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Anthony Meertens

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1815

Biography

Former Governor-General of Essequibo and Demerara, dying at Clifton in 1815. In an addendum to his will [originally made in 1802 in Demerara] of 1808 he left to his wife Johanna Hendrina Catherina Slengarde the plantation Rome on the east side of the River [Demerary] between plantations Zorgen Hoop and Velzerhooft, and charged the estate with 50,000 guilders after his wife's death for each of his daughters Catherina Maria Meertens and Antoinette Meertens. In 1815 he revoked this and left Rome to his children equally.


Sources

Will of Anthony Meertens Governor General of Amsterdam proved 02/07/1817, PROB 11/1594/24.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Johanna

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1798 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
Rome [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Relationships (2)

Anthony Meertens
Deceased Husband → Widow
Johanna Hendrina Catharine or Catherina Meertens (née Slengarde)
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Anthony Meertens
Other relatives
A. M. Meertens
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Notes →
Anthony Meertens had a son named Anthony Magelaars Meertens: the identification of the latter with 'A.M. Meertens' is highly likely but not yet...

Addresses (1)

Clifton, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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