Anton van Meerten van Abcoude, Heer van Ter Meer, Maarssen en Essenstein

15 November 1546. ANTOON VAN MEERTEN VAN ESSCHENSTEIN bij opdracht van ALBERT VAN EGMOND VAN MERESTEYN.

ANTON VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Heer van Ter Meer, Maarssen en Essenstein, Drost van Montfoort, in 1536 boven de Ordinaire Ridderschap beschreven, in 1539 bij overlij den van Joost Heer van Montfoort mede tot boedelhouder aangesteld, in 1549 na doode van zijn vader beleend, Drost van Cuylenburch, overleden vóór 1574,zoon van JAN TAETS VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Heer van Essensteyn en MECHTELD VAN MONTFOORT. Hij huwde ANNA VAN LALAING, weduwe van Joost Burchgraaf VAN MONTFOORT,dochter van CAREL VAN LALAING en HILLEGOND VAN ALENDORP.

Hieruit sproten :
1.HENDRIK VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Heer van Ter Meer, 16 Mei 1568, bij opdracht van ANTON VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE zijn vader. HENDRIK VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Heer van Ter Meer,
Maarssen en Essensteyn, na doode van zijn vader beleend met Essensteyn, verschreven in de Ridderschap van Utrecht in 1574, Drost van Cuylenburch, overleden vóór 1580. Hij huwde JOSINA VAN WYCK VAN ABCOUDE, die Biltterskamp in 1574 verkocht, dochter van JOHAN VAN WYCK VAN ABCOUDE en HILLEGOND VAN ALENDORP.

2. BARBARA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Vrouwe van Ter Meer, 19 October 1601. BARBARA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE,na doode van haar zwager JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, had ook reeds 29 Nov. 1581 bij op dracht van haar nicht ANNA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE het Huis ter Meer ontvangen, maar het 7 Oct. 1596 opgedragen aan JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, na wiens dood zij het nuterug ontving. Zij overleed in 1614. Zij was in 1568 gehuwd met GERARD VAN ZOUDENBALCH, Heer van Urk en Emeloort, Dijkgraaf van den Lekdijk, in de Ridderschap van Utrecht, in 1594 op de lijst van hen, die in het Sticht mogen jagen, liet Urk en Emeloort aan JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN nadat hij stierf 9 Juni 1599, zoon van JOHAN VAN ZOUDENBALCH, Ridder, Heer van Urk en Emeloort, en JOHANNA VAN DEN BOETZELAER VAN ASPEREN.

3. ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Vrouwe van Ter Meer. In 7 October 1596, JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, echtgenoot van ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, bij opdracht van zijn zwager GERARD VAN ZOUDENBALCH.
…ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Vrouwe van Ter Meer en Maarssen, huwde JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, Heer van Geffen, overleden in 1601, zoon van GERARD VAN VLADERACKEN en ISABELLA VAN BOCKHOVEN.

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(Curator note: A drost or drossaard was a kind of bailiff in the Low Countries)

November 15, 1546. ANTOON VAN MEERTEN VAN ESSCHENSTEIN by order of ALBERT VAN EGMOND VAN MERESTEYN.

ANTON VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Lord of Ter Meer, Maarssen and Essenstein, Drost van Montfoort, in 1536 described above the Ordinary Knighthood, in 1539 on the death of Joost Heer van Montfoort jointly appointed as estate owner, in 1549 enfeoffed after the death of his father, Drost van Cuylenburch, died before 1574, son of JAN TAETS VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Lord of Essensteyn and MECHTELD VAN MONTFOORT. He married ANNA VAN LALAING, widow of Joost Burchgraaf VAN MONTFOORT, daughter of CAREL VAN LALAING and HILLEGOND VAN ALENDORP.

From this came:
1.HENDRIK VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Lord of Ter Meer, 16 May 1568, by order of ANTON VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE his father. HENDRIK VAN MEERTEN OF ABCOUDE, Lord of Ter Meer,
Maarssen and Essensteyn, enfeoffed with Essensteyn after the death of his father, written into the Knighthood of Utrecht in 1574, Drost van Cuylenburch, died before 1580. He married JOSINA VAN WYCK VAN ABCOUDE, who sold Biltterskamp in 1574, daughter of JOHAN VAN WYCK VAN ABCOUDE and HILLEGOND OF ALENDORP.

