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Biography
Name
Birth
- Date: about 1640. [2][4] / about 1636 [5]
- Place: Den Haag [3][2] / possibly in Leiden [5], Nederland [3][2] / Holland [5]
Marriages & Relationships
- Marriage:
- Date: 2 Jan 1661
- Place: Loosduijn, Netherlands
- Wife: Maria Philips, residing at The Hague in 1689 [7]
- Children: a daughter, Susanna, also residing at The Hague in 1689 [7]
- "Attesteere ick ondergeschreve dat Leendert Janse van Gysselen Jongman met Marijtje Philps van Halverhout Jonge Doghter wettigh getrouwt syn in onse Kerck tot Loosduijn en met attestatie van den Haagh in dato 2 Jannuarij 1661"
- "Accordeert met het trouwboeck onder ons Berustende Actum Loosduijne den 6 April 1693." [10]
- Leendert and Maritje/Maria had the following children:
- Susanna van Gijselen (bef.1660-), baptised 10 December 1660 in 's-Gravenhage, Holland.[11]
- Susanna, baptised 19 March 1662 in 's-Gravenhage, Holland.[12]
- Extra Marital Relationship 1:
- Date: about 1670
- Candidate partner: Maaij Claesje
- Children: Sara Leenderts (van Gijselen)
- On 5 July 1671 a child born in bondage (as a slave) is baptised Sara, her mother Claesje (Claasje van Angola), her father 'a christen'. She is later known as Sara daughter of Leendert. [5]
- Extra Marital Relationship 2:
- Date: from about 1671 (named as faithful servant in his will) [7]
- Candidate partner: Maria Willemsz of Hamburg [7]
Immigration
- Arrived at the Cape in 1665 as arquebusier (bosschieter) on the Kasteel van Medemblik for the Chamber Enckhuizen. The ship left Texel in the Netherlands on 9 Dec 1664 and was at the Cape from 12 May 1665 to 26 July 1665. [13] He was appointed master gardener (baas thuijnier) at the Company Gardens and became a free citizen (vrijburger) at the end of June 1675.
- "In't Casteel de Goede Hoop A:o 1681
- Leendeert van Gijselen Baas thuijnier voor Boss:r inde camer Enckhuijsen anno 1665 met Casteel Niedenblik uijt gecomen, en 1675 ultimo Junij vrij geworden." [14]
- Leendert was contracted by VOC Chamber Hoorn as a soldier and sailed on 9 December 1664 with the ship Kasteel van Medemblik, arriving at Kaap de Goede Hoop on 1 May 1665. There he stayed the rest of his life, first employed by the VOC, amongst others as Baes Thuinier, and later on as Vrij Burgher. [5]
Events
- See also Mansell Upham's article "Was Gerrit Nieuwoudt really a Nieuwoudt?": "The peculiar cirmcumstances pertaining to Gerrit Willemse’s forced removal from his own house, shed more light on Gerrit Nieuwoudt’s biological paternity. The year 1713 not only brought the devastating smallpox epidemic, but also further trials and tribulations to Gerrit Willemse and his unfaithful wife. The marriage of Gerrit Willemse to the Capeborn halfslagh Maria Cornelisse appears to have been stable until the appearance of the free black Isaak Pieters van de Caeb. Maria Cornelisse came from an extremely troublesome Cape family. Her father was a white man Cornelis Claesz (from Utrecht). Known in de wandeling as 'Kees de Boer', he has a reputation for hob-nobbing with the slave women. Her mother was the formidable matriach and freed slave Catharina van Malabar (also found as Catharina van Coromandel and Catharina van Bengale). Before having their union blessed by the church, her parents not only had voorkinders together, but also separately. Their genealogical contribution to the early Cape’s colonial populace is phenomenal. Wine belonging to his wife’s sister, Cornelia Cornelisse and her second husband Richard Adolphus (from Tønder in Slesvig, Jutland, Denmark) had been stolen by his cheating wife’s unruly black lover. There appears to have been more than one scuffle at the time as old man Andries Voormeester - his wife’s stepfather - stated at the trial that the accused had grabbed him and thrown him into the fire merely because he had refused to give him wine. Pietersz, when arrested, even broke free from the restraining grip of two judicial officers. It was only after he had stolen the wine that they found him again, this time under the bed of Maria, his houvrou who was legal wife to Gerrit Willemse. This was the final nail in the coffin for a bully who terrorised everyone around him. For four years already he had moved into Maria’s home, usurping the place of her husband and appropriating his wife with whom he had had a seer groote familiaritijt. On one occasion Pietersz had even dragged Willemse by the hair out of his own home. Willemse testified that Isaac Pietersz had appointed himself … als meester en voogt, ‘t geen … hem ondragelijk geweest te zijn … and that … twe onegte Bruijne kinderen … had been born out of the intruder’s relationship with his wife. Isaac Pietersz’s social dysfunctionality dominated the trial. The landdrost Nicolaas van der Heuvel had to hear that this 29-year old man had been freed from slavery as a child following the death of the free-burgher Leendert van Gijselen. Thereafter, he had been brought up in the household of his deceased owner’s concubine, Maria Willemsz (from Hamburg) who subsequently had become the wife of the free-burgher Mattias Diedriks / Dideriks. After 9 years, however, Pietersz, left her house to 'vagabondeeren'. At that stage he was already rebellious and she could … met reg … call him a deugniet. Charged with … ' diverse quaataardigheeden en … het steelen van wijn ' …, Pietersz was found guilty and sentenced to be tied to a pole and flogged. Thereafter, he was banished to Robben Island to be put to work but without being in chains. [15]
