Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF, b2c1d4e1f6g1

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Lived on the farm Lichtenburg near Cape Town, trekked to Western Transvaal. Founder of Lichtenburgh, stephfather of Gen. Koos de la Rey.

Dictionary of South African Biography:
Greeff, Hendrik Adriaan (Subscriber Content)(*Lichtenburg, Durbanville, CC, 29.1.1828 - †Sandspruit, Wakkerstroom dist., 3.4.1884), founder of Lichtenburg, commandant, farmer, businessman, and adventurer, was the son of Matthys Greeff and his wife, Rachel Jacoba de Villiers.At the age of eighteen G. left home and entered the service of Net de Vos, a waggon-builder at Worcester. About 1847 or 1848 he built a ferry over the Vaal River near Bloemhof and made a good living from the toll. Finding this life too restricted, however, he sold the ferry, bought a waggon and a team of oxen, purchased merchandise in the Cape Colony and undertook a hunting expedition to the Transvaal, but a hostile Black chief robbed him of all his possessions and he escaped with only his horse and gun.G. then left the Cape Colony (1856) and moved to the Transvaal, where he took part in various hunting expeditions, among others to what was to become Rhodesia, and Damaraland. His family, who accompanied him, often had to endure great hardships such as encounters with hostile Blacks, water shortage, rain, cold, and heat.In 1860 G. bought the farm Doornfontein and later also a part of the farm Elandsfontein and the present farm Manana. Since as a farm surveyor he was usually paid in land, he acquired a number of farms with which he speculated, and in 1865 he campaigned for the founding of a town to be called Lichtenburg on the farm Doornfontein. It was not until 25.7.1873 that Pres. T. F. Burgers approved this proposal, and included the farm Middelbosch. G. opened a shop in the town but remained living on Manana, farming mealies and selling his mealie harvest every year in Kimberley, where it fetched a good price.A church elder, field cornet, and later commandant, G. became a respected resident of the Western Transvaal. On the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in December 1880 he was involved in the siege, laid by Gen. P. A. Cronjé, of the British garrison in Potchefstroom, and on 20.12.1880 he guarded an outpost alongside the Mooi River, but left shortly afterwards for Lichtenburg, which he reached on Christmas Day. He and Commandant J. W. Viljoen were responsible for the maintenance of peace among the Black tribes on the western frontier, and it was through G.'s intervention that Cronje acquired his only cannon, enabling him to return the British gunfire. G. was later replaced as commandant and in February 1881 returned to Potchefstroom where he remained for the duration of the war. Since news that peace had been declared had not reached Potchefstroom, G. was appointed (1.4.1881) to guard the town with thirty men, but the order was retracted when news was received that the war was over.In the same year G. was made commissioner for Native affairs to prevent Boer volunteers from becoming involved in the disputes of the Tswanas on the western frontier and at first he succeeded in doing so, but by the end of the year volunteers were crossing the frontier as they pleased. In 1883, when he was offered the post of Ianddros at Lichtenburg, he declined it on account of poor health. After various doctors had treated him without success, he left to have medical treatment at Wakkerstroom, but died at Sandspruit and was buried there. His remains were reinterred by the family on the farm Manana on 29.4.1944.On 16.7.1855 G. married Susanna Maria Redelinghuis in the Cape Colony, and had three sons and six daughters, the eldest of whom married Gen. J. H. de la Rey. A bust of G. was unveiled at the entrance to the Civic Centre in Lichtenburg on 29.1.1973.

Hendrik married Susanna Maria REDELINGHUYS on 16 Jul 1855 in Hopetown, Cape, South Africa. Susanna (daughter of Jan REDELINGHUYS) was born on 6 Jan 1839 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Getroud deur Ds J Murray.Alt Marriage: Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF, b2c1d4e1f6g1 Date: 16 Jul 1855 Location: Hoopstad, O.F.S., South Africa

1. Adriaan GREEFF died on 29 Nov 1899.
2. Jacoba Elizabeth (Nonnie) GREEFF was born on 28 May 1856 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Aug 1923 in Transvaal, South Africa.
3. Rachel Jacoba GREEFF was born on 16 Oct 1857; was christened in in Hopetown, Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jul 1858.
4. Magdalena Maria Margaretha (Lenie) GREEFF was born on 4 Jan 1859; was christened in in Hopetown, Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Dec 1928.
5. Johanna Hendrika (Hannie) GREEFF was born on 15 May 1860 in Montagu, Cape, South Africa; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 15 Apr 1898 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
6. Johannes Hermanus GREEFF was born on 14 Mar 1864; died on 19 Oct 1864.
7. PN GREEFF was born on 29 Oct 1865; died on 5 Nov 1865.
8. Hendrik Gabriel GREEFF was born on 11 Jul 1867; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; and died.
9. Margaretha Susanna (Grieta) GREEFF was born on 12 Nov 1869; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1938 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa.
10. Gabriël Johannes GREEFF was born on 13 Sep 1870 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1944.
11. Susanna Maria (Sannie) GREEFF was born on 4 Jul 1872; was christened in in Kimberley, Cape, South Africa; and died.
12. Douw Cornelis Evert GREEFF was born on 15 Mar 1874; was christened in in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; and died.
13. Anna Catharina (Annie, Ann) GREEFF was born on 23 Nov 1875 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 9 Feb 1964 in Princess Nursing Home, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
14. Abram Isak GREEFF was born on 20 Mar 1878; and died.

