Maciej Wiciejewski (4x great grandfather) dies 23 December

Maciej Wiciejewski (my 4x great grandfather) died in Tomaszów Lubelski on 23rd December 1839 at 4 o'clock in the evening, He was 76 years old and had been a 'Garncasz ' (potter.) He was the son of Jakób and Maryanna Wiciejewski who were also potters. He was born in Tomaszów Lubelski. He left behind a widowed wife Maryanna née Metelski (my 4x great grandmother.) On the next day (Christmas Eve), two declarants, Grzegorz Nazareswicz, 51 and Łukasz Nazareswicz , 41 both blacksmiths in Tomaszów verified his death for the officials. I do not know who they were. Here is a little of his story. In 1817, he was a witness for his sister Katarzyna’s wedding. She lived with him, since her parents were deceased. He was also a witness for the marriage of two other younger sisters. Since they were younger, it is possible, but the record doesn’t say, that they lived with him also. All three sisters married in their late 20’s. Maciej and his wife had nine children. Their oldest--Salomea-- is my 3x great grandmother. In 1824, her first born was born in house #27--her father’s house. She had been married to Andrzej Kaszucki, a furrier, the year before. Her parents had their last child--Valentine (or Walenty)--two and a half months earlier so there would have been two newborns in the house along with six of their other children. Two had died in infancy. DNA connections His sister Justyna is an ancestor of a lot of DNA matches of people with a connection to Grand Rapids. Patrice (Szymanski) Shay is one of them and she and I have connected and exchanged some information. Others are: Abbey Murphy, Maryann VanDyke, Robert Szymanski, Sonia O’Leary, Allison Clem, Kathleen Thurman and Susan Brochu-Hoshield.