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Johannes Hendricus WESSELS

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Johannes Hendricus WESSELS was christened on 9 Nov 1797 (son of Adriaan Gerhardus WESSELS and Maria Johanna STEYN).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Adriaan Gerhardus WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 21 Feb 1762 (son of Wessel WESSELS and Susanna ODENDAAL); died on 18 Nov 1836.

    Adriaan married Maria Johanna STEYN on 16 Oct 1786. Maria (daughter of Hans Jurgen STEYN and Christina van ZYL) was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 30 Sep 1768 in Swellendam; died before 1819. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Maria Johanna STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 30 Sep 1768 in Swellendam (daughter of Hans Jurgen STEYN and Christina van ZYL); died before 1819.
    Children:
    1. Wessel Johannes WESSELS was christened on 5 Aug 1787.
    2. Jurgen Johannes WESSELS was born in in Caledon; was christened on 14 Oct 1788; died on 16 Aug 1835 in Caledon.
    3. Wynand Wessel WESSELS was christened on 17 Oct 1791.
    4. Adriaan Gerhardus WESSELS was christened on 24 Nov 1793.
    5. Willem Wessel WESSELS was christened on 12 Feb 1795.
    6. 1. Johannes Hendricus WESSELS was christened on 9 Nov 1797.
    7. Susanna Cornelia WESSELS was born about 1800.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wessel WESSELS was christened on 6 Dec 1716 (son of Johannes WESSELS and Geertruy PRETORIUS); died on 7 Sep 1790 in Onrust.

    Wessel married Susanna ODENDAAL on 21 Jul 1737 in Stellenbosch. Susanna (daughter of Wilhelm (Odendal) ODENDAAL and Judith NEL) was born on 26 Dec 1716 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 9 Jan 1717 in Stellenbosch; died in Feb 1762. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susanna ODENDAAL was born on 26 Dec 1716 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 9 Jan 1717 in Stellenbosch (daughter of Wilhelm (Odendal) ODENDAAL and Judith NEL); died in Feb 1762.
    Children:
    1. Johannes WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 1 Jun 1738; died about 1782.
    2. Willem Wessel WESSELS was christened on 12 Jun 1740.
    3. Judith WESSELS was born in in Caledon; was christened on 1 Jul 1742.
    4. Wessel WESSELS was christened on 18 Oct 1744.
    5. Geertruyda Susanna WESSELS was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 11 Sep 1746.
    6. Hendrik Petrus WESSELS was christened on 8 Dec 1748.
    7. Susanna Elizabeth WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 11 Apr 1751; died on 29 Jun 1837.
    8. Johanna Jacoba WESSELS was born on 13 Aug 1752; died on 28 Mar 1818.
    9. Wynand WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 12 Oct 1755.
    10. Engela Magdalena WESSELS was christened on 17 Sep 1758; died before 1780.
    11. 2. Adriaan Gerhardus WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 21 Feb 1762; died on 18 Nov 1836.

  3. 6.  Hans Jurgen STEYN was christened on 21 Feb 1740 (son of Hermanus STEYN and Martha POTGIETER); died before 1777.

    Hans married Christina van ZYL on 29 Oct 1761. Christina (daughter of Johannes van ZYL and Catharina van EEDEN) was christened on 24 Mar 1737 in Cape Town. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Christina van ZYL was christened on 24 Mar 1737 in Cape Town (daughter of Johannes van ZYL and Catharina van EEDEN).
    Children:
    1. Martha STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 21 Nov 1762.
    2. Johannes STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 3 Feb 1765; died in in Graaff- Reinet, E Cape.
    3. Catharina Christina STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 4 Oct 1766.
    4. 3. Maria Johanna STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 30 Sep 1768 in Swellendam; died before 1819.
    5. Anna Christina STEYN was born in in Graaff-Reinet, E Cape; was christened on 14 Apr 1770 in Swellendam; died on 12 Sep 1837 in Eersterivier.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes WESSELS was christened on 1 Jan 1690 (son of Johannes WESSELS and Helena Wynands BEZUIDENHOUT).

    Johannes married Geertruy PRETORIUS on 10 Sep 1713. Geertruy (daughter of Wessel PRETORIUS and Geertruy ELBERS) was born about 1700 in Stellembosch. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Geertruy PRETORIUS was born about 1700 in Stellembosch (daughter of Wessel PRETORIUS and Geertruy ELBERS).
    Children:
    1. 4. Wessel WESSELS was christened on 6 Dec 1716; died on 7 Sep 1790 in Onrust.

