Dear Anne,
The date is correct. There are however some particular issues. The deed now posted is a statement by Anna van Brouckhoven, widow of the late Willem Luijtgensz Kittensteyn, acting as mother and appointed (by the last will of her deceased spouse) as legal spouse of:
- Ludolff, aged 23
- Aeltge, aged 17
- Rachel, aged 15
- Maria, aged 13
- Jacobus, aged 11
She declares that she will execute the content of her late husband's will and guarantees this by putting her person and possessions as collateral. If I understand the text correctly, the text of the will was written down by both spouses and the document was signed on the back side (in dorso) by the notary Jan de Molijn and the witnesses. This may indicate that the will was not a regular notarial deed.
The problem is that the full notary deeds for this specific notary for 1611 have not been preserved. You may want to search in the minuutakten (summary of the deeds), but these are not available online for as far as I know. According to the inventory, this should be archive 161, inventory number 1557. No guarantees however...
Anne
zei op woensdag 14 januari 2026 - 15:49