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Personal data Gijsbert Jansz de Veer 


Household of Gijsbert Jansz de Veer

He is married to Debora Claesdochter Harnasveger.

They got married about 1580 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Gijsbert Jansz de Veer

Child(ren):

  3. Anneke de Veer  1588-????
  7. Kornelius de Veer  1600-????
  8. Harman de Veer  ± 1608-1664


Notes about Gijsbert Jansz de Veer

Gysbert Jansz de Veer. Gysbert was born in Schiedam on 14 May 1556, and he died in Danzig on 17 May 1615. His father was Jan de Veer. Gysbert married Debora Claesdr Harnasveger in 1580, probably inAmsterdam. He settled in Danzig and is mentioned as one of the first members of the Dutch Mennonite Congregation there. Around 1600 he returned to Amsterdam to take up formal citizenship on 5 October1601. In the following years his name appears several times in legal documents as a merchant in Amsterdam. He returned to Danzig between 1612 and 1615. One brother of Debora, Frans Clasen Harnasveger, was a merchant in Amsterdam. The children of this marriage were Nicolaes (2.1), Abraham (2.2), Anneke (2.3), Jacob (2.4), Hans (2.5) and Gysbert (2.6).
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Birthday May 14, 1556

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » Coronation of Akbar.
    • February 14 » Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
    • March 21 » On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
    • June 27 » The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
    • September 15 » Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
    • November 5 » Second Battle of Panipat: Fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar.

Day of death May 17, 1615

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1615: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
    • June 2 » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
    • June 4 » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.


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