| Introduction | Inventaris van de huys[raet] ende imboel bevonden ten huys van wylen Pieter [Seulin] soo en sulcx hij die metter doot [ontruijmt] ende naergelaten heeft. Gemaeckt opt versoecke ende door aengeven van Catharina Seulin, huysvrouw van Jacques Boursse, Francois Tayspel, man ende voogt van Agatha Seulin, Willem [Pecock], als man ende voogt van Sara Seulin, tante [Maria Seulin?], bejarde dochter, alle kinderen ende [erffgenamen] van wylen Pieter Seulin, ende sijn de [meublen] (ex. de schilderyen) gepriseert door [...] Jacobs ende Kunertge Hendricx gesworen schatsers dese stede, ten pryse soo achter de selve goederen staet... In kennisse ... Gerrit Coren, Not. Publ... ter presentie naergenoemt. Postscript: Aldus gedaen in Amsterdam in presentie van Dirck Danckertsz. ende Gerrit [...] inwoonders deser stede als getugen den 2en april 1649. Signed: Anna Hendricx, Catrina Seullin, Frans Tayspel, Willem Pecock, Maria Seullyn, Dirck Danckertsz., Gerrit [Coren?] |
| Commentary | Pieter (Pierre) Seulin (Seullin) was the son of Mattheus Seulin (Seullin). He was first married to Sara van Collen, the daughter of Abraham van Collen (Ceulen), born in Aachen, who was buried in Amsterdam on 25 July 1624. Abraham van Collen was married to Maria Seulijn in Aachen. On their son Jean or Johannes, see below. After the death of Abraham van Ceulen, Maria Seulijn remarried with Pieter Carlier, also from Aachen, on 14 April 1626. On 16 January 1638, the honorable Pierre Carlier, resident merchant, named Isaack Hochepied to represent him over differences that had arisen over the succession of Jean Buret (de oude) (NA 952, Not. B. Baddel). On the estate of Jean Buret (Burett) de oude, see also the TEXT of R 81. Pieter Seulin's sister Hester Seulin was married to Steven de Lespierre (of R 33167). On these relations, see Jaarboek C.G.G. 1972, pp. 197-8. Mattheus Seulin may have been a brother of Jean Seulin I, married to Apollonia Sprenckhuysen, cited below. On 9 April 1614, Peter Seulin, widower of Sara van Keullen (Collen), was betrothed to Maria van Ceullen (Collen), who may have been the sister of Sara van Collen (DTB 418/39). Portraits of the Oude Keulen and of his wife in the inventory are probably those of Seulin's father- and mother-in-law, Abraham van Ceulen (Collen) and Maria Seulin. The children of Pieter Seulin (I) at whose request the inventory was drawn up were Catherina Seulijn, the second wife of Jacques Boursse (I); Agatha Seulin, married to Francois Tayspel; Sara Seulin, married to Willem Pecock; and Maria Seulin, spinster. On Jacques Boursse I, see the NOTES to R 20074. Jean Seulin II was the brother of Willem Seulijn (of INVNO 1197) and of Hendrick Seulijn, the father of Jan Hendricksz. Seulijn of R 34388 of Montias2. He was a regent of the Waalsweeshuis in 1636 and 1637. He was betrothed to Marguerite Boursse, of St. Malo, 19, daughter of Jacques Boursse I, on 1 October 1622 (see the NOTES to R 20074 of Montias2). Pieter (or Pierre) Seulin (I) was a merchant, apparently importing English textiles. For a declaration of 1624 at his request, see the NOTES to R 20238 of Montias2. On 19 February 1638, sr. Emanuel Mandeville, merchant in Amsterdam, declared that sr. Pieter Seullin (I), likewise merchant, had obtained a discount and bought in cash four bales of legiesyde (silk good): two bales sold to Catharina Varlet, widow of Severyn Haeck (of R 22043), one bale of the same to Jan van Heusden of R 36233 and one bale of the same to Gillis Bierman, under guarantee of Samuel de Lange. Seullin had been paid in full (after granting the rebates) (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 144(1974), pp.191-2). Pieter Seulin de jonge was probably his son. On 4 April 1640, sr. Johannes van Ceulen, merchant in Amsterdam, for the account of and having received written directives from, Pieter Seulin de jonge (II) hired Jan Albertsz., master copper smith (coperslager) to go to Brazil with the first opportunity to serve there on Van Ceulen's as copper smith for 42 f. a month plus free board and lodging (Van Dillen, op.cit. pp. 266-7). Johannes van Ceulen (Collen) was the son of Abraham van Ceulen (Collen) and of his second wife Maria Seulin (Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p. 643). On 12 April 1644, Johannes van Ceulen, merchant and drogist in Amsterdam took on apprentice for three years (text in French) (ibid. p.410). On 28 May 1650, sr. Jean van Ceulen drew up the specifications for hearth sculptures that he wished to install in his house that was being built on the Rokin on the corner of the Wyde Steech. The sculptor Hoecgeest was to carry out the work (ibid. p. 555). Both Willem Pecock and Francois Tayspel cited above were cloth dealers who signed a petition to the Vroedschap in 1665 concerning certain prohibitions on the import of English cloth (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 144(1974), Willem Peakok (Peacock) was also a dealer in whalebone stays (ibid. p. 859). p.737). |
