After Craan died in 1780, The Groeneveld estate passed to his daughter Catharina Margaretha Craan, and so it was acquired by her husband Willem Vincent Helvetius van Riemsdijk, second son of Governor General Jeremias van Riemsdijk.
The land was improved by Daniel Cornelius Helvetius, who developed agriculture in Tandjong Oost until his death in 1860 when the Groeneveld Estate was given to his daughter Dina Cornelia.