The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Amia, Mattheus		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	116
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1997
Date	1676/11/18
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Amia
Owner Name	Amia, Mattheus
Owner Notes	widower and legatee of Maria Abrahamsdr. de Marez
Life Dates	? |d bef. 1676 |n Amia
Marriage Date	1655/09/16
Type of Ceremony	K
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	Op de Oude Zijde Burgwal in Amsterdam
Religion	probably Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van alle de goederen metter doot ontruijmt ende naegelaten by Sr. Mattheus Amia in zijn leven coopman tot Amsterdam weduwenaer ende boedelhouder van za. Maria de Marez ende [curator?] tegenwoordich van de goederen by de selve Maria de Marez naergelaten , Gedaen macken by de E. Isaac Hochepied, Isaac Breyal ende Aernoult Huijbertsz. testamentaire voogden over de onmondige Zoon en dochter by de selve Amia naergelaten omme overgelevert te werden aende E. Heeren Weesmeesteren dezer stadt als oppervooghden van de selve soon en dochter en derselven goederen omme also in tijden en wijlen te strecken nae behooren. Zijnde de meuble goederen in eenen wege door Catharina Schaeck end Grietge Arents gesworen schatsers gepriseert.
Commentary	Matheus Amia (or Amya), from Aachen, Heer van Bodenhof, was a merchant in Amsterdam on the O.Z. Achterburchwal. He was the son of Hermann Amya, married to Anna Seullin (Seulijn), the daughter of Matheus Seulijn. He was the father of Michel Amya, merchant in Amsterdam. On 13 October 1642, Steven de Lespierre (of R 33167) gave a procuration to Johannes van Coelen (Keulen, Collen) and Michgel Amya, on the part of Daniel Burett, to request an accounting of the estate of Jan Burett de oude (Jaarboek C.B.G. 26(1972), p. 193). Matheus Amya (II?) married Maria de Marez Abrahams (II), the daughter of Abraham de Marez de jonge, the son of Abraham de Marez de oude of INVNO 300, on 16 September 1655. Their daughter Anna Rebecca (1660-1698) married Carel Hartsinck (1656-1719) on 5 April 1698 (Elias, Vroedschap, p. 909). Isaack Hochepied, one of the guardians of the son and daughter of Matheus Amia, was a rich merchant, born in Cologne in 1595 and died in Amsterdam in 1676. In 1674 he was taxed on the basis of assets evaluated at 140,000 f.. He married Lucretia Le Brun in 1623 (ibid. p. 619).
Notary	J. van Loosdrecht
Appraiser	Catharina Schaeck and Grietge Arents
Art Value	396 |d 10 st.
# of Items	34
Montias1 #	17