Michiel Pauw
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Michiel "Reyniersz" Pauw (born March 29, 1590 in Amsterdam ; † March 24, 1640 ibid) was a member of the government of Amsterdam and head or director ( Bewindhebber ) of the Dutch West India Company . In addition, he was the landlord of the lords of "Achttienhoven" and the Bosch (near Nieuwkoop ), founder of his own colony on the North American east coast, called Pavonia , and "sovereign" of the colony.
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Pauw family
Michiel Pauw came originally from Gouda entstamme ends patrician family of Pauw , which in the course of the Golden Age was on its political heyday. His parents were the important Amsterdam regent Reinier Pauw and Cornelia de Lange. One of Michiel's brothers was Adriaan Pauw , the council pensioner of Holland and co-organizer of the Peace of Munster (1648). Michiel Pauw married Hillegonda Spiegel (1599–1677), daughter of Laurens Jansz Spiegel, Schepen and councilor of Amsterdam and Neeltje Ouderogghe, wife of Achttienhoven, from which at least two children arose in 1615 . Other sources speak of four children: u. a. Cornelia Pauw, who married Adam Baron van Lookhorst, heer van de Lier, and Isaäc Pauw in 1639.
Career
After studying law, which he completed with a master's degree, Pauw was appointed to the administration of his hometown as commissioner of the small zaken and church master of the Nieuwe Kerk (1616). From 1617 to 1624 he worked as a Schepen in the city government. In 1621 Pauw was co-founder and until 1636 one of the directors of the Dutch West India Company. On April 20, 1623 he was made a Venetian Knight of Saint Marcus . In 1627 he worked as an envoy in France for the Dutch West India Company.
Pauw had a magnificent town house built on the Herengracht by the architect Philips Vingboons . On the gable you can see the coat of arms of the Pauw family with two Saint Marcus lions as their shield holders.
In 1630 Pauw founded his own colony in the area of today's Hudson County , New Jersey and Staten Island , which he called Pavonia , a name that derives from the Latin word pavo ("peacock"). derives because his family name Pauw is the Dutch word for "peacock". As “sovereign” he carried the feudal title of Patroon . Pauw employed Cornelis van Voorst as his commanding officer, and he also had his own preacher. In 1637 he sold Pavonia back to the West India Company for 26,000 guilders .
Through this source of income, Philips Vingboons got the order for Pauw in 1638 to build a magnificent town house on the Herengracht (No 168).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michiel Reyniersz Pauw unfortunately van de WIC
- ↑ Adriaan Pauw, broer van Michiel Pauw Reyniersz
- ↑ DTB stadsarchief Amsterdam ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Johan van Hartskamp, De Westindische Compagnie en hair Belangen in Nieuw-Nederland, een overzicht (1621-1664) ( Memento of the original of February 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Pauw, Michiel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pauw, Michiel Reiniersz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Schepen von Amsterdam, director of the Dutch West India Company, and founder of his own colony on the North American east coast, called "Pavonia" |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1640 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |