Van der Meulen family

The van der Meulen family of Brussels was an important bourgeois family of freshwater fish merchants. Many of its members were deans of the guild of freshwater fish merchants.

Fiefdom of the Roetaert on a map from 1741 by Charles Everaert, while it was owned by the van der Meulen family.
This article is about the old family of Brussels fish merchants. For other people with this surname, see Van der Meulen.

van der Meulen family
(van der or vander) Molen, Moelen
Estate(s)Fief of the Roetaert

Properties and estates

They owned the fiefdom of the Roetaert[1] as well as numerous fishponds and lakes, especially in the Sonian Forest, such as the famous Enfants Noyés ponds, which Elisabeth van der Meulen (1720–1769), wife of Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1704-1776), sold to the state in 1744.[2]

Allied families
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  • de Beckers
  • van der Belen
  • de Bleser
  • Comperis
  • Cosyns
  • De Pauw
  • van Dievoet
  • Frémineur
  • Govaerts
  • Leyniers
  • t'Seraerts
  • Swalus
  • Verluytgaerde dit Winnepenninckx
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See also

Notes and references
  1. Henry de Pinchart, « Court historique du hameau de Stalle-sous-Uccle », « Possesseurs », in : le Folklore brabançon, March 1979, no 221, p. 90.
  2. Sander Pierron, Histoire illustrée de la forêt de Soignes, vol. I, p. 62 : « Élisabeth vander Meulen, fille de Lambert et épouse de Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet, proposa quand elle en eut hérité de vendre à l'État pour 1000 florins les étangs suivants qui lui appartenaient : 1) l'Enneplas, 2) le Vuylbeke, 3) et 4) les deux étangs d'Erkendael, 5) le petit Kinderen Verdroncken, 6) le grand Kinderen Verdroncken, c’est à dire l'étang inférieur et l'étang supérieur des Enfants noyés (Les six étangs constituant deux bonniers) »

Further reading
  • Daniel Leyniers, Genealogie der familie van der Meulen en Leyniers, manuscript book, 18th century, Archives of the City of Brussels, n° 2296.
  • Sander Pierron, Histoire illustrée de la forêt de Soignes, vol. I, p. 62.
  • Chloé Deligne, Bruxelles et sa rivière. Genèse d'un territoire urbain (12e - 18e siècle), Turnhout : Brepols, 2003, pp. 158, 159, 173, 176, 159, 160, 182, 193, 205
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