Postal 1729 A. de Haen Dutch Kasteel WESTERVELT .... Card

1729 Abraham de Haen Dutch Kasteel WESTERVELT WESTERVELD ... ... (1st Colorized by Mark Edward Westerfield ... 03 - 55/26 -2022). Colorized (again) by Mark Edward Westerfield 04 - 09 - 2026. (again) (and yes again) (yes again) Edited (again) today by Mark Edward Westerfield 04 - 14 - 2026. According to the 1905 book GENEALOGY OF THE WESTERVELT FAMILY compiled by Walter Tallman Westervelt edited by Wharton Dickinson: Our family name Westerfield or Westervelt in America and the Harderwijk, Gelderland, hereditary Burgomaster family name Van Westervelt originated from the Dutch van Westervelt / van Westerveld / van Westerveldt / van Westervelde name ... after what became by 1606 one of the largest Dutch castles in the Region of Salland / Salaland / Zallandt, Overijssel Province, Netherlands ... just NW of Zwolle ... SW and W of River Overijsselse Vecht ... SE of The Zwarte Water ... E of River Ijssel. "Where the water course Westerveldse AA flows into the Zwarte Water". In Zwollerker / Zwollerkerspel / Zwollerherspel. Near Langenholterdijk. Today's actual postal address for the surviving Westerveldse Bos (Forest or Woods) Westerveldse Kolk (Lake): Langenholterdijk 5A, 8034 RC Zwolle, Overijssel Province, The Netherlands. Using this, you can find exactly where with Google Maps. Most importantly historically, August 2, 1606 the ruler of Salland and owner of this Dutch Castle Westervelt Westerveld, Gerard van Warmelo, defeated the forces of Spanish invader Ambrogio Spinola at the Battle of Bekummer Bridge preventing him from crossing these rivers to Zwolle, The Drost ruler of Salland living here, Gerard Geert van Warmelo (lived about 1554 - December 31, 1610) was commissioned by the Prince of Orange, William the Silent as Drost (Sheriff) of Salland before the assassination of the Prince of Orange. The Havezate (archaic: Havezathe) Dutch Manor House Huis Westervelt / Westerveld / Westerveldt / Westervelde (various spellings found on antique maps and other documents) existed over 300 years from before 1500 and by 1606 was greatly expanded to Dutch Castle status to help to defend the Region of Salland and Zwolle from the invading Spanish Ambrogio Spinola ... and was sold for demolition in 1816. Artist Abraham de Haen (II) drew this image in pen and ink in 1729 ... I colorized this March 25 - 26, 2022. And again March 15/16, 2026. And, yes, again, March 27, 2026. And again April 9, 2026. In its place today is Westerveldse Bos (Forest or Woods) park and Westerveldse Kolk (Lake). As it so happens, Salland ... the countryside around the Rivers Ijssel, Zwarte Water, and Vecht was according to historian Zosimus the earliest known place of origin of the tribe Salii ... the Salian Franks ... circa 200 AD who generations later migrated through Gelderland W of Ijssel then by 328 AD were incorporated into the Roman Empire just SW of Gelderland and by around 500 AD Merovingian King of the Franks Clovis I began using the golden yellow fleur de lis as his symbol becoming the first French king to do so. This symbol was inspired by the Dutch golden yellow iris flowers found naturally growing on the green banks of the Dutch rivers of the Salland Region including Rivers Ijssel, Zwarte Water, and Vecht exactly where the earliest known Manor House Westervelde (later called Westervelt / Westerveld / Westerveldt) would be built by about 1500. The van Westervelts also ruled Harderwijk in Gelderland on the Zuider Zee from their Dutch Castle there Kasteel De Essenburg (originally with no final 'h') in Hierden just E of Harderwijk in the 1600s and 1700s having inherited the rule there from previous ancestral families: the van Wijnbergen, the van Spulde, the van Heuckelum, and others (possibly from 1231 when Count Otto II van Gelre gave Harderwijk city rights.) The counts van Gelre were promoted to dukes after a marriage of one, who was made Duke Reginald II, to English Princess Eleanor of Woodstock. daughter of English King Edward II, sister of English King Edward III . The van Westervelt family coat of arms consisted of three golden yellow fleurs de lis upon an emerald green shield over which a knight's arms holds a larger golden yellow fleur de lis through a gold ducal coronet crown as two 'rampant' upright lions of Duchy Gelre hold the shield. The rulers of Harderwijk had a gold signet ring of three