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Map(1719) with location house Otterspoor from the book 'de zegepralende Vecht' Gravure By D Stoopendaal
Shows the river Vecht running from Utrecht to the Zuiderzee (Southern Sea)
Top right Zuiderzee, presently the ijsselmeer
Upperhalf middle, de Hinderdam that made the Otterspoor Dam and Sluce obsolete
Bottom half, L. to R. Breukelen, House Otterspoor, Maarssen and Utrecht.
The distance from Breukelen to Maarssen is 5,6 Km and from Maarssen to Utrecht 9,2 Km.
The location of Otterspoorbroek(polder) top left
Bron A.A. Manten, tijdschrift Historische Kring Breukelen
Map of PEAT Reclamation areas
The small area Otterspoor bordering on the river Vecht I believe to be the origine of the Otterspoors
This is now part of Breukelen
The different Churches in the province of Utrecht with registers in the Rijks archives Utrecht
Bron: H. de Lanoy Meijer 1985
Map of the Province of Utrecht in 1795
Upper left: Breukelen and Maarssen, the area where the Otterspoors originate from
Middle: Utrecht where generations Otterspoors lived
Utrecht and the areas below Utrecht, Jutphaas, Vreeswijk and Ysselstein are the main places where the MAIN tree
with practically all living Otterspoors originate from.
From there the Otterspoors spread down the river 'Lek'
NIEUWPOORT is the place where the name Otterspeer starts
Every living otterspeer is from that branch.
VAN KEULEN LAND PATENS
There were two major land purchases made by the Van Keulen brothers in New Netherlandt(New York), both being on the Pappermemmins Eiland(Manhats Island, Manhattan).
In 1639, Conraet Jansen Van Keulen secured a Patens for 100 Morgens at Otterspoor, renamed Van Keulens Hook. This being located between present day 108th and 125th Streets, along the River, in Harlem. He was also named as a Lessor on a parcel called Bestevears Kreupelbosch(Leather Swamp) in a document dated 14 December, 1640