This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mensink Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/7201.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, I have information about the Mensink family back to 1652. William (Berend Willem) Mensink was a son of John (Jan Aalbert) Mensink and Janna Geertruid "Jennie" Sieverdink. Jan Aalbert Mensink, born 30 October 1791, was a son of Harmen Jan Mensink and Gesina Hofkes. Harmen Jan Mensink, born 15 January 1755, was a son of Aalbert Mensink and Berendina Woestenes. Aalbert Mensink, born 12 December 1723, was a son of Coene Mensink and Hermken Boovelijnck. Coene Mensink, born 13 May 1683, was a son of Berent Mensink and Geesken Lesinck. Berent Mensink, baptized 3 November 1652, son of Aelbert Scholten and Stijnken te Bengevoort. Berent probably was baptized as a Scholten, but adopted the Mensink name when he moved to the Mensink farm in Ratum, a neighborhood of Winterswijk. Some of the birthdates listed here may have been baptism dates. All of these Mensinks were born in Winterswijk, probably in Ratum.