fleurs de lis on a shield used to stamp the wax used to seal legal documents. The dukes of Gelre, the Prince of Orange, and all the local Protestant Calvinist Dutch noble families were familiar with Kasteel Westervelt especially in the 1606 battle against the forces of Spanish invader Ambrogio Spinola. The Prince of Orange had as one of his supporters and spies one Lubbert Ulger active in the region of Salland and Zwolle and whose family intermarried with the rulers of Salland from Westervelt ... this is undoubtedly the source of the name of our Dutch immigrant ancestors Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt and his son Lubbert Lubbertsen, Jr. van Westervelt who immigrated from their cattle farm SW of Meppel Drenthe Province just NE of Westervelt in 1662 with their families on the ship HOOP (HOPE) from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (which later became New York.) I found that the local (Gelderland and Overijssel) Dutch rulers often intermarried repeatedly. The ancestors of van Westervelt did likewise. And I found a van Heuckelum intermarriage with family van Gelre: the dukes of Gelre / Gelderland / Geldriae / Gelder / Guelders. So, in at least this one way we are somehow related to the Dukes of Gelre which may be a reason for the gold ducal crown and two upright lions of Duchy Gelre on our family coat of arms. The gold fleurs de lis story adds interest also. Interestingly, Lubbert Ulger's (I shall call the older) father died in 1606 ... could be associated with the battle at Westervelt against Spinola? The Prince of Orange promoted the Lubbert Ulger family for their services to the Dutch freedom fighters. Lubbert Ulger's (the older) daughter Fenna / Fenne van Noorddijk Ulger married Volkert van Haersolte, son of Rutger van Haersolte (c. 1540–1585), Heer van Westerholt & Wolfshagen (and Westervelt?) Councillor in Harderwijk, (I shall call the older) whose wife was Johanna Josine van Wijnbergen whose family van Wijnbergen included previous Burgomasters of Harderwijk, including van Spulde and van Heuckelum). Fenna's and Volkert's son, (Lubbert Ulger the older's grandson), Rutger van Haersolte 1600 - 1666 (I will call the younger) became Lord of Westervelt Westerveld, Drost (Sheriff) of Salland, in 1631 - 1633. Rutger van Haersolte's daughter married into another Zwolle area ruling family van Rechteren (and lived at Westervelt) ... These families were buried in two locations: the Harderwijk Burgomasters van Westervelt in the family tomb in the Old Church of Harderwijk. where we find the family coat of arms carved upon the floor in the nave of that church. The Salland Lords of Kasteel Westervelt Westerveld were buried in the crypt of the Great Church of Saint Michael in Zwolle. Information can be found for the descent from the 1662 immigrants on online copies of the 1905 book The Genealogy of the Westervelt Family ... and the complicated ancestry of the Harderwijk van Westervelts can be found in a collection of papers with the 1500s letters between Harderwijk Burgomaster Gerrit van Spulde with his daughter Cecilia ten Water (married to Geert ten Water, Zwolle government official and mayor) kept at the University of Leiden. The complicated intermarriages between local ruling families are described: van Wijnbergen, van Spulde, van Heuckelum, ten Water, van Rechteren, ten Bussche.) It was a daughter (Barbara?) of a Johan Reynolts ten Bussche van Westervelt who brought Westervelt / Westerveld / Westerveldt / Westervelde into her marriage about 1500 - 1510 to Jan van Warmelo ... their son taking the name Westervelt / Westerveld by 1530. Could he be the father of Dirk van Westervelt born circa 1550? Name and dates would fit. Both Jan van Warmelos were raised to knighthood. Johan's father Reynolt Hermans ten Bussche was on the Zwolle secular government who gave support to the religious convent monastery on Mount Saint Agnes not far from Westervelde. The famous writer Thomas A Kempis lived there 70 years at Mount Saint Agnes whose book The Imitation of Christ in its time was a main source of influence on the Christian faith second only to the Bible. It is most certain that he would have known Reynolt Hermans ten Bussche of Westerveldse land owner and secular supporter of Mount Saint Agnes. It is unknown whether Reynolt Hermans ten owned the property Westervelde at that time. If so, the history may