Roelof Roelofsen VAN WYK

Family/Spouse: Susannetgen JANS. Susannetgen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Familia 1966 No 3 page 2:
The following are extracts from an article compiled by Philip van Wyk, an Anerican descendant of Cornelis Barentse van Wyck By Duurstede. He had made a study of the history of the home town of the van Wycks, and became interested in the van Wycks who came to South Africa. These extracts are made from a copy which he gave to Mr. Appie van Wyk of Bellville and has been made available for publication in Familia by Mrs A H v.d. Linden of Pinelands.
While it has been well known for many years that the van Wyck family in Americaa considered Wijck bij Duurstede as their place of family origin in the Netherlands, although the scientific substantiation of this has only recently been set forth, there has been very little known or published about the even more numerous Van Wyck family long established in South Africa. As with the American branch using that term in a general sense, the records of the Van Wycks who have pioneered in newlands across the seas would appear to be quite accurate in their countries of settlement, but the data linking the places of their orgin in the Netherlands of the South African Van Wyks appeared sketchy. A study of existing South African genealogies, particularly those by Coetzee de Villiers, Cape Town 1893, Dr. D. du Toit Malherbe, Stellenbosch 1859, and J. B. Redelinghuys, Cape Town 1955, indicate that all of the Van Wyk name from Dutch colonial extraction in South Africa originate with two individuals, Willem and Arie, who are claimed to be brothers. The historian Theal, who has written the standard account of the founding of South Africa, mentions these settlers Willem and Arie (Adriaan) Van Wyk, but does not give their place of origin in the Netherlands. De Villiers states that although both Willem and Arie arrived at the Cape settlement in 1677, that Willem was born in Ingen (which is a small village in the Neder Betuwe), while Arie came from Netherland. For a time it was considered that as Willem and Arie were said to be brothers, that Arie as well as Willem was born at Ingen and only sailed from Amsterdam. De Villiers also mentions a third brother Roelof who left no descendants. Willem van Wijk settled in Stellenbosch, married Catharina Hillebrants and left a family of two children. Some Van Wyks in South Africa descend from him but the majority are descended from Arie who also settled in Stellenbosch, married Cornelia Helmes and left a family of nine children.
Ingen in the Betuwe is a village within the general market town area of Wijck bij Duurstede by ferry across the Lek. It is one of a half dozen such villages including Xersteren, Lienden, Ommeren, Eck en Wiel, Muric, Rijswijk, Ravenswaaij and Asch as well as the towns of Culemburg and Rhenen whose archives ?

In die Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam, Nederland is die volgende opgeteken: Uit die DTB (Doop en Trouw Boek) 490, bls 350: 30 Julij 1667, ,,Ondertrouw'' (gebooie) van Roelof Ariaense en Trijntie Jans. Roelof Ariaense van ......(onleesbaar; kan moontlik Ingen of Engen wees) schoenmaker oud 24 jaar ouders doot geast (geassisteer) met Jonas Beek woont in de passeerderdwarsstraat. (m.a.w. gebore in 1643 in Nederland) Trijntje Jans van Wedde oud 30 jaar ouders doot geast met Annetie Jonas woont in de passeerderstraat. (m.a.w. gebore in 1637 in Nederland) Uit die DTB 971, bls 493: Huwelik van Roelof Adriansz met Trijntje Jans op Sondag den 21 Augustus 1667.
Behalwe vir die datums is dit ook uit hierdie argiefstukke duidelik dat Roelof Adriansz van WIJK (Adrians zoon) die seun van ene Adrian was en dat sy seun Adrian (Arie) na sy oupa vernoem is.
Bron: Hierdie navorsing is gedoen deur Stephanus (Fanie) VAN WYK (* 25.01.1931) op 4.12.1973 en beskikbaar gestel vir hierdie publikasie. Fotostatiese afdrukke is as bewysstukke in besit van laasgenoemde nasaat.
By die doop van Adrian (Arie) word die ouers aangegee as Roelof Adriansz van WIJK en Trijntje JANSZ.
Aankoms in die Kaap ongeveer 1677 (slegs bereken, datum nog nie met oorspronklike bronne bevestig nie) met sy vrou Trijntje en seun Adrian (Arie) (gedoop op 18.01.1668 te Amsterdam).
Volgens J. HOGE in 'Bydraes tot die genealogie van ou Afrikaanse Families' (Kaapstad, 1958, p.153): op 18.08.1688 is Trijntje in Kaapstad aangeneem as lidmaat van die Hervormde kerk aan die Kaap.
Volgens die Kaapstadse Doopregister is hy teenwoordig tydens die doop van sy kleinseun Roelof op 05.09.1694.
Op 23.03.1694: Roeloff van Wijk, Vry Burgher in Drakenstein, verkoop al sy besittings, asook die slaaf Anthonie van die Kaap (oud 16). Op 18.10.1694: Raachel van Batavia (26) verkoop deur Jan Cotse aan Roeloff van Wijck vir Rds. 115. 12.04.1695: Cupido van die Kus (22), verkoop deur Guilliam Heems aan Roeloff van Wijck vir f400, Indiese waarde, op voorwaarde dat hy Cupido nie gedurende die eerste twee jaar mag verkoop nie.
In geskrifte boer Roelof aan die westekant van Kiukenvallei (Kuikensvlei) tans Raithby. In die 'Gedenkboek Stellenbosch Drie eeue', word Trijntje Jansz op 28.10.1699 as weduwee van Roelof van Wijk aangegee.

