1644- follow on document

Op huyden den 28en April XVIC vyerenveertich
compareerde voor mij Govert Rota, openbaer
notaris, bij den Hove van Hollandt geadmitteert,
binnen der stadt Delff residerende, ter
presentie van de ondergeschreven getuygen, juffrouw Anna
van Broeckhoven, weduwe van Willem Kittensteyn,
in sijn leven geweest schepen deser stadt, wonende alhier,
ende heeft geconstitueert ende machtich gemaeckt,
sulcx sij doet bij desen, d'heer
Swanenburch, jegenwoordich schepen der stadt
Leyden, specialijcke omme uyt haer constituants
name ende van harentwegen hem te transporteren ter
Westindise Camer binnen Leyden voorsz. ende
aldaer van haer constituantes name te laten afteykenen ende op 
sijn geconstitueerdens name te laten
overteyckenen ofte stellen soodanige actie
van negen hondert sesentachtich carolus guldens
capitael, als jegenwoordich op haer comparantes name
ter voorsz. camere alsnoch te boeck geteyckent staet
ende als haer in de geoctroyeerde
Westindise Compnagie ter voorsz. camere
gecompeteert heeft, welcke voorsz. actie haer comparante
onder andere erffenissen te beurre gevallen is
uytten boedel van de heer ende mr. Jacob van
Broeckhoven zaliger, in sijn leven gedeputeerde int
Collegie der Hoog Mogende Heeren Staten Generael
der Vereenigde Nederlanden, haer neve, ende voorts desen
aengaende alles te doen dat sij comparante, selffs
present sijnde, soude connen ofte mogen doen,
al waer't dat tot desen naerder ofte speciaelder /
last vereyste dan voorsz. staet, belovende voor
goet, vast ende van waerden te houden alle t'geene
bij de voorsz. geconstitueerde in desen gedaen ende
gehandelt sal werden, onder verbandt als naer
rechten, consenterende hiervan acte gelevert
te werden. Aldus gedaen ende verleden
ten huyse van haer comparante, in presentie van
Gerridt Michielsz van der Graeff, metselaer, ende
Cornelis Dircxz van Rhijn, schoemaecker, als getuygen.
Anna van Brouchoven
Gerridt Machgielis van der Graef
Cornelis Dirckx van Rijn
G. Rota, notaris, 1644

Geert just beat me to it :), so I will keep it to the summary

No address mentioned, other than she is mentioned as 'living in Delft'. It is an authorisation (procuratie) to act on her behalf of a certain person named Swanenburg, who was alderman (schepen) at the time. She herself is mentioned as being widow of the late Willem Kittensteijn, who had also been an alderman of Delft. Mister Swanenburg was authorized by her to act in the matter of receiving a sum of 986 Carolus guilders that were registered on her name in the accounts of the Delft Chamber of the West Indies Company, this sum being the heritage of her late brother, mr. Jacob van Broeckhoven, who had been a deputee in the Dutch States-Provincial ('Gedeputeerde Staten'). 
 

Super quick work Geert and Rene. Thank you both very much.

Just wanted to check a detail- using 'google translate' which as we know is not always super reliable, it has translated  'haer neve' as nephew. Can it also mean 'uncle'? 

Pity no actual address but I know she bought a property in 'Oude Delft' so am trying to narrow it down. I'll try tracing the witnesses as I assume they were neighbours- perhaps.....

very best wishes.

Anne 

Anne, he witnesses could be neighbours of the notary, too; when they are specialle invited notaries recorded this carefully.. The online repertory of officials and politicians in the Dutch Republic mentions a lot of functions of Jacob van Broechoven, see https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/repertoriumambtsdragersambtenaren1428… , but this repertory has no section for the constituent chambers of the Dutch West Inides Company. The bioghraphical aeticle by Van der Aa, https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/vdaa/?page=406&source=aa_… , does not mention anything about the Indies, too (II, col. 1362) .

It is indeed interesting to look for the Broeckhoven familiy in the archives of Erfgoed Leiden, https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/ .  The city Leiden had a kamer (chamber) of councillors for tbe WIC, just as Amsterdam. The Nationaal Archief has an index for investors of the WIC chamber Amsterdam, see https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoeken?activeTab=nts . In thier book Sporen van de slavernij in Leiden (Leiden 2017) Gert Oostindie and Karwan Fatah-Black write about races of slavery in Leiden, see https://lup.nl/publications/history/dutch-history/sporen-van-de-slavern… .

Dear Otto

Thank you so much for all the fascinating links you sent about Jacob van Brouchoven. Seems he was quite a character!

Anna named her youngest son Jacob and he too had links to the VOC, eventually becoming the Governor in Ceylon in 1649.

Good point about the witnesses, I hadn't thought of that. I know of Govert Rota as he was related to one of my pottery 'ladies' who I researched earlier.

very best wishes.

Anne