Family tree Van Hilten en Otto » Gillis van Kuffeler (1596-1658)

Personal data Gillis van Kuffeler 

  • He was born on October 4, 1596 in Keulen.
  • Profession: Koopman en lakenverver.Source 1
  • (Begrafenis) .
    Hij is begraven in.bij de Nieuwezijds Kapel.
  • (Zijn leven) .Source 1
    Gillis ging in 1623 naar Engeland; medewerker van Cornelis Jacobsz. Drebbel; reisde met zijn broer Abraham in 1624 en 1625 in Frankrijk en Italie; richtte in 1635 met zijn broers Dr. Johannes Sibertus en Abraham onder de naam Gebroeders Kuffeler een compagnieschap in het scharlakenverven op, welke te Stratford Bow aan de Lea een ververij had; hij was in 1636 conducteur van de vuurwerkers op de vloer van admiraal Philips van Dorp; In 1639 begaf hij zich naar Amsterdam waar hij zijn intrek nam bij zijn oom Abraham, die aldaar in het huis In de Groen Vijffhoeck aan de Keizersgracht woonde; in 1641 woonde hij aan de Rozengracht; op 14 april 1641 kocht hij de hofstede Rustenburgh gelegen buiten de Reguliersgracht aan de oostzijde van de Amstel welke hij op 4 juli 1650 weer verkocht. Hij leidde de scharlakenververij van de Gebroeders Kuffeler op het landgoed Hulkestein onder Arnhem; op 1 sept. 1648 verkreeg hij van de Magistraat van Arnhem het recht het stadswapen aan de op Hulkestein geverfde lakens te hechten. Op 23 april 1649 leende hij aan de stad Oppenheim 1200 rijksdaalders, welke schuld nimmer is gedelgd ondanks daartoe aangewende pogingen van Mr. Karel Rudolpn van Kuffeler, Philip Hack en Jacob Jan de Blocq van Kuffeler; in 1658 was hij de hoofdparticipant van de West Indische Compagnie en woonde toen aan de Prinsengracht tegenover de Noorderkerk.
  • He died on August 20, 1658 in Amsterdam, he was 61 years old.
  • He is buried on August 23, 1658 in Amsterdam.
  • A child of Jacob van Kuffeler and Margaretha von Redinchoven
  • This information was last updated on February 7, 2009.

Household of Gillis van Kuffeler

He is married to Magdalena van Gheel.

They got married on September 11, 1639 at Delft, he was 42 years old.Source 1


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    Historical events

    Birthday October 4, 1596

    • 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 1596: Source: Wikipedia
      • June 10 » Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
      • June 17 » The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
      • September 20 » Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
      • October 19 » The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities

    Day of marriage September 11, 1639

    • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1639: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 14 » The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
      • March 13 » Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
      • April 14 » Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
      • August 22 » Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

    Day of death August 20, 1658

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      Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1658: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 8 » Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
      • May 29 » Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
      • June 3 » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
      • September 3 » The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
      • September 17 » The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
      • October 29 » Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.

    Day of burial August 23, 1658

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      Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1658: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 8 » Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
      • May 29 » Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
      • June 3 » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
      • June 25 » Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
      • September 3 » The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
      • October 29 » Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.

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