great-uncle Cornelis Philips Leeuwenhoek born
Date:
January 1, 1558
Leeuwenhoek's great-uncle Cornelis Philips was born around 1558. A notary document that he signed in 1590 gave his age as around 32 years.
He did not use a last name or family name, but he and his brothers Thonis and Jan are the oldest of Leeuwenhoek's ancestors on his father's side that I have been able to trace.
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