Philip van Wyck's research suggests that Roelof was the second son by that name born to Roelof Roelofsen VAN WIJCK and Susannetgen Jans, the older of the two boys, born on 1/1/1628, was assumed to have died in infancy. Johan van Deventer's text read, '. . . there are serious errors in the Van Wijck/Wijk/Wyk family tree. Roelof (not even mentioned in dV/P) is a1 and the father of Adrian (Arie) referred to as a2 in dV/P. It is more likely that Roelof and Willem were brothers with the same father but different mothers. Roelof (*abt ?1643? - in Holland), his wife Trijntje Jans (*abt 1637) and their son Arie van Wijck (~18/1/1655 in Amsterdam) came to SA about 1677. At the same time Willem van Wijck (*bef 1655) also arrived in SA. Now for the big mistake: Page 1154 dV/P about in the middle there is c8 Arie Willem ~2/11/1738 up to d5 Margaretha Johanna ~15/3/1795 just before b8 on p.1155; should be moved to p.1149 under b1c2 Gerrit ~30/9/1714, 3rd line from top. Then; c8 Arie Willem should change to be a2b1c2d1; this is thus the Willem a2 line . . .'What is entered here in this branch of the family reflects these suggested corrections.

From: A & M van Rensburg
To:
Subject: [GenForum] Elizabeth VAN WYK
Date: 14 November 2001 04:24

Goeie More Richard en Jean, Baie dankie vir die inligting. Ek soek baie keer om my bron te kry en
dan kan ek sommer myself skop.
Jean jy het melding gemaak dat "Elisabeth van Wyk(1683-1720) was 'n dogter van Willem van Wyk en Anna Pieterse".

Margaret Cairns meld op bladsy 57 dat die twee broers Willem en Arie VAN WYK het in 1678 na die Kaap gekom ........................

Groete
André van Rensburg
Moontlike te Ingen, Nederland, gebore volgens Dr. Stephanus van WYK, Pretoria. Sommige navorsing verwys ook na sy geboortejaar as 1632 en dat hy wel te Utrecht, Nederland op 19.8.1632 ten doop gebring is (nog nie bevestig nie).

Birth:
Moontlike te Ingen, Nederland, gebore volgens Dr. Stephanus van WYK, Pretoria. Sommige navorsing verwys ook na sy geboortejaar as 1632 en dat hy wel te Utrecht, Nederland op 19.8.1632 ten doop gebring is (nog nie bevestig nie).

