Abraham Jacob van Imbyze van Batenburg (1753 in

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– 9 October 1806 in

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) was a Dutch governor of

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and

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(

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) during the period 1789-1806.

His life

Abraham Jacob was baptized on 17 June 1753 in the Walloon Church ("Waals Gereformeerd") in

, 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

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of maps, military-engineer (1743) and captain (1760). His grandfather was probably Paschasius Diederick van Batenburgh. He was married 1782 in

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with Wilhelmina Suzanna Zurmegedé. She was born on 21 April 1759 in

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, (Netherlands), possibly as daughter of Hendrik Cornelis Zurmegede, free citizen of

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, 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,

Jobs

Initially active until 1791 for the

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, he was from 1796 on in service for the British government and the

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(1795-1806). Imbyze van Batenburg was governor of: *

(Guyana) (between 1789 and 27 March 1802) *

(Guyana) (between 22 April 1796 and 27 March 1802) *

(between June 1804 and 1806).

Sources

* http://www.vanbatenborgh.nl/documents/downloads/familie%20overzicht%20Van%20Imbyze%20van%20Batenburg.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Batenburg, Abraham Jacob van Imbyze van 1753 births 1806 deaths 18th-century Dutch colonial governors People from Breda Governors of Berbice Governors of Essequibo