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Biography
Cornelis married 1 Antje Dirks on Jan 30 1729 (paid 3 guilders for their marriage). Both were listed as being from Zwaagdijk, but their marriage was also attested to in Westwoud. Children: Cornelis (Feb 18 1731 - March 5 1734), Neeltien (March 7 1734 - Feb 16 1735).
Cornelis married 2 Trijntje Teunis from Venhuizen on Jan 24 1740. Children: Cornelis (Oct 30 1740 - ), Aafje (Dec 311741 - Jan 5 1742, paid 12 stuivers (nickels) to bury her), Jan (Dec 31 1741 - Jan 10 1742), Jan (July 6 1743 - Nov 23 1824), Pieter (March 7 - May 26 1745), Pieter (July 31 1746 - May 12 1749), Aaf (April 5 1750), Cornelis (Oct 30 1756).
Cornelis is listed in his aunt Aafie's will, receiving some money from her in 1778.
Cornelis was a farmer. He was on the church member list of Wervershoof in 1741, having made profession of faith there on April 29 1725. He is on the Wervershoof Reformed Church membership list by himself. This list is unusual because it includes the profession of faith and death dates of everyone on it. Trijntje made profession of faith in Wervershoof on August 14 1740. Some people say they lived in Midwoud their first year of marriage and that's where their first child was born. But he was definitely baptized in Wervershoof.
They also paid 2 guilders and 8 stuivers (nickels) on May 3 1758, I think for a church bench. Back then you paid for the church bench you sat in.
Cornelis purchased a grave for 5 guilders on May 29 1758 for Trijntje. Only 3 of their 7 children survived into adulthood, which must have been very hard on them. We don’t know a lot about them: only the following accounts from the novel “Vrije Westfriezen”, which is meant to give an idea of what life might have been like for them (we don't know just how true the facts listed in it are).
Notes summarized by Bertram Sluys from the novel “Vrije Westfriezen I” by Cornelis Gerritsz Sluys: (see notes under Cornelis’ father) Chapter 3. Young Crelis finds out that his friend Trijntje has been forced to become a maid, and he visits with Dominee Lakeman of Venhuizen about this. The Dominee knew her from catechism classes, and says it should turn out all right.
Chapter 4. Winter 1725 – 26: Dirk Fokkesz, the richest farmer in Westwoud, lives by the church which is good because he is president of the deacons. And he has the keys to the church. He’s a wealthy land owner who also drinks heavily. On this particular evening in question Crelis Sluys from Zwaagdijk happens to come by with a letter from Dominee Benier. He tells the household about the gypsies he just saw camped in a tent on the manor's land. Dirk Fokkesz, who returns home from a drinking bout at a local tavern, announces he plans to kill them. Trijntje declares he will do no such thing. After Dirk threeatens her, she and Crelis leave the house to talk with Yula Macossa, the leader of the Hungarian troop. They had come here thinking that this would be good land where people would accept them. Yula’s daughter, Ethusca, is about to give birth to a baby and needs a warm place to stay that night. Trijn asks if the women could sleep in the barn that night, and Dirk threatens to kill them all. Trijn takes Dirk's keys to the church saying he won't take care of these people so she will. The next morning the Dominee [the minister of the church in Westwoud] tells Dirk it was very respectable of him and of Trijn to take care of these people. The night before Trijn came by his house to tell him how kind he was to let the gypsies camp on his land and let the expectant mother sleep in some straw in the church. They peek into the church and see Ethusca, her baby, the baby's father and some other family members making themselves at home in the sanctuary. The Dominee goes to get food for them, and they show appreciation by playing the guitar and dancing for them. Now this was what a house of God is for: to help the needy!
Chapter 5. November 1726: Crelis is on his way through Westwoud with some cows his father iss selling to a friend and discovers Trijn has been fired by Dirk for being too stubborn. He is also afraid his daughter Anna is falling in love with a gypsy. On his way home, two wagons pulled by horses rush past him and one of them crashes. A drunk Dirk Fokkesz is inside badly hurt and Cornelis helps him get home. A doctor comes, dresses his wounds and announces someone needs to stay with him at all times. Only Anna his daughter is willing to do this. Crelis looks for help for Anna and finds none. So he returns late at night at lets Anna get some rest while he watches over the badly wounded man. Then Dirk wakes up, recognizes Crelis and calls him the devil in person. He leaps out at Crelis and falls down dead. The rest of the family comes and Anna cries she doesn't have a father to take care of her anymore. Don't worry, Crelis says. I'll take care of you.
