Westerhuis Family

The Westerhuis family is from the eastern part of the Netherlands but moved around a lot between the provinces of Overijssel, Drenthe, and Groningen.  This was probably because there were a number of pastors in the family and they moved around to different congregations.  The Jurgens family, on the other hand, is from the far northwestern corner of Germany (the modern state of Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen) in the region known as East Friesland or East Frisia (Ostfriesland in German).

Dykstra/Dijkstra Family

The Dykstra/Dijkstra family, as you can tell from the -stra suffix, is originally from Friesland, specifically the modern southern municipalities of De Friese Meren and Weststellingwerf.  The spelling of the last name, like so many others, was likely changed around the time they came to the United States.

Te Krony Family

The te Krony and Wiekamp families detailed here are originally from the town of Winterswijk, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.  It's close to the German border, in an area called the Achterhoek or "back corner" in Dutch.  Now, for a word of warning: To the best of my knowledge, this genealogy is correct, but given that nearly every name here is repeated two or three times it's easy to get people mixed up.  So take this post with a grain of salt, but I'm fairly certain of its validity.  If you're interested in researching more about the Achterhoek, there's a fantastic website dedicated to that purpose here.
Also, note that the parents of #12 are numbers 10 and 11.

Walburg Family

In a change from the other branches of the family- ones that have been in the US since the 1700s or earlier, in many cases- we go now to the recently-immigrated Dutch portion of the family.  By recent, I mean 1915.  It's all relative, right? (Ha, no pun intended!)  One more note: most of the Dutch names you'll see have three names, the middle one being a patronymic (i.e. their father's name).  

Higbee Family

Thanks to the excellent research of William Emerson Babcock and Clinton David Higby, we can trace the Higbee/Higbie/Higby (originally Hygebed) family back to about 1450.  This post details that family line. 

Richards Family

Here is some Richards family genealogy- more on the Higbee line coming soon.