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The Moll Genealogical Ancestry
The Coat of Arms of the Moll family of Ledeberg, Belgium is shown to the
right. It is a very simple coat of arms that represents the family rich and christian heritage and tradition. It shows
5 diamonds in the shape of a cross in the foreground with 13 gold bars in the
background. This is all displayed over a pool of blood which symbolizes
the hard work and sacrifices made by the family ancestors to accomplish their
goals.
IWAIN (de) Moll van Ledenberg
Old records of the name Mol(l).
In history, the first "Moll" was mentioned in documents during the Merovingian
Period of Charles
the Great as early as 759 AD (Aethelred Moll, the usurpator). Since 1100 AD,
records of families
named Moll or Mol, Mols, Moll, Molle, Moller or de Mol(le) can be found in the
region between
Antwerp and Turnhout, cities on the borderland of Belgium (the "Kempen", Brabant),
in a place
called Mol (1, 3) [in ancient documents mentioned as Moll] as well as in the
province of
Utrecht. In Austria near Steir there is a certain village Moll. The small town
"Mol" near
Antwerp (and the region Kempen) was founded in the 8th century and build on dry
and sandy ground
and with relics dating from the Neolithicum (5300-2000 BC).
In the year 774, Adalardus, a cousin of Charles the Great and a priest at the
Abbey of Corbie
near Amiens, granted the "Heerlykheid Moll, Baelen and Desschel" to the abbot of
Corbie.
Some of the Mol(l)-families are called "zwerfgroepen" or "migrators" (1): people
that speak the
same language as the local population (Flemish) in the region, are working
there, but living
elsewhere, for instance in the northern provinces of Gelderland, Utrecht,
Brabant or Zeeland.
In his famous work "Bruxella" Erycius Puteanus (1574-1646) describes seven "migrator"
families
related to (de) Mol and governors or nobles at the Brussels-Royal court (2).
In the book "Etude sur les jetons de la Famille (de) Moll" written in 1888 by
Eduard van den
Broeck (4) more than 100 representants of Mol between 1274-1589 are named in a
list of Flemish
Burgomasters of Brussels. In the Town-hall at Brussels 7 family-arms, belonging
to families
related to "Moll" are depicted on stained glasses.
In "Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, deel 23, 1969" an ancient
family-tree van Moll
from Kempen (now Belgium) is described (14).
Old records of Moll families
 [Source: Reinier van Heemskerck, Waapen boeck van adelyke en aanzienelyke
famiellien in de 17
provincien van de Nederlanden:
Moll, Baron of Herent : CBG-GHS-50C03, Centraal Bureau Genealogie The
Netherlands]
"Coat of Arms or Heraldry of Iwain Moll (van Leedbergen), Glass-details, made by
Wouter Crabeth,
Gouda, St Jans-Church)"
The surname Mol(L) or variates like de Mol, Moel, Moelert, Mols, Mollerus, Mul,
de Molde,
Mullart, Moller(s) among others is wideley spread all over Europe. Already
before the 16th
century and later (until 1811) the same personage used different variates of his
of her surname!
Some members of these very old families are listed below. Birth dates are
questionable. They are
collected from different sources (1, 5, 8, 9, 10). It has not been proved that
all members of
this early "Moll" families are descendants in direct lineage.
° Aethelwald and Aethelred Moll, saxion Kings, Northhumbria (UK) ± 760 AD. This
family migrated
towards the Islands in the year 450.
° Baldricus de Molle (or Baldricus Moll) is mentioned as a knight,at Liege
(±1120 or earlier) at
Liege (Belgium). Probably he participated in the first crusade (1096-1099)
under the mission of
Godfried of Bouillon.
° Arnoldus Moll
One of the oldest official documents in which a member of the Moll-family in the
Northern-Netherlands (city of Utrecht) is mentioned dates from 1186 AD. In this
document a
certain Arnoldus Moll is mentioned as a vassal (and participant in the Vth
cruisade) of Henry,
son of the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1122-1190, the crusader). Source: Dr
Muller
"Oorkondenboek van het Sticht Utrecht tot 1301",1924 pag 458-459.
