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The first indication of the family name “Dijst” in the Netherlands is found in the archives of the city The Hague. In the archives of two other cities in the Netherlands, an early indication of a synonym of the name Dijst is present in the province Zeeland (Dijst) and in Amsterdam (van der Dijst). At that time no relation can be found with the family in The Hague. This family tree only has a connection with the male part of the family. In 1700 the name Dijst is written in different ways. Writing is done just phonetic. The most common orthography is Deijst. In 1777 Joseph Deijst’s autograph is a witness in an official document. The lawyer writes the family name as Deijst. Joseph Dijst on the contrary signs the document with the family name Dijst. A conclusion can be made he can’t read but only write, or better draw, his name. The way of signing is equal as the writing of a schoolboy of kinder garden. In the second half of the 19th century the name in the official documents is written like the earliest ancestor wrote: “Dijst”.
At the beginning of the 18the century, the family Rudolphus Deijst and Maria Anna Leenders lives in the city of The Hague. In the register of foreigners living in the city of The Hague this family is registered with Saxen Eissennach (Germany) as the birthplace of Rudolphus Deijst. By the way, the name Deist is still a common name in Germany. Any detail of birth, marriage or death of Rudolphus Deijst and Maria Anna Leenders is not (yet) found. Maria Anna Leenders gave birth to seven children. The children found a family of there own, Jospeh, Hendricus en Getrudis. The other children died at a young age or otherwise nothing is found in the archives. At the same time, in the archives of The Hague another family is found with the same name: David Deist. His name was also written in the register of foreigners with the place of birth: Saxen Eisennach. Any connection between the both families is not yet found. It seems the brothers Joseph and Hendricus Dijst know each other very well. They marry the sisters Alida and Flora van Noord. Hendricus Dijst has 4 children. None of them establish a family. Joseph Dijst and Alida Joanna van Noord have 9 children. A son named Gerardus Jacobus, later on in documents called Gerrit, and 2 daughters of Joseph Dijst and Alida van Noord establish a family. At that time the life of Joseph Dijst is very curious. He became a shoemaker and in 1774 he became a member of the corporation of shoemakers. Only citizens of the city of The Hague are allowed as a member. Joseph Dijst can’t prove he is born in The Hague. At his marriage he even can’t prove he is born in The Hague. At his fourth marriage 5 friends make a declaration in front of the judge they know hem as Joseph Dijst, born on September 21, 1737 in The Hague. Surprisingly 250 year later his document of birth was found in the archive of The Hague.
Two months after the birth of his 9th child his wife, Alid van Noord died. In April 1783, three months after the death of his first wife, Joseph Dijst marries Agnita Kuijper (his second marriage). Agnita Kuijper was married before. The marriage of Joseph Dijst and Agnita Kuijper stayed childless. The marriage was not a successful one. Around 1787/1788 Joseph Dijst leaves his wife with his son Gerrit to Amsterdam for work. In 1801 at an age of 65 Joseph Dijst left the army of Amsterdam, “Compagnie van de Stad Amsterdam”. In the army he was a “fusilier”. During the time Jospeh Dijst lives in Amsterdam, he meets a woman, called Alida Hillebrink. While he is officially married with Agnita Kuijper in The Hague his girlfriend Alida Hillebrink gave birth to a daughter. At their marriage (his 3rd marriage) he official recognizes the child as his daughter. At that time Joseph Dijst has the age of 65 and Alida Hillebrink the age of 49.
In The Hague Agnita Kuijper probably hears about the birth of her husband’s child and she decides to get a divorce. In 1790 she asks the judge to end her marri
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