The information presented here
has been reproduced from a publication printed in 1985. Unfortunately,
I have very little more recent information available since
then.
Currently, this website is still incomplete as the rest of
the information I have is still being collected and translated
from papers, photographs and documents.
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The
First vanderMost
The name vanderMost most likely came from
Middleburg in Zeeland around 1649. After 1700 most were from
Schiedam. The earliest announcement of the name vanderMost
was in Rotterdam. The oldest known is Cors Pietersen vanderMost,
in 1655, appearing in town records. Cors was married to Maartje
Poncken.
Other earlier announcements:
In Rotterdam: 1660 - Leendert Pietersen (Overschie), 1667
- Cornelis Cornelisz (Middleburg), 1686 - Jan Corse (Rotterdam),
son of Cors Pietersen.
In Delft: 1696 Arent and Johanna Minnaert/Mienaarts van der
Most.
In Den Haag: 1686 Adriana Most, daughter of Charel Most &
Jacomina Platmans and no relation to the Schiedam vanderMost's
in Rotterdam.
In Amsterdam: 1588 Sijcken Most & 1628 Cataline de le
Most.
In Leiden: 1687 Maertge Gommertsdr van der Most & Cornelis
Gommertsz van der Most.
The oldest registry of the name vanderMost
was dated in Schiedam in 1696 as "Jan Gijse vanderMost"
- a great grandchild of Gijsbrecht. Jan’s brother, Arij
Gijse, did not use the name vanderMost in 1690 when he married,
but later his children did. Read about the first
generations using the vanderMost name.
The Name
vanderMost
The name "Most" came from
the word for unfermented grape juice (derived from wine preparation).
A family in Zeeland (1697), used the juice from the Most family
as an ingredient in the preparation of mustard. The "van
der" was added to the name to signify that the grape
juice came from the Most family. And so, the name became vanderMost.
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