1. Familie Herlin / Heerlien / Herlijn / Herlyn

S. 602 "Jean van der Meulen, c. 1547–1548 to November 1576 Jean would have been about sixteen at the time of his father’s death, leaving him too young to do more than help his mother carry on the trade left by his father. Evidence in the Felix Archief in Antwerp shows that by 1571 Jean and his younger brother Andries were active in trade, probably under the direction of their mother.59 When Elizabeth moved to Cologne in 1574, the now 27–year-old Jean took a more prominent role in the family’s trade. He was tasked with traveling between the fairs in Frankfurt and Strasbourg and Antwerp to attend to the family’s business." S. 603 "Andries began his life learning the skills of a merchant by working alongside his older brother Jean in the trade conducted by their mother. After Jean’s death in the Spanish Fury, Andries took over his position within the family, traveling between the fairs of Frankfurt and Strasbourg and Antwerp."

S. 40/41 "The flight of merchants from Antwerp — particularly foreign merchants — reached a critical mass after the violence of the Spanish Fury in November 1576. 112 Having gone without pay for months, and with no payment in sight after the bankruptcy of the Spanish crown in 1575, a general mutiny broke out among the ranks of the Army of Flanders. On 4 November 1576, thousands of soldiers poured out of the citadel of Antwerp, easily overcoming the troops hired by the States General to defend the city, and embarked upon a days long sacking of the city. The soldiers attacked and pillaged the bodies and wealth of Antwerp’s inhabitants, killing thousands and setting fire to the city’s newly constructed town hall, the symbol of Antwerp’s civic pride. 113 Among those killed by the mutineers was Jean van der Meulen, the oldest brother of the Van der Meulen siblings. 114)" S. 602 "Jean van der Meulen ... In 1576, Jean found himself in Antwerp when mutinous Spanish soldiers stormed and plundered the city. Jean was among the thousands killed in the Spanish Fury, which wrecked Antwerp and led to the expulsion of Spanish soldiers from the Low Countries."

S. 9 "Aan het begin van de Nederlandse Opstand waren Andries en Daniel van der Meulen protestantse kooplieden te Antwerpen. Hun broer Jan was een van de zevenduizend slachtoffers die muitende soldaten in 1576 in Antwerpen maakten tijdens de zogenaamde 'Spaanse furie'. Gedurende een aantal jaren hadden de protestanten in Antwerpen het heft in handen, en Andries van der Meulen maakte in die periode deel uit van het stadsbestuur. Maar toen Spaanse troepen in 1585 de stad na een langdurige belegering wisten te heroveren, zocht Andries met zijn familieleden, zoals veel protestantse handelaars, een veilig heenkomen in Duitsland. Daar hoefde men niet bevreesd te zijn voor godsdienstige vervolging en economisch gezien was het gebied gunstig gelegen. Verscheidene Antwerpse kooplieden weken uit naar Frankfurt of Keulen, anderen naar Hamburg of Stade. De Van der Meulens kozen Bremen als ballingsoord. 1) 1) Zie de inleiding van: Gisela Jongbloet-Van Houtte ed., Brieven en andere bescheiden betreffende Daniel van der Meu1en 1584-16()() I (Den Haag 1986).