° Rudgerus (de) Moll, ancestor of a Von Moll family, was the fouynder of "De
Mollenhof" at
Passua (Germany) in the year 1200. There are indications that some descendants
of this (de) Moll
family migrated to The Netherlands (Province of Gelderland-Achterhoek) between
1300 - 1500.
° Hugo de Molle (filius Domini Hugonis Mol), a knight-templar (Jan- 19th-1223 at
Brussels) born
before 1210. He (probably) participated in the 6th Crusade (1228-1229). On
1223, Jan 23, the
Bishop Adam van Theouranne writes about the knight Hugo de Molle. "He, Hugo was
a swindler", [Ref: "Les Chartes de St. Bertin, d´apres le grand cartulaire de Dom Dewitte", St
Omer, 1886, Nr.
639,pp 278. Index D.Haigenere and O.Bled.]
A son of this Hugo was mentioned as Woltinus Moll at Yper [Ref: Chronica et
Cartularium
monasterii de Dunis I Buges 1864,p.360].
° Johannes Moll is mentioned in the records of the city of Deventer (The
Netherlands) in the
year 1344.
° Johan Moll, Dirk Mol, Hendrik Moll and Jan Mol are mentioned in the records of
the city of
Amsterdam in the year 1500 or somewhat later. They were the owners of some
premises and houses
near the Dam. About that time (de) Mol(l) families are mentioned in the records
of the province
of North Holland, Haarlem, the province of Brabant, the province of South
Holland, Rotterdam and
the province of Zeeland.
Since about 1278 records of Moll families can be found in Stuttgart, Wurtenberg
and somewhat
later (1400) in Lennep, Biberach and Mecklenburg (all these cities are located in
Germany).
Moll- Tree: de Moll van Ledeberg (Ledeberg is a small village near Gent, Belgium)
° Roelof (Raoul-Rudolphus-Rolin) de Moll (or Moll) born ± 1274 (probably a son
or grandson of
the above Hugo de Molle), governor at Brussels, one child, NN de Moll (Florijs
Moll ?).
Roelof, Raoul, de Moll van Ledebergh
Birth : BEF 1290
Gender: Male
° NN de Moll born ± 1300. Probably his name was Floris (de) Moll.
1 Child: Yvain de Mol (also called Moll, see below)
° Yvain de Mol, (died ± 1340) grandchild of Roelof, Burgomaster of Brussels,
married to Isabeau
Boote.
Children :Thierry
° Thierry (Dierick) de Mol van Ledeberg Burgomaster of Brussels,1455, (died
after 1406) married
to Elisabeth Goddeyns.
Children: Iwain, Jean and Thierry (=Jan and Dierck).
° Iwain de Mol I (born before 1380) Burgomaster of Brussels, married to Marie
van Pede (daugther
of Arnoud, Aert van Pede).
Children: Arnold de Moll (x Anna t´Serclaes van Kruikenberg), Iwain (de) Moll
II van Ledeberg
van St Ulriks-Kapell, Henri (Hendrik) de Moll (x Alyde van Keldere), Jeanne de
Moll Ter Kameren,
Marguerite de Moll and Marie de Moll.
° Iwain Moll II van Ledeberg (born before 1407, died ± 1470) also named
Ywain, Yvain, Jueyn or
Isewyn, son of Iwain I and Marie van Pede . He was married twice: First to
Geertruid Pieck,
later to Jutte Pieck.
Children: Jutte - Judith de Mol (± 1440?) , Willemine de Moll van St
Ulriks-Kapell (x Philippe
de Belleforičre van Romeries en Condry) and Marie de Moll Ter Kameren (see
below).
