Gabriel Loreyn (1591 – 1660), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij and successful silk cloth merchant.
Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of Fermijn and Josina Verkruyssen.Gabriel Loreyn in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 72, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives He became first sergeant of the St. George militia 1636-1639, then lieutenant 1642-1645, and was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of his militia in Frans Hals' painting The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639. He married Geertruyt van Clarenbeek (1589-1660) on February 3, 1619. Together, they had a daughter.
He died in Haarlem in 1660 at age 69.
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