Batavia's Graveyard - Mike Dash [215]
Gerrit Willemsz Andries Liebent*
Cornelis Pietersz Abraham Jansz*
Hans Jacob Heijlweck Hans Hardens
Lucas Gellisz Olivier van Welderen
Reyndert Hendricx Jeuriaen Jansz
Daniel Cornelisz Isbrant Isbrantsz
Wouter Loos Jan Willemsz Selyns
Gerrit Haas Jan Egbertsz*
Jan Willemsz Selyns Cornelis Pietersz
Jeuriaen Jansz Hendrick Jaspersz
Hendrick Jaspersz Gillis Phillipsen*
Salomon Deschamps Tewis Jansz*
Hans Jacob Heijlweck
Gerrit Haas
Claas Harmansz*
Allert Janssen
Rogier Decker*
Gerrit Willemsz
Abraham Gerritsz*
Jan Pelgrom de Bye
Lenert Michielsz van Os
Salomon Deschamps
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The killers It would not do to suggest these men were too discriminating. Beer, for example, claimed never to have killed a woman, but in fact he slaughtered one of Bastiaensz’s daughters and helped to kill his wife. Nor did he display any reluctance to murder children. Interrogation of Mattys Beer, JFP 23 Sep 1629 [DB 190].
Jan Hendricxsz’s murders Upon Pelsaert’s return to the Abrolhos, Hendricxsz immediately and openly confessed to this number of killings, almost as though he were boasting of his achievement. JFP 17 Sep 1629 [DB 143].
The women Mutineers’ oath of 20 Aug 1629 [DB 147].
“. . . for common service . . .” JFP 19 Sep 1629 [DB 147].
Jan Hendricxsz’s woman Verdict on Jan Hendricxsz, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 184].
Mattys Beer’s woman Verdict on Mattys Beer, JFP 2 Oct 1629 [DB 193].
Olivier van Welderen’s woman Verdict on Olivier van Welderen, JFP 30 Nov 1629 [DB 245].
Loos’s and Van Os’s women Verdict on Wouter Loos, 24 Sep 1629; verdict on Lenert Michielsz van Os, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 188–9, 225].
Jan Pelgrom’s women Interrogation of Jan Pelgrom, JFP 26 Sep 1629 [DB 209].
“My daughter . . .” LGB.
“Almost as soon as he took power” The journals state that Cornelisz enjoyed Lucretia as his concubine “for two months.” Since he was captured by Hayes’s men on 2 September (see below), this implies that his relationship with her began early in July, though Zevanck’s conversation with Creesje suggests she did not sleep with him before 22 July. Verdict on Jeronimus Cornelisz, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 176].
Cornelisz’s wooing The romantic expectations of the period are mapped by Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age (London: Fontana, 1987), pp. 437, 439–40. In seeking to seduce Creesje, Cornelisz naturally ignored the inconvenient fact of his existing marriage; by now he must have realized that, whatever happened on the Abrolhos, he would never see Haarlem again.
“. . . in the end . . .” Testimony of Wiebbe Hayes et al., 2 Oct 1629, OV [DB 68-9]. This testimony does not feature in Pelsaert’s journals, and was first published in Isaac Commelin’s pamphlet of 1647. As Drake-Brockman point out, it might be a forgery designed to clear Creesje of the suspicion that she submitted too tamely to Cornelisz; but there is internal evidence, in its dating, that it was at least written when it is supposed to have been, on the day of the apothecary’s execution.
Jan Pelgrom de Bye Interrogation of Jan Pelgrom, JFP 26–28 Sep 1629 [DB 209–11].
“Zevanck wanted to ensure . . .” It will be recalled that Stone-Cutter Pietersz was also present that night, but played no direct part in the massacre. Perhaps, as a member of Cornelisz’s council, he was beyond suspicion; perhaps, as Zevanck’s superior, he could not simply be ordered to take part in the killing.
Murder of Jan Gerritsz and Obbe Jansz Verdict on Jeronimus Cornelisz, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 174].
Murder of Stoffel Stoffelsz Confession of Jeronimus Cornelisz, JFP 23 Sep 1629; verdict on Jan Hendricxsz, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 169, 184]
Murder of Hendrick Jansz Statement of Jeronimus Cornelisz, JFP 24 Sep 1629; verdict on Rogier Decker, JFP 12 Nov 1629 [DB 169, 231–2] The date of this killing is variously given as 25 July and 10 August in the journals. Jansz was bound when Decker stabbed him and could not have put up much of a fight. Verdict on Jeronimus Cornelisz, JFP 28 Sep 1629 [DB 175].
Murder of Anneken Hardens