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



65 



Translation. — This piece of memorial plate was presented 

 for the use of the Dutch Church of Matara for the service 

 of the Holy Sacrament by Myndert Huybertsz, Surgeon of 

 the said Fortress, on the 30th November, 1794. 



Remarks. — Myndert Huybertsz was the son of Jacobus 

 Huybertsz and Johanna de Silva. He was baptized in Galle 

 on the 22nd May, 1729, and married (1) at Gaile, 28th 

 November, 1764, Elizabeth Gertruida van Statenberg. He 

 married (2) at Galle, 20th December, 1772, Anna Cornelia 

 Coopman. His third child by the first marriage was also 

 named Myndert, and was baptized in Galle on the 7th 

 August, 1768. 



51— Matara. 



Silver salver. The inscription is within a circular border : — 



DIT DOOP BEKKEN IS YEREERD DOOR 

 MARIA THERESIA DE LEEUW 

 WEDUWE WYLEN DEN LIEUTENANT MILITAIR 

 IN HOLLANDSE DIENST 

 CARL FREDERICK ELSENHANS 

 AAN DE GEREFORMEER DE KERK 

 VAN MATURE 

 OM ALDAAR GEBRUIKT 



TE WERDEN TER 

 GEDACHTEN VAN WEGE 

 NU ZALIGE OOM 

 JOHANNES PHILIPPUS WOUTERSZ 

 OUDERLING DIER KERK OVERLEDEN 4 AP. 1828 

 HEBBENDE DENZELVEN BY LEEYEN DEZE 

 YEREERING BEGEERD GEHAD 

 MATURE DEN APRIL 1829 



Translation. — This baptismal basin is presented by Maria 

 Theresia de Leeuw, widow of the late Lieutenant in the 

 Dutch Service Carl Frederick Elsenhans, to the Reformed 

 Church in Matara, to be used there to the memory of her late 



¥ 56-01 



