Family tree Dusseljee » Eleazar Swalmius (1582-1652)

Personal data Eleazar Swalmius 

  • He was born ca 1582 in Rhoon.
    Predikant Poortugaal en Hoogvliet 1605, Schiedan 1612, in 1616 bij lening te Utrecht, in 1617 te 's Gravenhage in de Kloosterkerk, beroepen te Amsterdam 7 Januari 1620, maar pas 4 Juni aldaar bevestigd.

    Van Eleazar is een portret geschilderd door Rembrandt.
    Het door Rembrandt geschilderde portret was tot 1795 (revolutie) in het bezit van de hertog van Orléans. Daarna verhuisde het vijf keer naar particuliere collecties, belandde uiteindelijk bij de kunsthandel in Parijs. In 1885 werd het schilderij gekocht door het Museum van Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen, waar het zich nog steeds bevindt.
    Door sommigen wordt betwist dat dit het door Rembrandt geschilderde portret van Eleazar is.
    Van het originele portret is een gravure gemaakt door L.Suyderhoef.
  • Profession: predikant.
  • He died on June 4, 1652 in Amsterdam, he was 70 years old.
  • He is buried on June 9, 1652 in Amsterdam in de Oude kerk.
  • A child of Henricus van der Zwalme and NN (v.d.Zwalme)
  • This information was last updated on May 18, 2002.

Household of Eleazar Swalmius

He is married to Eva Ruardus Acronius.

Van hun 6 kinderen bereikten twee dochters de volwassen leeftijd. Twee kinderen werden begraven te Schiedam op 14-11-1618 en 09-10-1620, te Amsterdam een kind op 14-06-1629 Zuiderkerk, acte 1090/16.

Hun dochter Hilletghen overleed in 1641 en werd Trijntgen hun enige erfgename.In 1677 was het huis in handen van haar zoon Joannes Dilburgh, wiens kinderen het verkochten in 1714 voor 7000.- gulden aan glaskoper Hillebrand Visscher.

Their notice of marriage was on September 16, 1606 in Poortugaal.

They live together

Eleasar en Eva woonden op de Heerengracht nr 144, gehuurd. Het pand Heerengracht nr 138 was hun eigendom, gekocht in 1646 voor 9000 gulden.

Child(ren):

  2. Pijeter Swalmius  1608-< ????
  3. Pijeter Swalmius  1609-< ????
  4. Eva Swalmius  1614-< ????
  6. Eva Swalmius  1620-????

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Day of death June 4, 1652

  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
    • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
    • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
    • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

Day of burial June 9, 1652

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
    • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
    • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
    • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.


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