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From: Trudy and Rod Bray <>
Subject: Re: Dutch-Colonies-D Digest V99 #168
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:53:31 +1100


> Hi Steve,
>
> At 11:15 AM 3/5/99 EST, wrote:
> >Does anyone know the English equivalent of the name Achien?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve Mabie
>
> I assume that this is presumably a Dutch given name -- not
> a Scottish one. :)
>
> By the way, do you know if it is a male or female name?
>
> I've noticed that some female names that end in -ie or -je
> are sometimes spelled ending in -en. For example,
> Maritje would be Mariten, something similar.
> Grietje would be Grietjen, etc.
> (Wish I could provide a specific citation or a reason.)
>
> So, with this in mind; maybe your Achien is really
> -- Aechtie. (Which is equivalent to the English Aggie, a
> nickname for Agatha.)
>
> Would this individual be a descendant of Aechtie Jans, by any
> chance?
>
> And by the way, from the data I have, none of the children of
> Pieter Casparszen and Aechtie Jans have named any of their kids
> Aechtie. Four that I know of named the first son Pieter,
> following normal practice. But it sure seems strange not to
> find a lot of Aechties.
>
> Have you found any Aechties, granddaughters of Aechtie Jans?
>
> And did you see Dorothy's recent message on "Steven Coert's
> VAN DYCK inlaws" that said, "In the Dutch Encyclopedia of
> Given Names, Aagje is listed as a Frisian name."
> That supports her being from Norden in Ostfriesland, I think.
>
> Regards,
> Howard
>

Achien is female and is also spelled as Aagjen. In Dutch a single "A" is a long 'a' if not followed
by a double consonant.The 'ien' suffix is the French equivalent of 'jen' and they are both
pronounced the same as 'yen'.

Trudy Bray

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