Jacob Gerritsz (abt. 1570 - aft. 1623)

Born about 1570 in Warmond, South Holland, Netherlands

Died after 1623 after about age 53 in Warmond, South Holland, Netherlands

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ALERT
There is ample potential for confusion over the records involving a Jacob Gerritsz, the son of Gerrit Huijgensz. Caution is warranted.

RESEARCH NOTES describe another Jacob Gerritsz in the Warmond area around this period who is not directly related.
This other Jacob Gerritsz (Decker) was the son of Gerrit Lambrechtsz, as confirmed in his first mention in the Warmond morgenboek of 1592.
(This other Jacob Gerritsz Decker was also the brother of Geertgen Gerritsdr, the wife of "Timmerman" Foeyt Cornelisz Verzijl.)
Jacob Gerritsz Decker had at least two children, Huijch Jacobsz and Gerit Jacobsz, who take over property between 1628 and 1636.
They appear in the Warmond land registers, but not in the baptismal records for Warmond..
Most certainly these two men overlap in their lives in Warmond.
Meaning, all mentions of Jacob Gerritsz in Warmond must be considered with great care.

There is also a Jacob Huygen, married to Maertge Jans in 1614. With a son Leendert in 1620.
Their lives certainly overlapped with Decker's, but this couple seems likely to be several decades younger than the Jacob Gerritsz (Huijgensz) with his spouse Maritgen.

Nevertheless, the prospects for confusion with this other Jacob Huygen remain, and are amplified by the following.
The Jacob Gerritsz in this profile is also referenced as Jaep Gerrit Huygen by H.M. Kuypers at census entry 151, as noted in SOURCES.
Moreover, Jacob's brother Jan Gerritsz posthumously carries the surname Huygensz in 1646 in records involving his widow.
If Jacob Gerritsz and Jacob Huygen are the same individual, then Maertge Jans might then be the same woman as Maertge Harmansdr., the daughter of Harmen Jansz.
It seems both possible but unlikely that these are the same couple, but available records are insufficient to determine which case is correct.
Kuypers appears to have left these discrepancies unresolved in his mind as he does not clearly treat these records as pertaining to the same people.

BIOGRAPHY
Jacob (aka Jaep) Gerritsz Huijgensz was born at least by about 1575, as the son of Gerrit Huygens and Maritgen Pietersdr.
In 1596, he was directly involved in property negotiations with his father in law and cousins, suggesting he was an adult by this time.
He was married to (jonge) Maritgen Harmansdr, the younger daughter of Harman Jansz and Aeltgen Bouwensdr. (Date unknown.)
(Their older daughter, also named Maritgen Harmansdr., was married to Mattheus Mourinsz.)
The couple had six sons and three daughters.

HOOFDGELD WARMOND 1623
"Jacob Gerrit Huijgen (L) ende
Maritgen Harmansdr sijn huijsvre met
Huijch,
oude Gerrit,
jonge Gerrit,
Jan,
Clement,
Aeltgen,
Meijnsgen,
Pieter ende
Grietgen heure kinders - 11 hoofden"
F.J.A.M. van der Helm. Hoofdgeld te Warmond, 1623

(Note this listing casts doubt on Jacob's estimated year of birth ca. 1570 and marriage before 1600 as the oldest of nine children wouldn't normally still be residing at home as of 1623.)

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53282995
(Jan as father, Aeltge and Pieter as witnesses in 1637, along with a Jan Jansz.)
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53223895
(Jan as father, Aeltgen and Clement as witnesses in 1639)

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53118785
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53325516
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53387014
(Clement x Aeltge Feuijten as parents in 1639, 1641 and 1642)

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/51909935 Gerrit Leege Land 1633
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53176180 Clement and Aeltge 1636
baptism, with Gerrit and Grijtgen, and Pieter Feuyten

Pieter married Jannetge Dircxdr, probably the sister of
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53374795

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53271195
(Next generation with Foijt Clementsz)

PROPERTY HOLDINGS
Listed below are the property holdings of any Warmond residents named Jacob Gerritsz. from 1592 or after.
Also included are properties held by the parents of Jacob Gerrit Huijgensz, or his brothers after both parents are deceased.
All descriptions are from the Morgenboeken van Warmond (MBvW), various selected years.

Tentative Conclusions follow.

(MBvW 1592 (blz. 62)
Gherrit Huijchgensz. bruijct vande siecken tot Leijden - xviij mor. j hont (18 morgen, 1 hont)
Noch van Mr. Cornelis de Jonge - iij mar. (3 morgen)
Noch van Floris Pietersz. - ij½ mor. (2.5 morgen)
Noch eijgen gecomen van Harmen Jansz. - xj½ hont (11.5 hont)
Somma xxv mar. iij½ hont

1596?
1600?

