Origin

When you drive from Pijnacker to Berkel via the Klapwijkse Vaart canal on the right and on the left you see meadows and fields: the polder 'KLAPWIJK', formerly written as Clapwyck or Clapwycq.

In 1577 a young farmer Cornelis Dircksz. settled here with his wife Maritgen Jansdr. As was customary at the time, he and Maritgen were referred to by the name of the polder in which they lived as Cornelis Dircksz. 'van Clapwyck' and Maritgen Jansdr. 'van Clapwyck'.

That the name 'van Clapwyck' occurs more often in the fifteenth and sixteenth century is also clear from the fact that in 1510 a Gretel Claesdr. 'van Clapwyck' was born, apparently daughter of Claes and also farmer in the Clapwyck polder. This Claes must have been born around 1480. So there have been many Clapwycken. However, when it became legally required to have a family name in 1813, all those who registered the family name 'Klapwijk' turned out to be descendants of Cornelis Dircksz. - son of Dirck - and Maritgen Jansdr.

This couple had eight children, three daughters who married and changed names and five sons:
1 . Dirck Cornelisz: went to Schipluiden and nothing else is known of him.
2. Adriaen Cornelisz: was innocent (retarded).
3. Jacob Cornelisz: became a bailiff of Dorpambbacht and started to call himself 'van Dijck'.
4. Gerrit Cornelisz: took over his father's farm in Klapwijk (Pijnacker).
5. Jan Cornelisz: bought a farm in Delfgauw.

All currently living Klapwijken are descendants of the last two sons of Cornelis Dircksz. van Clapwyck.

The family can be divided into two main branches: the PIJNACKERSE TAK (via Gerrit Cornelisz.) and the DELFGAUWSE TAK (via Jan Cornelisz.).

In the Register of Family Weapons of the Central Bureau of Genealogy
is registered the above coat of arms of the genus

Klapwijk

In blue a pentalpha accompanied by three washers, all gold.
Helmet sign: a hatching red horse with golden hooves, mane and tail.
Rugs: blue, lined with gold.

This coat of arms was designed by the applicant in 1994 and is based on the pentalpha (brand of the ancestor Cornelis Dircksz); the washers and the horse are derived from coats of arms fed by branches of this family at Delfgauw and Pijnacker.

Registered at the request of Dick Klapwijk, born Rotterdam 27 December 1923, living in Brielle, son of Dirk Walraven Klapwijk and Anna Catharina Groeneveld.
Applicant descends from the above mentioned Cornelis Dircksz, farmer at Klapwijk, testing ald 1614, and Maritgen Jansdr.

Lit.: D. Klapwijk,
Four centuries of Klapwijk. The history of a Dutch peasant family (Brielle 1992)

No 646's-Gravenhage, 27 September 1994

E.J.C. Boutmy de Katzmann, curator

Genealogical associations often have large files. Many 20th century and second half 19th century data have been supplied by members. This often includes extensive ancestor lines and ancestor series of relatives by marriage. The result is a file with many points of departure for other genealogies.

Sometimes these additional data are such that an ancestral series is created which can be broken down as a separate genealogy. This is the basis of this arrangement, genealogies that form a network with each other.
In our case, we have chosen to accommodate associations or groups working together in an arrangement, which for the sake of convenience we compare to an apartment building.

When you come in, you'll see the name tags. Click on a name, the door will open and a little later you will be standing in the hall of that family.
Every family has decorated the hall to their own taste, but they are all aware that they are interconnected, which is further elaborated via links.

At some addresses you may come across two types of information:
- Public information, accessible to everyone.
- Information, which can only be accessed under certain conditions (behind a password).