reach back to the late 1400s. He was alderman of Zwolle (1437 - 1477) and secular "procurator" of "the Brotherhood of the Sacred Sacrament" ... he died before May 15, 1478. Note: October 14, 1467, property Zwollerkerspel Saint Calixtus' Day ... some property sold to the Prior and Convent of the Augustinian monastery of Saint Agnesberge in Nemel land which is between land of Wibbolt Telvoran and the land of "Reynelt ten Bossche" in the Hamlet of Bircmede (Berkum) within the jurisdiction of Zwolle (Source FC Berkenvelder, Zwolle registers volume IV no. 2627. My immigrant ancestor my 9 great grandfather Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt born 1620, died 1686 age 66, and his brother Willem immigrated from Meppel, Drenthe Province, with their wives and children in 1662 on ship Hoop (Hope). His father is uncertain but would be named Lubbert van Westervelt, we may presume. Or, he was the illegitimate son of Rutger van Haersolte (1600 - 1666) Lord of Westervelt Westerveld and adopted and raised by a Lubbert Ulger. Earlier, I mentioned Lubbert Ulger (I will call the older) who fought alongside Lord of Westervelt / Westerveld and Drost Gerard Geert van Warmelo who was appointed Drost (Sheriff) by Prince of Orange William the Silent before his assassination. It was Warmelo who hired Zwolle carpenter Geert Behrends to expand Westervelt Westerveld 1603 - 1606. August 2, 1606, The Lord of Westervelt Westerveld Warmelo defeated the Spanish forces of Ambrogio Spinola at the Battle of Berkummer Bridge near the confluence of rivers Westerveldes Vecht and the Zwarte Water not far from Westervelt Westerveld, saving Zwolle and this was the turning point during the 80 years War that much later resulted in the freedom of the Dutch States Republic from Spanish rule. Lubbert Ulger's father died in 1606. Lubbert Ulger (I shall call the older) was related to Gerard Warmelo and to another later Lord of Kasteel Westervelt Westerveld Drost of Salland Rutger van Haersolte (I shall call the younger) 1600 - 1666. Gerard's mother was Anna Rengers, Gerard's wife was Judith Rengers. Lubbert Ulger (the older) and his brother Warner Ulger were the sons of Amelia Rengers. Lubbert Ulger (the older) was the maternal grandfather of Lord of Westervelt Westerveld Drost of Salland Rutger van Haersolte (the younger) 1600 - 1666 whose mother Fenna was the daughter of Lubbert Ulger (the older). The paternal grandfather of Lord of Westervelt Westerveld Salland Drost Rutger van Haersolte (the younger) 1600 - 1666 was Rutger van Haersolte van Westervelt (I shall call the older) (c. 1540–1585), Heer van Westerholt & Wolfshagen (and Westervelt) councillor in Harderwijk, whose wife was Johanna / Josine van Wijnbergen (whose family Wijnbergen included previous Burgomasters of Harderwijk, as well as her cousins van Spulde as well as their ancestors van Heuckelum! A very fascinating collection of family letters are stored at the University of Leiden most between Lord of Harderwijk Gerrit van Spulde and his dearest daughter Cecilia van Spulde who was married to Geert ten Water who was in the government of Zwolle (and relative of previous Zwolle rulers van Rechteren). Search for To My Dearest Cecilia ... "Aan Mijn Dierbare Cecilia". The 16th-century letters (begin 1530) between Harderwijk resident Gerrit van Speulde and his daughter Cecilia, who married a Zwolle government official, Geert ten Water, are part of a collection at Leiden University. These papers detail the complex ancestry of the Harderwijk van Westervelts and intermarriages among local ruling families. Time Period: 1500s. Location: The papers are kept at the University of Leiden. Content: The letters provide insights into local ruling families, including van Haersolte van Westervelt, van Wijnbergen, van Speulde, van Heuckelum, ten Water, van Rechteren, and ten Bussche. Context: These documents are connected to the genealogy of the Westervelt family. Search Marijke van der Wal. Here it is: https://www.hum2.leidenuniv.nl/Dutch/Cecilia/cecilia.pdf ... To translate these letters from Dutch to English you now may need to copy and paste a paragraph at a time in Google Translate. The entire sure no longer automatically translates any more. ;-( ps yes I found a way ... will add this information later. ok here it is https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/wal_006aanm01_01/wal_006aanm01_01_0010.php ... You can ask it be translated to English on the upper right corner and from then on each page becomes English through out! Back to Lubbert Ulger (the older) ... maternal grandfather of Lord of Westervelt Westerveld Drost of Salland Rutger van Haersolte (the younger) 1600 - 1666 ... This Lubbert Ulger (the older) had a brother Warner Ulger who had a son Lubbert Ulger (I shall call the younger) (son of Warner) . Are you still following me? This Lubbert Ulger (the younger) was 1st cousin of Rutger (the younger's) mother Fenna. I discovered two baptisms of his sons named Lubbertsens van Westervelt and van Westerveld baptized in 1620 and 1622, Junius and Henrick. My 9 great grandfather was Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt born 1620, could he be related to Junius and Henrick? I know he was from Meppel, in Drenthe Province, but their grazing land was South West of Meppel not far (maybe about 6 - 7 miles) from the former location of Westervelt Westerveld where a Manor House stood a total of over 300 years. Harderwijk and Salland and Meppel were all three fairly near each other. In face Meppel itself straddles the boundary line into Overijssel. Meppel lies on the border with Overijssel Province immediately SW of Meppel where better green pastures were according to the book Genealogy of the Westervelt Family ... this was where the brothers Lubbertsen raised their cattle. About 6 - 7 miles from Westervelt Westerveld. The same extended family owned land in all 3 locations. According to the Book, the Harderwijk Burgomaster Van Westervelt family name came from the Salland Overijssel Westervelt Westerveld location. It is my idea that Rutger van Haersolte (1600 - 1666) is by age (born 1600) and by position (Lord of Westervelt Westerveld) the perfect candidate to be my 10 great grandfather ... that my 9 great grandfather Lubbert Lubbertsen van Westervelt was likely the illegitimate son of Rutger van Haersolte Lord of Westervelt Westerveld who lived at the kasteel by his age 20 - 21 (1620 - 1621) and was not married until his age 27 (1627). And so my 9 great grandfather was then adopted and raised by one of the Lubbert Ulger relatives of his mother Fenna van Noorddijk Ulger daughter of Lubbert Ulger ... her 1st cousin Lubbert Ulger son of Warner brother of her father, or her brother Lubbert Lubbertsen Ulger. It is very likely to be one or the other. Alternatively, my 9 great grandfather the 1662 immigrant and his brother could have been biological sons of either Lubbert Ulger, Rutger's mother's 1st cousin or her brother. Making my 9 great grandfather Rutger's 2nd cousin or 1st cousin. Since my 9 great grandfather the 1662 immigrant was not living at the kasteel but on his and his brother's cattle farm near Meppel, it makes more sense that they were illegitimate sons of Rutger who were not able to claim their birthright name Van Westervelt until after their immigration. Wouldn't that be logical? More over, Rutger van Haersolte (1600 - 1666) Lord of Westervelt Westerveld had two daughters. To one he left the estate of Wolfshagen. To the other, Margriet, he left the estate of Westervelt Westerveld and October 12, 1647 she married a wealthy Joachim Adolf van Rechteren. I would think that the Count van Rechteren family would pay to have the illegitimate brothers immigrate to America. This may be why they had enough money to buy property and slaves in America. Does this make any sense? Later the estate passed to their son Reinhard Baron van Rechteren. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KH3Q-FQX/joachim-adolf-van-rechteren-1627-1686 When Joachim Adolf van Rechteren was born on 28 December 1627, in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Johan van Rechteren Heer van Almelo en Vriezenveen, was 32 and his mother, Joachima van Wijhe, was 37. He married Margaretha van Haersolte tot Westerveld en Haerst on 12 October 1647, in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 6 May 1686, in his hometown, at the age of 58. Wow, at least 16 kids! Marriage: 12 October 1647 Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands The brothers immigrated in 1662 the year of the birth of Margriet's and Joachim's 11th child Gerrit Burkhard Baron van Rechteren. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Rechteren 04 - 14 - 2026 Mark Edward Westerfield markewesterfield@aol.com 309 856-0082