Heijman Gijsbertsz Roosa

  Noted events in his life were:

• Leased, 1608. ³²⁸ In 1608, I leased a "tiend" in NeerAndel, blocknumber 3

• faith, 24 Dec 1612. I joined the Dutch Reformed Church.

• Occupation, 1623. ³²⁹ I am a “collecteur der verpondingen” (collector of taxes) in Andel.

• Charged, 4 Mar 1626. ³³⁰ I was charged 25 guilders payable to two minor children of Lord Walraven Van Heijdenwijck for two certain properties.

• Sold, 20 Jul 1630. ³³¹ My brother Abraham, the children of my late brother Alert and I sold to Henderick Dircksen Feyter the title deed of a piece of yard and orchard in Herwijnen called Beyerslant which we had inherited from our father.

• Transferred, 1636. ³³² I transferred 5 ½ hont land that was situated in the “Geertgeshoeff” to my brother Abraham Gijsberts.

• Notes of Interest. In the Netherlands there is a debate as to who was the “first” Lord of Arkel. What is not in dispute is the story that a man by the name of Heijman was in fact an historical character who resided in Arkel in the tenth century:

The name Heijman traces back to a story of a brave man, who in the tenth century served Emperor Otto the Great of Hungary. Because of his stouthearted actions he made himself liked to such extent that the emperor sent him to East-Friesland to serve Tieleman, who was the landlord of that region, as a governor of Neder-Frieland, presently province of the Netherlands. He married the daughter of Tieleman, named Silla or Gella, and departed to Holland. There he became a favorite of the counts of Holland and Teisterband, who gave him some lands situated at the Linge which later were unified under the name of “Land of Arkel”. Arkel, earlier called Arclo, is very old. In 641 already a church was founded and it is said that Heijman settled himself in the tenth century and that his son Foppo built a castle. It is

Heijman means “hero on his own inheritance” or perhaps better-said “hero on his (own) inherited territory”. The name can be found in the area around Dordrecht from as early as 1284 and might actually have been a form of Hendrick from Heynderic.

• Tax List, 1614. ³³³ My name is listed on the tax rolls for Andel.

Heijman married Eijken Jan Kuijstendr, daughter of Anthonis Cornelisz Kuijstendr and Mariken Aerts Willemsdr, on 24 Dec 1612 in Gelderland, Netherlands. (Eijken Jan Kuijstendr was born about 1592 in Andel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands and died before 1642 in Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands.)

Heijman next married Metjie Gysertsor De Roos after 1642 in Gelderland, Netherlands.