Donkerstraat 51 A
Donkerstraat 51 A
south side, two properties west of Orange Plantage surrounding two smaller properties D1039, D1040bis
residences, and a yard/garden alongside
Father-in-law Elias de Meij's widow Maria Verlijn owned it afer his death.
ORA 281-283 notes that it came "with two little houses of Jan Kola", which must be D1039 and D1040bis. Leeuwenhoek's daughter Maria inherited the two little houses from her aunt Maria de Meij. She sold them in 1710 to Hendrick van Leeuwen 5r272. Joris Huijsman acquired them between 1727 and 1730 (waarbrief 6b302v).
D1040
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