 Iwain (de) Moll II
Iwain de Moll II van Ledebergen (also mentioned as Isewyn Moll) was the
"principal-sheriff"
(Schout/Schepen) at the city of Den Bosch, The Netherlands, probably between
1436-1444 (16). He
married first to Geertruyd Pieck and later to Judith Pieck(10). This Iwain is
known as: Iwain
Mol(l) van Leed(t)bergen van St-Ulriks-Kapell. Ledeberg is a small suburb of
Gent, Belgium. From
this marriage 3 children are known :
1. Jossine, Josina Jutte or Judith de Mol (born before 1460-died 1499 or 1505)
married to Wessel
de Boetselaer (see below). Lady of Deurne.
2.Willemine de Mol van St Ulriks-Kapell (born before 1463)
3.Marie de Mol van ter Kameren (died 1512) married to Phillipe de Belleforičre
van Romeries en
Condry.
(Probably Marie de Mol first was also married to: Heer Jan van EDINGEN died 12
Aug 1478, 1
child)
The second wife of Iwain Moll II, Judith Pieck (born ± 1412?) was a daughter of
Jonkheer
Gijsbrecht Pieck, died ±1436, rentmeester van Gelre (1413), and Wilhelmina van
Arkel van
Heuckelom van Acqoie, died ± 1458. The latter was related to Charles the
Great.(6)
Iwain Moll II and his second wife Judith Pieck are mentioned as: "Jutte Pieck,
huwde met Jueyn
Mol, heer van Leedbergen"(5).
The daughter of the marriage between Iwain Moll II and Judith Pieck, Judith Moll
first married
to a nobleman Wessel van (de) Boetzelaer or Wesceslas de Boetselaer and later to
Knight Hendrick
Taye, Lord of Ruysbroeck. Descendants of the van Boetzelaer-family tree are
still living in The
Netherlands to day.
History of the large Castle of Deurne (N-Brabant, The Netherlands).
Recently new data about Iwan de Moll and the Castle of Deurne "Heerlijkheid van
Deurne" has come
through.
A lot of research has been done in the archives of The Hague and the city of
Den Bosch, and it was discovered that Iwan de Moll did NOT build the
"Groot Kasteel" (large castle) as was previuously thought. He lived at the
"Klein Kasteel"
(small castle) or "Oud Huis" at the other side of the street.
The large castle was build before 1397.
The "Heerlijkheid van Deurne" remained the possession of the family Van Doerne,
up to the very
moment Jan van Doerne sold it (including the small castle) to Ywan de Moll. Ywan
died in about
1470: The small castle felt into the hands of his daughter Josina (Jutte or
Judith). Unto her
death in about 1499 she was the Lady of Deurne. Then, it was taken over by her
second husband
Knight Hendrick Taye (see Elburgia van Boetzelaer and Wouter Crabeth) and
thereafter by her son
Jan Taye. After the year 1500, this Jan sold it back to the family Van Doerne (Everard
van
Doerne).
The Large Castle has been been restored since 2002 (15).
Castle of Deurne, N.Brabant, de Peel
 This Iwain is mentioned in "Schepenregister No 1215,fol.237, Rijksarchief, Den
Bosch, N-Brabant,
(The Nederlands)(11) he was a "principal-sheriff (hoogschout)" in the city Den Bosch The Netherlands,
and he is
mentioned together with his daughter Judith Moll. The family were the owners of
the
"Heerlijkheid of Deurne" including other castles, in the middle of the 15th
century. These
castles were partly destroyed by the Spanish during the eighty-years war, later
by soldiers of
Napoleon I and the Germans in 1944. The large fortified Castle in Roman style
has been restored
in 2002 AD.
Elburgia van Boetzelaer
Further relationships between Iwain II Moll and Judith Moll van (de) Boetzelaer
is described in (7, 9, 10, 11) and in the file: [Elburgia]
 A granddaughter of
Judith Moll and Wessel van Boetzelaer, Elburgia, is a wellknown historical
personage: Elburg van de Boetselaer (or Elburgia van Boetzelaer). She was the
abbes of the Abbey
at Rijnsburg, and the donatrix of glass nr 5 made by Wouter Crabeth ("The Queen
of Sheba and
King Salomon") in the St Jans Church Gouda.