Muster/Tax Rolls
- 1671, 1 January (Cape VC Rolls) - "Leendert Jans:" in the Company Gardens (Comp:s thuijn)
- 1672, 1 April (Cape VC Rolls) - "In't Comp:s thuijn: Leendert Janssen Baas" in the Company Gardens [16]
- 1677, March (Cape district) - Leendert van Gijselen listed with no wife or children [17]
- 1678 (Cape district) - "Baes Leendert met bijsiths Maria Willems" [18]
- 1689, 31 December (last record) - Leendert van Gijselen listed with no wife or children but alongside Marij Willems [19]
Death
- Date: Before 14 Jul 1690
- Place: Cape of Good Hope
- "...Geenerale reeck: en staat van de goederen en effecten nagelaten bij den overleden Vrijborger leendert Jansz: van Gijselen welke op den 14 Julij A:o 1690 door de E; Weesmeesteren zijn vercogt..." [20]
- Leendert passed away in 1690, in Kaap de Goede Hoop. On 14 July 1690 a State (Rekening) [21] was made of his effects. It shows that on 17 June 1692[22] ƒ 500 was sent to Holland and on 8 June 1693 the final balance of ƒ 2185:18:12 was assigned to the Orphans House (Weesmeesteren) in Holland.
Will
- Date drafted: 3 Apr 1689 [7]
- Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope [7]
- Date filed: 21 Oct 1693 [7]
- "...Leendert Jansz van Gijselen geboortigh uijt S' Gravenhage, thans burger aen Cabo de Goede Hoop, mij Secretaris en getuijgen bekent sieckelijk van lighaam, dogh gaende en staende in verstand..."
- "...aan sijn Dienstmaaghd Maria Willemsdoghter, van Hamburgh, de somma van Duijsent Vijf hondert Caabse Guldens, in sulxten aansien van haere trouw en langdurige dienst gedurende den tijt van achtien jaeren, aen hom Testateur alhier bewijs..."
- "...eijndelijck verclaerde hij Comparant uijt conjougale liefde te stellende tot sijn universeele erfgenaem... sijn wettige huijsvrouw Maria Fulps, gebooren en woonaghtigh in S' Gravenhage... soo lang sij niet komt te herhuwelijcken..."
- "...in welcke geval... sijn Comparants nalatenschap in volle eijgendom dewolweren sal op Susanna, haer beijder wettige en eenige doghter, woonende in S' Gravenhage..."
- "...aldus gedaen... aen Cabo de Goede Hoop..." [7]
- "Gecollationneert jegens sijn origineel van dato en ondertekent als voorens ter Weeskamer van S'Gravenhage... den 21 Octob: 1693..." [7]
- Leendert made a will [23] on 3 April 1689, when he was a sick person, bequeathing ƒ 1500 to his maid Maria Willems (van Hamburgh) and the rest to his wife Maria Flups (Philips) and daughter Susanna in Holland. [5]
Research Notes
- Birth date guess about 1655 [3]
- Date of death = before 28 Aug 1690 (A slave was sold out of the estate of Leendert on 28 Aug 1690.) [3]
- Birth year estimated: 25 years before first known marriage [5]
- Possible parents: Johannes Jansz Ghijselen and Christina Gerritsdr, who married in 1627 in Leiden [24] and had at least the following children baptised in Leiden [5]:
- Jeremias, baptised 5 September 1632
- Johannes, baptised 2 December 1635
- Janneken, baptised 29 Augustus 1638
- Baptism of Leendert has not been found [5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WikiTree profile Van_Gijselen-2 created by Pieter Meyer, May 16, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WikiTree profile Van Gyselen-2 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 WIkiTree profile Van_Gyselen-7 created by Alta Bekker, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Source: Reference to NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695 NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695 and NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732 NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732. Leendert Jansz van Gijselen and Maria Willems had a child ◦Sara van Gijselen+10 b. 5 Jul 1671, d. b 19 Jan 1719
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 WikiTree profile Van Gyselen-4 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 WikiTree profile Van_Gijselen-5 created by Dick Barnhoorn 23 Nov 2025
- ↑ Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. www.e-family.co.za {discontinued as of September 2025 - see this G2G post Where is the First Fifty Years Project? and this site WayBackMachine} Page: Leendert Jansz van Gijselen Seen and entered by Philip van der Walt 15 Feb, 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Source:
- Will #2 filed 1693 - "Testamentregisters (will registers), 1689-1800 ; Index, 1721-1873 ; Inventory, 1689-1916", Item 4, Dl. 1 1689-1710, Images 970-972 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-Y3JV-C?i=969&cat=64687). Added by Gerhard Swart on 19 Mar 2024.
