Gerrit Willemse –

Gerrit Willemse

Name

Gerrit Willemse

Name: Gerrit /Willemse/
Given names: Gerrit
Surname: Willemse

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Historical Event	French Huguenots April 1688 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: French Huguenot refugees arrive after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony settles the Huguenot refugees in the present day Drakenstein, Franschhoek and Wellington areas which were beyond the Cape Colony and belonged to the Khoikhoi people.
Epidemic	Smallpox March 16, 1713 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony.
Not married	Johanna Anna van Wyk — View this family yes Source: First Fifty Years Project Citation details: Mansell G. Upham, "Was Gerrit Nieuwoudt really a NIEUWOUDT?", Capensis [Gerrit Nieuwoudt] 3/2001 (Augst 2001). Sourced from http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/exhibits/was-gerrit-nieuwoudt-really-a-nieuwoudt.pdf : accessed 5 Dec 2019 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1. Text: ...haar vorige man, Gerrit Willemse...
Marriage of a son	Gerrit Nieuwoudt — Johanna Steenkamp — View this family April 26, 1739 Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Citation details: du Toit, p283, b8c13. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Citation details: Steenkamp, p147, b2. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1. Text: Hy x Drakenstein 6.4.1739 Johanna STEENKAMP
Birth of a grandson	Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt February 5, 1740 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1c1.
Baptism of a grandson	Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt February 28, 1740 Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1c1.
Baptism of a grandson	Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt June 28, 1744 Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p329, b1c3.
Birth of a granddaughter	Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt May 25, 1746 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Citation details: du Toit, p283, b8c13.
Baptism of a granddaughter	Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt August 7, 1746 Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Citation details: du Toit, p283, b8c13.
Historical Event	Census 1754 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony.
Epidemic	Smallpox May 1, 1755 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
Marriage of a grandson	Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt — Maria Cecilia van Kerken — View this family November 27, 1768 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1c1.
Marriage of a granddaughter	Charl du Toit — Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt — View this family February 4, 1770 Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Du Plessis, p140, b1c5d16. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Citation details: du Toit, p283, b8c13.
Marriage of a grandson	Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt — Maria Margaretha Wolfaardt — View this family June 27, 1773 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1c1.
Marriage of a grandson	Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt — Jacoba Botma — View this family August 20, 1775 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p329, b1c3.
War	Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event	Colonisation 1780 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War	French troops depart the Cape 1784 Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Historical Event	Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Death of a son	Gerrit Nieuwoudt about 1797 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p320, b1.
War	French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	The Cape becomes a British Colony March 5, 1797 Source citation: Wikipedia

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Family with Johanna Anna van Wyk
himself	Links Not married: Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Anna van Wyk Gerrit Nieuwoudt Gerrit Willemse –
partner	Links Baptism: June 13, 1688 Not married: Marriage: February 6, 1724 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gerrit Willemse Gerrit Nieuwoudt Family with spouse Isaak Nieuwoudt Gerrit Nieuwoudt Johannes Nieuwoudt Izaak Nieuwoudt Anna Catharina Nieuwoudt Johanna Anna van Wyk 1688– Baptism: June 13, 1688
Not married	Not married — —
son	Links Birth: December 17, 1716 28 Baptism: May 2, 1717 28 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Adoption: after 1717 Marriage: April 26, 1739 — Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Death: about 1797 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Steenkamp Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt Gerrit Nieuwoudt 1716–1797 Birth: December 17, 1716 28 Death: about 1797