Glass nr 5, detail: "Picture of abbes Elburgia van Boetzelaer" (1505?-1568)
granddaughter of Judith (de) Moll van Leetbergen, kneeling, under the hand of Archangel Gabriel.
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Notes:
[1]
Since the 14th century citizens named : Mol,Moll, de Mol, Moller are mentioned
in the archives
of the City Den Bosch, N. Br. (12).Descendants of these Families now are living
in Belgium and
the provinces of Noord Brabant, Gelderland and Zeeland (The Netherlands).
[2]
In the work :"Refereynen ende liedekens.... ghelesen en ghesonghen op de
Corenbloeme camera
binnen Bruessele, Brussel 1563 fol. 64 vlg.", a certain Jacob de Mol, poet at
Brussels, plays a
role in the "Rederijkerspelen", ´Jaerlijcxse Prinsfeeste van de Corenbloeme
camere binnen
Bruessele’(13). To this Jacob de Mol the citate "Laet de Mol Wroeten" is
ascribed.
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REFRENCES:
(1) Descendants of the Flemish Mol(l)-tree: Iwain de Mol van Ledebergen.
Kwartierstaat Jozef
vanderBiest (2001)
(2) Erycius Puteanus (1574-1646), Patriciersfamilies, 7 verschillende wapens van
(de) Mol
PUTEANUS, Eryce.- Bruxella, incomparabili exemplo septenaria, gripho palladio
descripta :
luminibus.
(3) History of the city Mol, Belgium, In Dutch language. http://www.2400.be/mol/geschiedenis.htm
(4) Eduard van den Broeck (1888) "Etude sur les jetons de la Famille (de) Mol".
(5) Iwain Moll or Jueyn Mol.Kwartierstaat Van der Krogt-Van der Sman.
http://www.vanderkrogt.net/kwartierstaat/g16-19.html
(6) Van der Krogt: "Relationships to Charles the Great.
http://www.vanderkrogt.net/kwartierstaat/kareldegrote.html
(7) Familiewapens Heraldy of the van Boetzelaer family :
http://home.hccnet.nl/y.h.v.galen/vgwapen.htm
(8) Butkens :"Trophees (1437-1437), Iwain de Moll, Chef Escoutette des jetons de
Bois le Duc".
(9) Thiery de Mol, Burgomaster of Brussels:Het Hof Ten Brugsken
(10) “Talpa, Genealogisch Tijdschrift Families Mol(l)”(Moll Magazine) Redaction
Dr. Willem
Hendrik Moll, Amersfoort,Historician. W.H.Moll, (Published 1936-1940)
http://www.cbg.nl/CBGCat/detail.cfm?BIBHOOFD__Nummer=BGXXNL004468
(11) Iwain Moll, Schepenregister No 1215,fol.237,Rijksarchief,Den Bosch,N-Brabant
(12) Hein Vera: Digital Sources City Den Bosch (2000):http://home.planet.nl/~vera0000/home.html
(13) Jacob de Mol, (1563),Brussels. "Van Aeneas ende Dido":
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/wink002ontw02/wink002ontw02_021.htm#T1168
(14) Wijnaendts van Resandt, W.
'Oudere generaties van een geslacht Van Moll uit Kempenland' in:
Jaarboek Centraal Bureau Genealogie, Vol. 23 (1969).
(15) Ywain de Moll-Deurne : (Image of the Large Castle) Geschiedenis van Deurne
(16) Jonker Arnold HEYM: Bossche Schepenzegels
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Coat of Arms or Heraldry of Iwain Moll (van Leedbergen)
found in a composite of more than four family names depicted in a Lead-Glass
Mural in the St Jans Church in Gouda -
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