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Vrijheer Gustaaf Willem van
Imhoff (1705-1750)
(Son of Freiherr Wilhelm Heinrich von Imhoff
and Isabella Sophia Boreel)
Born 8 August 1705 Leer
Died 1 November 1750 Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Married 20 April 1727 Batavia
Catharina Magdalena Huysman,
daughter of Anthony Huysman and Johanna Catharina Pelgrom
Born 11 June 1708 Casimbassar
Died 22 July 1744 Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Children by (a) Helena Pieters
Died 3 September 1759 Batavia |
At the age of nineteen he went into the service of the East India Company
and, in 1736, was appointed Governor of Ceylon. In 1740 he became Governor
General of the Dutch East Indies and this he remained until he died in
Batavia on 1 November 1750. In 1743 the Princess of Boni gave him a slave
by
whom he fathered several children. He bought
her freedom and she was baptised as Helena Pieters. In his will he
acknowledged and legalised his children, which was acknowledged by the
Dutch Government and, as a result, his son Jan Willem married into the
Dutch aristocracy. Helena Pieters married Jan Andries Durkopp and died
in Batavia on 3 September 1759.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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