Pieter Brueys

Last Name:

Brueys

First Name:

Pieter

Spatial:

date of birth:

1730 ?

year of death:

1783

date of death:

23.08.1783

Nationality:

Dutch

Age at death:

52 years, 9 months and 17 days

Gender:

Male

Relationships:

Husband of Susana Anna Maria Verkirk, buried at Chinsurah. His daughter had married Thomas Scott.

Full Epitaph:

Hier rust Pieter Brueys, in leeven Opperkoopman en Hoofde, Administrateur te Chinsurah, Overleeden den XXIII Augustus MDCCLXXXIII oud zynde LII jaaren IX maanden en XVII dagen. [The epitaph roughly translates to: “Here rests Pieter Brueys, Chief Merchant and Administrator of Chinsurah, deceased on 23th August 1783, at the age of 52 years, 9 months and 17 days.”]

Occupation:

"Grand Master of the Chinsurah Grand Lodge some time before the year 1774. Chief merchant and Chief administrator during his death." Governor of Chinsurah in 1783.

Detailed information:

He was also once the Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge at Chinsurah.

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Purba Hossain