Pwatica don Verhandken

Pwatica don Verhandken (1541-1575) is supposedly the oldest direct relative to Patic Bear. Since his parents identity are unknown, his only known relative was his uncle (Venon Verdhakken), who was not directly related to Patic. Verhandken, born in 1541, emigrated to Paticopolis from the Beary Good States in 1549, when it was part of the Willem States, so he would have been the first of Patic's family to live in what is now Paticopolis. He had one son, Jacob Verhandqen, in 1568. He died from tuberculosis in 1579.