Chapter 6. In 1929 Cornelis marries Anna Dircksz. In 1731 they have a son named Cornelis. Three years later they have a daughter, but she dies the day she is born. The next year son Cornelis dies. Anna can't handle this and dies 14 days later. Cornelis is left with no one else in the world that he likes as much as Trijn Teunisz. But he’d been told she no longer is a Christian. And Cornelis, now being a deacon in the Wervershoof church, can’t marry a heathen. Dominee Benier discovers Trijn made profession of faith in the Westwoud Hervormde (Reformed) church, so Crelis proposes to her. They marry January 24 1740. Now they have a son, also named Cornelis, and after his baptism they invite too many people over for the "doopmaal" (baptism dinner) for their food supply. So Trijn decides to try something that they have plenty of: potatoes! Only pigs eat potatoes. Cornelis does some extra reading (he likes to read a lot) to see what he could find on the subject. He reads that peace is the most important thing. That afternoon some of the women are scandalized about eating potatoes, but most try them because there are often famines that wipe out wheat supplies. They need to eat something!
Chapter 7. In 1741 there is a “veepest” (a disease that kills many cattle). About half of Cornelis' cows die. They can’t even drink the milk of the surviving cows because of the poison in it. In 1742 Cornelis is promoted in the church from deacon to elder. Twins are born to them on December 31 1743: the girl dies after only 3 days, and the boy only lives a few days longer. Their son Jan is born in the summer of 1743. And he is growing much better than their oldest son Cornelis. In 1747 Crelis brings his young son Crelis to Hoorn to sell some cheese and hares there. [young Crelis would have been about 7 years old at this time]. They are also catching up on the news about the latest war [wars seemed to be an everyday thing in Europe yet] and on the Prince of Orange's latest announcements.
Chapter 8. Mid December 1748: We now go to Aendijk where several people of the area are preparing to go to Grootebroek where the Prince of Orange is about to visit. Willem Reyndersz Kooiman, age 22, and his girl friend Aagt Pieters [Man], age 28 discuss with Volkert and Jan Best whether they’ll ride in a wagon or skate there – the canals are frozen over. Most of them take the wagon. Aagt meets up with our Crelis there and converses with him. Note: Willem was actually 37 in 1748, and his 2nd wife had recently died. It's quite possible he was childless at this time as it's likely his 3 daughters with his first wife had died by now.
Chapter 9. February 1756: Cornelis Sluys is now 57. His oldest son, Cornelis, has died. But he and Trijn, who is now house bound, have another son in their “old age” this year, also named Cornelis. [And a daughter, Aaf, born 1750. She’s mentioned later in the book.] Jan is 13, but acts more like 17. As elder in the congregation, Crelis visits the school to hear the teacher teach and critique it. He also joins the pastor in visiting a miller in the congregation who has some strange ideas about revivals.
Chapter 10. Trijn dies in 1756. Her last two years she iss afraid of dying. On her deathbed, Dominee Over comes to tell her about what she would experience after dying, but she is too afraid to listen. She calls Jan in and he reads 1 Corinthians 15 – death where is your sting? We thank God through Jesus Christ. And that prepares her. Cornelis and the dominee don’t know that Trijn had shared with Jan that those were the words read at Peef Aaf’s funeral so many decades before, and she wished she had stopped to listen to them then. Jan shares them now, and they prepare her for death.
Name
- Name: Cornelis Cornelisz /Sluis/[1]
Sources
- Baptism of son Cornelis: Oude Niedorp baptism records: Regionaal Archief Alkmaar as found at [1] and [2]
- Marriage 1: Wervershoof marriage records as found at [3]
- Marriage 2: Wervershoof marriage records as found at [4]
- Profession of faith with his sister Aaffie: 1702-38_1 DTB Wervershoof 1. Gereformeerd lidmatenregister, 1620-1792. as found at [5]
- Wervershoof Reformed Church Membership List: 1702-38_1 DTB Wervershoof 1. Gereformeerd lidmatenregister, 1620-1792. as found at [6]
- Death: 1702-38_5 DTB Wervershoof 5. Ontvangen graf- en begravenisrechten, 1752-1819. as found at [7]
- Sluijs Family of Aartswoud Genealogy compiled by Mary Luken as found at [8]
- June 22 1778 Boedelscheiding of Aaf Cornelis Sluis & Frederik Klaasz Groot: 1685_1690 ONA 1690. Grootebroek, akten notaris Pieter Schotsman, 1778-1792. as found at [9]
- "Vrije Westfriezen I" by Cornelis Gerritsz Sluys, published by Uitgeversbedrijf Edecea - Hoorn. No copyright date listed; 2nd printing 1945.
- WikiTree profile Sluis-3 created through the import of Rogers Family Tree-Direct Ancestors and Their Descendants_2012-03-12.ged on Mar 12, 2012 by Andy Rogers. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Andy and others.
- Source: S36 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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Notes
- Note N1206
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Arnold Groot for creating WikiTree profile Sluijs-13 through the import of gedcomdata van Oom Jan de Vries.ged on Feb 16, 2013.
- ↑ Source: #S36 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16798522&pid=627 Note: #N1206
