grandfather Thonis Phillips’s and great-uncle Cornelis Philips Leeuwenhoek’s wives named in will
In 1608, Pieter Gijsbrechtsz, a cabinet maker and his wife Lijsbet Jansdr made a will.
Two of the beneficiaries were sisters, Maritgen and Geertgen, daughters of Huijch Andriesz, a carpenter. They were married to brothers Cornelis and Tonas (Thonis) Phillips, Leeuwenhoek's grandfather and great-uncle.
Other beneficiaries:
Pieter's two sisters and brother:
Claesghen [Gijsbrechtsdr]
Annetgen [Gijsbrechtsdr]
Willem Gijsbrechtsz
Lijsbet Jansdr. named two groups. The first, on her mother's side, each received a fifth part of half of her remaining goods.
Jan Wormen
Trijntgen Wormen
Willem Vrancken, cooper
Worm Vrancken
Josgen Vrancken
Then, on her father's side, each recieved an eighth part of half of her remaining goods:
Joost Cornelisz, shoemaker in the Bijecorff
Hillegont Cornelisdr, bedmaker in the Pepersteeg
Quiniera Huijghendr, wife of Jacob Boudewijnsz
Annetgen Huijghendr, wife of Cor. Centen, a tailor
the children of Maritge Huijgensdochter and Cornelis Phillipsz, basketmaker
Geertge Huijgensdochter, first wife of Tonis Phillipsz basketmaker, now deceased (she died in 1600)
the children of Lijsbeth Cornelis and Pieter Ariensz, a glassmaker
the children of Andries Cornelisz, cooper or baker, and Pieternella Maritgen Pieters, daughter of Haarlem dr. v. Pieter Huijgen, formerly cooper in the Drie Swanen
witnesses
Davidt Ariensz basketmaker
Cornelis Ariensz alias Aeriensz baker
Three parcels of property were involved in this bequest:
two houses, the Drie Schabellen on the Zuideinde, and the Bijecorff
one brewery, the Drie Swanen
Jan de Molijn, notary inv. 1548, fol. 2 and 3