Witsen (patrician family)
The patrician family of Witsen (also jokes or Wijtsen ) was a respected Amsterdam regent family . The origins of the Witsens are probably in Akersloot in North Holland , where Jacob Witsz was a farmer and owned the house "de Noord". Members of the family held various high offices in public life in the Republic of the United Netherlands during the 17th and 18th centuries .
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Nicolaes Witsen , 1680-1700
Self-portrait by Willem Witsen (ca.1893)
- Gerrit Jacobsz Witsen († 1626) was a wealthy businessman with trading activities in France , Portugal and on the Baltic Sea . In 1609, 1613 and 1618 he was appointed mayor of Amsterdam. The artist Michiel van Mierevelt created a portrait of him.
- Cornelis Jacobsz Witsen († 1595) became Schepen and councilor after the Alteratie of Amsterdam (1578) .
- Jonas Cornelisz Witsen (1566–1626) was mayor of Amsterdam in 1619, 1623 and 1624 and head or director ( Bewindhebber ) of the Noordsche Compagnie , the Compagnie op Nieuw-Nederland and the Dutch West India Company . He traded on the Levant , in Palestine , in Guinea and together with his brother Jan and their uncle Gerrit in Russia . Witsen lived in a house in the Amsterdam Singel (130?) And was married to Weijntje Jansdr Swaeroogh. He also speculated with Frans Hendricksz Oetgens van Waveren and Barthold Cromhout on the third expansion of Amsterdam , primarily in the Haarlemmerdijk area and the Westelijke Eilanden . Together with Volkert Overlander he was painted as captain of the Amsterdam Civil Guard by Cornelis van der Voort . Witsen's daughter Marritje or Maria Witsen (1597–1683) was married to Gerrit Hudde ; they also lived in a town house on the Singel. The important regent and mathematician Johann van Waveren Hudde was their son.
- Cornelis Witsen (1599–1646) traveled east with Salomon Sweers in 1640; in 1641 he fulfilled his task as Raad van Indië . In 1642 and 1644 he had been one of the commissioners of an expedition by Abel Tasman . His last post was governor of Banda .
- Jan (1603–1636?) Died unmarried
- Jacob (* 1605)
- Jan Cornelisz Witsen (1569–1636) married Margrieta Oetgens (van Waveren) in 1597. From this marriage came the two daughters Petronella and Maria and a son:
- Dr. Cornelis Jan Witsen (1605–1669) was a mayor of Amsterdam and head of the Dutch West India Company.
- Jan Witsen (1636–1676) remained unmarried; Amsterdam City Secretary; kept a magnificent collection of rarities.
- Lambert Cornelisz Witsen (1638–1697) was a captain and knight of the French Order. From his marriage to Sara Nuijts, which was painted by Caspar Netscher , eleven children arose.
- Lambert Witsen (1681–1746) was the last of the Witsen family to live in the town house at 327 Keizersgracht . As an art collector, he owned 82 oil paintings.
- Nicolaes (II) Witsen (1682–1746) married Anna Catharina Tulp, owner of the Tulip Castle, in 1704. After her death he married Johanna Eleonora Huydecoper van Maarsseveen . Nicolaas, who was interested in books, inherited his uncle Nicolaas Witsen's library .
- Nicolaes Witsen (III) (1709–1780) had a daughter with Sara Maria Witsen.
- Lambert Witsen (* 1721)
- Nicolaes (I) Witsen (1641–1717) was the mayor and regent of Amsterdam, diplomat, politician, collector, publicist and, as a scientifically educated citizen, mentor of Tsar Peter I.
- Cornelis Witsen (1645–1680) remained unmarried; was captain of the Dutch armed forces
- Jonas Witsen (1647–25 / 9/1675 ) was (together with Jacob de Graeff , Gerbrand Pancras , Sybrant Valckenier and Pieter Schaep ) one of the cornerstones of the town house op de Dam . Witsen was well traveled and culturally educated; he also owned paintings by Jan Lievens.
