Gerrit VAN WYK

1707 - Bef 1708  (~ 0 years)

• Name	Gerrit VAN WYK  [1]
  Christened	14 Dec 1707	Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 12 Aug 1708  [1]
  Person ID	I211158	PedigreeFAGreeffEsagi
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Arie VAN WYK, a1b1,   b. Abt 1667, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ,   d. Bef 15 Sep 1714, Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Cornelia HELM, a4b2,   b. Bef 17 Sep 1673, Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa ,   d. May-Jun 1720, Cape Town, Cape, South Africa  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	Oct 1693	Cape, South Africa   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F8554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gerrit, the son of Arij van Wijk and Cornelia Helmes was baptised in Stellenbosch on 14th December 1707, his godparents having been Adam Tas and Elisabeth van Brakel, and, in all probability, buried2 in the same place sometime before 12th August 1708. His mother, Cornelia Helmes made two wills. The first was made in April 1713,3 a joint will with his father, Arij van Wijk, probably at that time on his death bed, and the second made in May 1720, a joint will with her third husband4, Jacob Coetser, shortly before she herself died. In both wills her children by Arij van Wijk are stated to have been 8 in number and are individually named; in neither will does a child named Gerrit appear. When Willem van Wijk, called the elder (d'oude) died in 1772 he left no will and no wife or descendants. The account of his estate was drawn up by the officials of the Weeskamer. His brothers and sisters, whole and half, or their children, are carefully named5. It is clear that he was the son of Arij van Wijk and Cornelia Helmes, and once again there is no mention of a brother named Gerrit.

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Richard Ball Website, http://ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/kfp/I172.html##I192 (Reliability: 3). [S609] van Wyk CD (Reliability: ). [S139] 'Familia', quarterly journal of the Genealogical Society of South Africa, Volume 1, Year III (1966) No 3-4; pp.42-48, 'The ancestor s of the South African Van Wyks in (Reliability: 3). [S356] 'Familia', quarterly journal of the Genealogical Society of South Africa, Philip van Wyck, Volume 1, Year III (1966) No 3-4; pp.42-48, 'The ancestor s of the South African Van Wyks in (Reliability: 3). [S111] 'Familia', Philip van Wyck, Volume 1, Year III (1966) No 3-4; pp.42-48, 'The ancestor s of the South African Van Wyks in (Reliability: 3). [S103] 'Familia', Philip van Wyck, Volume 1, Year III (1966) No 3-4; pp.42-48, 'The ancestor s of the South African Van Wyks in (Reliability: 3).