# Rook family — Dylan Slagh genealogy research

> 1 person, 1799–1799. Each record gives dates, places, parents, spouses, children and the person's own page. From Dylan Slagh's research, which started from an Ancestry tree and is being checked against original records: treat it as leads, not proof. Living people and people without verified dates are left out. Contact: dylanslagh@gmail.com.

Web page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacob-rook-1799-1851-i222687643448 · JSON: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/rook.json · All surnames: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames.md

## Married into the Rook family

Wives of men in this family. Records often call them by the Rook name; their full records are filed under their maiden names.

- [Maatje Koelenhoek (1805–1874)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/maatje-koelenhoek-1805-1874-i222687643477), wife of Jacob Pieters Rook (1799–1851) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/koelenhoek.md

## Jacob Pieters Rook (1799–1851)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacob-rook-1799-1851-i222687643448
- ID I222687643448 · Dylan Slagh's 4th great-grandfather · Slagh side of the family
- Also recorded as: Jacob Rook Rokus; Jacob Rookus
- Born: 14 Feb 1799, Aardenburg, ZE, Zeeland, Pays-Bas
- Died: Jul 1851, Holland, MI, Michigan, USA
- Married: 18 May 1822, Terneuzen, ZE, Zeeland, Pays-Bas
- Father: [Pieter Rookus (1771–1823)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/pieter-rookus-1771-1823-i222687643668)
- Mother: [Johanna Castel (1764–1822)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-castel-1764-1822-i222687643669)
- Spouse: [Maatje Koelenhoek (1805–1874)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/maatje-koelenhoek-1805-1874-i222687643477), married 16 Mar 1834, Zaamslag, ZE, Zeeland, Pays-Bas
- Children: [Johanna Rookus (1822–1826)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-rookus-1822-1826-i222687643678); [Jacoba Rookus (1823–1887)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacoba-rookus-1823-1887-i222687643672); [Pieter Rookus (1826–1836)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/pieter-rookus-1826-1836-i222687643683); [Janna Rookus (1827–1828)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/janna-rookus-1827-1828-i222687643675); [Jan Rookus (1830–1831)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jan-rookus-1830-1831-i222687643676); [Johanna Rookus (1832–1881)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-rookus-1832-1881-i222687643679); [Jacobus Rookus (1833–1833)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacobus-rookus-1833-1833-i222687643673); [Jacobus Rookus (born 1835)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacobus-rookus-1835-i222687643674); [Neeltje Rookus (1836–1837)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/neeltje-rookus-1836-1837-i222687643681); [Pieter Rookus (1838–1914)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/pieter-rookus-1838-1914-i222687643670); [Neeltje Rookus (born 1839)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/neeltje-rookus-1839-i222687643682); [Female Rookus (1841–1841)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/female-rookus-1841-1841-i222687643671); [Jan Rookus (1842–1842)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jan-rookus-1842-1842-i222687643677); [Male Rookus (1845–1845)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/male-rookus-1845-1845-i222687643680); [Jacob Rookus (1847–1922)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jacob-rookus-1847-1922-i222686862745)
- Research summary: Jacob Pieters Rook was born at Aardenburg on 14 February 1799 and married at Zaamslag in 1834. He probably sailed on the General Harrison, which reached New York on 30 June 1849, and he reportedly died in Holland, Michigan about two years later.
- Original source: [1922: Michigan death certificate of Jacob Rookus, Zeeland, Ottawa County, 1922](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1922-michigan-death-certificate-of-jacob-rookus-zeeland-ottawa-co-34919b)