A comment regarding Chapter 5 in the Ahasverus de Créqui dit la Roche genealogy:
The signatures above are taken from a document dated April 19th 1654. This is a notary protocol, signed on the very date of the burial of their mother Gertrude Rengers. In this document, Ahasverus de Créqui dit la Roche and his sister Judith who was married to de Parceval "abandons" the household of their parents and leaves it for their "two brothers squire Johan and Bartholomeus de Crequi and their two sisters ladies Geertruijt and Maria de Crequi to retain the household with the four of them".
From this document, we can draw the clear conclusion that Jean de Créqui dit la Roche and Gertrude Rengers had the following six children alive at the time of her death:
- Jonkheer Jean de Créqui dit la Roche
- Jonkheer Ahasverus de Créqui dit la Roche
- Jonkheer Bartolomeus de Créqui, chevalier de la Roche
- Gertrujit de Créqui
- Maria de Créqui
- Judith de Créqui
From a document dated November 2, 1650, we know that another unnamed son of Gertrude Rengers was buried on that date with the church bells ringing for three poses, or one hour: "de soon van Joefvrou Laros in de kerck begraven 3".
Notarieel Archief 6038, notaris Jeremias Lammens te Monster. 19-4-1654
(Summary transcription and translation by a local historian in Monster, The Netherlands, February 27, 2002)
De Jonckers Sierius de Parsevael @ getrouwt hebbende Judick de Crequi @ en Joncker Ahasverus de Crequi @ voor hem selven, als kinderen van sa: Joncker Johan de Crequi Sr. de la Rosse en Joffrouw Geertruijt Rengers. Ze abandonneren de boedel van hun vader en moeder en laten hem hun twee broeders Joncker Johan en Bartholomees de Crequi en hare twee susters Joffrouwen Geertruijt en Maria de Crequij om de boel met hun vieren te behouden.
get.: Joncker Bartholomees de Crequij ridderheer te 's Gravenhage en Vranck Claesz Colen @
<w.g.:> B.de Crequi chevalier de la Roche
The same in English:
The squires Sierius de Parsevael [signs] married to Judick de Crequi [signs] and squire Ahasverus de Crequi [signs] for themselves, as children of the late squire Johan de Crequi Sr. de la Rosse and lady Geertruijt Rengers. They abandon the household of their father and mother and leave it to their two brothers squire Johan and Bartholomeus de Crequi and their two sisters ladies Geertruijt and Maria de Crequi to retain the household with the four of them.
Witnesses: squire Bartholomeus de Crequi [ridder means knight, heer means lord or priest, but I do not know what ridderheer means] living at The Hague [signs: B. de Crequi chevalier de la Roche] and Vranck Claesz Colen [signs]
of course the notary also signs: Jeremias Lammens
Our local historian in Monster, who found the above document on February 16th in the State Archove in The Hague. comments: It is highly unusual to have one of the people mentioned in the statement also as a witness [Bartholomeus]. Vranck Claesz Colen is a local inhabitant and a son-in-law of the old notary. There are always two witnesses to statements recorded by a notary.
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