Ruttje Blomhert

Ruttje was born in 1713 and her baptism took place on November 5th, 1713 in Haaften.¹ Her godmother was/is Adriaantje Otten.

Birth Notes
- Gedoopt 5 November 1713, Ruttje, dochter van Steven Blomhert, en van Dirske Otten, getuijge: Adriaantje Otten. Jenneke Aeldertsen heeft het voor de stoel gehouden.

Ruttje's father was Steven Gompertszn Blomhert and her mother is Dirkske Otten Swakhuijs. Her paternal grandparents were Gompert Egbertszn Blomhert and Maria Koenen. She has six brothers and six sisters, named Gompert, Ot, Ott, Egbert, Jan, Willem, Mariken, Ruttie, Neeltjen, Willemke, Heesken and Heesken. She is the second oldest of the thirteen children.