Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg

Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg (* 1753 in Breda, The Netherlands, † October 9, 1806 in Barbados ) was a Dutch Governor of Berbice and Essequibo.

Curriculum vitae

Abraham Jacob was born on June 17, 1753 in the Walloon Reformed church ( nl: Waals Gereformeerde Gemeente ) to Breda, son of Johan Bernhard Imbyze van Batenburg ( * before 1723, † 1768) and Susanna de Wit ( * 1723) baptized. He died in Barbados, probably at the age of 53 years.

His father was a cartographer, engineer in the military ( 1743) and captain (1760 ). His grandfather was probably Paschasius Diederick van Baten Pittsburgh.

On May 20, 1782 Abraham Jacob van Batenburg married in Tilburg Wilhelmina Sazanna Zurmegedé, born on 21 April 1759 in Veere. She was possibly the daughter of Hendrik Cornelis Zurmegedé, free citizens of Batavia and Susanna Lints.

From the couple had nine children: Suzanna Maria ( * 1784), Hendrik Christiaan (* 1786), Adriana Baldwina (* 1788 ), Jan Hendrik Jacob (* 1788), Lambert Abraham (* 1791, † 1829 on Java, Dutch East Indies ), Catharina Cordelia (* 1793), Elizabeth (* 1796, † 1864), Henrietta Maria ( * 1797) and Hendrika Maria ( * 1801).

Alternative spelling of the surname: Imbyze van Batenburg.

Career

Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg was first to 1791 for the West India Company, in 1796 for the British and for the Batavian Republic ( 1795-1806 ), Governor of:

• Berbice (now Guyana, between 1789 and 27 March 1802)
• Essequibo ( Guyana, between April 22 1796 and 27 March 1802)
• Berbice ( between June 1804 and 1806 )