| The Beijen/Beyen Family Site by Laurens Beijen |
The Johan Franco branch of the IJsselstein family
Johan Beijen and Mechteld van Meerland | |
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Johan Beijen (1682-1712), commander in EdamJohannes Beijen (6.21) (who used to be called Johan or Jan) was one of the sons from the fourth marriage of the IJsselstein 'chirurgijn' Dirck Beijen (5.6) who was mentioned on the page "Dirck Gijsbertsz. Beijen and his wives". He was the link between the oldest generations and the Johan Franco branch. Therefore Johannes (Johan) can also be found in generation 6 of the overview of the Johan Franco branch.Johan was a lieutenant and later a commander in the Navy. In 1710 the Admiralty of Amsterdam gave him the command of the warship Ooststellingwerf with 250 crewmen. Hij lived in Edam, a small town north of Amsterdam, and married Mechteld van Meerland, a daughter of the IJsselstein burgomaster Franco van Meerland. They had a son Johan Franco (7.1), who was born in 1706. Johan died in 1712, only 29 years old. Mechteld and the young Johan Franco were left in Edam. In 1720 they moved to Dordrecht, where Mechteld married Willem Beijen. It was a coincidence that Willem had the same family name as Mechteld's first husband: he belonged to the Dordrecht family Beijen that later became extinct. It was also a coincidence that Willem just as Johan was a commander in the Navy. This page will be completed soon. | |
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