Roelof married Trijntje JANS on 21 Aug 1667 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Trijntje was born about 1637 in Netherlands; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arie van Wijk farmer (1713) of Stellenbosch born circa 1668, Amsterdam baptized 18 January 1668, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam died circa 1713 buried circa 1713, Stellenbosch will dated 29 April 1713

Notes:
In his will, dated 1713, he is described as having been born in Amsterdam and being 45 years old. In the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is recorded the baptism of 'Adrian, son of Roelof Adriaensz van Wijk and Trijntje Jans, 18th January 1668. (Amsterdam information kindly supplied by Bob Kernkamp). Since Roelof van Wijk and Trijntje Jans also lived at the Cape, I think we can safely assume that this baptism is his. Also in his will he is desribed as 'sick, confined to bed'. One can speculate that in this year of Smallpox plague that this is what he was suffering from - certainly he died in the same year. For a general discussion of the early Van Wijks see my notes <../notes/VanWijk_intro.htm>.

married circa October 1693

( On the 22nd October 1693 the Weeskamer noted that she was proposing to marry again: ' de nagelaatene wed' van Jan Van den bosch salg. Staat om in den Egten staat te treeden' )

Cornelia Helmes
circa 1676-1720
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Kom in ongeveer 1677 saam met sy ouers in die Kaap aan. Voornaam ook as 'Arij/Ary/ Arije/Arye'. Burger van Stellenbosch. Met die opstel van sy testament te Stellenbosch in 1713 word sy ouderdom as 45 jaar aangegee. Sy naam verskyn as 'Arij van Wijk' in testament.

Die volgende inskrywings verskyn in die Stellenbosse Doopregister: 19 Januarij 1698, gedoop Wijellum, ouers Aerrij van Wijck en Cornelija Hellem met getuies Wijellum van Wijck en trijentijen ijans. 29 November 1699, gedoop Sara, ouers Arij van Wijk en Cornelija Hel met getuies Fardinantus Appel en Ellijn Gildenhus. 4 Januarij 1705, gedoop Gerret, ouers Albert Immenes en Catrina van des Bos met getuies Arij van Wijck en Cornelia Helmes.
14 Desember 1707, gedoop Gerret, ouers Arij van Wijck en Kornelia Helmets met getuies Adam Tas en Elisabet van Brakel. 27 April 1710, gedoop Daniel, ouers Roeloff Jonasse en Barbara la Febre met getuie Arij van Wijck. 20 Julij 1710, gedoop Kartina, ouers Arij van Wijck en Cornelia Helmes met getuies Pieter van der Bijl en Hester ter Winkel
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Philip van Wyck's research suggests that Roelof was the second son by that name born to Roelof Roelofsen VAN WIJCK and Susannetgen Jans, the older of the two boys, born on 1/1/1628, was assumed to have died in infancy.

Johan van Deventer's text read, '. . . there are serious errors in the Van Wijck/Wijk/Wyk family tree. Roelof (not even mentioned in dV/P) is a1 and the father of Adrian (Arie) referred to as a2 in dV/P. It is more likely that Roelof and Willem were brothers with the same father but different mothers. Roelof (*abt ?1643? - in Holland), his wife Trijntje Jans (*abt 1637) and their son Arie van Wijck (~18/1/1655 in Amsterdam) came to SA about 1677. At the same time Willem van Wijck (*bef 1655) also arrived in SA. Now for the big mistake: Page 1154 dV/P about in the middle there is c8 Arie Willem ~2/11/1738 up to d5 Margaretha Johanna ~15/3/1795 just before b8 on p.1155; should be moved to p.1149 under b1c2 Gerrit ~30/9/1714, 3rd line from top. Then; c8 Arie Willem should change to be a2b1c2d1; this is thus the Willem a2 line . . .'
What is entered here in this branch of the family reflects these suggested corrections.

Van Amsterdam, waarskynlik 'n broer van Willem. Aankoms omstrede 1676/78. Burger Stellenbosch .

Kom vanaf Amsterdam in ongeveer 1677 saam met sy ouers in die Kaap aan. Voornaam ook as 'Arij/Ary/ Arije/Arye'. Burger van Stellenbosch. Met die opstel van sy testament te Stellenbosch in 1713 word sy ouderdom as 45 jaar aangegee. Sy naam verskyn as 'Arij van Wijk' in testament.

