Jacob Alewijnsz. Tol

Jacob Alewijnsz Tol (born about 1622? in Langdijk, Delft Ball. But Ball says: He made a will on 5th December 1624 in which he is described as a bachelor and the son of the late Alewijn Jacobs. He names his mother, Maritgen Joosten, as his heir. I am not sure at what age one was able to make a will, but I have assumed a birth date of circa 1607 based on this fact and the date of the marriage of his parents.) of De Snouck, Jacob Gerritsen Straet, Delft (in 1647 given as Oudenlangendijck) died September 1662, Delft; buried 10 September 1662, St. Joris Kapel, Oude Kerk, Delft.

In March 1626 he was clerk to the Delft notary Johan van Beest.
When he married Lijsbet van der Piet (1626-1692- christened on 23 Dec 1628 in Cooremarct, Delft [or 22 Nov1626, Nieuwe Kerk, Delft?]) on 3rd of March 1647 at the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft , he was not a young man, probably already in his 40's but a bachelor nevertheless, while his wife was around 20. When they married he was living in the house called 'De Snouck' on the north west corne corner of Ouderlangendijk and Jacob Gerritsenstraet and the Oude- langendijk, just off the main Market Square in Delft. His family had lived in this house since at least 1620, and his widow continued to live there after his death, so this seems to have been where Adriana was brought up. There are two children of Jacob Alewijnsz. Tol of Langendijck buried in the Oudekerk, Delft: one on the 16th February 1652 and the other on the 14th September 1652.

• Maria 1647 -1669
• Adriana 1649 -1652
• Elsje1651 -1652
• Alewijn 1654 -1674
• Adriana 1656
• Dirck 1658
• Willem 1660

Jacob Alewijnsz Tol died in September 1662 and was buried 10 September 1662, St. Joris Kapel, Oude Kerk, Delft. On the 21st December 1663 his widow, Elisabeth van der Piet, appeared before the Weeskamer at Delft and reported that there were five children, Marij aged 16 years, Alewijn aged 9, Ariaentie, age 6 years, Dirck aged 4 years and Willem Jacobs Thol aged 2 years. Although still looked after by their mother, they were appointed three guardians - Willem van Assendelft, Mr Nicolaes van Assendelft Advoct. and Geerardt van Assendelft - and their inheritance presumably invested and used to feed and clothe them until they came of age which Adriana would have done around 1681.

On 22nd December 1685, their daughter, Adriana Jacobsz. Tol, appeared before the Delft Weeskamer and stated that she was the wife of Johannes Smit, soldier. She declared that her mother had raised and provided for her properly; she thanked her for her good care and freed her of any further obligation.

From the Weeskamer records Lijsbet seems to have brought up her family in'de Snouck' - the same house her parents-in-law had lived in - but at the time of her death her address is given as 'Zusterslane bi hoff' in the Church burial books. She was buried 18 March 1692, Nieuwe Kerk, Delft.

adapted from http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/delft/I003.html

Baptism Adriana Tol 29 July 1649 Dutch Reformed Church - Nieuwe Kerk, Delft

• Adriana Tol (child)
• Jacob Tol (father)
• Lijsbet Dircx (mother)
• Pleunis van der Piet (witness)
• Barbara van der Piet (witness)
• Engelken Gijsenbiers (witness)

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'de Snouck'

on the NW cnr of Jacob Gerritsen St & the Oudelangendijk - just off the main Market Square in Delft

This is a present day google image of the 1600s house, and you can visit it yourself on Google maps -https://www.google.com/maps/@52.011372,4.3596059,3a,75y,196.86h,90....

The house was built in 1593 by Jacob Alewijnsz Speldemaker (surname or occupation?) when he obtained permission to build a warehouse for his house on the north west corner of the Jaep Gerritsstaet.On the 10th January 1608 Jacob Alewynsz inde Snoock, oude langendijck was buried from the Oude Kerk.

The Old Church, by Cornelis Springer (1877)

When Alewijn Jacobs, his son, was married to Maritgen Joosten in 1606, he was living in the 'Grooten Snouck' , and when he was buried in 1621, his address was 'de Snouck' in the Jacob Gerritsen Street (inde Snoock opde houck van Jacob gerritsz [straat]). His widow continued to live in that house through her two subsequent marriages, finally being buried from there herself in 1644.

Their son, Jacob Alewijnsz. Tol, also lived at De Snouck, Jacob Gerritsen Straet, Delft (in 1647 given as Odenlangendijck).
Modern Oude Langendijk Road

Born around 1607, Jacob married Lijsbet Dircx van der Piet on 3 March 1647 at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft.

A 1652 painting by Carel Fabritius, showing the Nieuwe Kerk.

He was buried 10 September 1662, St. Joris Kapel, Oude Kerk, Delft
(Ref: http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/delft/I056.html)

This map of Delft by J.Blaeu from 1649 shows the Nieuwe Kerk in its centre, at the front of which is the main Market Square. Oude Langendijk Road runs parallel to the square on the right of this, a block over.

[All images free of copyright - Sharon Doubell Mar 2024]