Joachim Heinrich Martens –

Joachim Heinrich Martens–

Name: Joachim Heinrich Martens

Given names: Joachim Heinrich

Surname: Martens (Maartens, Martens)

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Immigration	1747 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p372, a6.
Historical Event	1754 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony
Epidemic	May 1, 1755 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die
Marriage	Jacomina van den Berg — View this family August 5, 1759 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p372, a6. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Berg, p224, a3b1c5.
Baptism of a son	Matthys Daniel Maartens July 3, 1768 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4.
Historical Event	July 1776 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1776%E2%80%9389) Note: Americans declare independece
War	December 20, 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: Britain declares war on the Netherlands. French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English
Historical Event	1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony
War	1784 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: French troops depart the Cape after the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783) is signed
Birth of a granddaughter #1	Susanna Elizabeth Maartens 1798 Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Elizabeth MAARTENS (1866), MOOC 6/9/115 #2627, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VBC3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZP%3A1598082375 : 28 September 2018), 007844942 > image 2003 of 2278; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Nov 2019 Text: CAL 1799 Death notice: Susanna Elizabeth MAARTENS (1866) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1.
Marriage of a child	Matthys Daniel Maartens — Susanna Haarhof — View this family May 13, 1798 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4.
War	from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
Historical Event	1795 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
Historical Event	March 5, 1797 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
Baptism of a granddaughter	Susanna Elizabeth Maartens January 6, 1799 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4c1.
War	from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
Natural disaster	1809 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
Town founded	1812 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
Marriage of a grandchild	Albertus Grobbelaar — Susanna Elizabeth Maartens — View this family April 9, 1815 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006) ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1.
Town founded	August 27, 1818 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
Historical Event	1820 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
Economic Event	1825 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
Historical Event	1835 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
Town founded	1844 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established

Generation 1
1. Joachim Heinrich Martens. He married Jacomina van den Berg, daughter of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, on August 5, 1759. She was baptized on October 6, 1737.
  Children of Joachim Heinrich Martens and Jacomina van den Berg:
  1. Matthys Daniel Maartens (1768–)
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1. Matthys Daniel Maartens, son of Joachim Heinrich Martens and Jacomina van den Berg, was baptized on July 3, 1768. He married Susanna Haarhof on May 13, 1798.
  Children of Matthys Daniel Maartens and Susanna Haarhof:
  1. Susanna Elizabeth Maartens (1798–1866)
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1. Susanna Elizabeth Maartens, daughter of Matthys Daniel Maartens and Susanna Haarhof, was born in 1798 in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on April 30, 1866 in Pretoriuskloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 68. She married Albertus Grobbelaar (great-uncle’s son-in-law’s aunt’s father’s grandson), son of Johannes Jacobus Grobbelaar and Elizabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld, on April 9, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on July 2, 1792 and died on April 9, 1846 in Over-Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 53.
  Children of Susanna Elizabeth Maartens and Albertus Grobbelaar:
  1. Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1838–1918)

Family with Jacomina van den Berg
himself Parents (unknown)	Joachim Heinrich Martens –
wife Parents Jacobus van den Berg Maria Magdalena Haak	Jacomina van den Berg 1737–
son Family Susanna Haarhof Susanna Elizabeth Maartens	Matthys Daniel Maartens 1768–

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