(1) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of January 4 with notary Gijsbert van Schoonderwoert. He calls her Aagje Vlamingh and she signs herself as Aaltien Vlamingh, for the sake of readability we consistently use her baptismal name Aefje.

(2) See the tasty article Ergerlijk-komisch nepotisme (Annoying-comic nepotism) by Dr. Eppe Wiersum in the Rotterdam yearbook of 1946 (pages 43 to 48) and the archives of the Amsterdam notary Pieter Schabaelje of July 23, 1701.

(3) See for example the deed of Adrian Baars (Amsterdam City Archives: archive number 5075, inventory numbers 8571, pages 1455 and 1189) and by notary Mr. Mathys Maten de Jonge the deeds of October 28, 1724 and November 13, 1724. Hendrik Caspar Selkart is described here as Commissioner extra-ordinary in Monsteringe and Commies ter Recherche on the outermost guard in 't Vlie.

(4) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of August 29, 1738 with notary Jan Ardinois.

(5) On April 20, 1710. (Source: Baptism book Herv. gem. Oost-Vlieland, archive number 28, Collection of baptism, marriage, membership and burial records - Tresoar, inventory number 0741).
(6) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of August 29, 1738 with notary Jan Ardinois. The money is paid to a certain Nic Struijck, for Casper from 1722 to 1724 and for Arend in the years 1727, 1728 and 1733.

(7) Casper worked in this office from February 19, 1722 to April 29, 1724, the day his employer Jeremias Oxford suddenly died at the age of 45. He probably then apprenticed with another notary.

(8) The ship Mijnden left on December 6, 1728 from Texel via the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia.

(9) On November 5, 1728 at Isaak Angelkot and on October 25, 1728 he also issued a procuration there (see Amsterdam City Archives).

(10) See the Membership Register of the Hervormde Gemeente on Oost-Vlieland of the year 1717, archive number 28, Tresoar Collection, inventory number 746, deed number 1096 - her date of death is written above her name Aefje Willems.

(11) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deeds of March 31, 1730 and February 2, 1731 by notary Mathys van Son.

(12) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of January 9, 1731 with notary Mathys van Son. This concerns Commissioner Willem Gosewyn Frenck.

(13) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of January 23, 1731 with notary Mathys van Son.

(14) On October 22, 1731.

(15) On December 1, 1733. See the burgher books in Amsterdam number 17, page 43. Anyone who is not the child of a burgher and does not marry a woman who is already a burgher can buy this citizenship after living in the city for a year. It gives a number of rights, for example, only burghers may join a guild.

(16)  See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed dated September 9, 1737 with the Amsterdam notary Mathys van Son.

(17) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the deed of February 11, 1735 with the Amsterdam notary Mathys van Son.

(18) See the handwritten letter in which Arend announces the death of his father to his cousin Frans van Limborgh, who worked as a tax lawyer in The Hague (on display in the Allard Pierson Museum).

(19) On February 11, 1735, he had already authorized secretary Jan van den Bergh on Vlieland with notary Mathys van Son to seal the death house of his father if the man ever died (see Amsterdam City Archives).

(20) See in the Amsterdam City Archives on November 16, 1735 with notary Isaak Angelkot.

(21) Trijn Pelles inherits the house at Dorpsstraat 136. This is not the house where Hendrick Selkart once lived with his family, because that was the so-called country house of the admiralty at number 59. He rented out the building at number 136 to his subordinates and now he left it to his servant and mistress.

(22) See the deed of May 1, 1737 with Isaak Angelkot in the Amsterdam City Archives.

(23) This can be read in the inventory of Arend Vlaming Selkart, drawn up on August 29, 1738 by notary Jan Ardinois (see Amsterdam City Archives).

(24) See at least three relevant deeds in the Amsterdam City Archives on September 9, 1737 by notary Mathys van Son.

(25) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the inventory that was drawn up after Arend's death on August 29, 1738 by notary Jan Ardinois. The piece about being taken to court (ter vierschaar) is to be found on this page.

(26) Ibid.

(27) Ibid.

(28) Because Evertje kept track of everything so meticulously, we can now see what was involved in Arend's funeral. 

(29) See the Kwijtscheldingenboek (Remission Book) at the Amsterdam City Archives of May 14, 1766.

(30) See in the Amsterdam City Archives the inventory drawn up on August 29, 1738 by notary Jan Ardinois.

(31) One in Amsterdam on the Keizersgracht south of the Westermarkt called het Eeuwige Leeven (Eternal Life). And three more houses on Oost-Vlieland. The first one on the Lage zyde where Hendrick Selkart lived and the house next door called slands welvaren. Plus an old house on the corner of Molenstraat at number 122.