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Personal data Johannes de Veer 


Household of Johannes de Veer

(1) He is married to Gijsberta Vos.

They got married on December 25, 1763 at Curaçao, N.A., he was 25 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Johannes Abrahamsz de Veer

Child(ren):

  2. Geertruida de Veer  1769-1851
  3. Magdalena de Veer  1772-????


Child(ren):



(3) He is married to (Not public).

They got married on September 9, 1781 at Curaçao, N.A., he was 43 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Jannetje Martha Ellis

Child(ren):



Notes about Johannes de Veer

<p>Abraham had a son, Johannes, born in Amsterdam in 1738. He died in Curacao in 1796. According to family tradition he lived in France briefly and was involved in several duels, with much bloodshed, after which it was decided that he should go to Curacao as an accountant for the West India Company. In 1763 he married the daughter of the colonial secretary of Curacao. His wife died and he married the daughter of the former governor of Sint Eustatius. In 1782 Johannes was appointed governor of Curacao.</p> <p>https://www.mooserungenealogy.com/articles/de-veer-five-centuries-of-history/<;/p> <p>His administration occurred in a turbulent era. The revolutionary spirit which stirred Europe into a turmoil also manifested itselfin the West Indies, originating in the French Isles. As early as 1789 the Curacao administration had to prohibit the wearing of freedom symbols and the singing of freedom songs. Strict controls were placed on the lower strata of the population in 1790 and tightened further the following year. The discontent spread to the colony’s slaves and those who sought to liberate them among the white population.</p> <p>De Veer defended the crown and the historical social structure and made bitter enemies among the revolutionaries. In 1795 several violent clashes arose between the garrison and rebellious citizens and among citizen groups themselves. On 17 August 1795, a slave revolt erupted<em> [ed. The Curacao Slave Revolt of 1795]</em>, causing considerable damage to fixed property, including the French Embassy, and de Veer sent the military to stop it. The result was more violence. De Veer assigned Rear Admiral Wiertsz to quell the rebellion. On 10 July 1796 an officer was murdered, and the rebellion was put down violently. <em>[ed. The slave revolt was put down and the leaders were executed, mercilessly and publicly, at least one by torture.]</em></p> <p>Concurrent with the end of the rebellion de Veer made public his intention to step down from his post. He explained that he had already applied to retire in 1794 due to illness and old age but had remained at his post at the request of the government. His worsening health made this impossible. He retired to his plantation where he lived for a further two years. <em>[ed. Calmeyer says Johannes died in 1796 but this two-year period of retirement indicates that the year of death might have been 1798.]</em></p> <p> </p>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johannes de Veer

Pieter de Veer
1665-1714
Hendrina van den Brande
1670-1749
Pieter Leeser
1660-????
Geertruijt van Schooten
1665-????

Johannes de Veer
1738-1796

(1) 1763

Gijsberta Vos
1735-1781

Abraham Johannesz de Veer
1767-1838
Geertruida de Veer
1769-1851
Magdalena de Veer
1772-????
Henrietta Johanna de Veer
1777-1800


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Jasper Ellis de Veer
1783-1811


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Geertruida Magdalena de Veer
1767-????

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    Birthday March 19, 1738

    • The temperature on March 19, 1738 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1738: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
      • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
      • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
      • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
      • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
      • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

    Day of marriage December 25, 1763

    • The temperature on December 25, 1763 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken. 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)
    • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
      • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
      • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
      • September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
      • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
      • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

    Day of death December 26, 1796

    • The temperature on December 26, 1796 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1796: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 29 » The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
      • April 4 » Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
      • April 28 » The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
      • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
      • July 22 » Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
      • December 19 » French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
    

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