The Dewulfs of Torhout

Brugse Vrije orphan register, Aartrijke, 1676-1680: the children of Jan Vanden Heste and Martine De Wulf, daughter of Jooris, died April 1676; guardian Loonis De Wulf, maternal uncle, living at Ichtegem

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 998. · see it in the archive

Transcription

Aartrijke. Helena (9j) & Janneken (6j), de 2 k.v. Vanden Heste (Van Este) Jan (z.v. Jan, vrijlaat in Aartrijke-ambacht) uit zijn 2e huwelijk met De Wulf Martine (d.v. Jooris, + april 1676 te Aartrijke). Voogden: De Wulf Loonis (maternele oom van de wezen, wonend te Ichtegem) & Van Heste Maerten (afwezig op de zitting, paternele oom van de wezen, wonend te Aartrijke). Ze erven van hun moeder. [...] Tegelijk erven ze van hun vader, + 25-03-1680 te Aartrijke.

Translation

Aartrijke. Helena (9) and Janneken (6), the two children of Jan Vanden Heste, son of Jan, free tenant in the ambacht of Aartrijke, from his second marriage with Martine De Wulf, daughter of Jooris, died April 1676 at Aartrijke. Guardians: Loonis De Wulf, the orphans' maternal uncle, living at Ichtegem, and Maerten Van Heste, paternal uncle. Later they also inherit from their father, died 25 March 1680. So the Ichtegem Loonis (Leo, Leonis, Lonis) Dewulf, husband of Maria Versyck, was a son of Jooris, with a sister Martine (grade B).