Dominee Emilius van Cuilenborg

Biography

Emilius van Cuilenborg was born circa 1650 in Batenburg, Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was a Dominie (minister/teacher).

Emilius married Hillegond van Essen on November 12, 1672 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Emilius married Anne Catherine van Rontaen on June 12, 1678 in Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands.

He died in 1704 in Canvey Island, Essex, England, United Kingdom and was buried on October 14, 1704 in South Benfleet, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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1703 saw the expulsion from the church of Dom Emilius von Cuilenborg (4) by the London Dutch Church after acute dissension and unhappiness of the congregation and (as a sad postscipt to the ‘Dutch Period’ on Canvey), in the following year Anne Catherine van Rontaen, relict of Cuilenburgh, had him buried at South Benfleet as was the custom, for he, ‘wounded to the soul by oppression, pain, and calumny’, had ‘given up the ghost’. She then had to apply for a pension as she had no means of support after his death.

http://www.canveyisland.org/page/dowds_canvey_cyclopaedia-2

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An excerpt from Fred McCave's book 'A History of Canvey Island' describes the story of the Haunted House and his opinion about it,

"On 14th October, 1704, the last named Island Dutch Minister, Dom Emilius Von Cuilenborg, was buried at Benfleet.

http://www.canveyisland.org/page_id__2181.aspx

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Trouwen met Hillegond van Essen

• Groom; Emilius van Cuilenborg
• Bride; Hillegond van Essen
• Event; Trouwen
• Event date; 12-11-1672
• Religion; Nederduits-gereformeerd (later Nederlands-hervormd)
• Event place; Utrecht
• Document type; DTB Trouwen
• Institution name; Het Utrechts Archief
• Institution place; Utrecht
• Collection region; Utrecht
• Archive; 711
• Registration number; 98
• Page; 681
• Registration date; 27-10-1672
• Certificate place; Utrecht
• Collection; Utrecht NH trouwen 1659-1675

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/48179917

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