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Mello Alberda

1701–1764WIC director · Other colonial · WIC principal shareholder

Life

  1. after 1622
    Seat of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber in the West-Indisch Huis on the Munnekeholm: office, archive and meetings (from 1622 until the dissolution of the WIC) (Bewindhebber)
  2. 1701
    Born
  3. from 1749
    Director of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber (elected 1749; then disappears from the board, back in 1761)
    [1][2][3]probably
  4. 1758
    Communion table with the arms Alberda and Van Echten in the church of Zandeweer
  5. 1761–1764
    Director of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber (elected 1761)
    [1]probably
  6. 1764
    Died
  7. 25 October 1764
    Hatchment in the church of Zandeweer (no longer present)
  8. Invested directly in high-risk trade in the Caribbean and made a profit from it
  9. Principal shareholder of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber
    [1]probably
  10. Mentioned as husband on the hatchment of Catharina Magdalena Alberda in the church of Uithuizermeeden
  11. Arms Alberda and Van Echten on the sounding board of the pulpit in the church of Zandeweer
  12. Named as late husband on the hatchment of Anna Christina van Echten in the church of Zandeweer

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