(MBvW 1604, blz 53)
De hoffstede vañ siecken tot Leijden die de weduwe van Gerit Huijgen gebruijct is groot - xviij mor. j hont

(MBvW 1608, blz 148)
De weduwe van Gerit Huijgen bruijct met hare kinderen vande huijssittenen tot Leijden de hofstede

(MBvW 1612, blz 47v)
Pieter & Jan Geritssoonen bruijcken vañ huijssittenen tot Leijden

(MBvW 1616, blz 67)
De weduwe van Gerit Huijgen bruijct met hare kinderen vañ huijssittenen tot Leijden
(record keeping error? She was deceased before 1612.)

INTRODUCING JACOB GERRITSZ (DECKER)

(MBvW 1592, folio 23)
Jacob Gerritsz. met Gerrit Lambrechtsz. zijn vader zijn hofstede - j hont

By 1596 he adds 26 morgens from Cornelis Jan Barentsz, and he or his sons hold that at least into 1636, along with j hont for the hofstede. (This property rented from 'Meester Cornelis' recurs repeatedly.)

(MBvW 1596 blz. 80)
Jacob Gherritsz. bruijckt van Meester Cornelis - xxvj mar.
Somma Lxj mar. ij½ hont

(MBvW 1596, blz. 24)
Jacob Gerritsz. zijn hofstede - j hont
Noch die Osseweij - iij mar.
Noch over de Zijll - ij mar. Noch opte Groote Sloot - v½ hont Noch Dirck Vranckensz. - iij hont Somma vj mar. iij½ hont

(MBvW 1600 folio 46)
Jacob Geritsz. bruijcker vande hofstede mettet lant daer omtrent gelegen eijgen mr. Corn. tot Leijden - xxvj mor.

(MBvW 1604, blz. 20-21)
Jacob Geritsz.’s hoffstede eijgen die hij selfs bewoont - j hont
Noch eijgen het teelant over de wech - iij hont
Noch eijgen achter het monicken convent de Osseweijde - iij mor.
Deselve noch eijgen over Zijl - ij mor.
Bruijct noch van Adriaen Pietersz. zijn swager - ij mor. ½ hont Bruijct noch van St. Agnietenclooster tot Leijden opte Groote Sloot - v½ hont

Note Adriaen Pietersz. was the husband of Griet Gerritsdr, the daughter of Gerrit Lambertsz. So this Jacob Geritsz was his son. (surname Decker). .
Hence, the same conclusion applies to the 1596 record for blz 24, as it involves mostly the same properties.

(MBvW 1608, blz 154)
Jacob Geritsz. bruijct van mr. Cornelis . . (spatie) tot Leijden sijn hofstede mettet lant daer omtrent gelegen - xxvj mor.

(MBvW 1608, blz 56)
Jacob Gerits zoons hofstede (blz. 56) eijgen die hij selffs bewoont j hont

(MBvW 1636 folios 134 and 135)
Huijch Jacobsz., ende Gerit Jacobsz. loco Jacob Geritsz. haer vader bruijcken vande Erffgenamen van Mr. Corn.s Jan Barentsz. tot Leijden der selver hoffstede groot - xxvj mor.

Conclusions ...
There appear to be no farmland records that pertain expressly to Jacob Gerritsz, son of Gerrit Huijgensz.
He may or may not be included among "hare kinderen" in 1608, were he still alive.
He is expressly NOT included in 1612.
It seems clear that Jacob Gerritsz (Decker), his father Gerrit Lambertsz, or his sons Huijch and Gerit, maintain possession of j hont of land with a homestead throughout this period. And after 1592, they also maintain possession of 26 morgen land they rent from Mr. Cornelis Jan Barentsz of Leiden.

RESEARCH NOTES
In the Leiden version (word doc) of the 1599 Kohieren (head tax) record, for 't Lage Landt under Warmond, there is an entry at 52p, for Jacob Gerytsz.
(also a Cornelis Gerytsz at 52d.)