  3. 10.  Wilhelm (Odendal) ODENDAAL was born in in Germany; died on 29 Jan 1732.

    Wilhelm married Judith NEL on 11 Nov 1717 in Stellenbosch. Judith (daughter of Guillaume (Neel) NEL and Jeanne de la BATTE) was born on 23 Aug 1697 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 3 Aug 1698; died on 23 Feb 1748. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Judith NEL was born on 23 Aug 1697 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 3 Aug 1698 (daughter of Guillaume (Neel) NEL and Jeanne de la BATTE); died on 23 Feb 1748.
    Children:
    1. Johannes ODENDAAL was born on 23 Jun 1719 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 14 Apr 1720 in Stellenbosch.
    2. Hendricus Johannes ODENDAAL was born on 22 Nov 1723 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 28 Nov 1723 in Stellenbosch.
    3. Judith ODENDAAL was born on 28 Mar 1727.
    4. Gerrit ODENDAAL was born on 28 Jan 1730.
    5. Adriaan Izak ODENDAAL was christened on 22 May 1732 in Stellenbosch.
    6. 5. Susanna ODENDAAL was born on 26 Dec 1716 in Stellenbosch; was christened on 9 Jan 1717 in Stellenbosch; died in Feb 1762.
    7. Willem ODENDAAL was born on 23 Oct 1715; died before 1750.

  5. 12.  Hermanus STEYN was christened on 12 Jul 1711 (son of Jacobus STEYN and Maria POTGIETER); died about 1795.

    Hermanus married Martha POTGIETER on 26 Apr 1739 in Cape Towm. Martha (daughter of Hans Jurgen POTGIETER and Cornelia BOTHA) was christened on 13 Sep 1722 in Drakenstein; died before 1739. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Martha POTGIETER was christened on 13 Sep 1722 in Drakenstein (daughter of Hans Jurgen POTGIETER and Cornelia BOTHA); died before 1739.
    Children:
    1. 6. Hans Jurgen STEYN was christened on 21 Feb 1740; died before 1777.
    2. Jacobus Arnoldus STEYN was christened on 26 Mar 1742 in Paarl; died about 1742 in Paarl.
    3. Hermanus STEYN was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 15 Dec 1743 in Drakenstein; died about 1804.
    4. Maria Johanna STEYN was born on 7 Nov 1745 in Swellendam; died before 1782.
    5. Douw Gerbrand STEYN was christened on 1 Apr 1747 in Tulbagh; died about 1790 in Tulbagh.
    6. Cornelia STEYN was christened on 6 Apr 1749 in Tulbagh.
    7. Isabella STEYN was christened on 29 Nov 1750 in Swellendam.
    8. Daniel STEYN was christened on 27 Aug 1752 in Swellendam; died on 29 Apr 1824 in Swellendam.
    9. Johannes STEYN was christened on 25 Dec 1753.
    10. Petrus Paulus STEYN was christened on 25 Dec 1755; died on 18 Oct 1826 in Swellendam.
    11. Theunis Lodewyk STEYN was christened on 8 Jan 1758; died in 1783.
    12. Frederik Theodorus STEYN was christened on 30 Sep 1759; died in 1783.
    13. Jacobus Arnoldus STEYN was christened on 7 Feb 1762.

  7. 14.  Johannes van ZYL was christened on 4 Jul 1700 (son of Willem van (Zijl) ZYL and Christina van LOVEREN).

    Johannes married Catharina van EEDEN on 19 Apr 1732 in Stellenbosch. Catharina (daughter of Jacobus van EEDEN and Regina Christina DEETLOF) was christened on 24 Jul 1712 in Stellenbosch. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Catharina van EEDEN was christened on 24 Jul 1712 in Stellenbosch (daughter of Jacobus van EEDEN and Regina Christina DEETLOF).
    Children:
    1. Jacobus van ZYL was christened on 10 Apr 1735; died about 1794.
    2. Frederik van ZYL was christened on 11 Nov 1736 in Tulbagh.
    3. 7. Christina van ZYL was christened on 24 Mar 1737 in Cape Town.
    4. Jacobus Albertus van ZYL was christened on 9 Oct 1738 in Paarl.
    5. Regina van ZYL was christened on 8 Mar 1739 in Paarl; died in Feb 1782.



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