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Personal data Johan de WITT 

Source 1

Household of Johan de WITT

He is married to Abigaël Constantia ROOS.Source 3

Their notice of marriage was on April 26, 1742 in Dordrecht.Source 4

Donderdagh den 26: April 1742
Present de Heer Mr. Nicolaas van der Dussen voor de Heeren van Ourijck en van den Brandeler

''De Heer Mr. Johan de Witt, J:M: van Dordrecht,
woont in de Wijnstraat bij de Nieubrugh
met
Jonkvrouw Abigael Constantia Roos, J:D: van Amsterdam,
woont tot Leijden volgens attestatie van ondertrouw van Leijden voors in dato den 3 meij 1742''

den 20 meij 1742 attestatie gegeven

Their notice of marriage was on May 3, 1742 in Leiden.Source 5

They got married on May 22, 1742 at Dordrecht, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornelis de WITT  1743-1813


Notes about Johan de WITT

WITT (Johan de) (8), heer van Jaarsveld, geb. te Dordrecht 5 Dec. 1720, gest. te Dordrecht 2 Nov. 1783, zoon van Cornelis (4) de Witt (kol. 1453) en Catharina Wilhelmina van den Honert. Hij studeerde te Leiden, waar hij 16 April 1737 werd ingeschreven (Album i.d.) Hij werd in 1740 secretaris van de hooge vierschaar van (het toenmalige) Zuid-Holland. Hij hield een rede bij het bezoek van prins Willem IV aan Dordrecht op diens reis naar Zeeland in 1747 (gedrukt in Mercure Hist. et Pol., CXII, 718). In 1746 werd hij schepen van Dordrecht en dus lid van den oud-raad, in 1747 directeur van den Levantschen handel in het college op de Maze. Hij huwde 22 Mei 1742 Abigaël Constantia Roos, bij wie hij had drie kinderen, van wie twee zoons: de oudste, Cornelis (geb. 20 Aug. 1745, begraven 8 Juni 1813), ook heer van Jaarsveld, huwde 4 April 1784 Emerentia van Renten, wed. Bach, welk huwelijk kinderloos bleef; de jongste, Pieter Constantijn (geb. 20 Nov. 1750), stierf reeds in Jan. 1756.

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Sources

  1. Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren, deel 3
  2. Doopboek van de Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Gemeente
  3. Regionaal Archief Leiden, Regionaal Archief Dordrecht
  4. Trouwboek van het Gerecht
  5. Trouwboek van de Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Gemeente

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Historical events

Birthday December 5, 1720

  • The temperature on December 5, 1720 was about 3.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1720: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
    • February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
    • March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
    • August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
    • October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
    • November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Christening day December 7, 1720

  • The temperature on December 7, 1720 was about 4.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1720: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
    • February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
    • March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
    • August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
    • October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
    • November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Day of marriage May 22, 1742

  • The temperature on May 22, 1742 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1742: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
    • February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
    • April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

Day of death November 2, 1783

  • The temperature on November 2, 1783 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
    • February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
    • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
    • May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
    • October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
    • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.


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