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'''Geelvinck''' ("[[European greenfinch|yellow finch]]") was a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] surname.  The family died out in the early 19th century.

Some notable members of the family include:

* Jan Cornelis Geelvinck, the son of a merchant in beans and peas, and involved in the West India Company. He was the first in the family who became [[burgomaster]] or [[mayor]] in Amsterdam.
* Jan Cornelis's son [[Cornelis Geelvinck]] was also a burgomaster in Amsterdam and involved in the West India Company.
* Cornelis's son [[Albert Geelvinck]] was a lawyer and involved in Surinam. He married a rich orphan, [[Sara Hinlopen]], the daughter of [[Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen]]. The [[Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen]] is named after this couple.
* Cornelis's eldest son [[Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707)]], a merchant and politician, who was allowed by the [[Dutch East India Company]] to baptize the ''Geelvink'', one of the three ships under the command of [[Willem de Vlamingh]] who had orders to explore the Australian west coast in 1696. The [[Geelvink Channel]] on the west coast of Australia received its name. The [[Geelvink Bay]] and the [[Geelvink Islands]] near [[Western New Guinea]] were discovered in 1705.<ref>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausnavy/1700.htm {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> Also the [[East Geelvink Bay languages]], the [[Geelvink pygmy parrot]], [[Geelvink Bay flying fox]] and [[Geelvink pygmy tree frog]] carry the name of the ship.
* Joan's son [[Lieve Geelvinck]] was a burgomaster and married in 1730 the richest woman in Amsterdam. Lieve was a powerful republican; in 1734 the prince [[William IV of Orange]] and his wife [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|Anna of Hanover]] left the city of Amsterdam within an hour, after being received by him.

[[Image:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Ahasuerus, Haman and Esther - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{center|[[Ahasuerus]] and [[Haman (Bible)|Haman]] at the Feast of [[Esther]], by Rembrandt (1660), [[Pushkin Museum]]}}]]

* Lieve's son, [[Nicolaes Geelvinck]], married in 1729 the daughter of the richest woman in Amsterdam. He was married three times. Helped by his father-in-law, he became mayor of Amsterdam in 1748. Within a few months one third of the [[vroedschap]] was removed by the [[stadtholder]] [[William IV of Orange]]. Geelvinck also lost his seat in the [[Admiralty of Amsterdam]], despite widespread expectations that he would lead reforms.  ''[[Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther]]'', a painting by [[Rembrandt]], was given to him by his great-aunt Sara Hinlopen.
* Nicolaes's son [[Nicolaas Geelvinck]], lord of [[Stabroek]], was an administrator of the West India Company; between 1784 and 1812 [[Georgetown, Guyana#History|Georgetown]] in [[Guyana]] was called Stabroek.
* In 1756 Nicolaes's son Lieve married Catharina Elisabeth Hasselaer, the daughter of a diplomat. In 1757 he died. The widow Geelvinck was a close friend of [[Belle van Zuylen]] and [[James Boswell]], who called her "la belle veuve".<ref>Pottle, F.A. (1952) ''Boswell in Holland 1763-1764'', p. 123, 351.</ref>
* Nicolaes's son [[Joan Geelvinck (1737–1802)]], was a [[Patriots (Dutch Republic)|Patriot]] and in 1787 a burgomaster for only five months. He fled to Paris and joined [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Lafayette]].
* Joan's daughter Maria Petronella Geelvinck (1769–1831), married in 1787 Anton Tschiffely (1759–1824), until 1785 in the Dutch military service. Maria Petronella moved with him to Switzerland and took a painting with her by [[Gabriël Metsu]]. Tschiffely, since 1795 a member of the [[Bern]] city council, used the title Lord of Stabroek. In 1832 the painting was sold by her inheritants to the [[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin]].<ref>Gent, J. van, (1998) Portretten van Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen en zijn familie door Gabriël Metsu en Bartholomeus van der Helst. In: Oud Holland 112, p. 133. (in Dutch)</ref>

==Family tree==
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{{tree chart | | | | | |EV|v|CG|-|MB| | |!|EV=1) Elisabeth Velecker|CG=[[Cornelis Geelvinck|Cornelis]]|MB=2) Margaretha Bicker}}
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{{tree chart |AT|v|LG|-|ADH|AT=1) Agatha Theodora van Bambeeck|LG=[[Lieve Geelvinck|Lieve]]|ADH=2) Anna de Haze}}
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{{tree chart|GF|v|NG|-|GC|GF=1) Johanna Jacoba Graafland <br>(daughter of Anna de Haze)|NG=[[Nicolaes Geelvinck|Nicolaes]]|GC=2) Hester Hooft<br>3) Maria Margaretha Corver}}
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== Notes ==
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[[Category:Dutch-language surnames]]
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[[Category:Dutch patrician families]]