Matthys married Rachel Anna Jacoba DE VILLIERS on 11 Mar 1827 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Rachel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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died 89y 7m 15d old.

Hendrik married Susanna Maria GREEFF, b8c5d5 on 19 Apr 1789 in Swartland, Cape, South Africa. Susanna (daughter of Matthys GREEFF, a1b8c5 and Anna Elizabeth CARSTENS) was christened on 25 Oct 1772; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Slawe, Misdaad en Straf (From the book: Reg en Onreg)
Moses van Jamby het saam met mede-slawe van hom hul eienaar, Hendrik Greeff, se plaas by Paardeberg na die Kaap gedros omdat hulle na hul mening onskuldig gestraf was. In die Kaap is hulle almal gevang en het die "Caffer" hulle gegèsel voordat hulle na Greeff terug gestuur was.318Moses en sy mede drosters was hierna aangesê om koring te sny. Moses, wat nog nie van sy wonde herstel het nie, het nie kans gesien om die werk te doen nie en het uit vrees vir verdere straf, weer gedros - die keer na Wagenmakersvallei waar hy hom by die die slawe Valentyn en Dam, wat ook van Greeff af gedros het, aangesluit het.Moses se verblyf in die Wagenmakersvallei was van korte duur want hy is deur David en Marthinus, slawe van N.G. Heyns, gevang en na Greeff se skoonpa, Lategan, geneem. Moses het probeer ontvlug en David met 'n mes gesteek. Gelukkig vir Moses het David van sy wonde herstel en het Moses op die aanklag van "quetsing" tereggestaan. Sy straf was om gegèsel te word, gebrandmerk en vyftien jaar op Robbeneiland in kettings te werk.319Die makkers van Moses - Paul van Ternate, Valentyn van die Kaap en Carolus van Malabar - het nog 'n tyd lank in die Wagenmakersvallei rondgeswerf en van vrugte en kwepers gelewe wat hulle uit tuine gesteel het. Hier het Casper van Terra de Natal, die slaaf van die weduwee van Urbanus Sauermann, hom by hulle aangesluit omdat hy nie langer die slanery deur die weduwee se jongste seun kon verduur nie.320Anders as die ander slawe wat te voet na die binneland gedros het, het hulle twee perde by Greeff en Sauermann gesteel. Voorsien van biltong en twee ooie wat hulle aangejaag het, het hulle te perd na die Nuweveld vertrek. Hulle reis het voorspoedig verloop totdat hulle die plaas van Gerrit Putter in die Roggeveld bereik het en die Khoikhoi veewagter, Flink, ontmoet het. Hulle het aan die skaapwagter gesê dat hulle aan Gerrit Boot behoort en dat laasgenoemde hulle met 'n wa volg op pad na sy nuwe plaas verder Noord.321Flink het onraad vermoed en sy werkgewer daarvan gesê. Die nag het hulle die skaapkraal opgepas en die slawe aangekeer wat daar twee hamels wou steel. Van die slawe het weggekom en is eers by Klein Rietrivier gevang voor hulle na die landdros op Stellenbosch gebring is.Die vier slawe was aangekla van "aufugie", "complottery" veediefstal en tuindiefstal en veroordeel om gegèsel en gebrandmerk te word. Verder moes hulle vir vyftien jaar in kettings by hulle meesters werk.322Die besluit om die drosters na hulle eienaars terug te stuur dui daarop dat die regbank die eienaar se belange in ag geneem het. Drie van die vier slawe het aan Hendrik Greeff behoort en sy slaaf Moses van Jamby, was reeds vroeër die betrokke jaar vir 15 jaar dwangarbeid na Robbeneiland gevonnis.323 Boonop was sy slaaf Damon tydens hulle ontvlugting deur 'n kommando doodgeskiet.324 Die jong landbouer Greeff, wat in 1742 gebore en in 1765 getroud was,325 sou deur die verlies van nog drie van sy slawe nie die mas kon opkom nie.Die gevalle van drossery wat tot dusver genoem is, is verteenwoordigend van die algemene verskynsel van drossery in die agtiende eeu en word in die addendum weerspieël. Dit is egter belangrik om daarop te let dat die oorgrote meerderheid van die gevalle wat in die Sentenciën-reeks verskyn, te make het met meer as die enkele klag van drossery. Die rede hiervoor is die feit dat drosters gewoonlik binne 'n dag of twee gevind is en deur hulle eienaars self gestraf was. Daar is dus nie regsdokumente wat hierdie "eenvoudige" drossery beskryf nie en kan daar dan ook nie oor die omvang van hierdie verskynsel bespiegel word nie.

Hendrik married Beatrix LATEGAN, b2 on 22 Sep 1765. Beatrix (daughter of Johann Herman LATEGAN, progenitor and Beatrix OLIVIER, a2b4c2) was christened on 10 Dec 1747 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died on 20 May 1809 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthys married Anna Elizabeth CARSTENS on 27 Oct 1765. Anna (daughter of Louis CARSTENS, b5 and Elisabeth KRIEL, a2b3) was born about 1749; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]