Family History

 
TWELTH GENERATION


Jan Frans MONTENACK / MONTENAEK etc. was originally from Weert in Limburg, Holland.

He was married 1st to Sara Willems on 24 Feb 16301 :-

He married  2nd Elisabeth or Lysbeth GODERIS / GODERUS on the 6 March 16322.

Elisabeth was baptised as an adult on the 19 Dec 1635 in the Dutch Reformed Church at Overschie, South Holland3. This was a dual baptism with her daughter Grietgen. No mention was made of her age. The baptisms took place only 6 months after the previous child Mouweritntge was baptised in Rotterdam. There is no indication of how old Grietgen was or why she was baptised in Overschie with her mother and not in Rotterdam. For some reason there must have been a problem with Grietgen's baptism in Rotterdam. The mother's baptism in Overschie was by attestaion of the church of Rotterdam. Perhaps Grietgen's was a delayed baptism caused by a refusal to baptise her until her mother was baptised, possibly causing a dispute with the church in Rotterdam? An adult baptism tends to confirm the opinion that the Goderis family were Mennonites who did not believe in baptism until adulthood was reached5.


1633 Gregory Lang Camer or Camerling, Jan Fransz Montenack and Joris Jacobsz S'Hartogenbosch lay at the request of Coenraidt Pietersz of Venlo a statement about an argument between Peter Clementsz, local auctioneer and Coenraidt Pieters.
[Species Act or attestation statement, date 04/09/1633, Archive ONA Rotterdam, Inventory number 149 Act Number / Page. 554/932, Notary Adriaan Kieboom]4
1634 Mr. Henrick van Teylingen rents to Jan Franss Montenaeck or Montenack, cleerverkoper, his home and yard, located on the Hootsteech called the Gilded Hoet, for a period of 7 years. The rent is 350 car. guilders per year.
[Species Act rental, date 12/07/1634, Archive ONA Rotterdam, Inventory number 132, Act Number / Page. 338/761, Notary Arnout Car Velt]4
1636 Servaes Montenack authorized his brother John to Rotterdam to collect  NLG 1460 to collect for sale in 1634 of 800 woods yarn ad 26½ penny and 350 forests yarn ad 24 a penny.6 [Nha, Haarlem 149, f XLVI\vo, June 23, 1636. 152, F 558, February 2, 1637. Vgl. Gildenarchieven Haarlem 332, april 23, 1653.]
1640 Cornelis Splinter, secretary 's College in Admiralty, sells to Jan Fransz Monteneck a house on the south side of the Hoochstraet in East Vierendeel for ?3000, -.
Belendingen:
- Annetgen Claesdr in de Stier;
- The Steyger;
- The house from which the 'Castle Bronckhorst' whereabouts.
[Species Act - sale, Date - 01/15/1640, Archive - ONA Rotterdam, Inventory number - 133, Act Number / Page. - 140/261, Notary - Arnout Wagensvelt]4

Children :-

  • Mouweritntge - was baptised on the 25 June 1635 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Rotterdam. Recorded as the daughter of Jans Franse & Lisbet Gores, witnesses Anna Van Nuffelen & Iannetge Gerets (same witnesses as for Tanneken).
    [Image #536 on Family Search - Baptismal Register 1617-1647]4
     
  • Grietgen - on the 19 Dec 1635 in the Dutch Reformed Church at Overschie, South Holland, a dual baptism with her mother being baptised as an adult.
     
  • Tanneken MONTENACK was baptised on the 7 Nov 1638  in the Dutch Reformed Church of Rotterdam. Parents recorded as Ian/Jan Franssen Montanaeck & Elijsabet Goderis, witness Ian/Jan Gertsse Proons & Anna van Nussele.
    [Image #675 on Family Search - Baptismal Register 1617-1647]
     
  • Elva Lyon in her article in the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Record in 19925 she mentions that Jan & Lysbeth had 5 children (unanmed) born in Rotterdam & Amsterdam between 1635 & 1646. She obviously did not include Grietgen baptised in Overschie, which leaves 3 more unnamed children. I have yet to check the Amsterdam registers.

Sources
1. Registers of the Dutch Reformed Church of Rotterdam.
2. Marriage Registers of the Alle Gezindten (All persuasions) of Rotterdam.
3. Registers of the Dutch Reformed Church of Overschire, South Holland.
4. Notorial records held by the Stadsarchief Rotterdam (City Archives Amsterdam).
5. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society - Record 1992, V.123 no.4 pg's.193-202 - Article by Elva Kathleen Lyon.
6. Research done by the late Leo Adriaenssen - http://www.leoadriaenssen.nl/databases.html
 


 

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