- Jonas Witsen (1676-1715) was an art collector and plantation owner in Suriname , which he came into possession through his marriage to Elisabeth Basseliers. As Amsterdam mayor, he resided in a town house at 674 Keizersgracht; his second wife was Isabella Maria Hooft .
- Jonas Witsen (1705–1767) Councilor of the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier ; Together with his wife Alberta Maria Pels, he lived in Keizersgracht 672, the Van Loon Museum .
- Jonas Witsen (1733–1788) married to Anna Maria van Marselis; the couple lived in a house in Gouden Bocht ; in 1770 he sold four of his plantations in Suriname.
- Jonas Witsen (1765–1795) was married to the actress Johanna Susanna van der Stel
- Jonas Witsen (1795–1877) married Helena Meijlant
- Jonas Jan Witsen (* 1819) married Jacoba Elisabeth Bonekamp
- Willem Witsen (1860–1923) was a Dutch artist and married to a daughter of the writer Johannes van Vloten .
- Jonas Jan Witsen (* 1819) married Jacoba Elisabeth Bonekamp
- Jonas Witsen (1795–1877) married Helena Meijlant
- Jonas Witsen (1765–1795) was married to the actress Johanna Susanna van der Stel
- Jonas Witsen (1733–1788) married to Anna Maria van Marselis; the couple lived in a house in Gouden Bocht ; in 1770 he sold four of his plantations in Suriname.
- Nicolaas Witsen Jonasz (1707–1739) married Constantia Hooft in 1734; the couple lived in Herengracht No. 550. His daughter Hester Witsen (1736–1771) was married to Pieter Elias .
- Jonas Witsen (1705–1767) Councilor of the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier ; Together with his wife Alberta Maria Pels, he lived in Keizersgracht 672, the Van Loon Museum .
- Jonas Witsen (1676-1715) was an art collector and plantation owner in Suriname , which he came into possession through his marriage to Elisabeth Basseliers. As Amsterdam mayor, he resided in a town house at 674 Keizersgracht; his second wife was Isabella Maria Hooft .
- Dr. Cornelis Jan Witsen (1605–1669) was a mayor of Amsterdam and head of the Dutch West India Company.
- Jonas Cornelisz Witsen (1566–1626) was mayor of Amsterdam in 1619, 1623 and 1624 and head or director ( Bewindhebber ) of the Noordsche Compagnie , the Compagnie op Nieuw-Nederland and the Dutch West India Company . He traded on the Levant , in Palestine , in Guinea and together with his brother Jan and their uncle Gerrit in Russia . Witsen lived in a house in the Amsterdam Singel (130?) And was married to Weijntje Jansdr Swaeroogh. He also speculated with Frans Hendricksz Oetgens van Waveren and Barthold Cromhout on the third expansion of Amsterdam , primarily in the Haarlemmerdijk area and the Westelijke Eilanden . Together with Volkert Overlander he was painted as captain of the Amsterdam Civil Guard by Cornelis van der Voort . Witsen's daughter Marritje or Maria Witsen (1597–1683) was married to Gerrit Hudde ; they also lived in a town house on the Singel. The important regent and mathematician Johann van Waveren Hudde was their son.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vaderlandsch woordenboek, Volumes 31–32. By Jacobus Kok and Jan Fokke pp. 236–257 online version
- ↑ Schutters van de compagnie van kapitein Jonas Cornelisz. Witsen en luitenant Volckert Overlander, 1612–1614 ( 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.
- ↑ Volker, T. (1971) Porcelain and the Dutch East India Company as recorded in the Dagh-registers of the Batavia castle, those of Hirado and Deshima and other contemporary papers 1602–1682, p. 203. Suffering. EJ Brill.
- ↑ From the study of Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717)
- ↑ Portrait of Sara Nuyts wife of Lambert Witsen