Burger Stellenbosch

Die volgende inskrywings verskyn in die Stellenbosse Doopregister:
19 Januarij 1698, gedoop Wijellum, ouers Aerrij van Wijck en Cornelija Hellem met getuies Wijellum van Wijck en trijentijen ijans.
29 November 1699, gedoop Sara, ouers Arij van Wijk en Cornelija Hel met getuies Fardinantus Appel en Ellijn Gildenhus.
4 Januarij 1705, gedoop Gerret, ouers Albert Immenes en Catrina van des Bos met getuies Arij van Wijck en Cornelia Helmes.
14 Desember 1707, gedoop Gerret, ouers Arij van Wijck en Kornelia Helmets met getuies Adam Tas en Elisabet van Brakel.
27 April 1710, gedoop Daniel, ouers Roeloff Jonasse en Barbara la Febre met getuie Arij van Wijck.
20 Julij 1710, gedoop Kartina, ouers Arij van Wijck en Cornelia Helmes met getuies Pieter van der Bijl en Hester ter Winkel.
Alt Christening: 18 Jan 1655

Stamvader Arie van WYK (Adriaan) was from Amsterdam and he arrived in South Africa during 1676/78. He farmed at Stellenbosch on the farm Kijkemvallei. He married Cornelia HELM who was baptised on 17 September 1673 - she was the widow of Johannes van den Bosch. Cornelia later married Jacob Coetzer (look at entry under Coetzer as well).

CHILDREN
b1 Roelof =5 Sep 1694
b2 Aletta =1696
b3 Willem =19 Jan 1698 X 2 Jan 1729 Johanna Catharina Campher
b4 Sara =29 Nov 1699, X 31 Jan 1716 Johannes Augustus Dreyer
b5 Maria =1703, X 22 Jun 1727 Jean Joubert, XX 29 Nov 1739 Coenraad Striegel
b6 Gerrit Arie =14 Des 1704
b7 Adrianus =25 Des 1701, X 1722 Sara Fourie
b8 Catharina =20 Jul 1710, X 20 Jun 1726 Hendrik Lubbe
b9 Hester =23 Okt 1712

Sources:
Genealogies of old S A Families - de Villiers/Pama - 1981

Thanks to research by:

Thanks to submission by:
Mark Barker mabarker@mweb.co.za

Vanuit De Villiers en Pama Vol II

Arie van Wyk, Y. Amsterdam, waarsk. 'n broer van Willem. Aank. omstr. 1676/78. Burger Stellenbosch. x Cornelia Helm, wed.v. Johannes van den Bosch. bl Roelof, = 5.9.lG3-1. burger Drakenstein, x 28.9.1727 Aletta Bezuldenhout cl Gerbrecht, = G.3.1729, x Gerrit van Emmenes

From: A & M van Rensburg
To:
Subject: [GenForum] Elizabeth VAN WYK
Date: 14 November 2001 04:24

Goeie More Richard en Jean,
Baie dankie vir die inligting. Ek soek baie keer om my bron te kry en dan kan ek sommer myself skop.

Jean jy het melding gemaak dat "Elisabeth van Wyk(1683-1720) was 'n dogter van Willem van Wyk en Anna Pieterse"

Margaret Cairns meld op bladsy 57 dat die twee broers Willem en Arie VAN WYK het in 1678 na die Kaap gekom,.................................

Groete
André van Rensburg

Kom vanaf Amsterdam in ongeveer 1677 saam met sy ouers in die Kaap aan. Voornaam ook as 'Arij/Ary/ Arije/Arye'. Burger van Stellenbosch. Met die opstel van sy testament te Stellenbosch in 1713 word sy ouderdom as 45 jaar aangegee. Sy naam verskyn as 'Arij van Wijk' in testament.

