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Jacob de Jong was born in Mannar, and was the son of 

 Jacob de Jong of ter Veer and Johanna Pasque de Chavonnes 

 of Hulst. 



Plate 55, L.Z., Galle. 



Daniel Overbeek was a native of Amsterdam, and came 

 out in the ship " 't Vaderland Getrouw." By his first wife 

 he had (1) Jacoba Gesina, born 1719 ; (2) Gerrard Jacob, 

 born 1720 ; (3) Isaac, born 1723 ; (4) Gesina Elizabeth, born 

 1734 ; (5) Johannes Adrianus, born 1735. He married (2) 

 Gertruida Brengman. 



Plate 56, L.Z., Galle. 



Gesina Elizabeth Overbeek was the daughter of Daniel 

 Overbeek and Elizabeth Hals. 



Plate 57, L.Z., Galle. 



Joan Willexn Nieper was a native of Verden, and Johanna 

 Isabel Fockes of Jaffna. They were married on the 14th 

 August, 1740, and had another child, Jan Mattheus, baptized 

 in Galle, 16th December, 1741. 



Plate 58, L.Z., Galle. 



The arms are those of Ras Macquet, Commandeur of Galle, 

 who was married to Johanna Cornelia, baptized in Colombo, 

 18th September, 1718, the daughter of Cornells Takel of 

 Amsterdam, Onderkoopman, and Maria Sager of Colombo, 

 the daughter of Hendrik Sager and Francina de la Meer. 



Rietstap blazons them thus : — 



D'azur a deux fleches emoussees d'or, passees en saut, les 

 f etes en bas, acc. en chef d'une etoille du sec. 



Crest— Un bras, pare d'azur, tenant une fleche emoussee 

 d'or, en fasce, la tete k dextre. 



