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Jacobus Corneliszoon was a Dutch explorer and missionary who lead an expedition to the from modern day [[Tussenland]] to the Pacific Ocean. His discoveries would lead to an influx of Amerikaaner immigration to the region and the eventual creation of the [[Amerikaanse Free State]]. The missionary efforts of his team would convert an estimated twenty five thousand Native Americans to Christianity. |
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| name = <center>Jacobus Corneliszoon |
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| caption = Portion of a damaged painting purported to be of Jacobus Corneliszoon discovered in Corneliszstadt in 1857. |
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| birth_date = {{circa|1764}} |
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| birth_place = Hartford, [[New Netherland]] |
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| death_date = 31 October 1818 |
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| death_place = Fort Maurice, South Misurie, [[Tussenland]] |
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| mother = Sofie Fens |
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| father = Cornelis Pieterszon Fens |
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'''Jacobus Corneliszoon''' (''né'' '''Fens'''; 1764 – 31 October 1818) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]]–[[New Netherland|New Netherlander]] missionary, settler, and former Kommando who famously led the 1799 Voortrekker expedition into what is now the modern Mexican province of Boerlandia. His political and religious leadership among the [[Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking settlers of the American West earned him the appellation '''''Tochtvader''''' ('Patriarch [of the [[Voortrekkers]]]'). |
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==Early Life== |
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'''Birth and Early Years''' |
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== Childhood and adolescence == |
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Jacobus was born on September 22nd, 1764 to parents Cornelis and Sofie in Hartford, [[New Netherland]]. His parents migrated to the colony from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] in 1760 in search of new economic opportunities. Jacobus spent much of his early life being cared for by his mother because his father spent most of his time away from home, providing for the family. |
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Corneliszoon was born sometime in the year 1764 in Hartford, [[New Netherland]], to parents Cornelis Pieterszon Fens (1734–1772) and Sofie Fens (1741–1796). In 1760, his parents migrated to New Anglia from the County of Drenthe in [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]] in search of economic opportunities. He was born four years later, the only child of the couple. |
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In 1772, at the age of eight, his father Cornelis Pieterszon contracted smallpox and died shortly after. The same year, he and his mother moved to Beylen, the patroonship of his maternal relatives, the van Brugges. While his mother took up domestic labor, he was privately tutored by a French governess until 1777, when he was sent to a private gymnasium in [[New Amsterdam]]. While in the capital, he came into contact with members of the Riqueronon Missionary Society, a Huguenot-founded colonial organization. Clement Droz, a Huguenot pastor and shopkeeper, sparked young Corneliszoon's interest in Reformed theology and the importance of Christian missionary work. |
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'''Upstate Life and Schooling''' |
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At seventeeen, Jacobus Corneliszoon entered into a feud with an unnamed classmate of his. This would culminate in a physical brawl, ending in the latter's permanent disfigurement. In an attempt to correct his behavior, his mother sent him to a correctional military-run residential school in Saint-Germain, [[Meerenland]]. Here, he would greatly excel, successfully becoming a member of the New Netherland Kommando Corps in 1786. His time in Meerenland would also expose him to the thriving missionary industry of the region. Under the auspices of the Riqueronon Missionary Society, he would learn the Illinieuweck language and occasionally attend religious and political seminars. |
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In the year 1772, when Jacobus was five years old, his father died after contracting smallpox. Shortly after, Jacobus and his mother moved in with a few relatives who had been granted the patroonship upstate. It is likely that Jacobus spent most of his childhood just outside the town of Beylen, on his relatives' property. Jacobus was privately tutored from home until the age of fourteen, when he began to attend a private high school. Over the next four years, Jacobus became interested in theology, an interest that would cause him to become a missionary later in life. |
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== Military career == |
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In the winter of 1781, halfway through his last year of secondary school, Jacobus was involved in an altercation with another student at school. Jacobus wrote in his journal that the boy has insulted his late father, but it was widely known in the community that the two teens fought often, typically over a shared love interest. In this particular brawl, Jacobus broke the jaw of his opponent, likely leaving him permanently disfigured. In an attempt to correct his behavior, Jacobus' mother had him sent to a military boarding school in the Meerenland. Jacobus would spend the next five years receiving a higher education as well as showing extreme competence during his early military training. Due to his excellence in boarding school, Jacobus entered official military training as an officer cadet and would spend the next two years training with the military. |
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==Military Career== |
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== 1799 Voortrekker expedition == |
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== Final years and legacy == |
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==Expedition to the Pacific== |
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== See also == |
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[[Category:People]] |
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==Legacy== |
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 29 February 2024
 Portion of a damaged painting purported to be of Jacobus Corneliszoon discovered in Corneliszstadt in 1857. | |
| Born | c. 1764 Hartford, New Netherland |
| Died | 31 October 1818 Fort Maurice, South Misurie, Tussenland |
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Jacobus Corneliszoon (né Fens; 1764 – 31 October 1818) was a Dutch–New Netherlander missionary, settler, and former Kommando who famously led the 1799 Voortrekker expedition into what is now the modern Mexican province of Boerlandia. His political and religious leadership among the Dutch-speaking settlers of the American West earned him the appellation Tochtvader ('Patriarch [of the Voortrekkers]').
Childhood and adolescence
Corneliszoon was born sometime in the year 1764 in Hartford, New Netherland, to parents Cornelis Pieterszon Fens (1734–1772) and Sofie Fens (1741–1796). In 1760, his parents migrated to New Anglia from the County of Drenthe in the Netherlands in search of economic opportunities. He was born four years later, the only child of the couple.
In 1772, at the age of eight, his father Cornelis Pieterszon contracted smallpox and died shortly after. The same year, he and his mother moved to Beylen, the patroonship of his maternal relatives, the van Brugges. While his mother took up domestic labor, he was privately tutored by a French governess until 1777, when he was sent to a private gymnasium in New Amsterdam. While in the capital, he came into contact with members of the Riqueronon Missionary Society, a Huguenot-founded colonial organization. Clement Droz, a Huguenot pastor and shopkeeper, sparked young Corneliszoon's interest in Reformed theology and the importance of Christian missionary work.
At seventeeen, Jacobus Corneliszoon entered into a feud with an unnamed classmate of his. This would culminate in a physical brawl, ending in the latter's permanent disfigurement. In an attempt to correct his behavior, his mother sent him to a correctional military-run residential school in Saint-Germain, Meerenland. Here, he would greatly excel, successfully becoming a member of the New Netherland Kommando Corps in 1786. His time in Meerenland would also expose him to the thriving missionary industry of the region. Under the auspices of the Riqueronon Missionary Society, he would learn the Illinieuweck language and occasionally attend religious and political seminars.
