Maria Musch

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Maria Musch , born as Maria Cornelis daughter Matelief , also Maritge Metelief (born before 1591; buried on April 21, 1635 in Rotterdam ), was a Dutch merchant and shipowner who worked as a whaling entrepreneur . According to her was Maria Muschbukta , a bay between Fugleberget and Kvalrossen on the west coast of Jan Mayen named.

Life

Maria Matelief was the daughter of Cornelis Cornelisz. Matelief and Aefje Claesdr. van der Horst was born. Her parents both came from rich and aristocratic families and Maria Metelief grew up in Rotterdam. On January 20, 1591 she married Jan Jacobsz Musch. Her husband was a herring trader and mayor of Rotterdam in 1608. He died in 1610. They had at least two sons and five daughters. One of her sons was Cornelis Musch , Secretary General of the States General and father of Elisabeth Musch . After the death of her husband, she continued trading activities. This included the trade in herring, salt , wood, oil and whale bone.

Trade and whaling

Maria Musch and other Rotterdam shipowners have owned the Kleine Noordsche Compagnie since it was founded in 1616 . In their first year, five ships went whaling for the Noordsche Compagnie to the coast of the island of Jan Mayen. Maria Musch bore 25% of the cost of equipping the ships. The bowhead whale was hunted . Maria Musch is regularly mentioned in notarial documents. She is mentioned in a charter contract for the ship De Hoop (Jan Mayen) in 1622 . The last ships were fitted out by the Kleine Noordsche Compagnie in 1622, as the States General had reached an agreement that forced the company to become part of the Groten Noordsche Compagnie . At that time, Cornelis Musch was taking care of her whaling business on behalf of Maria Musch. Her son Josias Musch was one of four parties who signed a contract with a notary in Rotterdam on March 15, 1627. Josias Musch acted on behalf of his mother Maria Musch, widow of Jan Musch.

Until her death in 1635 she was active in trade, shipping and whaling. She was buried on April 21, 1635 in Haringvliet , where she had lived all her life after the wedding.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maria Muschbukta . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
  2. ↑ a b c djr: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. In: knaw.nl. resources.huygens.knaw.nl, 2018, accessed on July 21, 2019 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Maria Cornelisdr. In: biografischportaal.nl. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pussy, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matelief, Maria Cornelisdr (maiden name); Metelief, Maritge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch clerk and shipowner
DATE OF BIRTH before 1591
DATE OF DEATH buried April 21, 1635
Place of death Rotterdam