Cornelis Franz Dewitt

  Noted events in his life were:

• Inherited, 1565. My father died and left a flourishing timber business to me.

• faith: Dutch Reformed. I was the first to profess to the new reformed religion.

• Served, 1575 to 1620. I served as Alderman of Dordrecht.

• Served, 1575 to 1620. I served as Burgomaster of Dordrecht.

• Served, 1596 to 1599. I served as Representative of the province of Holland in the Zeeland Admiralty

• Served, 1602. I served as the largest subscriber to the Zeeland chamber of the VOC. However, this honor was shadowed by the death of my wife Johanna.

• Notes of Interest. William II, Prince of Orange:

William II was known as the Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1647 to 1650. He was the son and successor of Frederick Henry. In 1641, he married Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I of England. His ambitious projects brought him into conflict with the great merchants of Amsterdam. He opposed acceptance of the Treaty of Münster in 1648 despite its recognition of the independence of the Netherlands. He immediately began secret negotiations with France, having as his purpose the extension of his territory, the centralization of his government, and the restoration of his brother-in-law, Charles II, to the English throne. The prompt resistance he encountered from the states of Holland was not broken by William's imprisonment of its leaders in 1650. He next turned his attention to external affairs and was negotiating a treaty with France when he died of smallpox.

Cornelis married Johanna Heymans, daughter of Andires Jansz Heymans and Aelken Claesdr Colff, on 28 Sep 1568 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. (Johanna Heymans was born on 12 Jan 1546 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and died on 24 May 1602 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.)

Cornelis next married Kornilia Van Beverwyck.