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Born: Abt. 1600 Nukerke, Oost Vlandern (East Flanders), Belgium

Married: Abt. 1623 Geertie Philipsdr Halters, Nukerke, Oost Vlandern (East Flanders), Belgium

Died: Jan 1654 Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

FATHER

Pauwel Pauwelsz Van Aeysdale

MOTHER

Fiermyne Holters

WIFE

Gertie Philipsdochter Haelters
Born: Abt. 1608
Died: Oct 1651

CHILDREN

1. Philippus Van Aersdalen
    bap. 24 Jun 1624

2. Pauwel Jan Van Aersdalen
    bap. 22 Mar 1626

3. Sijmon Van Aersdalen
    bap. 27 Feb 1627/8

4. Pieter Van Aersdalen
    b. Abt. 1630

5. Egidia Van Aersdalen
    bap. 10 Apr 1633

6. Joanna Van Aersdalen
    bap. 4 Dec 1635

7. Joost Van Aersdalen
    bap. 2 Oct 1638

Jan Pauwelsz Van Aersdale
by Susan Brooke
Apr 2021

 Jan Pauwelsz van Aersdale was a carpet or cloth-weaver in East Flanders. He married Geertje Phillipsdr Haelters about 1623. He left Nukerke, where all of his children were baptized, and moved to Gouda.  His parents had married thereon 31 Mar 1588.  He abandoned his vocation as a carpet-weaver to become a mustard-grinder.  On July 20, 1642 he was confirmed as "Jan van Arsdal" as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Gouda.  He bought a house for his family on November 21, 1642 for ƒ 600 and eight years later on April 8, 1650 he purchased the adjacent one as well (the dark brown brick house).
Jan died in January 1654.  On April 24, 1654, Philip Jansz van Aersdalen and still as guardian of his youngest brother (Judocus/Joost) sold the two houses and the land to Pieter van Stompwijk for 1130 guilders. The larger of the two houses had a mortgage of 500 guilders while the smaller one was free and clear.

                           26 Naaierstraat, Gouda,

Sources

 The Vanguard Vol VI no 1  July 2003

Beneath this cloud of political and religious upheaval, a child is born in Nukerke, East Flanders. He was baptized on Sunday, February 27, 1628 to Jan Pauwelsz van Aersdalen and Gerarda (Geertje) Philipse Haelters, and named Sijmon, possibly after one of the witnesses, Sijmon de Keyser. Dutch tradition - and probably Flemish as well - dictated that a mother not go out in public for six weeks after childbirth, and only then for the purpose of the child’s baptism. If this custom was followed, then we can assume that Sijmon was born in the first half of January 1628.
Sijmon was the third known son of Jan Pauwelsz,a carpet or cloth-weaver, which was a popular vocation in East Flanders at that time. It is possible that another son had been born before Sijmon but baptized at a different church. Sijmon’s siblings eventually included brothers Philip (Philippus, baptized June 24, 1624; possibly a Pauwel, Jan (Joannes, baptized March 22, 1626; Pieter (probably born about 1630 in Flanders), and Joost (Judocus, baptized October 2, 1638), as well as sisters Egidia (baptized April 10, 1633; and Joanna (baptized December 4, 1635;). It is likely that Sijmon also had a sister named Fiermijne named for their paternal grandmother. The last known baptismal record for a child of Jan and Gerarda’s was that of Joost.---

Around 1640, Jan decided to abandon Nukerke and seek out the relative stability of the Protestant-dominated Northern Provinces. Jan took his family to Gouda (where, it appears, his parents were married in 1588)  and likewise abandoned his vocation as a carpet-weaver to become a mustard-grinder. On July 20, 1642 Jan was confirmed (as “Jan van Arsdal”) as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church at Gouda. He bought a house for his family on November 21 of that year and eight years later purchased the adjacent one as well.

 The Vanguard Vol V No 1 July 2002

Jan "van Arsdal” was confirmed as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in Gouda on July 20, 1642 according to records discovered by the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie at The Hague. Jan Pauwelsz van
Aersdalen and his family fled religious oppression/persecution in East Flanders between October 2, 1638 (when son Judocus/Joost was baptized in Nukerke) and July 20, 1642. The CBvG located among the Gouda judicial records, volume 351, a deed dated November 21, 1642 stating Jacob Joosten Dammelaer sells a house in Naaierstraat at Gouda to Jan Pauwelsz van Aertsdael at ƒ 600 … “The subject house is shown on the cover as the house in the center (red brick). In 1642, Jan's son Sijmon would have been 14 years old, and so we can assume that he lived at this house as a teenager. Jan made a living here as a mustard-maker. Another report by the CBvG notes that Jan purchased the house adjacent to his (the dark brown brick house) on April 8, 1650 (the two houses were later consolidated). However, he did not live there long. Jan died in January 1654 while his son Sijmon was in New Netherland.
This house now carries the street address of No. 26 Naaierstraat. The CBvG report goes on to say that “the house is in principle still the same although it is not known how much of the original house was saved”. This view was photographed by Dr. Peter Nouwt for CRV in November 1999. Another view from the book “Goudse Straatnamen” included in one of the CBvG reports shows the houses as they were around 1900 (see below). The canal shown in front of the houses was filled in in 1954.
On April 24, 1654, Philip Jansz van Aersdalen and still as guardian of his youngest brother (Judocus/Joost) sold the two houses and the land to Pieter van Stompwijk for 1130 guilders. The larger of the two houses had a mortgage of 500 guilders while the smaller one was free and clear.