May 26 1660

Adrianus Van Tricht, later farmer and publican, was born in Pamel, a son of Judocus (Pamel 1627 - 1678) and Gerarda Lambeen (Burst 1629 - Pamel ?). In 1680 he married Elisabeth Sterckx, inn keeper (Pamel 1658 - 1714).

They had ten children. Adrianus farmed Withuis, the central farm on the Kwinkeleer, and was a meisenier and a relatively well to do man : he employed a maid and a servant.

I descend from their child number eight, Carolus (Pamel 1696 - 1775) who took over the farm with one of his brothers in law and to all practical purposes ran it into the ground. Times were extremely hard then. Carolus married Jozina Van Londerzele (born ca 1694 - Pamel 1772) in Liedekerke in 1723. They had eight children. It appears probable that Carolus and Jozina didn't die on their farm - they probably already had been forced to move.

Their eldest daughter Catharina Susanna Van Tricht (Pamel 1725 - 1799) married Nicolaes Sterckx (Pamel 1714 - 1703) ; and their eldest daughter Elisabeth Sterckx (Pamel 1754 - Okegem 1799) married Josephus called Judocus Neukermans (Okegem 1736 - 1814), residing on the Rattenberg (now Leopoldstraat) in Okegem, where Neukermansen have lived from the 18th to the 20th century.

See the post "May 20 1799".