2. BARBARA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Lady of Ter Meer, 19 October 1601. BARBARA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, after the death of her brother-in-law JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, also had already 29 Nov. 1581 received the Huis ter Meer by order of her cousin ANNA VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, but the 7 Oct. 1596 dedicated to JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, after whose death she now received it back. She died in 1614. She was married in 1568 to GERARD VAN ZOUDENBALCH, Lord of Urk and Emeloort, Dijkgraaf van den Lekdijk, in the Knighthood of Utrecht, in 1594 on the list of those allowed to hunt in the Sticht, Urk and Emeloort to JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN after he died 9 June 1599, son of JOHAN VAN ZOUDENBALCH, Knight, Lord of Urk and Emeloort, and JOHANNA VAN DEN BOETZELAER VAN ASPEREN.

3. ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN OF ABCOUDE, Lady of Ter Meer. On October 7, 1596, JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, husband of ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, by order of his brother-in-law GERARD VAN ZOUDENBALCH.
…ELISABETH VAN MEERTEN VAN ABCOUDE, Lady of Ter Meer and Maarssen, married JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN, Lord of Geffen, deceased in 1601, son of GERARD VAN VLADERACKEN and ISABELLA VAN BOCKHOVEN.

Van Hoogland, E. B. F. F. Wittert. Genealogische En Heraldische Bladen. Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie En Heraldiek, 1909. pp. 355-357
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Huis Ter Meer also Zuylenburg or Slot te Maarssen, was a knight's court and country estate on the Utrechtse Vecht in the Dutch town of Maarssen.

Antique print, titled: 'Maersen - Memento diffidere'. ('Remember to distrust'), showing castle Zuylenburg Ter Meer in Maarssen (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

In the first phase until 1672, Ter Meer was a medieval castle whose name was changed to Zuylenburg around 1526. In 1710 it was replaced by the Ter Meer buitenplaats on the old castle ruins, which was demolished in 1903.

Map of the Vecht region and its surroundings from 1719 by Daniël Stoopendaal in De Zegepralende Vecht.

Presumably in 1083[1] Ter Meer was constructed as a fortified house by Emeritus van der Meer. The first mention comes from 1394 when a family member was besieged with it. It remained in the possession of this family until 1457 after which Jacob van Amerongen became the new owner.

In 1525, it was sold by his family to the Teutonic Order and its Commander Steven van Zuylen van Nijevelt had the house considerably strengthened, expanded and embellished. He also changed the name to Zuylenburg whereby it was also called Slot te Maerssen.

After his death in 1527, the commander Wouter van Amstel van Mijnden lived there.

In 1536 Albert van Egmont van Meeresteijn became the resident and the States of Utrecht recognized the house as a knight's court.

From 1546 to 1788, the buildings remained with the Van Meertens van Esschenstein family or families related to or succeeding them.

Roelant Roghman drew Zuylenburg around 1646; his drawing shows a medieval moated castle consisting of a courtyard surrounded by buildings and two corner towers.

Ter Meer door Roghman circa 1646

In the Disaster Year of 1672, French troops looted it, set it on fire and left a ruin.

Copper engraving by Andries de Leth from 1739 depicting Huis Ter Meer in Maarssen (Netherlands), at the time a country estate on the Vecht with an extensive French garden.

In 1710, Vincent Maximiliaan van Lockhorst had a large country estate built on this site in the French style, which included an almost one square kilometer French garden. He renamed the buitenplaats Ter Meer. The Lockhorst family remained owners until 1788.

Gradually during the 19th century, the country estate increasingly decayed. In 1880, Hendrik Wilhelm Carl Reijneke van Stüwe and his family moved in. Ter Meer remained inhabited until 1903, after which it was demolished and the parcel of land was used to build houses.

Today only two gateposts of the entrance gate remain visible from Ter Meer. The nearby bridge over the river Vecht is called the Termeer Bridge.

Lake House In Maarssen, The Netherlands is a drawing by Hendrik De Leth. (Referred to as the Lake House because of its “backyard”.
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Further reading:
1) Anton van Abcoude @ https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_van_Abcoude
2) Ter Meer @ http://www.kasteleninutrecht.eu/Meer.htm
3) JOHAN VAN VLADERACKEN GING OP REIS, HISTORISCHE ·KRING MAARSSEN Opgericht 11 september 1972), pp 60
4) for those interested in the Het van Maarssen, any issue of the journal at Periodieken archief @ https://www.historischekringmaarssen.nl/periodieken-archief/