The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Willems, Rebecca		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	556
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	NA 1028 film 1250
Date	1652/10/02
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Willems
Owner Name	Willems, Rebecca
Owner Notes	widow of Gerrit Simonsz.
Life Dates	1615 |d 1651/07/?
Marriage Date	1641/11/31
Type of Ceremony	K
Occupation	Manufacturer |a Cloth, leather
Residence	South side of Looierstraet in Amsterdam
Religion	probably Mennonite
Introduction	Inventaris gemaeckt by de ongerg. notaris uytten name ende door 't aengeven van Rebecca Willems weduwe van za. Gerrit Simonsz. bombasijnmacker overleden anno 1651 den [left blank] july ende dat van den boedel ende goederen by hem met sijn vrouwe, nu weduwe, beseten. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven by de voornoemde Rebecca Willems [die verclaerde] alles des boedels rackende ten goede trouwe te hebben in desen bekent, gemaeckt ... in Amsterdam den 2en octobris 1652 tot des weduwes huys. (She signed with a cross).
Commentary	On 31 November 1641, Gerrit Simonsz., from Helom, 26, living in the Runstraet, assisted by Aert met Bescheijt, was betrothed to Rebecca Willems, from Rotterdam, widow of Rijm Ysbrantsz. (DTB 457/61). According to the INTRO, Gerrit Simonsz. was a cloth maker (bombasijnmacker). There were six portraits of leerars (teachers, preachers) in the inventory, which suggests that Rebecca Willems was perhaps Mennonite.
Notary	Sebastiaen van der Piet
Art Value	6 |d 7 stuivers
# of Items	25
Montias1 #	459