Willem Amsinck

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Wilhelm Amsinck (called Willem , * around 1542 in Deventer ; † December 19, 1618 in Hamburg ) was a Dutch-German merchant and ancestor of the Hamburg Hanseatic Amsinck family .

Life

Amsinck probably came to Hamburg around 1576 as a Lutheran religious refugee from his homeland, which was then occupied by the Catholic Spaniards, and acquired citizenship there between 1591 and 1596. As before, he devoted himself to the cloth trade and thus made a considerable fortune. He bought a country house in Billwerder and another farm between the Damm and Millerntor , as well as a hereditary burial in St. Petri . As an honorable merchant, he naturally also worked for the common good, he was one of the co-founders of the Dutch Poor's Casse , which is still in existence today , was a jurat at St. Petri and in 1604 was a member of the commission for the establishment of a factory and penitentiary , which he volunteered 1616/17 also held. From 1608 to 1613 he also worked as head of the orphanage .

His marriage to Henrica van de Rouse gave birth to nine children, only three of whom reached adulthood, including his sons Rudolf (1577–1636) and Arnold (1579–1656).

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SURNAME Amsinck, Willem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amsinck, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-German merchant
DATE OF BIRTH around 1542
PLACE OF BIRTH Deventer
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1618
Place of death Hamburg