George Boschaert
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| Person | George Boschaert |
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| First name | George |
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| Last name | Boschaert |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
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| Language skills | German language, Spanish language, Dutch language |
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| Birth town | Hamburg |
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| Birth country | Germania |
| Res street | Near the Exchange |
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| Res town | Antwerp |
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| Res province | Brabant |
| Res country | Spanish Netherlands |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | Deponent |
Biographical synthesis
George Boschaert (alt. Boscaert; Bosschaert; Bosschart; Boschart; Boscart; Boscaart; Buschart; Boeschart; Jorge Boscarte; Joris) (b. ca. 1625; m. Marie Anna Despomeraux, date unknown; d. ?1678. Merchant.
Living in Antwerp in early 1650s; lived in Cadiz until two years before June 1653, when moved to Antwerp;[1]; merchant; claimant; claimant also for silver in the Morning Star; "dwelleth neere the Exchange in Antwerp"[2] According to van Lubken, Boschaert "left in his place [at Cadiz] and to doe his affaires as his factor Peter Johnson the younger"[3]; "a Hamburger by birth"[4] and a bachelor in April 1653[5]; John Moller, cashier to George Boschaert, stated that Boschaert "ever since his comming from Cales hath dwelt neare the Exchange in Antwerp"[6]
Adrian Valzolio (cashier of James [?Puiquet] stated that Bosschaert lived in Cadiz for four years before he returned to Antwerp[7]; Michael van Lubken, Hamburg mariner and master of the Morning Star, stated that he "hath knowne the producent George Boscaert (sic) for theise thirteene yeares last" and that of his knowledge George "lived seaven or eight yeares together (ended about two yeares since) in Cales in Spaine as a merchant or factor, and about two yeares since removed thence for Antwerp"; subject of King of Spaine but borne at Hamborough[8]; Michael Perry Severinio stated in June 1653 that "hee hath well knowne the producent George Boscaart for theis twelve yeares last past and knoweth that for all the time arlate the said producent did and still doth drive a constant trade betwixt Antwerp and Cales and Saint Lucars for silver and plate"[9]
Michael Perry Severino added that "for tenn or eleaven yeares at the least of this deponents said knowledge of him, hee the said producent lived in Cadiz, and since for two yeares or thereabouts having left his habitation there hee hath dwelt at Antwerp and while hee soe dwelt at Cadiz this deponent dwellt in Saint Lucars (where hee still dwelleth) and hath taken up many goods for the said producent comming from fflanders to Saint Lucars for the said producents accompt and hath sent them to him to Cadiz, and since his departure from Cadiz as aforesaid, this deponent having intimate acquaintance with his correspondents and agents at Cales well knoweth of his continuation of his said trade there for silver"[10]; Michael Perry Severino stated that George Boschaert had three factors or agents at cadiz, since his move to Antwerp: "Maximilian da [?hopgha], David [?Molenstein], and ffrancis de la Sierpe"[11]
John Moller reported that "hee hath heard hee [Editor: George Boschaert] lived twelve yeares in Cadiz before hee came to live in Antwerp"[12]; in a separate deposition, John Moller stated in May 1653 that "George Boschaert was and is a Hamburger borne and a merchant of good accompt and for such commonly reputed, and for theise seaven yeares last hath lived in Cadiz and Antwerpe of this deponents knowledge, and as hee heard had lived in Cadiz for seaven yeares space before that, and saith by such habitation hee was and is the subiect of the kinge of Spaine"[13]
