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Johan Rufelaert

1601–1671WIC principal shareholder · WIC director · Other colonial

Life

  1. 1601
    Born
  2. 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)
    West-Indisch Huis, Groningen[1]
  3. 1638–1671
    Director of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber (elected 1638); at Stedum
    [1][2][3][4][5]probably
  4. from 1643
    Principal shareholder of the WIC Stad en Lande chamber (f 8.100, list of 1643), from Stedum
    [1][2]
  5. 1671
    Died
  6. Delegate on behalf of the Ommelanden to the Stad en Lande chamber (according to his gravestone)
    [1]
  7. Included in appendix 2 of the thesis as 'directly related to slavery'; nature of the involvement not stated in the text
    [1]

Family and ties

Parents
Johan Rufelaert · Johan Rufelaert · Daeyken Boelard