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Helena BEKKER

Female 1701 - 1779  (~ 77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Helena BEKKER was christened on 24 Dec 1701 in Paarl. (daughter of Peter (Becker) BEKKER and Jeanne de KLERK); died on 22 Apr 1779 in Tulbagh.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: B07

    Notes:

    1. Death details vide Cape Archives MOOC 6/1/153

    Helena married Jacobus Wilhelmus de WET. Jacobus (son of Jacobus de WET and Josina PRETORIUS) was christened on 2 Sep 1696; died on 18 May 1758 in Tulbagh. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jacobus de WET was christened on 16 May 1724 in Paarl; died in 1780.
    2. Petrus de WET was born in 1726; died on 30 Jan 1782 in Drakenstein.
    3. Hester de WET was christened on 19 Oct 1732.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peter (Becker) BEKKER was born in 1673 in Konigsberge, Germany; died in 1747 in Robben Island.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: B10

    Notes:

    1. Originally Peter Becker
    2. Arrived 1695 as soldier
    3. Farmed in Drakenstein from 1697
    4. Deported to Mauritius in 1701 but escaped and returned to Drakenstein in 1710
    5. Deported to Europe in 1710 but rejoined the Company in 1717 toser ve at the Cape
    6. Arrested on arrival and confined to Robben Island where he died in 1747

    Peter married Jeanne de KLERK. Jeanne (daughter of Pieter (Pierre le Clercq) de KLERK and Sara COCHET) was born in 1676 in Serooskerke, Zeeland, Holland. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jeanne de KLERK was born in 1676 in Serooskerke, Zeeland, Holland (daughter of Pieter (Pierre le Clercq) de KLERK and Sara COCHET).

    Notes:

    1. Widow of Andre Gauche (Andries Gouws). Married in Cape Town on19 Augu st 1691
    2. Also known as Jannetje
    3. Arrived in 1688 with mother and brothers Abraham and Joost
    4 Originally de Clercq

    Children:
    1. Jan Jurie Lourens BEKKER
    2. Hester BEKKER was christened on 5 Sep 1700; died on 11 Jan 1778.
    3. 1. Helena BEKKER was christened on 24 Dec 1701 in Paarl.; died on 22 Apr 1779 in Tulbagh.
    4. Stephanus BEKKER was christened on 16 Aug 1705 in Stellenbosch.
    5. Dorothea Maria BEKKER was born about 1708; died about 1770.
    6. Marthinus BEKKER was christened on 14 Dec 1710 in Stellenbosch.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Pieter (Pierre le Clercq) de KLERK was born in in Holland; died before 1687 in Holland.

    Notes:

    1. Originally de Clercq

    Pieter married Sara COCHET in France. Sara was born in in France; died in 1714 in Stellenbosch. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Sara COCHET was born in in France; died in 1714 in Stellenbosch.

    Notes:

    1. Widow of Pieter de Clercq
    2. Arrived aboard the Oosterland on 25 April 1688 with two sons and a daug hter to get re-married

    Children:
    1. Abraham de KLERK was born on 7 May 1670 in Serooskerke, Holland.
    2. 3. Jeanne de KLERK was born in 1676 in Serooskerke, Zeeland, Holland.



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