Searching for ancestry/descendents of Willem Hijt who was found on a bridge in Amsterdam and taken to an orphanage. Willem was born abt. 22 Aug 1820, and married Petronlla Pits and died 8 Jul 1886. Their Son, Wilhelmus Hijt was born 27 Jan 1853, married Petronella Helmers, and died 19 Nov 1900. They had three children Wilhelmina Frederika (21 Oct 1879), Willem (b. 10 Mar 1883), and Bartholomeus (b. 26 Apr 1891). Their son Willem married Hester Johanna Boode (b. 23 Jun 1882) and died 26 May 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah. While in America Willem changed the spelling of Hijt to Hyte. Willem and Hester had 5 children: Johanna Wilhelmina, Wilhelmus, Peter Everhardt, Esther Johanna, and Lawrence Franklin Hyte.