NO. 52. — 1901.] DUTCH MONUMENTAL REMAINS. 



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Platte 13, L.Z., CoEombo. 



The Samlandts derive from Barent Barentsz Samlandt of 

 Haarlem, who married (1) Colombo, 23rd May, 1677, Hester 

 Fransz of Kalutara. He married (2) Hester, the daughter of 

 Johannes Schatteman and Hester Dangeru, who married, as 

 widow Schatteman, Abraham van den Burg of Batavia, an 

 Assistant. Barent, the issue of this marriage, and Johanna 

 Clara Emans were the parents of Abraham Samlandt, the 

 Commandeur of Galle. The brothers and sisters of Abraham 

 Samlandt were Marten, Barent, Marten Bernhard, Agnita 

 Gertruida, and Hester. 



Abraham Samlandt was married to Maria Agnita, the 

 daughter of Dirk Bierens and Catherina Toorzee. Dirk 

 Bierens, the Chief Administrator of Colombo, was born in 

 Tuticorin in 1690, and was the child of Johan Bierens of 

 Amsterdam and Antonica Magnus of Colombo. Catherina 

 Toorzee was the eldest child of Jan Christiaansz Toorzee of 

 Wiburg in Jutland and his second wife Sibilla Ree of 

 Matara. Johanna Clara Emans was born in 1694, and was 

 the daughter of Abraham Emans of Amsterdam, Dissave of 

 Jaffna, 1713, and Agnita Gertruida Francen (bom 1678), 

 the daughter of Johan Marten Francen of Anhalt, Chief 

 Surgeon, Colombo, and Isabella Margarita Montanier of 

 Delft. (See L. Navorscher, 249.) 



Plate 14, L.Z., Colombo. 



There is no connection between the two epitaphs in Plate 

 14, L.Z., although, being placed as they are, one would think 

 there was. 



Cornells van der Parra was the son of Rombout van der 

 Parra, Dissave of Colombo, and Maria Strick. He married, 

 Colombo, 26th October, 1709, Gertruida Susanna Spanuyt 

 of Amsterdam. Rombout married, (2) 9th October, 1695, 

 Henrietta Wichelman of Galle. 



