Jan Willem te Kolstee (1830-1895)

Jan Willem te Kolste was born on August 3, 1830 in Winterswijk, Netherlands to Gerrit Hendrik te Kolste and Engelina Nijenhuis. His family immigrated to the United States in 1848 and settled in Clymer, New York. Around that time, he was living with his family at the Landewer farm at Huppel, Netherlands. They left on August 10, 1848 and arrived in New York City on October 9, 1848 and then proceeded to Buffalo, New York by October 19. The family settled in Clymer, where John was a farmer. He married Johanna Geertruida Theodora Hesselink in 1856 in the United States. Together, they had 14 children. John died on April 2, 1895 in Clymer New York. He is buried in Holland Cemetary, Clymer, New York.