Alberda van Ekenstein was born in 1752 in Groningen.[1] His parents were Onno Joost Alberda van Ekenstein and Anna Maria Hora.[2] He married Maria Albertina van Berchuys (1750–1819) on 5 July 1772 in Groningen.[2] The couple had eight children, four of whom survived early childhood: Onno Joost, Anna Maria Catharina, Tathia Adriana Henderica Ommelandica, and Willem.[3][4]
^ abcVorsterman van Oyen, A.A., ed. (1902). "Geslacht van Berchuys" [Lineage of Berchuys]. Algemeen Nederlandsch Familieblad (in Dutch). Vol. 15. pp. 221–222 – via Delpher.
^ abcVorsterman van Oyen, A.A.; Van der Muelen, J.C.; Honig, G.J., eds. (1889). Jaarboek van de Nederlandschen Adel [Yearbook of the Dutch nobility] (in Dutch). Vol. 2. The Hague: Genealogisch-Heraldisch Archief. p. 10 – via Google Books.
^Wittert van Hoogland, E.B.F.F., ed. (1913). De Nederlandsche Adel [The Dutch nobility] (in Dutch). Vol. 1. The Hague: W.P. van Stockum & Zoon. p. 14 – via Delpher.