Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland · since c. 1580
One name, four centuries
A Remonstrant family of shipwrights from Zevenhoven, who became the tree-growers of Boskoop — and from there, spread far. This is the record we keep.
XII
Generations recorded
c.1580
Earliest forebear
1662
Name first used
Boskoop
The family seat
From the record
A historical family
The Frets Historical Website keeps the family's story — its trades, its places, and the meaning of its name.
The name
Frets, from Frederik
The Meertens Instituut reads the name as a patronymic — Fret, Fred and Frits are short for Frederik.
The trade
Of shipwrights & nurserymen
Four centuries: boatbuilders on the Zevenhoven water, then the great tree-growers of Boskoop.
The arms
Two arrows in saltire
An azure field, barred in ink, crossed by two arrows — the wapen the family still carries.
A family space
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Everything we keep, in one place
The lineage, the family tree, our letters and the photographs — gathered for every branch. Sign in to read on.