3008. Gijsbert DeVeer,644 son of Gijsbert DeVeer 669 and Debora Harnasveger,670 was born on 7 Nov 1600 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and died on 16 Feb 1646 in Poggenpfuhl, Danzig Region, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Nederlandsche Leeuw is the primary source for information about Gijsbert. It tells us that Gijsbert (1600-1646) was born in Amsterdam. His parents had returned there from Danzig when his father became a citizen of Amsterdam around 1600-1601. His father was a grain merchant in Amsterdam and Danzig.
Gijsbert lived and died in Danzig. Both of his marriages were there and his children were born there. His first marriage was to Anna van Buygen who was 11 years his senior. She died only 2 years after they married. His only child with Anna was a boy named Gijsbert who died as a young child. Gijsbert remarried a year later to Maria van Dijck and all of his surviving children were from this marriage. One of those children was a son they named Gijsbert (1640-1693).
Three of the children of Gijsbert (1600-1646), Philip, Gijsbert and Agneta, married children of Wilhelm Von Roy. It appears that the De Veer family made numerous strategic marriage decisions for commercial reasons. Beyond these relationships with the wealthy Von Roy family, who also had marital links to the wealthy Koenigsberg Marun family, there were a number of marriages between De Veer children and De Momper children. These will be described in the notes relating to Gijsbert (1640-1693).
His son Philipp was an important broker for trade and exchange in Klein Mausdorf, west of Elbing. The date of Philipp's marriage to Magdalena von Roy is stated in the Grandma Database to be 1682; however I can not substantiate this. Philipp's location is important in relation to the whereabouts of a future descendant, Benjamin de Veer. If the de Veer family had a base in Klein Mausdorf, it might explain where Benjamin grew up if he was an orphan.
Gijsbert married Anna Von Buygen 645
Children:
i. Gysbert DeVeer 671 was born on 26 Jan 1626 and died on 23 Dec 1634.
Gijsbert next married Maria Van Dijck 645
Children:
i. Philipp DeVeer 672 was born on 1 May 1629 in Danzig and died on 26 Apr 1683 in Danzig. Philipp married Magdalena Von Roy.673
ii. Anna DeVeer 671 was born on 14 Oct 1630. Anna married Jacob Janz.671
iii. Maria DeVeer 671 was born on 16 Feb 1632 and died on 22 Jan 1690.
iv. Jacob DeVeer 671 was born on 19 Jul 1633 and died on 17 Jul 1688 in Amersfoort, Netherlands.
v. Cornelius DeVeer 671 was born on 26 Oct 1634 and died on 1 Jun 1635.
vi. Cornelius DeVeer 671 was born on 13 Apr 1636 in Danzig and died on 27 Nov 1699 in Neugarten, Danzig Region, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
vii. Karel DeVeer 671 was born on 30 Jul 1638.
1504 viii. Gijsbert DeVeer 610 (born on 23 Feb 1640 in Danzig - died on 20 Aug 1693 in Danzig). Gijsbert married Katharina Von Roy 611
ix. Debora DeVeer 671 was born on 7 Aug 1642 in Danzig and died on 10 Jan 1683 in Danzig. Debora married Cornelius Kauenhowen 671
x. Agneta DeVeer 674 was born on 18 Jul 1644 in Danzig and died on 10 Sep 1680 in Neugarten, Danzig Region, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Agneta married Peter Von Roy 675
3009. Maria Van Dijck,645 daughter of Philipp Van Dijck 676 and Maria Grauwert,677 was born on 31 Jul 1606 in Danzig and died on 30 Aug 1676 in Danzig.
The Nederlandsche Leeuw genealogy says that she was the second wife of Gijsbert. She was born in Danzig; her parents were Philip van Dijck and Maria Grauwert.
Maria married Gijsbert DeVeer 644
3010. Wilhelm Von Roy,651 son of Anthonius Von Roy 678 and Gertrud Maraun,651 was born about 1610 in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Joachim von Roy says that he was probably a trader in Elbing and not a manufacturer of trimmings. Another genealogist, Volker Ohliger, says "He was probably a merchant and trader in Elbing. The family's origins are obscure. Around 1612 almost all family members were of the Reformed faith. It was only when the three siblings Magdalena, Katharina and Peter von Roy married the three siblings Philipp, Giesbert and Aganetha de Veer and that branch of the family turned to the Mennonite faith. The other family members remained reformed."
