Johan de Witt Jr.

Johan de Witt Jr., heer van Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard and IJsselveere (1662–1701) was the son of Johan de Witt and his wife Wendela Bicker (1635–1668). Having been part of the old Dutch patrician De Witt family, De Witt Jr. took a seat as secretary of the city of Dordrecht.[1]

In 1672, after the murder of his father, his uncle Pieter de Graeff became the guardian of Johann and his siblings. [2] Johan de Witt Jr. later became the overseer of the orphanage in Dordrecht (1684–1685). After that he became secretary (1688–1701) and member of the College of forty (1695) of Dordrecht.

Johan de Witt Jr. married his cousin Wilhelmina de Witt (1671–1701), the daughter of his uncle Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672) en Maria van Berckel (1632–1706). The couple had two children:

  • Johan (1694–1751), who inherited his father's property and sold them in 1723 to Jan Hendrik Strick van Linschoten.
  • Cornelis de Witt (1696–1769), Burgomaster of Dordrecht and Baron of Jaarsveld.

Johan de Witt Jr. owned an extensive library, consisting of books that previously belonged to his father as well as additions of his own.[3]

References
  1. Yme Berend Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, L.H.M. Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets, Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republiek, Uitgeverij Verloren, 2015, pg 78
  2. Pieter de Graeff, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren,
  3. H. W. de Kooker, Bert van Selm, Boekcultuur in de Lage Landen, 1500-1800: bibliografie van publikaties over particulier boekenbezit in Noord- en Zuid-Nederland, verschene voor 1991, HES, 1993
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