Vries/van der Lijn » Hessel Claessen (1619-1678)

Personal data Hessel Claessen 


Household of Hessel Claessen

He is married to Diereke Gerbens.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Nicolaes Winsemius  1660-1710


Notes about Hessel Claessen


“Dieuke Gerbens geb: op Unia huijs den 27 Feber: 1625 troút Hessel Clasen geb: den 15 9ber 1619 Hij l tot Franeqúr den 15 Aúgti 1678 leit tot Sexbierúm bij de kerke deur begraven was een seer swaarlijvich man alsoo hij tot Franeqúer op de waag is gewogen en swaer bevonden bij de vier hondert Pond gewogen te hebben sij l den 27 7ber 1688 tot Jutrijp en is bij haar man tot Sexbierum begraaven en siet verders van ‘t geslagte van Hessel Clasen den volgende 24 Tafel”.

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Hessel Claessen
1619-1678



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Historical events

  • 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 1619: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 13 » Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
    • June 10 » Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
    • July 30 » In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
    • August 28 » Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • November 7 » Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
    • December 4 » Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
  • 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 1678: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
    • August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
    • November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.


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