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Geelvinck

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Geelvinck ("yellow finch") was a Dutch surname. The family died out in the early 19th century.

Some notable members of the family include:

Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther, by Rembrandt (1660), Pushkin Museum
  • Lieve's son, Nicolaes Geelvinck, married in 1729 the daughter of the richest woman in Amsterdam. He was married three times. Helped by his father-in-law, he became mayor of Amsterdam in 1748. Within a few months one third of the vroedschap was removed by the stadtholder William IV of Orange. Geelvinck also lost his seat in the Admiralty of Amsterdam, despite widespread expectations that he would lead reforms. Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther, a painting by Rembrandt, was given to him by his great-aunt Sara Hinlopen.
  • Nicolaes's son Nicolaas Geelvinck, lord of Stabroek, was an administrator of the West India Company; between 1784 and 1812 Georgetown in Guyana was called Stabroek.
  • In 1756 Nicolaes's son Lieve married Catharina Elisabeth Hasselaer, the daughter of a diplomat. In 1757 he died. The widow Geelvinck was a close friend of Belle van Zuylen and James Boswell, who called her "la belle veuve".[2]
  • Nicolaes's son Joan Geelvinck (1737–1802), was a Patriot and in 1787 a burgomaster for only five months. He fled to Paris and joined Lafayette.
  • Joan's daughter Maria Petronella Geelvinck (1769-1831), married in 1787 Anton Tschiffely (1759-1824), until 1785 in the Dutch military service. Maria Petronella moved with him to Switzerland and took a painting with her by Gabriël Metsu. Tschiffely, since 1795 a member of the Bern city council, used the title Lord of Stabroek. In 1832 the painting was sold by her inheritants to the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[3]

Family tree

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Jan Cornelis Geelvinck1) Griete Govertsdr. Wuytiers
2) Aecht de Vlaming van Oudtshoorn
Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen
1) Elisabeth VeleckerCornelis2) Margaretha Bicker
Anna van LoonJoan4 other children:
Cornelis, Brigitta, Coenraad, Dirk
AlbertSara Hinlopen
Catharina ClaraWillem Boreel
1) Agatha Theodora van BambeeckLieve2) Anna de Haze
Agatha LevinaAnna ElisabethCatharina Jacoba
1) Johanna Jacoba Graafland
(daughter of Anna de Haze)
Nicolaes2) Hester Hooft
3) Maria Margaretha Corver
NicolaasJoan5 other children
Anton TschiffelyMaria Petronella

Notes

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  1. ^ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausnavy/1700.htm [user-generated source]
  2. ^ Pottle, F.A. (1952) Boswell in Holland 1763-1764, p. 123, 351.
  3. ^ Gent, J. van, (1998) Portretten van Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen en zijn familie door Gabriël Metsu en Bartholomeus van der Helst. In: Oud Holland 112, p. 133. (in Dutch)