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| [[Jan Kruys]] was the last magistrate (Schout) of Vriezenveen and the first Mayor of the town from 1825 until his death in 1830. He is grandfather of minister and vice admiral [[:nl:Gerhardus_Kruys|Gerhardus Kruys]].<ref name="BlueBook1"/> | [[Jan Kruys]] was the last magistrate (Schout) of Vriezenveen and the first Mayor of the town from 1825 until his death in 1830. He is grandfather of minister and vice admiral [[:nl:Gerhardus_Kruys|Gerhardus Kruys]].<ref name="BlueBook1"/> |
| [[File:Vrijheidsboom op de Dam Jurriaan Andriessen (795.jpg|thumb|alt=Tree of Liberty, Dam Square in Amsterdam (Jurriaan Andriessen, 1795).|Tree of Liberty, Dam Square in Amsterdam (Jurriaan Andriessen, 1795). People dancing around the tree of liberty. On the left the town hall (now Royal Palace). Source: Amsterdam City Archives. ]] | [[File:Vrijheidsboom op de Dam Jurriaan Andriessen (795.jpg|thumb|alt=Tree of Liberty, Dam Square in Amsterdam (Jurriaan Andriessen, 1795).|Tree of Liberty, Dam Square in Amsterdam (Jurriaan Andriessen, 1795). People dancing around the tree of liberty. On the left the town hall (now Royal Palace). Source: Amsterdam City Archives. ]] |
| Jan was born in Vriezenveen. His father, Claas Jansen Kruys (1731-1802), was a merchant at the firm 'Kruys, Engberts & Sons', exporting linen and other goods to [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Strasbourg]] and [[Alicante|Allicante]]. From 1781 tot 1789, Jan and his brother Johannes Kruys (1769-1806) worked with their father at the family business in [[Rusluie|St Petersburg]]. After eight years Jan left Russia and began a business in [[Amsterdam]]. He returned to Vriezenveen in 1799.<ref>"[https://www.museumvriezenveen.nl/single-post/2019/12/02/de-familie-kruijs-schrijft-geschiedenis De familie Kruijs schrijft geschiedenis]". Historisch Museum van Vriezenveen (in Dutch).</ref> | Jan was born in Vriezenveen. His father, Claas Jansen Kruys (1731-1802), was a merchant at the firm 'Kruys, Engberts & Sons', exporting linen and other goods to [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Strasbourg]] and [[Alicante|Allicante]]. From 1781 tot 1789, Jan and his brother Johannes Kruys (1769-1806) worked with their father at the family business in St Petersburg. After eight years Jan left Russia and began a business in [[Amsterdam]]. He returned to Vriezenveen in 1799.<ref>"[https://www.museumvriezenveen.nl/single-post/2019/12/02/de-familie-kruijs-schrijft-geschiedenis De familie Kruijs schrijft geschiedenis]". Historisch Museum van Vriezenveen (in Dutch).</ref> |
| Between 1817-1830, Jan kept a detailed diary. The fourteen books are archived at the Dutch Institute of Military History (NIMH). In one of his entries he describes how in 1795, 2000 cavalry of the [[French Revolutionary Army]] rode into Amsterdam, where he lived at the time, marking the proclamation of the Dutch [[Batavian Republic]]. He wrote: “A tree of liberty was planted in front of the town hall and people were out and about and cheering.” (transcription: Erik Berkhof, Frans Harwig)<ref name="Archive1"/> | Between 1817-1830, Jan kept a detailed diary. The fourteen books are archived at the Dutch Institute of Military History (NIMH). In one of his entries he describes how in 1795, 2000 cavalry of the [[French Revolutionary Army]] rode into Amsterdam, where he lived at the time, marking the proclamation of the Dutch [[Batavian Republic]]. He wrote: “A tree of liberty was planted in front of the town hall and people were out and about and cheering.” (transcription: Erik Berkhof, Frans Harwig)<ref name="Archive1"/> |
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