sentences:  He graduated "summa cum laude" with a dissertation on Irenaeus in 1836, and in that same year married Abrahamina Johanna Trip, with whom he would have two daughters and four sons; one daughter and one son died young.Van Hoëvell left the Netherlands to become a minister in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, where he led a Malay and Dutch-speaking congregation.In 1838, he received an additional appointment, as historian for the local government, and began traveling throughout the area.