Godefridus van Massow
Godefridus van Massow (born September 18, 1761 in Zaltbommel , † May 7, 1818 in Leyden ) was a Dutch merchant and councilor.
He belonged to the Dutch branch of the Pomeranian noble family von Massow . His father Hendrik Johannes van Massow (* 1727; † 1789) was a Dutch cavalry captain, his mother Arnolda Judith Goris (* 1735; † 1797) was a daughter of the Zaltbommel judge and mayor Godefridus Goris . His grandfather Gerlach Cornelis Johannes van Massow († 1758) was a Dutch major general.
Godefridus van Massow went to the East Indies as a merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company . Here he worked in Semarang , Rembang , Soerabaya and most recently in Batavia and made a fortune.
Returned to the Netherlands, he was councilor of the city of Leyden from 1815 until his death in 1818 .
In 1817 he and his descendants were accepted into the Dutch nobility as "van Massow" , namely into the untitled nobility with the predicate Jonkheer . In 1816 he had the senior citizens of the Pomeranian von Massow family give him a certificate stating that he was a genuinely legitimate and decent member of the family.
Godefridus van Massow married Catherine Frederica de Vignon d'Avrincourt in Semarang in 1791. The marriage had eight children, six of whom survived him. The daughter Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Massow (* 1793) married the imperial count Adolf von Rechteren-Limpurg , Dutch chamberlain and member of the provincial estates of Overijssel. The son Gerlach Cornelis Johannes van Massow (* 1794, † 1852) became a lawyer and councilor of the city of Leyden; he was given the title of baron in 1844. The son Frederik van Massow (* 1798, † 1876) claimed the baron title because of his belonging to the original noble von Massow family, was unsuccessful and in 1837 was deleted from the Dutch nobility.
literature
- Paul Hermann Adolf von Massow: News about the sex of those von Massow. Mittler, Berlin 1878, pp. 164–165, no. 345. ( digitized version )
- Wijnman: MASSOW (yr. Godefridus van) . In: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Volume 10, Leiden 1937, Col. 591. ( Online )
Web links
- Godefridus van Massow on the Biographical Portaal van Nederland
Footnotes
- ↑ C. Ph. L. van Kinschot: Het regeeringsgeslacht Goris te Venlo, Zalt-Bommel en Nijmegen. In: De Nederlandsche Leeuw. Volume 27 (1914), Col. 69, No. VIo ( PDF ).
- ↑ Genealogical-historical-statistical almanac. 1837, p. 398 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massow, Godefridus van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch merchant and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaltbommel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1818 |
| Place of death | Leyden |