The next twenty-five years, until his death, he was a member of the board of the Society of Surinam.
[1] He was the son of Balthasar van der Veen and Susanna Pels.
His uncle was Andries Pels, a rich Amsterdam banker and insurer.
He married Anna van Gelre, a mayor's daughter from Zierikzee.
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