II The family

Genealogy

The family tree shown below (and the more extensive PDF version) is the result of research into the origin of the name Kingma by descendants of Sake Kingma (b. 1886 in Wijtgaard). The family tree goes back to Jelle Kingum, who lived from ca. 1450 to 1538. He was the first known inhabitant of the sate (a Frisian farmstead) Kinghum, later Kingma State. Among his descendants are several prominent family members, such as Saeckle Intes van Kingma (†1652), who was a Commissioner in the Court of Audit of Friesland, his son Ignatius (†1700), Brigadier and Colonel of the Cavalry of the United Netherlands and the last Kingma to live at the state, and Saeckle's brother Jan Intes (†1645), who was a Deputy in the States of Friesland.

More up to date than this drawing: the interactive family tree holds all known Kingmas from Jelle Kingum to today, the lines to Rauwerd, Wijtgaard, Utrecht and Makkum and thousands of people from the archive indexes, each with their source.

First part of the Kingma family tree, c. 1450–1650 — First part of the Kingma family tree (c. 1450–1650): the chart of 2 November 1998, compiled by Kees, Wieb and Joost Kingma, redrawn in 2026. Click for a large version. Church photo: A.J. van der Wal, 1968, Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Many Kingmas from this period are buried in the Regina Church in Zweins. The family tree outlines the location of their graves in the church.

Inte (or Ynte) is a very common given name in the family, and Ignatius is the Latinised form of this name.