Noble Bielawski Ancestors in the Kingdom of Poland:
The surname Bielawski means a Nobleman from Bielawa. Thus, the family must have originated from and owned the village of Bielawa, just south of Warszawa.
In the second half of the 16th century, the Karczeweskis were related by marriage to the Bielawskis (probably the ones from Bielawa near Jeziorna;
this is just south of the city of Warszawa), and merged their properties. Jan Bielawski received a portion of Karczew and his son Maciej Bielawski received Sobiekursk.
In 1576, Jan Bielawski was
proprietor of the
estates of Karczew and Dudce (Dudka, Siedlce). Jan Bielawski
is recorded in tax records as paying for his part
in Karczewie (parish Karczewie) 20 gr.
Jan had had four sons: Stanislaw,
who died without
issue, Maciej, Jakob and Wojciech.
In 1588, Maciej Bielawski and brothers Jakob
and Wojciech
had a lawsuit from Karczew. Jan is recorded in tax
records as
paying for 1 włoka for Karczew, a village populated by his
peasants.
In 1589,
Maciej Bielawski owned Dudce (Dudka, Siedlce),
with a jointure for his wife Katarzyna Zawiszanka
In 1598,
Maciej Bielawski was steward (or a judge) of Liw Castle Court.
In 1623
the owner of Sobiekursk was Wawrzyniec, the son of Maciej
Bielawski, who acquired the land from the dowry of his wife,
Elizabeta Tyzenhauz. Also in 1623,
Ewa, daughter to Maciej Bielawski, married Stanislaw
Letowski who secured her dowry. [Ewa's
sister Dorota, [married] first Andrzej Karczewski,
second Gabryel Staniszewski.]
In 1625, Wawrzyn evidently
had a second wife, Anna Turowska, according to a lifetime bequest. He
had sons: Jan, Jerzy, Konstanty and daughter Apolonia.
In 1632,
Wawrzyn (Wawrzyniec) Bielawski acquired from his father Maciej,
Karczew.
In 1638, Dorota renounced the paternal estate in favor
of her brother Wawrzyn
In 1648, Jerzy Bielawski, son of Wawrzyniec, from Czersk Land voted in the
Royal Election of Jan Kazimierz Vasa.
In 1657, Jerzy signed an annuity for his
first wife Prakseda Celejewska.
In 1661, Jerzy signed an annuity for his
second wife Urszula Czornhausen.
In 1663, Apolonia married Jan Izbinski gave her brother
Jan a receipt for having received her dowry. "Generosus" Bielawski (Generosus
is a Latin term for a Nobleman Landowner, perhaps this was Wawrzyniec)
is listed in the tax records for Sobiekursk
as paying for himself and his wife 4 złp. 15 gr., for 2
noble servants 4 złp.,
for 5 non-noble servants 5 złp., and for 24 peasants 24 złp. Total amount: 37 złp.
In 1667, Jerzy and Konstanty, sons of Wawrzyn
Bielawski, sold Karczew and Karczewka.
According to the 1667 tax records, Jerzy Bielawski
owned Manors Wagrodno and Uwieliny (District
Czersk, Parish Prazmow); and Manor Wilczkowice (District
Warka (south of Warszawa), Parish Magnuszewo). For Wagrodno, he paid for 4 peasants. For Uwieliny, he paid for a nobleman
servant and 20 peasants. For Wilczkowicze,
he paid tax for his servant and 5 peasants, but not for himself. This means he had to live in another part of
the Kingdom of Poland, perhaps in
the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
In 1674, according to tax records, parts of
Uwieliny and Wilczkowice were listed as property
of Jerzy Bielawski who paid only for his peasant.
Again, this means he himself had to live elsewhere.
In 1676,
Jerzy Bielawski owned manors Wagrodno and Uwieliny
(District Czersk, Parish Prazmow); and manor Wilczkowice
(District Warka (south of Warszawa), Parish Magnuszewo).
In 1688, Jozef (who died before 1695), son of Jerzy, signed an annuity contract
with his wife Justyna Nietyxi.
In 1690, Magdelena, daughter to Jerzy and Urszula, married Jan
Siemiradzki and renounced her paternal estate to her brothers Jozef and Karol.
In 1694, Karol and Jozef, sons of Jerzy, divided amongst themselves
the estates Uwieliny, Piskorka, Wagrodno, and Wola Jaroszawa.
In 1695, Karol and his wife Magdelena
Bogatk signed an annuity agreeement.
In 1697, Karol and Jozef from
Czersk Land voted in the Royal Election of August
II Mocny Wettin.
In 1699, Franciszek, son to Jerzy and his first wife Prakseda
Celejewska, with his wife Weronika Pilik, settled a case with the
Prazmowskis.
In 1720, Karol, son of Jerzy
Bielawski,
owned manors Wagrodno and Uwieliny (District Czersk,
Parish Prazmow); and manor Wilczkowice (District Warka
(south of Warszawa), Parish Magnuszewo). Jozef-Franciszek
Bielawski, son of Jerzy, owned manors Piskorka
and Wagrodno.
In
1720, My
branch of the family moved to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL):
Franciszek and Krzystof, sons of Karol, moved to the GDL.
Franciszek had a son
Szymon, baptized on December 20, 1720 in Lyskowo
Roman Catholic Church (now in Vaukavysk,
Belarus).
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Map
of the Czersk, Warszawa area from the 16th century
Bielawski
owned villages circled
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This information has been
compiled from Boniecki’s Herbarz Armorial of the Bielawski family in
Clan Jelita*, a
website about Sobiekursk, St. Petersburg
Heraldry Archive documents, the Tax Registers in Poland
(AGAD) and published lists of Noble Voters in the Royal Elections.
*Note:
This same Bielawski family Confimed
Nobility in the Russian Empire (in
Vilnius, Lithuania) in the Noble Clan Jastrzebiec; yet their
correct history is
listed for generations in the Clan Jelita in Boniecki's Herbarz
Armorial. Furthermore, according to records from the 14th, 15th
and 16th centuries of this Bielawski family from Bielawa (Warsaw land)
in the Institute of History, the family coat of arms should be Gozdawa!
UPDATE:
In 1847, the Revision Committee
in Vilnius
struck my ancestors from Szmon
Bielawski on from the lists of Nobility.
Bielawski Family Tree
