Jan Janszoon Plug

 

Historical Context:

- 1517: Martin Luther publishes The Ninety Five Theses and the (Protestant) Reformation of the Christian church begins. This would have significant influence on the history of the Netherlands, Noordwijk and even emigration to North America over the next four hundred years.

- 1533: Willem of Orange is born (d. 1584)

  1. -1520, 1552 and 1562: storms expose the ruins of Batavorum Lugdunum (a Roman fortress) in the North Sea dunes between Katwijk and Noordwijk. Batavorum Lugdunum was a fortress outpost on the northern boundary of the Roman Empire (circa 12 AD).

  2. -circa 1560: Calvinism movement begins in the Netherlands.

  3. -1568: beginning of Eighty Years’s War and Dutch War of Independence (1568 - 1609)

  4. -1571: Formation of the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk/NHK (or Dutch Reformed Church)

  5. -1574: Het Wilhelmus (National Anthem of the Netherlands) is written and is world’s oldest national anthem.

  6. -1573/1574: Siege of Leiden

  7. -1581: Seven Northern provinces renounce Philip II

  8. - 1581: Declaration of Independence

  9. -1584: Assassination of Willem of Orange

  10. -1588: The Dutch Republic (through 1609)

  11. -1588: English defeat the Spanish Armada (w/Dutch assistance)

  12. -1591: Dutch forces, led by Willem and Mauritis of Orange, (re)capture Nijmegen, Zutphen and Deventer

  13. -1590’s: Tulips introduced to Netherlands by Charles de l’Ecluse (Carolus Clusius) at the University of Leiden (Hortus Botanicus)

  14. -1600: British East India Company is chartered by Elizabeth I (England) to compete with Dutch traders

  15. -1600: Population estimates:

    ..World - 550 million

    ..Europe - 75 million

    ..Netherlands - 1.5 million

  1. -1600‘s William Shakespeare writes secular plays

  2. -1602: Dutch East Indies company is granted Asian trading monopoly

  3. -1604: King James (England) authorizes the translation of the Bible (King James version)

  4. -1606: Rembrandt (Harmenszoon van Rijn) is born in Leiden

  5. -1608: Champlain founds Quebec City

  6. -1608: Puritans (temporarily) move to Leiden

  7. -1609: Henry Hudson (working for Dutch East India Company) anchors off Manhattan Island and sails up the Hudson River

  8. -1615: Champlain sails into Lake Huron

  9. -1618: Rene Descartes (“I think, therefore I am”), seeking religious and intellectual freedom, moves to The Netherlands

  10. -1626: Dutch West India Company establishes Nieuw Amsterdam (later NYC)

  11. -1630 (to 1654): Netherlands conquers Brazil

  12. -1637: peak of Tulip Mania

  13. -1639: Dutch universities being teaching Descartes’ principles and philosophies

Jan Janszoon (Plug)

Born: 1591

- Noordwijk op Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Married:

Geertgen Arijens (vander Meij) - 1615


* Lijsbeth Dircksdochter - 14 Dec 1636

    Hervormde Kerk, Noordwijk Binnen ZH NL


Children:

  1. -with Geertgen Arijens (vander Meij)

    Jan Janszoon (Plug) (b. bef 1623)

    Arij Janszoon (Plugh) (b. bef 1623)

    Martijntgen Janszoon (Plug) (b. bef 1623)

    Jobge Janszoon (Plug) (b. bef 1623 d. bef 1626)

    Pieter Janszoon (Plugh) (b. 1624)

    Martge (Plug) (b. 1629 d. bef 1635)

    Symon (Plug) (b. 1635)

    Martge (Plug) (b. 1635)

   

  1. -with Lijsbeth Dircksdochter

    Job Janszoon (Plug) (b. 7 Jul 1639)

    * Claes Janszoon (Plugh) (b. Oct 1641 d. 1710)


Died: after 1641

  1. -Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Tailor (“cleermaecker”)

  1. -in the 1629 Census


Other Historical Census Information:

  1. -1623 Kohier van het Hoofdgeeld over den dorpen in Rijnland

    # 458: Jan Jansz en Geertgen Arentsr (no family name listed)

        met Jan, Arien, Martijngen en Jobgen


  1. -1629 Kohier van Het Haardstedegeld te Noordwijk

    #084 (Folio 57) Jan Jansz, cleermaecker. Noordwijk Op Zee


  1. -1635 Brandgeweer Register Noortwijk

    #035/040 Jan Jansz Plugge


Parents:

- Unknown





1610 Map of Noordwijk

Willem of Orange

Pilgrims’

Leiden Letter

(1608)

Henry Hudson

Charles de l’Ecluse