Sluzigers (e.a.) » Jacob Roelofs Knijf (1672-1711)

Personal data Jacob Roelofs Knijf 

  • He was born in the year 1672 in Zwartsluis.
    in 't Leegelant
  • He was christened on February 4, 1672 in Zwartsluis.Source 1
  • Profession: from November 6, 1708 till June 5, 1711 matroos VOC.Source 2
    Voornaam opvarende: Jacob
    Patroniem opvarende: Roelofse
    Achternaam opvarende: Knief
    Herkomst opvarende: Swartsluijs
    Datum indiensttreding: 1708-11-06
    Functie bij indiensttreding: Matroos
    Uitleg over functie: waak- en roergang; laden en lossen; reinigen, teren en kalfaten van het schip; af- en aanslaan van de zeilen; helpers van de onderofficieren. Ook wel bootsgezel.
    Uitgevaren met het schip: Samson
    Datum uit dienst: 1711-06-05
    Waar uit dienst: Azie
    Reden uit dienst: Overleden
    Schuldbrief: Ja
    Maandbrief: Nee
  • He died on June 5, 1711 in Batavia (Ind), he was 39 years old.Source 2
    overleden in Batavia's hospitaal
    erfenis betaalt aan 'Jan Tijmensz van Swol, gemagt: van de diaconie van Swartsluijs, alimenteerende Geesje Jacobs Knijf sijn dogter en enige erfgen.'
  • A child of Roelof Hendriks Soldaat and Geesjen Hermens
  • This information was last updated on July 16, 2020.

Household of Jacob Roelofs Knijf

He is married to Margje Wichers.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Zwartsluis on August 25, 1695.Source 3

bruid is weduwe

Child(ren):

  1. Metje Jacobs Knijf  1697-< 1711
  2. Geesjen Jacobs Knijf  1703-< 1706
  3. Geesje Jacobs Knijf  1706-???? 


Notes about Jacob Roelofs Knijf

1702 zoutgeld Zwartsluis, buiten aan de Dijck: Jacob Roelofs Knijft, 15 stuivers

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob Roelofs Knijf

Hendrik Roelofs Soldaat
± 1600-????
Geesjen Hermens
± 1640-????

Jacob Roelofs Knijf
1672-1711


Margje Wichers
± 1660-????

Metje Jacobs Knijf
1697-< 1711
Geesjen Jacobs Knijf
1703-< 1706
Geesje Jacobs Knijf
1706-????

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Sources

  1. db rec. 649
  2. Nationaal Archief, VOC opvarenden
  3. tb rec. 85

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Historical events

Christening day February 4, 1672

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1672: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
    • May 2 » John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
    • May 5 » In preparation for the Franco-Dutch War, Louis XIV of France personally inspects his troops at Charleroi in one of the most magnificent displays of military power in the seventeenth century.
    • August 20 » Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by an angry mob in The Hague.

Day of death June 5, 1711

  • The temperature on June 5, 1711 was about 13.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1711: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
    • August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
    • September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.


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