Arie married Marie LE LONG about 1689 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arie married Cornelia HELM, a4b2 in Oct 1693 in Cape, South Africa. Cornelia (daughter of Hans HELM, a4 and Geertruy WILLEMSE) was born before 17 Sep 1673 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Sep 1673 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; died in May-Jun 1720 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Vanuit De Villiers en Pama Vol II

Arie van Wyk, Y. Amsterdam, waarsk. ÿ2 CONC bosch. x Cornelia Helm, wed.v. Johannes van den Bosch. bl Roelof, = 5.9.lG3-1. burger Drakenstein, x 28.9.1727 Aletta Bezuldenhout cl Gerbrecht, = G.3.1729, x Gerrit van Emmenes

Alt Christening: 18 Jan 1655

Burger Drakenstein

Arrived 1676-78. Burger Stellenbosch.

du Plooy.paf: Philip van Wyck's research suggests that Roelof was the second son by that name born to Roelof Roelofsen VAN WIJCK and Susannetgen Jans, the older of the two boys, born on 1/1/1628, was assumed to have died in infancy.
Johan van Deventer's text read, '. . . there are serious errors in the Van Wijck/Wijk/Wyk family tree. Roelof (not even mentioned in dV/P) is a1 and the father of Adrian (Arie) referred to as a2 in dV/P. It is more likely that Roelof and Willem were brothers with the same father but different mothers. Roelof (*abt ?1643? - in Holland), his wife Trijntje Jans (*abt 1637) and their son Arie van Wijck (~18/1/1655 in Amsterdam) came to SA about 1677. At the same time Willem van Wijck (*bef 1655) also arrived in SA. Now for the big mistake: Page 1154 dV/P about in the middle there is c8 Arie Willem ~2/11/1738 up to d5 Margaretha Johanna ~15/3/1795 just before b8 on p.1155; should be moved to p.1149 under b1c2 Gerrit ~30/9/1714, 3rd line from top. Then; c8 Arie Willem should change to be a2b1c2d1; this is thus the Willem a2 line . . .'
What is entered here in this branch of the family reflects these suggested corrections.

Van Amsterdam, waarskynlik 'n broer van Willem. Aankoms omstrede 1676/78. Burger Stellenbosch .

From: A & M van Rensburg
To:
Subject: [GenForum] Elizabeth VAN WYK
Date: 14 November 2001 04:24

Goeie More Richard en Jean,
Baie dankie vir die inligting. Ek soek baie keer om my bron te kry en dan kan ek sommer myself skop.

Jean jy het melding gemaak dat "Elisabeth van Wyk(1683-1720) was 'n
dogter van Willem van Wyk en Anna Pieterse"

Margaret Cairns meld op bladsy 57 dat die twee broers Willem en Arie VAN WYK het in 1678 na die Kaap gekom,.................................

Groete
André van Rensburg

See attached sources.

See attached sources.

Christened:
Alt Christening: 18 Jan 1655

Roelof married Aletta BEZUIDENHOUT, a1b4c3 on 28 Sep 1727 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa. Aletta (daughter of Wynand BEZUIDENHOUT, b4 and Gerbrecht BOSHOUWER, b1) was born on 27 Feb 1713 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 27 Feb 1713 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aletta married Johann KRAAIJ on 21 Oct 1714 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Johann was born in 1690 in Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alletta married Johann KRAAIJ on 21 Oct 1714 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Johann was born in 1690 in Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Willem van Wijk d'oude 1698-1771
farmer
of Duijvenhoks Rivier
born 1698
baptized 19 January 1698, Stellenbosch
died 1771

Notes: According to his Deceased Estate Accounts, starting
November 1771, he left no wife or children at the time of his death
and his estate was distributed among his brothers and sisters.

Notes:

Alt Christening: 29 Nov 1699

Sara married Johannes Augustus DREYER, progenitor on 31 Jan 1716 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Johannes was born on 1 Jan 1668; died on 6 Apr 1759 in On board 'Wunsch' at the Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Boer.

Ball Website:I have not found a baptism for him. He is listed in his parents will dated 1713:

'Maria negen, Adrianus agt, Catrina drie Jaren'
Details of his family from the Deceased Estate Accounts of Willem van Wijk d'oude, 1771-72 and those of Sara Fourie also dated 1771-72.
Presumably died before 1705 when his younger brother, also named Adriaan, must have been born according to his age (8) and position as given in his parent's will of 1713.