His son Peter is a brother to Katarina Von Roy. Herman Thiessen puts his birth date at about 1640 (Hermann Thiessen Film 25, Folder 12, Page 204) but I am going with the date of 1644 from the Nederlandsche Leeuw. I note that in the Grandma Database a woman who died in Danzig in 1669, referred to in the Danzig Church Book only as the wife of Von Roy, is identified as Peter's wife. I doubt this is correct. De Nederlandsche Leeuw mentions nothing about Peter having a previous wife, nor does Joachim von Roy. Joachim von Roy says he was a merchant and handler in the silk and gold trade in Neugarten, as well as the owner of a manufactory for the production of gold, silver and silk trim. He apparently testified on 27 February 1690 before the Council of the City of Danzig that the brothers Cornelius and Gysbert in Alt Schottland, sons of the deceased married couple Gysbert and Maria De Veer, were the sole heirs of their recently deceased, unmarried, sister, Maria De Veer.
I have seen family trees online that include Elisabeth Niklassen as Wilhelm's wife. This is probably carried over from the records of Jan von Roy in Nederlandsche Leeuw who is shown with Elisabeth as his wife. There is no information that I am aware of to substantiate a relationship between Elisabeth and Wilhelm. However it strikes me as possible that although there is confusion about the husband's name, which I believe to be Wilhelm based on Joachim von Roy's research, the wife's name could be correct. Accordingly I have associated her with Wilhelm.
Notes about his family
Son Johann was the owner of a factory for the production of gold, sliver and silk trim. His death is recorded in the list of Mennonite deaths in the Elbing St. Annen Lutheran Church. He is buried in the cemetery of the St Anne Church in Elbing. Apparently his descendants appear occasionally in the Elbing records.
The Nederlandsche Leeuw gives the name of his daughter Magdalena as Magdalena von Rise but the Danzig Church Book gives her name as Magdalena von Roy in her death record, in association with her husband Phillip de Veer and in accordance with Joachim Von Roy.
Wilhelm married Elisabeth Niklassen 652
Children:
i. Johann Von Roy 679 was born about 1635 in Elbing, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died in Apr 1720 in Elbing, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
ii. Magdalena Von Roy 673 was born about 1637 in Danzig and died on 10 Mar 1683 in Danzig. Magdalena married Philipp DeVeer.672
1505 iii. Katharina Von Roy 611 (born in 1639 in Elbing, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - died on 27 Oct 1718 in Danzig). Katharina married Gijsbert DeVeer.610 Katharina next married Jacob Steboy 653
iv. Peter Von Roy 675 was born in 1644 in Elbing, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died on 6 Dec 1698 in Neugarten, Danzig Region, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Peter married Agneta DeVeer.674 Peter next married Catharina Kroecker 680
3011. Elisabeth Niklassen 652 was born before 1617 and died on 31 Aug 1669 in Danzig.
There is a death record in the Danzig Church Book that simply indicates the Von Roy wife. I suspect it refers to Elizabeth. The Nederlandische Leuw says she is the mother of the various Von Roy children who married into the De Veer family. If we assume this is correct and apply the correction maintained by Joachim Von Roy as to the name of the father, if follows that she is the wife of Wilhelm Von Roy.
Elisabeth married Wilhelm Von Roy 651
3814. Hans Berends 668 was born before 1643 in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died on 4 Jul 1699 in Danzig.
Jacob Janzen married a daughter of Hans Berends. I speculate that the Hans Berents who died in 1699 is this person. It is unproven. However, there are limited numbers of individuals and considering that the daughters were all listed in the Danzig Church Book as baptized and married within the community it follows that the parents lived in the community served by the Danzig Church. For the same reason I suspect that the wife who died on 20 September 1691 in Alt Schottland in the Danzig Region is the wife of this person. There is no name associated with this wife. I don't find any other Hans Berends who would be appropriate.
His daughter Sancke is the wife of Matis Kraemscke according to the Danzig Church Book death register. She died in 1709 when the plague was decimating Danzig.
Whether younger daughter Judke belongs to him is speculative.
His second wife was Liesbetje Schroeder. All of the information about her is taken from the Danzig Church Books with the exception of her year of birth which is estimated.
Hans married NN
Children:
1907 i. Daughter Berends 643 (born about 1663 in Danzig). Daughter married Jacob Janzen 642
ii. Daughter2 Berends 681 was born about 1663 in Danzig, was baptized on 4 Jul 1683 in Danzig, and died on 23 May 1696 in Danzig. Daughter2 married Isaac Hovenier 682
iii. Sancke Berends 683 was born about 1668 in Danzig, was baptized on 11 Jul 1688 in Danzig, and died on 9 Sep 1709 in Danzig. Sancke married Matis Kraemscke 684
iv. Judcke Berends 685 was born about 1672 in Danzig, was baptized on 5 Jun 1692 in Danzig, and died on 28 Dec 1698 in Danzig. Judcke married Isaac Raetz 648
v. NN Berends 686 died on 3 Aug 1690 in Danzig.
Hans next married Liesbetje Schroeder 687
3815. NN was born before 1643 in Danzig and died on 20 Sep 1691 in Danzig.
NN married Hans Berends 668
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