Willem Springorum Geneanet

* 21 November 1744 – † ?

Grocer in Amsterdam

Joan Wilhelm (Willem) Springorum (1744 – ?) followed his brother Barend from Henrichenburg to Amsterdam, where he appears to have worked in the grocery trade and built a life within the city’s urban community. He and his wife had eight children, three of whom died at a very young age, while the youngest reached the age of twenty-three. Most of the surviving children gradually disappear from the records with one clear exception: Gerrit, who continued the Springorum line in Amsterdam. In contrast to his brother’s maritime career, Willem’s story reflects a more settled but fragmentary presence in eighteenth-century Amsterdam, where the family name endured through a single surviving branch.

Events & References

Baptism of Willem Springorum

23 November 1744 · Henrichenburg, Deutschland

Joan Wilm (Willem) Springorum, the legitimate son of Johann Joseph Springorum and his wife Anna Maria Stratmans, was born on 21 November 1744 and baptized two days later, on 23 November 1744, in the parish church of St. Lambertus in Henrichenburg.

The baptism was recorded in the parish register, naming Jan Willem Strakhausen and Anna Springmühler as godparents. This entry confirms Willem’s place within the Henrichenburg branch of the Springorum family and provides firm documentary evidence of the family’s continued presence in the parish during the mid-18th century.

Baptism of Willem Springorum
Baptismal entry of Joan Wilm (Willem) Springorum in the register of St. Lambertus Church, Henrichenburg (1744).

Reference: Baptism of Willem Springorum

Deed of Renunciation by Christina Boom

10 August 1773 · Amsterdam, Nederland

The name Willem Springorum was found in a notarial deed dated 1773, in which an adult daughter of Willem Springorum formally renounced all present and future claims to his estate. This document cannot relate to Willem Springorum born in 1744, as he was only 28 years old at the time and could not have had a legally adult daughter. The Willem mentioned in this deed must therefore belong to an earlier generation and represents a different namesake.

On 10 August 1773, a notarial deed was executed in Amsterdam in which Christina Boom, an adult daughter of Willem Springorum, voluntarily and irrevocably renounced all present and future rights, claims, and entitlements to her father’s estate. The act, drawn up by notary Jan Bentelaan, explicitly states that the renunciation was made of her own free will, without coercion or compensation, and was intended to prevent any later claims upon the inheritance. Willem Springorum was present at the execution of the deed, which was witnessed by Hendrick Lyssen.

Deed of Renunciation by Christina Boom
Deed of Renunciation by Christina Boom
Renunciation of Inheritance Rights by Christina Boom in Favor of Willem Springorum, dated 10 August 1773.

Reference: Deed of Renunciation by Christina Boom

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Uit de Hand te Koop een Kruideniers Winkel

27 March 1777 · Amsterdam, Nederland

Uit de Hand te Koop een KRUIDENIERS WINKEL, en 't Huis daarby te Huur tegens primo Mey, voor ƒ. 130:- in 't Jaar. Te bevragen by WILLEM SPRINGORUM, op de Lindegragt, in 't Wynhuis DE VALK, te Amsterdam.

Uit de Hand te Koop een Kruideniers Winkel
Advertisement in the Amsterdamse Courant naming Willem Springorum as contact person in the sale of a grocery shop

Reference: Uit de Hand te Koop een Kruideniers Winkel

Marriage Banns: Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans

19 August 1779 · Amsterdam, Nederland

Willem appears as a witness in the ondertrouw register for his brother Barend Springorum.

On 19 August 1779, Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans were recorded in the Amsterdam ondertrouw (marriage banns) register. The entry appears in the marriage intentions of the PUI (Huwelijksintekeningen van de PUI). Willemina is noted as having been previously married to Dirk Tinneman.

Marriage Banns: Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans
Ondertrouw entry dated 19 August 1779 for Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans, recorded in the Amsterdam marriage intentions register of the PUI.

Reference: Marriage Banns: Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans

Baptism of Joanna Springorum

2 April 1783 · Amsterdam, Nederland

The presence of Willem Springorum as a baptismal witness raises the possibility that Joanna was named after her uncle Joan Wilhelm, but this cannot be stated with certainty.

On 2 April 1783, Joanna Springorum was baptized in Amsterdam in the church known as De Posthoorn. She was recorded as the daughter of Barend Springorum and Willemina Altmans. The baptism was witnessed by Barend's brother Willem Springorum and his wife Petronella Weijers, whose presence reflects close family and social ties.

Baptism of Joanna Springorum
Baptism record dated 2 April 1783 for Joanna Springorum, recorded in the Amsterdam church registers (DTB).

Reference: Baptism of Joanna Springorum

Family

Parents

Partner(s) & Children

Petronella (Pieternelletje) Weijers (1748 – 1801)

  • ♀ Petronella Dorothea (Doortje) Springorum (1779 – 1784) — dies at age of 5
  • ♀ Helena Springorum (1781 – ?)
  • ♂ Gerardus (Gerrit) Springorum I (1783 – 1823)
  • ♂ Cornelius Gemini Springorum (1785 – 1787) — twin brother of Joseph Willem, dies at age of 2.
  • ♂ Joseph Willem Springorum (1785 – ?)
  • ♂ Wilhelmus Bernardus Springorum (1786 – ?)
  • ♀ Christina Theodora Springorum (1788 – 1788) — dies at age of 2 months.
  • ♀ Theodora (Doortje) Springorum (1790 – 1813) — dies at age of 23.