1. Familie Herlin / Heerlien / Herlijn / Herlyn

S. 149-151 "Govert DIRCXZ - After all the complications and deaths, only Volcxken's nephew Govert Dircxz remained as her sole heir. He was baptized Godefridus on 9 February 1563 in Antwerp's Church of Our Lady (fig. 8), but was called Godevaert, Goyvaert or Govert, depending on place or dialect.48 In 1570 his parents moved to Emden, and it was there that he married Anna (Tanneke) Adriaenssen de Pottere in 1593. She was born into a refugee family, apparently from Ronse in East Flanders. Anna and Govert had at least four children, who were all underage in 1621, with the exception of their daughter Baraba Dircx. After Volcxken's death Govert went to Antwerp from time to time to take care of the estate and wind it up, and in fact a document of September 1601 even calls him a resident of Antwerp. The couple's Calvinist acquaintances in Emden heard such disturbing stories about those trips to Catholic Antwerp that in 1603 Govert and Tannene severly reprimanded by the Calvinist church council of Emden for their supposed relapse into Catholicism and idolatry. "That they have accosted and admonished Govert Dircxz and Tanneke de Pottere, his wife, concerning the grave fault and sin that they have fallen into idolatry in Antwerp. They have displayed great repentance and remorse, confessed guilt and have asked for forgiveness. It has accordingly been decided that since they intend to travel there again the previous brother shall once again earnestly entreat and admonish them to guard better than before against such a great sin. And upon their return, if God so wills, that further action shall then be taken to cast off the offense. Govert Dircxz died in December 1610. It seems that he was on the way ro Antwerp with his family but fell ill and felt his end approaching. In order to prevent his belongings and his childrens interest being at the mercy of fate he had himslef registrered as a citizen of Breda on 12 October. On the 4 December he and Tanneke had the Breda notar Jacob Wils draw up a reciprocal will in favor of the surviving spouse and five days later he was buried there in the Grote Kerk. A year later guardians for the children were indeed appointed in Breda. In 1612 Tanneke de Pottere remarried in Bremen, her husband being a cloth merchant called Philip Herlin or Herlyn. After heir marraige the couple went immediately to Antwerp so sell the House of the Four Winds in Arenbergstraat and to appoint an agent for the remaining properties (fig. 10. The agent sold the other Antwerp houses and invested the procees in the hereditary annuities or mortgages. The last to be sold was De Clavecimbel (The Harpsichord) in 1622" Anmerkung: Haus 'De Clavecimdel' = deutsch: Haus 'Das Cembolo' bzw. (veralt.) 'Der Knieflügel'.