Made will with daughter Maria
Made will in Delfshaven.
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek and his daughter Maria van Leeuwenhoek, who live on the westside of the Hippolytusbuurt in Delft, again named each other as sole heirs. As heirs of the remaining effects and as executors, they named Jan and Jacob van Leeuwen, son and grandson of Leeuwenhoek's sister Catharina van Leeuwenhoek. The last deceased will be allowed to give other heirs, but in that case to Jan and Jacob van Leeuwen 5000 gl.
In her 1933 article summarizing the will, Petra Beydals notes that it favors the descendants of Leeuwenhoek's sister Catharine over those of his sister Grietgen. Beydals offers this as the reason a man of 86 would travel 15 km (9 miles) to Delfshaven when Delft had plenty of notaries. The Delfshaven notaries were administered through the courts in Rotterdam, where the favored descendants lived.
- Jan and Jacob van Leeuwen, son and grandson of sister Catharina Leeuwenhoek, jointly inherit what remains after the legacies. Philips van Leeuwen died in 1713; his daughter Margaretha now receives a legacy of 2,000 guilders.
- Dr. Anthony de Molijn, Margaretha Molijn, Geertruid Molijn and Jan Haaxman bonds of 3500, 1000, 2600 and 3500
- Jan and Jacob van Leeuwen, son and grandson of his sister Catharina, will each be heirs for half after the death of both testators.
- Rijckje van Leeuwen and Margaretha (Philipsdr.) van Leeuwen (ck!) receive bequests of 5,000 and 2,000 gl; Rijckje owes him this amount, so she receives 2 bonds payable to her account.
Nicolaas van der Vaart, notary. Archief DLFS Delfshaven inv. 3876, no. 117, fol. 587 (no transcript or translation available)