader stierf), de enige z.v. Mollet Jan (z.v. Joos, vrijlaat, + 30-12-1673 te Koekelare) uit zijn 1e huwelijk met De Wulf Chateline (d.v. Herman). Voogden: Mollet Pieter (paternele oom van de wees, wonend te Beerst) & De Wulf Michiel (afwezig op de zitting, maternele oom van de wees, wonend in Diksmuide). Hij erft van zijn vader.

Translation

Koekelare, act of 29 May 1675. Joannes, eleven months old when his father died, only son of Jan Mollet, son of Joos, free tenant, died 30 December 1673 at Koekelare, from his first marriage with Chateline De Wulf, daughter of Herman. Guardians: Pieter Mollet, paternal uncle (Beerst), and Michiel De Wulf, maternal uncle, living at Diksmuide. Hermannus Dewulf of Kortemark (1627) and Gistel (1638-1644) thus had a daughter Catharina at Koekelare and a son Michiel at Diksmuide (grade B).