It make sense than Jan and Aaltje would have vistied him to make a will. Cornelis Dekker was a notary in Winkel, and also the local schoolteacher. – I just discovered an entry in the Notarial Records of Cornelis Dekker in the Rijksarchief Alkmaar: on April 7, 1812, Jan Zee and Aaltje deposited a will.
New discovery: Jan Zee and Aaltje Schuijtemakers will In 1832, Jan Zee married again, to Trijntje Smit, and died in Winkel in 1848. Bruin was therefore raised by Maartje Kamp (Arien Pater’s mother) and Jantje Pater, in the house at Laagzijde 104, Winkel, while Jan lived at Hoogzijde 38. For Jan, looking after a baby without a mother, and grieving the death of his wife, and brother, was very difficult. In January 1825, Jan Zee was faced with two tragic early deaths: his wife, and his brother, Frederik, within a week of each other.Īaltje Schuitemaker died unexpectedly at the age of 38, when their newborn son Bruin was only 6 months old. Of seven children born, only three survived childhood: Jannetje (x Arien Pater), Pieter (x Neeltje Veer), and Bruin (x Aafje Hasselman). But he went against the grain, probably figuring that there were enough teachers in the family: Jan became a farmer. His siblings Bregje, Pieter, and Frederik, had already moved to Hoogwoud by 1791, so either way, in 1798, Jan went to live in Hoogwoud.īy 1808, Jan Zee was living in Twisk, but after marrying Aaltje Schuitemaker in Obdam in 1808, they moved to Winkel, which would become home for the family. The will was also clear as to who should take care of him: his brother, Bruin Bruinzoon jr., living in Hoogwoud, or, his other brother Frederik, if we was of age. Jan’s father Bruin indeed did pass away, in 1798, when Jan was almost 15. Where did this great fondness for teaching and learning come from? Undoubtedly through their grandfather, Frederik Tromp – in his time a much respected teacher in Lutjebroek. Three of Jan’s brothers – Bruin, Frederik, and Pieter Zee were all teachers. ZEE, in Hoogwoud, is offering LESSONS in Algebra, Helmsmanship, in the Basics of Mathematics, and in the Surveying of Land in addition to making and using different sorts of sundials as well as in several other useful SCIENCES: Parents and Guardians wishing to this for their Children or Pupils, contact the above mentioned. ZEE, te Hoogwoud, geeft ONDERWIJS in de Algebra, Stuurmans-Kunst, in de Gronden van Wiskunst, en in het Werkdadig Landmeten benevens in het maken en zetten van differente sorrten van Zonnewijzers alsmede in meerder andere nuttige WEETENSCHAPPEN, Ouders en Voogden over hunne Kinderen of Pupillen daarvan gebruik willende maken, addresseeren zich deswegens aan bovengemelde.ī.
Whether or not Jan learned all the topics set down by his father, his older brother Bruin certainly did – as this advertisement he place in 1817 shows:ī. But very specifically, the will left instructions that it would not be paid out until Jan had reached the age of 22, and had learned and could recite the basic ‘Psalms and Kamphuizen’, mathematics as written by Bartjens and Venema, Seamanship and navigation, Land surveying, Italian book-keeping, and had taken his confirmation with the Reformed church. The background is clear: he didn’t want his son to repeat his own experiences as child, when his own father died, he had to watch helplessly as his three sisters were placed in an orphanage.įirst off, Jan was to be given 1,000 guilders, and an equal share of the family gold and silver. As wills go, this one is very curious and specific. His birth was something of a surprise – his mother Jannetje was 43 when he was born, and it had been eight years since his similarly named brother Johannis had died at a young age, in 1775.Īfter his mother died in 1790, his father Bruin was quick to draw up a will to ensure that he would be taken care of. Jan Zee was the twelfth, last, and it seems most loved child of Bruin Bruinzoon Zee and Jannetje Tromp.
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