Jürgen Westphalen (Councilor)

Jürgen Westphalen (born September 14, 1666 in Hamburg , † June 27, 1735 in Hamburg-Hamm ) was a German merchant and Hamburg councilor .

Origin and family

Westphalen was born in Hamburg as the son of Claus Westphalen and Mette Schaar. His first marriage was Catharina Witte († 1707), the widow of Daniel Friel († 1692). After the death of his first wife, on August 8, 1708, he married Maria Wolters (1683–1765), daughter of the merchant and royal Swedish commissioner in Hamburg, Libert Wolters. Of the children from the second marriage, Maria (1713–1748) married the senior elder in the parish of Sankt Katharinen Johann Koep (1705–1777) in 1735 . The son Libert Westphalen (1716–1755) also became a businessman, had been married to Anna Maria Siemers (1723–1788) since 1743 and was the grandfather of the lawyer Nicolaus Adolf Westphalen (1793–1854).

Live and act

Westphalen became a Hamburg citizen in 1696 and as such was elected commercial judge at the lower court in 1708 . In 1718 he was elected Jurat in the parish of Sankt Nikolai and in 1727 he was elected to the Hamburg bank . From August 11, 1730 he was a councilor and administered this office until his death at his country estate in Hamburg-Hamm.

literature

Friedrich Georg Buek : The Hamburg upper elders, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 390 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed January 18, 2015]).
Hildegard von Marchtaler (Hrsg.): German gender book . tape 128 . CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1962, OCLC 73782203 , p. 455 (also 10th Hamburg Gender Book. ).

Individual evidence

↑ Hamburg State, or directory of the current constitution in policey and church matters there. I. Secular state of the city of Hamburg. IE Hoch-Edler and Hoch-Wiser Rath. 3. The Lords of the Council . In: Hamburgischer Staats-Calender, on the 1731st year of Christ . Hamburg 1731, p. 95 ( digitized on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on January 18, 2015]).
↑ Hildegard von Marchtaler in the catalog of the German National Library (accessed on January 18, 2015).

personal data
SURNAME	Westphalen, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1735
Place of death	Hamburg-Hamm

[1] Hamburg State, or directory of the current constitution in policey and church matters there. I. Secular state of the city of Hamburg. IE Hoch-Edler and Hoch-Wiser Rath. 3. The Lords of the Council . In: Hamburgischer Staats-Calender, on the 1731st year of Christ . Hamburg 1731, p. 95 ( digitized on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on January 18, 2015]).

[2] Hildegard von Marchtaler in the catalog of the German National Library (accessed on January 18, 2015).