The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Godijn, Samuel		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1123
Call Number	NA 694B, omslag 59, film 4980
Date	1633/11/26
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Godijn
Owner Name	Godijn, Samuel
Life Dates	1561 |d 1633
Marriage Date	1602/08/24
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	On the East side of the Keysersgracht in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris ende taxatie van den huysraet, clederen ende andere goederen bevonden in't sterfhuys van saliger Samuel Godijn gestaen binnen deeser stede Amsterdamme op de Oost zyde van de Keysersgraft getaxeert ende gepriseert by Aeltgen Claes ende Engeltie Jacobs, gesworen schatsers die daerinne verklaren oprecht ... gehandelt te hebben, synde de selve goederen als volcht. Postscript: Aldus gewaerdeert ende gepriseert door de voorn. personen [Lucas Luce ende David Colyn] ten overstaen van Daniel Godin ende Hendrick Trip, Beschreven by mij Jan Warnaerts openbaer notaris .... ten versoecke van de voors. Daniel Godin ende Hendrick Trip testamentaire vooghden .... van de voors. Samuel Godin ... den 24, 25, 26en november 1633 in Amsterdam.
Commentary	Samuel Godijn (Godin) (1561-1633) was a wealthy merchant, originally from Southern Netherlands, who was related by marriage with several prominent families in Dordrecht, Middelburg, and Amsterdam. His parents are tentatively identified as Jean Godin and Barba Vivien (see below). He first settled in Bremen and was first noted in Amsterdam in 1604 (Gelderblom, Zuid-Nederlandse kooplieden, p. 302). Together with his brother Daniel Godijn, cited in the above INTRO and noted below, he invested 3,000 f. in the first subscription for V.O.C. shares in 1602 (Van Dillen, Het oudste aandeelhoudersregister). On 30 October 1613, he had various goods sold by the Orphan Chamber, including a number of moderately priced paintings without titles (INVNO 902). He freighted a ship to Oporto in Portugal on 4 May 1616 (with Jan Stassaert and Gillis Dodeur of R 29979 of Montias2). In the late 1620s, when a controversy arose within the W.I.C. as to whether the emphasis of the company's activities should be placed on the expansion of trade or the acquisition of further colonies, Samuel Godijn was one of four merchants -- the others were Samuel Bloemmaert of R 21578, Allert Coenradsz. Burgh, and Kilian van Rensselaer -- who opted for further colonisation (Jaarboek C.B.G. 50(1996), p. 113). In 1632 he was said to be participating in a colony, presumably in Brasil, with Mathijs van Ceulen (of INVNO 165). On 24 August 1602, Samuel Godijn married Anneken Anselmo in Bremen, born in Antwerp on 8 July 1583. She was the daughter of Anthonis Anselmo and of Janneken Hooftman (Jaarboek C.B.G. 36(1982), p. 114). A portrait of Antonio Anselmo and of his wife Johanna Hooftman with two of their children, presently in the Brussels Museum voor Schoone Kunsten, where it is attributed to Marten de Vos, is recorded in the present inventory (R 41304 of Montias2). On 14 October 1616, Samuel Godin and his wife Anne Anselmo had their daughter Maria baptized in the Wa. K. in the presence of Jean Fauconnier (of INVNO 243) and Marie Godin (DTB 130/36). Maria Godin is probably identical with the woman of that name, married to Thomas le Carlier, whose daughter Rachel le Carlier was the first wife of Jacques Schott, cited above (Elias, Vroedschap, p. 579). On 2 January 1619, they had their son Loijs baptized in the same church in the presence of Symon (Jacobsz.) van der Does and Marie Angele Anselmo (DTB 130/79). Symon Jacobsz. van der Does, secretary of the Assurantie Kamer, was married to Beatrix Anselmo, the sister of Anne Anselmo. Samuel Godijn's daughter Cecilia married Hendrick Trip (of R 24909 of Montias2) of Dordrecht, 28 years old, on 31 March 1633 (DTB 440/216). Cecilia died in 1633. Another daughter, named Johanna, married Jacob Trip, the brother of Hendrick Trip, on 14 February 1634 (Elias, Vroedschap, pp. 548-9). Daniel Godijn, born about 1576, the son of Jean Godin and Barba Vivien, was married to Sara Dragon (DTB 130/160 and Jaarboek C.B.G. 19(1965), p. 182). In view of the presence in the present inventory of a portrait of the late Jan Godijn (R 41292 of Montias2), it appears very likely that Daniel was Samuel's brother and that the late Samuel Godijn (or Godin) was also the son of Jean Godin and Barba Vivien. Hendrick Trip, cited in the INTRO, born in Dordrecht (1607-1666), was a wealthy trader in armaments and a buyer at Orphan Chamber auction (see the NOTES to R 24909 of Montias2). On 20 September 1633, Samuel Godijn and Juffr. Anna Ancelmo Anthonis signed a codicil to their testament dated 13 August 1608. Each son stood to inherit 2,000 f. before the division of the estate. His heirs were his son-in-law Hendrick Trip and his wife Cecilia Godin, and his sons Samuel Godijn de jonge (who would inherit 20 morgen in Beemster) and Philips Godijn, whose inheritance would depend on his comportment. He made bequests to the French (Reformed) community of 50 pounds Fl. and 100 f. to Do. Bassecour, the dienaer of that community (NA 694B, film 4980, Not. J. Warnaerts).
Notary	J. Warnaerts
Art Value	4711 |d 14 stuivers
# of Items	98
Montias1 #	1018