- ↑ "Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records, 1367-1916," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QJ-54VZ?cc=2037907&wc=SMML-PTT%3A1292923701%2C345998601%2C347679602 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > Loosduinen > Dopen 1637-1811 Trouwen 1637-1811 Lidmaten 1667-1712 > image 281 of 542; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland). Added by Dick Barnhoorn, 23 November 2025.
- ↑ scan of a copy in archive of Weeskamer 's-Gravenhage
- ↑ Source:
- Affidavit in Estate Papers - "0402-01 Weeskamer van 's-Gravenhage", 975 Leendert Janss. van Gijselen, 1693, Bestandnaam: NL-HaHGA_0402-01_975_0012.jpg, Volgnummer: 18 van 41 (https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?mivast=0&mizig=210&miadt=59&micode=0402-01&minr=1256178&miview=inv2). Added by Gerhard Swart on 24 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records, 1367-1916," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QJ-D9K6-P?cc=2037907&wc=SMML-4W1%3A345829701%2C345830402%2C345847001 : 21 August 2014), Remonstrant > s-Gravenhage > Dopen 1638-1811 > image 22 of 98; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland). FS M99Q-VYL Film # 005850083 (118305) image 318/394. Added by Dick Barnhoorn, 23 November 2025.
- ↑ "Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records, 1367-1916," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QJ-HX67?cc=2037907&wc=SMMK-YWR%3A1292923701%2C345830402%2C346469201 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > s-Gravenhage > Dopen 1630-1674 > image 558 of 768; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland). FS M99Q-KV6 Film # 005849980 (118262) image 558/768: Added by Dick Barnhoorn, 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Source:
- Voyage Details 1664/5 - "The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795", Huygens Instituut, Details of voyage 1024.1 from Texel to Batavia (https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/das/detailVoyage/92141). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Source:
- Vrijboek 1681 - "Toegang: 1.04.02 Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811)", Inventarisnummer: 4017 1681 - 1682 [1682], Image 716 (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4017/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_4017_0716). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. {WayBackMachine} > {defunct link} www.e-family.co.za/ffy/exhibits/was-gerrit-nieuwoudt-really-a-nieuwoudt.pdf Author: Mansell G. Upham. Cited on Geni.com > Isaac Pietersz van de Caab (1684 - ovl.) Added by Philip van der Walt 15 Feb, 2026.
- ↑ Source:
- Muster Rolls 1672 - "Toegang: 1.04.02 Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811)", Inventarisnummer: 4007 1671 - 1672 [1672], Image 545 (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4007/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_4007_0545). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Source:
- Muster/Tax Rolls 1677 - "Toegang: 1.04.02 Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811)", Inventarisnummer: 4012 1676 - 1677 [1677], Image 458 (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4012/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_4012_0458). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Source:
- Muster/Tax Rolls 1678 - "Toegang: 1.04.02 Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811)", Inventarisnummer: 4013 1677 - 1678 [1678], Image 461 (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4013/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_4013_0461). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Source:
- Muster/Tax Rolls 1689 - "Toegang: 1.04.02 Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811)", Inventarisnummer: 4027 1689 - 1690 [1690], Image 102 (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4027/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_4027_0102). Added by Gerhard Swart on 20 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Source:
- Estate Papers - "0402-01 Weeskamer van 's-Gravenhage", 975 Leendert Janss. van Gijselen, 1693, Bestandnaam: NL-HaHGA_0402-01_975_0012.jpg, Volgnummer: 35 van 41 (https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?mivast=0&mizig=210&miadt=59&micode=0402-01&minr=1256178&miview=inv2). Added by Gerhard Swart on 24 Apr 2024.
- ↑ scan of first pages of Rekening
- ↑ scan of last page of the Rekening
- ↑ scan of a copy of the will in Archive of Weeskamer 's-Gravenhage
- ↑ "Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records, 1367-1916," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QJ-5978?cc=2037907&wc=SMML-JW1%3A1292923701%2C345829002%2C346658501 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > Leiden > Trouwen 1610-1630 > image 542 of 652; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland). Added by Dick Barnhoorn, 23 November 2025.
