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At the time of the battle of Jipsinghuizen, there were about six farms (erven) in Jipsinghuizen. ĖOne of these farms was erve Polling. In the years after the battle of Jipsinghuizen, the Pollingh family came to own more and more farms and the corresponding land. They grew into one of the richest families in Westerwolde. But how was this possible? The story is this: According to tradition, this wealth of the Pollingh farmstead was due to the command of the Munster troops. This command had settled in the Pollingh erve. In the chaos of the surprise attack by the Groninger troops, the treasurer threw a chest of money (intended for the payment of soldiers' wages) into the well of erve Pollingh, with the intention of retrieving it later. However, due to the course of the oorlag, the Munster troops did not return to Westerwolde. The Pollinghs later found the money in the well. This could explain the Pollingh family's great wealth.