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Données personnelles Cunera Vlooswijk 

• Elle est née le 28 janvier 1699 dans Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland.
• Profession: farmer in Lopik.
• Elle est décédée avant le 1778 dans Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland.
• Un enfant de Arien Aertse van Vlooswijk et Lammertje Albertsdr van Oostrum

Famille de Cunera Vlooswijk

Elle est mariée avec Johannes Luyte van Rietveld.

Ils se sont mariés le 20 avril 1717 à Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland, elle avait 18 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Johannes Janse van Rietveld  ± 1730-????

Notes par Cunera Vlooswijk

Born Gein, RC baptism witnessed by Aeltie Aries. RC wedding witnessed by Joos Aries van Blooswijck and Annagie Jan Gerrits van Mastwijck. The Vlooswijk names are clearly spelled Blooswijck.

Cunera Vlooswijk is the first child of Arie Aerts Vlooswijk and Lammertje van Oostrum who makes an appearance in the Jutphaas RC Register of Baptisms. Arie’s sister Aeltje was her godmother. She married Johannes Luyte van Rietveld in Jutphaas in 1717, an event that was witnessed by brother Johannes and Annigje Gerrits van Mastwijk, likely the sister of Jan and Elbert Gerrits van Mastwijk who married the sisters Aeltje and Maria Jacobse van Roijesteijn.

I found only three records specifically referring to Cunera. One Johannes or Jan van Rietveld from Lopik features prominently in
the notary documents in the Utrecht Archives. He was the sheriff of Lopik, but I found no indication at all that he was Cunera’s Jan. I have therefore limited myself to the three records featuring Cunera, and they seem to tell a single, peculiar story.

In 1759 Cunera wrote her will leaving Fl 600 to each of her 7 children, whom she listed by name, but stipulating that the farm and everything on it is not sold. She also gave her unmarried children the right to live there and reap the benefits. This favoured the children who did not marry.

In 1778 son Johannes married Jannigje van der Voort, sister of ancestor Wouter van der Voort (via oma). He brings Fl 600 into the marriage, plus his claim to his parents’ estate that is still managed in common property.

In 1784 four unmarried siblings of Johannes wrote a joint will in which they left everything to each other, and all to the last surviving one, explicitly excluding their other siblings. Something weird had happened.

Finally in 1799 Johannes sent a copy of his mother’s will to solicitor, which is how we know of Cunera’s will. Why is unsure, but it feels like he was contesting his remaining unmarried sibling’s or siblings’ hold over the estate.

One reason why there are so few documents on Cunera Vlooswijk in the Utrecht Archives is that it only contains the records of solicitors from Utrecht. Cunera and her husband lived in Lopik. They may have used solicitors from IJsselstein, a town with its own charter, often not even part of Utrecht province, and closer to Lopik than Utrecht. Other ancestors from IJsselstein are virtually absent from the Utrecht Archives. Further research may reveal a very interesting story.

The only record of Cunera’s seven children is in her will. Apparently Luyt, Arie, IJsbrand and Cornelia never married. Number eight, Arie, is not mentioned in Cunera’s will. Only Johannes married, and three of his children are recorded in
the Civil Registry, although Frank married when he was well into his forties and his wife was in her late thirties.

1. People: Cunera Vlooswijk, her children Luyt, Cornelia, Johanna, Lammertje, IJsbrand, Frank and Hannes. Date: September 21, 1759. Reference: U211a1 act 182. Subject: Last will and testament.

Cunera’s son Johannes van Rietveld sends a copy of her will to Willem van Nes in 1799. For what reason is unclear, but we thus have a sample of Johannes’ hand. The document identifies Cunera’s husband and seven children, although it speaks of nine, but I definitely counted only seven names. It is a bit of a strange will, written 40 years earlier in 1759. Cunera leaves each child Fl 600. So far so good. She then introduces the condition that the farmhouse and contents, cattle, land and tools cannot be sold for as long as any children remain unmarried. The unmarried children get to continue to live on the farm, and enjoy all the profits (and losses). They must account to their married siblings, but any surplus remains theirs. The oldest unmarried son and unmarried daughter are allowed to sell part of the land when there is not enough cash money around to pay each their share of Fl 600, but should preferably mortgage that land. They are also allowed to sell land to the amount of Fl 1,000 should cattle die. Other than that they will have to wait until the last one gets married, and will then only get their share of the proceeds when they had signed a notary act indicating their consent with this arrangement. The oldest unmarried son is appointed guardian of any under aged children. That position is passed on the next unmarried son should he marry. There is one caveat, the will puts a premium on staying unmarried, and almost every Catholic family had a member in the convent or monastery. Children from DR families had a higher rate of marrying than those from RC families. Cunera failed to include a clause considering this possibility.

2. People: Cunera Vlooswijk, Johannes Jansen van Rietveld, Jannigje Vervoort, Willemijntje van der Lugt. Date: February 14, 1778. Reference: U191a3 act 225. Subject: Prenuptial (huwelijkse voorwaarden).

Son Johannes marries Jannigje Vervoort, sister of ancestor Wouter Vervoort (via oma). Father Willem Peterse Vervoort has probably died already, because the prenuptial only refers to Jannigje’s mother Willemijntje van der Lugt, who inherits a legitimate share should the bride die before she does. There is no community of property of properties brought in or inherited for as long as Willemijntje is alive and there are no children. That only starts when children are born or Willemijntje dies. Johannes’ parents are both dead by 1778. Should either die and there be children, the other has full usufruct of the properties and guardianship over under aged children. Jannigje brings in Fl 300 on top of her
clothes. Johannes brings in Fl 600 on top of his clothes, and on top of his share in the inheritance of his parents, which is held in common property for as long as there still is one unmarried sibling left, and apparently after almost 20 years when Cunera wrote her will, there still was. The phrasing suggests that Johannes was not the last one to get married. Unfortunately, this is the only proof of any of Cunera’s children getting married. They were RC, and the Registers for Lopik available on internet are all DR.

3. People: Luijt van Rietveld, Arie van Rietveld, IJsbrand van Rietveld, Cornelia van Rietveld. Date: November 10, 1784. Reference: U191a3 act 327. Subject: Last will and testament.

Things did go peculiar as a result of Cunera’s will. By 1784 4 of her 7 children, Arie (who is not mentioned in Cunera’s will), IJsbrand, Cornelia and Luijt, are still unmarried and still live together, and they appoint each other as heir, until only 1 is left, who then
gets full ownership. They explicitly exclude their other brothers and sisters, and any authority making a claim to their estate. This would explain Johannes’ letter from 1799: he was fighting the Gang of Four.

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