Cornelis Dautsenberg (also (Cor)nelis Dautzenberg or 'Butse Nellis'/'Butze(s) Nelles') (1731, Ubach - October 15th 1771, Hertzogenrath) was a cobbler and a supposed Bokkenrijder. He was one of the first convicts from the third persecution period.
Personal life
On may 3rd 1731 Cornelis Dautsenberg got baptised in Ubach as the son of Peter and Maria Butz. (This last name was most likely the reason that he got called 'Butze Nellis'.) He lives right below Ubach and is a cobbler. On February 3rd 1763 the 31 year old Cornelis marries Anna Catharina Dreschers. They have three children, born between 1764 and 1771; the youngest was born in the year Cornelis was arrested and executed.
He was literate, which means he was able to write and read (a little).
Trial
On January 10th Cornelis Dautsenberg gets mentioned by Joseph Keyser, the first to be arrested, which on that day gets interrogated under torture. He gets convicted of complicity regarding the raid at the presbytery in Hoengen. Shortly after March 15th 1771 he too gets arrested and on June 7th an interrogation under torture finds place, in which he has to endure the legscrews. On the 8th of June the recollection finds place. He gets convicted to a death sentence through being hanged. On the 15th of October 1771 the 40 year old Cornelis Dautsenberg dies at the gallows on the Beckenberg in Herzogenrath, together with eight others: Joseph Keyser, Joseph Ploum, Willem Ploum, Jacob Otten, Gabriël Reinarts, Peter Pauwels, Adolf Steyns en Hendrik Steyns.
Add comment
Comments