Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg explained

Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van Batenburg
Birth Date:1753
Birth Place:Breda, Dutch Republic
Death Place:Barbados
Office1:Governor of Berbice
Term Start1:1789
Term End1:27 March 1802
Successor1:Robert Nicholson
Predecessor1:Peter Hendrik Koppiers
Office2:Governor of Essequibo
Term Start2:22 April 1796
Term End2:27 March 1802
Successor2:George Hendrik Trotz
Predecessor2:Robert Nicholson
Office3:Governor of Berbice
Term Start3:June 1804
Term End3:1806
Successor3:James Montgomery
Predecessor3:Robert Nicholson
Occupation:governor
Spouse:Wilhelmina Suzanna Zurmegedé
Nationality:Dutch

Abraham Jacob van Imbyze van Batenburg (1753 in Breda, Dutch Republic  - 9 October 1806 in Barbados) was a Dutch governor of Berbice and Essequibo (Guyana) during the period 1789-1806.

His life

Abraham Jacob was baptized on 17 June 1753 in the Walloon Church ("Waals Gereformeerd") in Breda, as the son of Johan Bernhard Imbyze van Batenburg (bef. 1723-1768) and Susanna de Wit (1723-).

His father Johan Bernhard Imbyze van Batenburg was a draughtsman of maps, military-engineer (1743) and captain (1760). His grandfather was probably Paschasius Diederick van Batenburgh.

He was married 1782 in Tilburg, Netherlands with Wilhelmina Suzanna Zurmegedé. She was born on 21 April 1759 in Veere, (Netherlands), possibly as daughter of Hendrik Cornelis Zurmegede, free citizen of Batavia, Dutch East Indies, and Susanna Lints.

In Berbice (Guyana) they had nine children: Suzanna Maria (1784-?), Hendrik Christiaan (1786-?), Adriana Baldwina (1788-?), Jan Jacob Hendrik (1788-?), Lambert Abraham (1791 in Java (Dutch East-Indies - 1829), Catharina Cordelia (1793-?), Elizabeth (1796-1864), Henriette Maria (1797-?) and Hendrika Maria (1801-?).

Alternative names are: van Imbijze van Batenburg and Imbyse van Batenburg,

Positions

Initially active until 1791 for the Dutch East India Company, he was from 1796 on in service for the British government and the Batavian Republic (1795-1806). Imbyze van Batenburg was governor of:

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