Dominicus (Mathijsz) Heringa (abt. 1599)

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Biography

Dominicus Mathijss was a Mennonite box maker. When he married Stijntje Tjercks in 1625, he was a widower of Wijntie Cornelis and had three children. He was buried 6 November 1659 in the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam

Marriages

1. Wijntje Cornelis
2. inschrijvingsdatum: 01-05-1625
   naam bruidegom: Mathijss, Dominicus naam eerdere vrouw: Cornelis, Wijntje
   naam bruid: Tjarix,Stijntje ^[1] after her death her husband remarries Grietje Jans on 10 January 1635 ^[2]

Children of Dominicus

In the burial registers were registred the the funerals of two of Dominicus’ children. Unfortunately, the names of those children are not registered. A child was buried 10 March 1636^[3] and an other child was buried 25 April 1637^[4].

From his marriage to Wijntie Cornelis a son Mathijs, who later went sailing, is known.

Children from his marriage with Stijntie Tjercks

• Pieter, 7 years old when his father (re)married in 1635 with Grietie Jans
• Tjerck, who, like his halfbrother Mathijs, went to sea^[5] Tjerck was the twinbrother of Maritje
• Maritje, who was the twinsister of Tjerck

The twins were born a few days before 23 February 1634 (the day their mother was buried after she died in childbirth)

Children from his marriage with Grietie Jans

• Orseltje, baptized 26 Februari 1636 in the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam^[6]
• Arent, baptized 4 June 1643 in the Oude Kerk (Old Church) in Amsterdam^[7].

Notes

Dominicus occasionally also used the Heringa family name

Sources

1. ↑ bronverwijzing: DTB 670, p.53 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de PUI. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Marriage 1625 Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26376785
2. ↑ inschrijvingsdatum: 10-01-1635
   naam bruidegom: Mathijsz, Dominicus naam eerdere vrouw: Tjarx, Stijntje
   naam bruid: Jans, Grietje
   • Source: bronverwijzing: DTB 443, p.194 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Marriage 1635 Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26376710
3. ↑ Burial of a child: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=dominicus&vf1=1&a1=mathijse&af1=1&x=12&z=b#A04155000098
4. ↑ Burial of a child: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=dominicus&vf1=1&a1=mathijse&af1=1&x=12&z=b#A04155000111
5. ↑ There is a statement in the archives from the Orphan Chamber that Tjerck was seen in December 1660 in the Spanish port city Malaga
6. ↑ Baptism Orseltje: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/doopregisters_1564-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=do*&a1=mat*&x=19&z=b#000000041546
7. ↑ Baptism Arent: https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/doopregisters_1564-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=do*&a1=mat*&x=19&z=b#A28220000186

• First-hand information as remembered by Charles Lewis, Friday, August 22, 2014.
• I.H. van Eeghen, De Famlie van Schuylder/Schuyler in Amsterdam en Fort Oranje (Albany), in: Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (36), 1982, pag 173-194