Johan (John) Behn

- 1665

• Name	Johan (John) Behn
  Geburt	Netherlands,,,
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Tod	1665
  Personen-Kennung	I318	Eberhard
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	29 Mai 2014

  
  

  Familie	Aphra (Eaffrey) Behn (Johnson),   geb. 1 Dez 1640, Canterbury,,,United Kingdom gest. 16 Apr 1689, Westminster Abbey, London,,,United Kingdom (Alter 48 Jahre)
  Eheschließung	1664
  Familien-Kennung	F128	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	29 Mai 2014

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte

  Geburt - - Netherlands,,,  = Link zu Google Earth

  
  

• Notizen

  Marriage History of Aphra Behn with John Behn Somewhere between Behn’s return from Surinam and her mission to theLow Countries comes her alleged marriage to Mr Behn, supposedly aLondon merchant of Dutch extraction, although the name is morefrequently connected to Hamburg, Germany. Several candidates have beenadvanced, most notably Johan or John Behn, captain of the King David,a ship that plied the southern Atlantic trade route, but no documentsso far confirm any marriage.9 The closest evidence to a ‘Mr Behn’appears in a May 1669 draft letter concerning the British seizure offthe Irish coast of the Abraham’s Sacrifice, a ship under the controlof a Genoese captain. The letter refers to ‘the factour, or theperson that looks after the business of the Widow Behn,’ suggestingBehn’s marital status by this time and an involvement in theshipping business, and perhaps tying her to a Dutch or Hamburgmerchant or the ship captain John Behn.10 With plague so prevalent inEngland through the mid-1660s, ‘Mr Behn’ could well have expiredby late 1665. Captain of the ship King David which had sailed in the West Indies, may have met and married Aphra onthe return trip from Suriname