Thoenis Bentinck

The Bentinck family members were the lords of Heerde (GDL) in the Netherlands up to the 13th century. On nl.geneanet.org and in genealogyonline..nl there are quitte a few possibilities.

Success, CGV.

Thoenis is an unfamiliar spelling variation, make sure you keep an eye out for Tuenis and Thuenis.

Also look for Teunis,Theunis and Teun as name variations
If you know the middle name and last name at birth of the wife that could help (she has a data conflict on the first name)
For searching you probably should also search for the Dutch name variations for his son.

Further spelling variations: Anthonis, Antonis, Anthony, Anthonie (these are often the official forms and the others mentioned are shortened forms) and all variations that are possible again from these names.

I am also looking and trying to solve it. I know that the Bentinck's are into family research and at the moment a Bentinck is making a new standard work of the noble families.

What I did see in my research that the war between Spain and Holland is part of the story of Thoenis Bentinck.

Thank you all.

His son Geraldo (Gerhart or Gerrit), born in Doesburg (Drusbruch), Gerdrie, went to Brazil just after 1591 with the governor D. Francisco de Sousa, as an engineer for mineral research. He married there with Custodia Dias. In 1611, as the first heir, he authorized the sale of his parents inheritance and, in 1613, by procuration, he passed the sum of that inheritance to Johan van Ackeren, Udo Avincx, Frederick Besselinck and Hermen Bettinck and their heirs. His procurators were Johan Stendering Lamberss, Johan Dunsberch and Wolter Schaep.

In Brazil there's a town named after his surname, in the portuguese form "Betim".