HEIJ, JACOB [SSNE 7923]

Surname
HEIJ, HAY
First name
JACOB, JAMES
Nationality
SCOT
Region
BUCHAN
Social status
SOLDIER

Text source

Jacob Heij was a young Scotsman living in Rotterdam by 1648. He was employed by skipper Cornelis Leendertsz Blau on the VOC ship Seelandia as a musketeer, along with another Scotsman, Jems Louff [SSNE 7922]. In his will named his wife, Lijsbet Jacobsdr, and his landlord, Jan Sibbet, his heirs.

 

Sources: Rotterdam Notarial Archive

 

http://www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/archieven?mivast=184&mizig=365&miadt=184&milang=en&miview=ldt

 

GRONA, (Jacob Duyfhuysen jr), 209/90/157. Testament, 13 January 1648.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ROTTERDAM, VOC
Arrived 1648-01-13
Capacity MUSKETEER, purpose VOC [MILITARY, COMMERCIAL]