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Gerrit van DEVENTER

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 6 Sep 1801 (son of Jan van DEVENTER and Elizabeth Johanna FOURIE).

    Gerrit married Maria Aletta GELDENHUYS on 3 Oct 1824 in Swellendam. Maria (daughter of Wessel Johannes GELDENHUYS and Anna Geertruyda GELDENHUYS) was christened on 17 Apr 1808. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jan van DEVENTER was christened on 20 Oct 1758 (son of Gerrit van DEVENTER and Maria Susanna SWART).

    Jan married Elizabeth Johanna FOURIE on 6 Oct 1793. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacobus FOURIE and Judith WESSELS) was christened on 27 Nov 1774. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Johanna FOURIE was christened on 27 Nov 1774 (daughter of Jacobus FOURIE and Judith WESSELS).
    Children:
    1. Judith van DEVENTER was christened on 14 Sep 1794.
    2. Maria Susanna van DEVENTER was christened on 9 Oct 1796 in Caledon; died on 19 Nov 1874 in Caledon.
    3. Elizabeth Johanna van DEVENTER was christened on 21 Oct 1798.
    4. 1. Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 6 Sep 1801.
    5. Zacharya Magdalena van DEVENTER was christened on 2 Oct 1803.
    6. Jacobus van DEVENTER was christened on 21 Aug 1805.
    7. Hendrik van DEVENTER was christened on 30 Sep 1808.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 12 Feb 1719 (son of Jan Gerrit van DEVENTER and Magdalena BRITS).

    Gerrit married Maria Susanna SWART on 3 Feb 1754. Maria (daughter of Johannes SWART and Zacharia (Niemann) NIEMAND) was christened on 29 Nov 1733. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Maria Susanna SWART was christened on 29 Nov 1733 (daughter of Johannes SWART and Zacharia (Niemann) NIEMAND).
    Children:
    1. Zacharia van DEVENTER was christened on 13 Oct 1754.
    2. Magdalena van DEVENTER was christened on 26 Sep 1756; died before 1811.
    3. 2. Jan van DEVENTER was christened on 20 Oct 1758.
    4. Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 17 Jun 1761; died about 1761.
    5. Hendrik van DEVENTER was christened on 11 Sep 1763; died about 1763.
    6. Maria Susanna van DEVENTER was christened on 18 Jan 1767; died on 30 Mar 1844 in Bot River.

  3. 6.  Jacobus FOURIE was born on 11 Sep 1740 (son of Jacobus FOURIE and Elizabeth MINNAAR).

    Notes:

    1. Jacques but always known as Jacobus

    Jacobus married Judith WESSELS on 6 Mar 1768. Judith (daughter of Wessel WESSELS and Susanna ODENDAAL) was born in in Caledon; was christened on 1 Jul 1742. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Judith WESSELS was born in in Caledon; was christened on 1 Jul 1742 (daughter of Wessel WESSELS and Susanna ODENDAAL).
    Children:
    1. Susanna Elizabeth FOURIE was christened on 21 Jul 1771.
    2. Jacobus Philippus FOURIE was christened on 4 Oct 1772 in Cradock; died on 12 Sep 1838 in Caledon.
    3. 3. Elizabeth Johanna FOURIE was christened on 27 Nov 1774.
    4. Wessel Johannes FOURIE was christened on 23 Feb 1777.
    5. Judith Geertruyda FOURIE was christened on 3 Mar 1782.
    6. Louis FOURIE was christened on 31 Jul 1785 in Stellenbosch.
    7. Johannes Lafras FOURIE was christened on 15 Jan 1789.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jan Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 21 Aug 1689 (son of Gerrit Jansz van DEVENTER and Ariaanje JACOBS).

    Jan married Magdalena BRITS on 4 Oct 1711. Magdalena (daughter of Hans Jacob BRITS and Dina OLIVIER) was christened on 13 Apr 1692 in Cape Town. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena BRITS was christened on 13 Apr 1692 in Cape Town (daughter of Hans Jacob BRITS and Dina OLIVIER).
    Children:
    1. Ariaantje van DEVENTER was christened on 11 Sep 1712.
    2. Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 14 May 1713 in Paarl.
    3. Geertruy van DEVENTER was christened on 30 Jun 1714.
    4. Jacomyntje van DEVENTER was christened on 3 Jan 1717.
    5. 4. Gerrit van DEVENTER was christened on 12 Feb 1719.
    6. Maria Magdalena van DEVENTER was christened on 7 Nov 1723.

  3. 10.  Johannes SWART was born about 1691 in Holland (son of Johannes SWART and Margaretha Klaasdogter COERIE); died before 1751.

    Johannes married Zacharia (Niemann) NIEMAND on 29 Jan 1719 in Stellenbosch. Zacharia (daughter of Johann (Niemann) NIEMAND and Anna Margaretha PUTTER) was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 25 Jun 1702. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Zacharia (Niemann) NIEMAND was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 25 Jun 1702 (daughter of Johann (Niemann) NIEMAND and Anna Margaretha PUTTER).
    Children:
    1. Cornelia SWART was christened on 4 Feb 1720; died in Sep 1750.
    2. Johannes SWART was christened on 24 Aug 1721; died on 5 Feb 1767.
    3. Jacobus Nicolaas SWART was christened on 1 Aug 1723; died about 1786.
    4. Nicolaas SWART was christened on 1 Oct 1724.
    5. Catharina Elizabeth SWART was christened on 19 Oct 1727.
    6. Wilhelmina SWART was christened on 6 Nov 1729.
    7. Gerrit SWART was christened on 30 Jul 1731.
    8. 5. Maria Susanna SWART was christened on 29 Nov 1733.
    9. Michiel Hendrik SWART was christened on 14 Oct 1736.
    10. Hendrik SWART was christened on 7 Dec 1738.
    11. Diederick SWART was christened on 8 Jan 1741.
    12. Margaretha SWART was christened on 17 Mar 1743.

  5. 12.  Jacobus FOURIE was christened on 1 Jan 1710 (son of Louis FOURIE and Susanne CORDIER); died in 1752 in Caledon.

    Notes:

    1. Baptised as Jacques but always known as Jacobus
    2. Died at Cralinge

    Jacobus married Elizabeth MINNAAR on 9 Aug 1739. Elizabeth (daughter of Philippe MINNAAR and Jeanne MOUY) was christened on 31 Dec 1724. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth MINNAAR was christened on 31 Dec 1724 (daughter of Philippe MINNAAR and Jeanne MOUY).
    Children:
    1. 6. Jacobus FOURIE was born on 11 Sep 1740.
    2. Johanna Susanna FOURIE was christened on 12 Aug 1742.
    3. Louis FOURIE was christened on 3 Jan 1745.
    4. Philippus Coenraad FOURIE was christened on 31 Dec 1747 in Drakenstein; died in in Baardskeerdersbos.
    5. Elizabeth FOURIE was christened on 15 Feb 1750 in Drakenstein.
    6. Anna FOURIE was christened on 8 Apr 1752; died on 20 Jul 1840.

  7. 14.  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]


  8. 15.  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. 7. 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. Adriaan Gerhardus WESSELS was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 21 Feb 1762; died on 18 Nov 1836.



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