For a C19th genealogical profile of the family see 'Notice généalogique sur la famille Bosschaert, de Bosschaert, ou Bosschaerts' in J.S.F.J.L. de Heckenrode, Complément au Nobiliare des Pays-Bas et du Comté de Bourgoyne, vol. 2 (Gand, 1866), pp.243-259. This article, written in French, states "George Bosscharts" was "natif de la ville de Graban, au pays et duché de mecklembourg, en Allemagne". It names George Boschaert's wife as "une des filles de Guillaume d'ESPOMEREAUX, dit VAN HOVE, écuyer, vivant plus ancien échevin et trésorier, et, en 1665, second bourgmestre d'Anvers, - et de Catherine VAN HOVE, dame d'Altena." States Georges Bosscharts "fut anobli par lettres patentes du roi Charles II, dépéchées à Madrid le 16 décembre 1665. Il fut crée chevalier par autres lettres en date du 7 octobre 1670, avec permission de faire supporter ses armes de deux lions d'or, et de changer le bourlet en une couronne, - et ce en considération de ce qu'il, durant les dernières guerres, avait levé et entretenu à ses frais deux soldats dans le régiment de la ville Anvers, et par ordre du marquis de Castel Rodrigo, gouverneur et capitaine-général des Pays-Bas et Bourgogne du roi, fourni des grosses sommes de deniers pur la levée de deux régiments d'infanterie d'Allemagne."[14] Francis de Decker (1957) has published a monograph on the Despomereaux family.[15] DEcker has also published on the Flemmish connection with Madrid[16]
A mid C18th genealogical and heraldic dictionary states "ESPOMEREAUX: Familie noble du Brabant, qui possède la seigneurie de Hove érigéee en baronie par lettres du 4 Août 1675 en faveur de Guillaume d'Espomeraux, seigneur de Hove & d'Altena."[17] The town and castle of Altena is located nearby to the south-west of Antwerp.[18]
A printed extract from the letters patent in the name of Charles King of Castille and his wife Marie Anne for "l'erection de la Terre & Seigneurie de Hove, en Baronnie" of "M. Guilleaume d'Espomereaux dict van Hove", dated May 10th 1675" refers to him in the presamble as having filled the offices of "Bourgmaitre, Eschevin, & Tresorier general de nostre ville d'Anvers, & qui'il nous auroit continué en celles d'Eschevin de Bourgemaistre de Bruxelles" and refers to "la bonne disposition des Octroys, qui luy auroient esté enchargé pour nostre service"[19]
For a modern version of the family and genealogical background see online article: Georges Bosschart (1625-1678), Heer van BOOM
Interestingly, George Bosschaert and his wife Marie Anna Despomeraux, deceased, appear in the context of the name of "Hieronimus Brugmans" in a record dated September 1688: "MDN/93 Stukken van de verkoop van een huis Jongelincx Hoff aan de Merckgrave Leye te Antwerpen, door de erfgenamen van George Bosschaert en Marie Anna Despomeraux, heren van Boom, aan Hieronimus Brugmans, deken collegiale kerk van Sint-Jacob, 27 september 1688"[20]
For Hamburg records of the family see "'Niederländische Armen-Vorsteher: 1592. Wouter Boschart; 1596. Wouter Boschart; 1618. Pieter Jonckers; 1641. Wouter Boschart; 1647. Jean Batta Joncker; 1650. Adrian Joncker; 1654. Dirich Boschart"[21]
For research suggestions in Antwerp see: George Boschaert (b.ca 1620-25; d. 1678) alt. Jorge Boscarte
For research suggestions in Hamburg see: Buschaert family
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Comment on sources
- ↑ [HCA 13/69 f.? IMG_118_07_2938]
- ↑ [HCA 13/69 f.? IMG_118_07_2940]
- ↑ [IMG_117_07_1610]
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 15 f.7v}
- ↑ [IMG_117_07_1611]
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 6 f.6r
- ↑ [HCA 13/69 f.? IMG_118_07_2948|ADD REFERENCE]
- ↑ [IMG_117_07_1610]
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 5 f.19r
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 5 f.19v
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 5 f.19v
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 6 f.6r
- ↑ HCA 13/69 Silver 5 f.14r
- ↑ Notice généalogique sur la famille Bosschaertm de Bosschaert, ou Bosschaerts' in J.S.F.J.L. de Heckenrode, Complément au Nobiliare des Pays-Bas et du Comté de Bourgoyne, vol. 2 (Gand, 1866), p.259
- ↑ Francis de Decker, Les Despomereaux, barons de Hove-Saint-Laurent (Antwerpen, 1957)
- ↑ Francis de Decker, La fondation de Saint-André-des-Flamands à Madrid (?XXXX, ?XXXX)
- ↑ François Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnay-Desbois, Dictionnaire généalogique, héraldique, vol.2 (Paris, 1757), p.66
- ↑ De Inventaris van het Bouwkundig Erfgoed: Kasteel Altena met kapel (ID: 13421)
- ↑ Joseph van den Leene, Le theatre de la noblesse du Brabant, representant les erections des terres, seigneuries, & noms des personnes, & des familles titrées, les creations des chevaleries, & octroys des marques d'honneurs & de noblesse (Liege, 1705), p.79
- ↑ Geneanet NL webresource: De Zwarte Doos - Stadsarchief - Familiefonds Maertens de Noorthout, p.6
- ↑ Jo. Albertus Fabricius, Memoriarum Hamburgensium, vol.6 (Hamburg, 1730), pp.138-140