Isaak Nieuwoudt + Johanna Anna van Wyk
partner’s husband	Links Birth: Netherlands Marriage: before 1716 Immigration: about 1716 — Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa Naturalization: 1723 — Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: February 6, 1724 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … … Family with spouse Johanna Anna van Wyk Gerrit Nieuwoudt Johannes Nieuwoudt Izaak Nieuwoudt Anna Catharina Nieuwoudt Isaak Nieuwoudt – Birth: Netherlands
partner	Links Baptism: June 13, 1688 Not married: Marriage: February 6, 1724 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gerrit Willemse Gerrit Nieuwoudt Family with spouse Isaak Nieuwoudt Gerrit Nieuwoudt Johannes Nieuwoudt Izaak Nieuwoudt Anna Catharina Nieuwoudt Johanna Anna van Wyk 1688– Baptism: June 13, 1688
Marriage	Marriage — February 6, 1724 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
-7 years son	Links Birth: December 17, 1716 28 Baptism: May 2, 1717 28 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Adoption: after 1717 Marriage: April 26, 1739 — Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Death: about 1797 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Steenkamp Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt Gerrit Nieuwoudt 1716–1797 Birth: December 17, 1716 28 Death: about 1797
9 years partner’s son	Links Baptism: July 15, 1725 37 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 15, 1752 Death: August 28, 1785 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anna Minnaar Johannes Nieuwoudt Johannes Nieuwoudt 1725–1785 Baptism: July 15, 1725 37 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: August 28, 1785
5 years partner’s son	Links Baptism: July 16, 1730 42 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: May 20, 1759 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dorothea Elizabeth Hertzog Johanna Maria Nieuwoudt Heremias Nieuwoudt Izaak Nieuwoudt 1730– Baptism: July 16, 1730 42 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
20 months partner’s daughter	Links Baptism: March 2, 1732 43 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 15, 1752 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jan Minnaar Anna Minnaar Anna Catharina Nieuwoudt 1732– Baptism: March 2, 1732 43 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death:

Descendants of Gerrit Willemse

Generation 1
1. Gerrit Willemse.
  Children of Gerrit Willemse and Johanna Anna van Wyk:
  1. Gerrit Nieuwoudt (1716–1797)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Gerrit Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Willemse and Johanna Anna van Wyk, was born on December 17, 1716 and died about 1797.
  He married Johanna Steenkamp, daughter of Jan Harmensz Steenkamp and Geesje Gesina Visser, on April 26, 1739 in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on October 4, 1716.
  Children of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp:
  1. Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt (1740–1822)
  2. Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt (1744–1811)
  3. Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt (1746–)
Generation 3 back to top
1. Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was born on February 5, 1740 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa and died on January 12, 1822 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 81.
  He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Cecilia van Kerken, daughter of Gerrit van Kerken and Cecilia Vivier, on November 27, 1768. She was baptized on July 19, 1739 and died on May 27, 1770 at the age of 30.
  The second time he married Maria Margaretha Wolfaardt on June 27, 1773. She was born on October 26, 1754 in Wagenmakersvallei, Dist. Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and died on April 30, 1844 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 89.
  Children of Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt and Maria Cecilia van Kerken:
  1. Gerrit Nieuwoudt (1769–1771)
  Children of Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt and Maria Margaretha Wolfaardt:
  1. Regina Barbara Nieuwoudt (1774–)
  2. George Sebastiaan Nieuwoudt (1788–1856)
2. Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was baptized on June 28, 1744 in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa and died on May 18, 1811 at the age of 66.
  He married Jacoba Botma, daughter of Johannes Arnoldus Botma and Jacoba Keyser, on August 20, 1775 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on May 25, 1757.
  Children of Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt and Jacoba Botma:
  1. Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt (1787–1859)
3. Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt, daughter of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was born on May 25, 1746.
  She married Charl du Toit, son of Stephanus du Toit and Deborah Marais, on February 4, 1770 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on May 25, 1749 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1806.
  Children of Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt and Charl du Toit:
  1. Gesina Maria du Toit (1783–1844)

Generation 1
1. Gerrit Willemse.

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Family with Johanna Anna van Wyk
himself	Gerrit Willemse –
partner Parents Willem van Wyk Catharina Hillebrandt	Johanna Anna van Wyk 1688–
son Family Johanna Steenkamp Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt	Gerrit Nieuwoudt 1716–1797

Isaak Nieuwoudt + Johanna Anna van Wyk
partner’s husband	Isaak Nieuwoudt –
partner Parents Willem van Wyk Catharina Hillebrandt	Johanna Anna van Wyk 1688–
son Family Johanna Steenkamp Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gesina Maria Geesje Nieuwoudt	Gerrit Nieuwoudt 1716–1797
partner’s son Family Anna Minnaar Johannes Nieuwoudt	Johannes Nieuwoudt 1725–1785
partner’s son Family Dorothea Elizabeth Hertzog Johanna Maria Nieuwoudt Heremias Nieuwoudt	Izaak Nieuwoudt 1730–
partner’s daughter Family Jan Minnaar Anna Minnaar	Anna Catharina Nieuwoudt 1732–

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