Stamboom van Hagenbeek

Vader: Jochem de jonge Sticker
Moeder: NN

• Gedoopt: op 16 november 1574 te Amsterdam
• Directeur-generaal van de West-Indische Compagnie in Afrika
• Begraven: op 30 augustus 1652 te Amsterdam (Oude Kerk)

Schipper, generaal, Commandeur van de West-Indische Compagnie van Fort Nassau, Kapitein-generaal op de goudkusten van Guinea.

en XXIIen junij 1602
Ten dage ende als voren compareerden Jan Jochimsz. Sticker, varend geselle, oudt XXVII jaren, woonende in de Oude Zijds Arm geassisteert met Anne Gerritsdr. sijn moeder, ter eenre, ende Doedtge Pietersdr., oudt XXII jaren, woonende opt Camperhooft, verklarende geen ouders te hebben, geassisteert met Doedtgen Heynricsdr., hare zusterlingh, ter andere zijden, ende gaven aen versoekende als voren, Ende naer dien zij op alles naer behooren geantwoordt hadden, zijn hun hare geboden verwilliget.

Den 22en Januwary Ten dage als voren compareerden Jan Jochimsz Sticker, varende geselle, oudt 27 jaren, woonende in de Oudezijds Aerm, geassisteert met Anne Gerritsdochter, sijn moeder, ter eenre, ende Doedtge Pietersdochter, oudt 22 jaeren, wonende opt Camperhooft, verklaren geen ouders te hebben, geassisteert met Doetgen Heynricsdochter, haren zusterlingh ter andere zijden, ende gaven aen, versoekende als voren, ende nadien zij op alles naer behoren geantoordt hadden, zijn hun haere geboden verwilliget. Jan Jochemsz Sticker.

"WIC directeur Jan Jochemsz. Sticker stond bekend als stoer gereformeerd en steunde de educatie van Afrikanen. Maar hij proefde in Benderius' verzoek om een schoolmeester voor Afrikaanse jongeren als extra boven eigen werk, een heimelijke aantijging tegen de godsdienstzin van zijn manschappen. Hij haastte zich te verklaren…"
[Geloof in de Nieuwe Wereld: ontmoetingen met Afrikanen en Indianen (1600-1700), L. J. Joosse, Uitgeefmij Kok ten Have, 2008]

"In 1625 Arent Jacobsz van Amersfoort was appointed commander of Fort Nassau and "General" of the Gold Coast. He was a capabloe administrator, who managed to benefit from indigenous rivalries with- out becoming entangled in them. He was succeeded by Jan Jochemsz Sticker, who sailed from Texel on The White Lion early in November 1630 and reached Guinea almost four months later, on February 23, 1631. In the report that Sticker submitted to the States General after his term of office, he emphasized the good relations with the indigenous people. He points out that their love for the Dutch was not purely altruistic, when he describes "the slaves and blacks serving at the fort, 110 strong, under two [native] captains, who prefer to associate with us rather than any other nation, as they are better treated and now and then have occasion to earn a penny. The contacts with the local blacks were therefore frequent and relatively close, even inside the fort."
[Fulfilling God's Mission: The Two Worlds of Dominie Everardus Bogardus, 1607-1647. Willem Frijhoff, 2007

"In 1633, Jan Jochemsz Sticker, the successor of Van Amersfoort, also provided ammunition and other military supplies to the Sabu kingdom in its ongoing wars with rival kingdoms. Sticker was more than willing to oblige Sabu's request since Sabu's opponent was supported by the Portuguese. By supplying fire- arms and gunpowder to its closest ally, the WIC commanders at fort Nassau bound Sabu closer to them. At the same time, through the close alliance the coastal kingdom of Sabu drew the WIC into its long-stand- ing conflicts with neighbo g states. Thanks to the Company's growing commercial dominance and it active policy of entering into alliances with the coastal kingdoms, WIC officials at fort Nassau grew increasingly confident to launch a new assault on Portuguese Elmina. At the same time, no ambitious assault such as the disastrous one of 1625 could be attempted since the strength of the garrison at fort Nassau remained insufficiently strong due to dis eases. Moreover, during this time the WIC concentrated most of its military resources on the invasion of Northeastern Brazil. But in 1632 general Sticker dispatched a small military force to Elmina to test the Portuguese defences. Based on the information from Propheet's map of 1629 it is likely that a number of Sabu warriors accompanied the WIC expedition as well. During the reconnaissance the WIC troops searched for weaknesses in the defences of the Portuguese fortress The WIC force also raided the Akan-speaking village of Elmina sur rounding the fort and killed an unknown number of residents. This was another blow to the Portuguese since the village was their only loyal native ally on the Gold Coast. When general Sticker returned to the Republic in 1635, he briefed the Heeren XIX about the military i ligence obtained on Elmina in 1632. According to Sticker, fort Elmina weak spot was a nearby hill. If mortars could be moved up that hill the… "
[“Brothers in Arms, Partners in Trade: Dutch-Indigenous Alliances in the Atlantic World, 1595-1674”. Mark Meuwese, BRILL, 11 nov. 2011 ]