This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SRB.2ACE/8616.2 Message Board Post: I am descended from Gerrit Willem Hesselink (13 Jan 1807-18 Apr 1867) thru his son, Gerrit Hendrik (Gerret Henry, Henry Hesselink) (25 Oct 1838-3 Oct 1922), his granddaughter, Nellie Mae Hesselink (8 Mar 1873-15 Aug 1955), his great-grandson, Albion Henry Bunker (18 Feb 1901-31 Jan 1985), etc. I am interested in learning more about the Hesselink family. I know that Gerrit Hendrik (1838) married the widow, Olive Burch Stone (11 Oct 1840-19 Feb 1920) in Fredonia, New York. They migrated to Menomonie, Wi. I found this story of Dorcas Newhouse very interesting. The "Burch Book" mentions the shipwreck during the immigration experience of her brother, Gerrit Hendrik, but did not provide as much detail as her story does.