Adriaan married Sara FOURIE, b7 about 1722 in Cape, South Africa. Sara (daughter of Louis FOURIE, progenitor and Susanne CORDIER, b1) was born about 1705; was christened on 29 Nov 1705 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died about 1771 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Biesenbach (see p.97) the couple produced seven children.

Na haar man se dood het sy finansieel swaar gekry en doen in 1739 aansoek by die Politieke Raad on uitstel vir die betaling van haar huurgeld omdat sy te arm was. Haar skoonmoeder het haar gehelp om vir die hernuwing van die leningplaas, asook 60 riksdaalders rente aan die Kompanjie vir agterstallige huur. Sy het ook 36 beeste en 452 skape van haar skoonmoeder as geskenk ontvang.

!Birth: De Villiers Pama,p1152 b6

Died:
Assumed from date of Inventory

Maria married Jean JOUBERT, b5 on 22 Jun 1727 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Jean (son of Pierre (Or David) JOUBERT (JAUBERT), progenitor and Isabeau RICHARDE) was born on 7 May 1695 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Dec 1695 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died before 16 Mar 1738 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Coenraad(Conrad) STRIEGEL, progenitor on 29 Nov 1739 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa. Coenraad(Conrad) was born in 1700 in Hesse-Kassel, Germany; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At his Christening he is recorded as 'Gerret' with parents 'Arij Van WIJCK & Kornelia HELMETS' with witnesses Adam TAS and Elisabet VAN BRAKEL.

Will dated 27 March 1731 and filed 8 January 1738

Burger Drakenstein

This licence was issued by the Governor to 'Gerrit VAN WIJK, Arij zoon' in respect of a property described as '..agter den Picquet bergen over de Oliphants rivier ge'n de Matjes Fonteijn...' There were four endorsements to this licence, the last one dated 30/4/1766.

The boundaries of the Drakenstein district were far flung at the time.

He would seem to have been working as a farmhand (knegt) for Willem Basson on the latter's property in Cape Town between 1711 and 1713. (1)(2)

Details of his family come from the Inventory taken in 1730 after the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Vivier, the joint will he made with his second wife, Maria Provo (1731) and the will she made before her marriage to Gerrit van Schalkwyk (1740).

The farm, Vaderlandse Rietkloof, was sold in 1730 at the settling up of the estate of Elisabeth Vivier. I don't know if Gerrit bought it in himself or not.

1. Muster Rolls VC49, p.240,1711
2. Willem Basson, MOOC 13/1/1,93 1713

!BIRTH;CHR;MAR:Hendrik Jooste Registers;vWyk

DOOP;TROU:De Villiers Pama;Bls 1153;A2 b7

Gerrit married Elisabeth VIVIER on 26 Apr 1722 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Elisabeth was christened on 12 Feb 1698 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerrit married Maria PREVOT, b2c2 on 25 Mar 1731 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Maria (daughter of Abraham PREVOT, b2 and Anna VAN MARSEVEEN, b1) was born in 1713; was christened on 28 Jan 1713 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died in in Cape, South Africa. [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.

Notes:

Catarina van Wijk born 1710
born 1710
baptized 20 July 1710, Stellenbosch

Notes: Cape Town baptisms, 10 March 1726
Cornelis onegt, Ouders: de zoo gezegde vader is Matthijs Gunter van Gerrolis en moeder Katharina van Wijk, Getuige: de moeder zelve

married
Hendrik Lubbe 26 died before 1771

(Research):See attached sources.

Catharina married Hendrik LUBBE, b3 on 20 Jun 1726 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Hendrik was born in 1700 in South Africa; was christened on 5 Sep 1700 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died before 1771 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hester married Pieter VAN ZYL(ZIJL), b5 on 26 Sep 1734 in Cape, South Africa. Pieter (son of Willem VAN ZYL(ZUY)(ZIJL), progenitor and Christina VAN LOUWEREN(LOVEREN)) was born before 12 Dec 1706 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); was christened on 12 Dec 1706 in Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]