No. 54. — 1903. FUNERALS OF DUTCH OFFICIALS. 103 
The Hon., (fee, Jan Schreuder, Extraordinary Coun- 
cillor of the Dutch Indies, Governor and Director of 
the Island of Ceylon and the Dependencies thereof. 
[Jan Schreuder was a Hamburger. He was born on the 
12th February, 1704, and died in Batavia 16th January, 1764, 
He was married in Batavia to Clara Gertruida de la Haye, 
born in Batavia, 15th November, 1729, died there 1769, and 
had by her (1) Cornelis Valentyn, born in Batavia, 3rd 
December, 1751, who married secondly, 23rd December, 1777, 
Lady Catharine van Rappard ; (2) Hubert Jan, born in 
Colombo, 4th February, 1759. 
Susanna Engelberta, his daughter, born to him when 
Director of Surat, was most probably the daughter of a 
previous marriage {Lapidarium Zeylanicum^ p. 26). Eschels 
Kroon^ Beschryving van het Eiland Sumatra (Aanhanzel), 
Haarlem, 1783, p. 170, says that Schreuder began life as a 
common soldier.] 
The Hon. Godfreid Cretsman (Kretschmar ?). 
The Hon. Jan Bauert, Opijerkoo'pman, 
[Jan Bauert was a native of Treptouw in Mecklenberg. 
He was Lieutenant and Chief of the Fort of Kalutara, and 
for some time Dissave of Matara, and married in 1744 
Catharina Berghuys. His son Julius Valentyn was married 
to Maria Magdalena Potken, and was thus allied by marriage 
to Johannes Philip Stork, who carried the arms of the 
deceased.] 
Pieter Libert Smidt, Koopman and Chief Storekeeper. 
[See Journals, R.A.S., C.B., No. 49, Vol. XV., p. 230, and 
No. 52, Vol. XVII., p. 17.] 
Wouter Rudolph van Sanden, Koopman and Fiscal. 
[Wouter Rudolph van Sanden was married to Wilhelmina 
Margarita d'Everdingen van der Nypoort.] 
Hendrik van der Hof , Koopman and Soldy-Boekhouder. 
[He was afterwards Storekeeper of Colombo, and retired 
with the rank of a Koopman,'] 
Lieve Nicolaas Meyboom, Koopman and Negotie- 
Boekhouder. 
[He was expected in Ceylon from Batavia in 1759.] 
Huybert Hoogerwaard, Koopman, 
[Onder koopman^ 1732; Chief of the Mahabadde, Colombo, 
1748; Koopman^ 1753 ; Chief of Calpentyn, 1755; Administra- 
teur^ Jaffna, 1762, where he died about the year 1766.] 