From a tax record for 1599,
Van Jacob Gerrit Huijgensz. tot Warmondt over een jaer renten, verscheenen als vooren £ 9.
https://www.hogenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/hogenda-search/download_attachment.php?id11173&typesource (Van der Tuijn)

There is also a Jacob Huygen, married to Maertge Jans in 1614. With a son Leendert in 1620.
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/51981964
(1614 as Jaep Huijgen, to Maertgen Jans)

This Jacob Gerritsz's marriage may have occurred in 1614 if .... Maritgen Harmansdr. is aka Maertge Jans.
The husband of record was Jaep Huijgens, and H.M. Kuypers references the Jacob in this profile as Jaep Gerrit Huygen. (see SOURCES)

However, a deed from 1596 reports that Jacob Gerritsz was involved in agreements over property transfers. This strongly suggests that Jacob was an adult by this time, and thus was probably born by 1570.
This does not rule out a 1614 marriage, but it makes it more unlikely.
If Jacob Huijensz and Maertge Jans are somehow correct, then likely so is son Leendert in 1620, born to Jacob Huygen and Maertge Jans..
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/53095003

SOURCES
Date of Birth/Baptism:

Marriage:
151. Jaep Gerrit Huygen [x jonge Maritgen Harmansdr.]

280. .... en jonge Maritgen Harmansdr., huisvrouw van Jacob Gerritsz. [dochters van Harman Jansz. en Aeltgen Bouwensdr.].

H.M. Kuypers "Warmond Kohieren 1599," para 50, Census 151 and fn 280

Death:

Relationships: (parents, siblings, spouse)
51. Marie Pietersdr., overl. tussen 17-9-1606 (fn 370) en 2-5-1615 (fn 371), x Gerrit Huygensz., overl. tussen 1592 (fn 372) en 1599 (fn 373). Kk: Jacob [151], Pieter [153] (x 1610) en Jan [154] (x 1599).

151. Jaep Gerrit Huygen [x jonge Maritgen Harmansdr.]

280. .... en jonge Maritgen Harmansdr., huisvrouw van Jacob Gerritsz. [dochters van Harman Jansz. en Aeltgen Bouwensdr.].

370. ELO, Gem. Arch. Warmond inv. nr. 1192 prot. J, fol. 13. (1606) Boedelscheiding tussen Maritgen Pietersdr., wede van Gerrit Huygen, geholpen bij Willem Dammasz., schout als haar voogd ter eenre en Jacob Gerritsz., Pieter Gerritsz. en Jan Gerritsz., haar kinderen t.a.z.
H.M. Kuypers "Warmond Kohieren 1599," para 51, census 151, and fn 280 and 370
(It appears that Kuypers did not recognize that Jacob Gerritz and Jaep Gerrit Huygen were the same individual, since para 51 pertaining to his parents and brothers doesn't acknowledge Jacob's marriage to Maritgen in that passage. Jaep is a common nickname for Jacob. Census entry 151 documents his marriage, to the correct woman.)

Other: Notarial
Leiden Notarieel Archief: 7 December 1596
(Archive 506 no 60 deed no 224, Archief van notaris Willem (Claesz. van ) Oudevliet, 1577-1602) (copy NL-LdnRAL_AR_506_0060_0234.jpg)

Doe Reijersz, buyrman te Warmont op te Zijl, oud ca 42, verklaart op verzoek van Geryt Huygensz, Warmont op te Zijl zijn buyrman dat hij omtrent Petri ad Cathedram 1595 ten huize van Geryt Huygensz was en daar ook waren Harmen Jans..., en Jacob Gerrits en Theeus Mouwerings zijn twee zwagers ... 'beterschap & vriendschap van woningen' (ruilverkaveling) veel gekrabbel, veel doorgehaald.

[Doe Reijersz from Warmond living on De Zijl, age about 42, declares at the request of Gerrit Huygens that he was at Gerrit’s house on Petri ad Cathedram (22 February) 1595 where he also met Harmen Jans and his ( Doe's) two brothers in law Jacob Gerrits and Theeus Mouwerings. They agreed on a redistribution of land among themselves and financial compensation;. Signed by two witnesses, the notary and Doe Reijers (mark: arrow pointing up).

(Harmen was clearly the father-in-law of Jacob, not the brother-in-law. So Jacob and Theeus must have been Doe's brothers in law. Kuypers does not indicate that Jacob/Gerrit/Pieter had a sister for Doe's brother to marry. (One path to zwagerhood) So this suggests that Doe's sister was married to one of the Gerrit Huijgen boys. However, the patronyms for the spouses of Jan, Pieter and Jacob Gerritz are known (the fathers were Engel, Jan and Harman). No patronym Reijersz.. And Gerrit married in 1599, Pieter in 1610, and date unknown for Jacob. So then how is Doe Reijersz related to Jacob Gerrits as of 1596? Was Gerrit previously married? Who were Doe's sisters? Puzzle remains.)

As a postscript, if Jacob is involved here in property negotiations as of 1596, it seems likely that he was born at least by 1575 if not well before. Which then makes it less likely but not impossible that he married in 1614 and fathered a child in 1620.)