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JOURNAL, R.A.S., (CEYLON). [VOL. XVH L 
No. 1. 
{See Plate.) 
Translation. — Here lies buried Joris Hartsinck during his 
life Onderkoopman in the service of the United Dutch East 
India Company. Died on the 15th August, 1672. Aged 
twenty -nine years. 
Arms, — Rietstap^' gives the following blazon ; D'arg a 
trois faces ondees d'azur ; au chef de gu. ch. d'un croiss. 
d'or. 
Crest. — Un lion iss. au nat. 
Supporters. — Deux lions au nat. 
Remarks, — The lion in the crest is holding a thorn branch 
sinople, and this is the crest of the Van Marselis-Hartsinck 
family according to Rietstap ; " but Vorsteman van Oyen t 
assigns this crest to the Hartsinck family generally, giving 
a sketch in colours of the arms. 
The family, according to the latter, derives from one 
Pieter Hartsinck, who married in 1403 Francy n Pietersz, and 
hadby her a son Adriaan, who married Soetje Coster. Adriaan 
left no male issue, but his daughter Marytje married Hugo 
Willemsz. The son of this marriage, Willem Hugens 
assumed the name and arms of the Hartsinck family, and 
he was the great-great-grandfather of Joris Hartsinck who 
received the name Joris or George from his grandfather, who 
was Burgomaster of Meurs. The parents of Joris were Carel 
Hartsinck, Director-General of the Dutch Indies, died in 
Batavia, 24th September, 1667, and Sara de Solemne, born in 
1619, the daughter of David de Solemne and Hester van 
Hoornbeek. Sara de Solemne was half-sister of Ester de 
Solemne, the wife of Ryclof van Goens (senior), J Governor 
of Ceylon. 
Vorsteman van Oyen says that Joris (George) was an 
Opperkoopman at Jaffna and died there on the 29th October, 
1672. 
Armorial General, 2ieme edition, 
t Stam-en Wapenboek van Aanzienlijke Nederlandsche Familien. 
% Journal, vol. XV., No. 49, p. 2^0 ; vol, XYH., No. 52, p, 66. 
