Jacobus (Cornelisze) Botha (1692 - 1779)

Born 24 Aug 1692 in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie (Scniman) Botha — married 22 Oct 1713 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Magdalena (Munniks) Bota — married 3 Jan 1751 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 19 May 1779 at age 86 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

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Name

Jacobus ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} Botha ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} / Cornelisz ^[11]

Birth

Date: Jacobus was born in 1690 ^[6] / before 24 Aug 1692 ^[1][3][4][5] / in 1695. ^[7]

Place: Stellenbosh, Cape of Good Hope ^[1][4] / Stellenbosch, Western Cape, [South Africa] ^[3][5][6]

Notes on parentage

Between 11 June 1683 and 1700 Maria Kickers and Jan Cornelisz were legally married, but at the same time, from at least 1687 Frederich Both and Maria were lovers, apparently with the agreement of Jan. During divorce proceedings in 1700 Maria conceded that eight of her children, that is Theunis Botha, Willem Bootha, Catrijna Both, Cornelia Botha, Anna Bota, Maria Botha, Jacobus Botha and Johannes Botha were fathered by Frederich Both(a) with the apparent encouragement (aanleijding) of her spouse, Jan Cornelisz, at the time. All of these offspring subsequently used the surname Both(a). However, in 1689 two women alleged that Theunis, Maria's oldest child, was fathered by Ferdinandùs Appel. This is born out by modern DNA tests, which have shown that direct patrilineal descendants of Theunis tested positive for the same Y-DNA haplogroup as direct patrilineal descendants of Appel. ^[12][13]

Baptism

Event date: Op Sondag, 24 Augustus 1692. ^{[3][14][5][11]}

Event place: Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kaapstad. ^[14] / Stellenbosch, Dutch Reformed Church ^[5][11] [South Africa] ^[5]

Child: Jacobus ^[11]

Mother: Maria Kikkers ^[11]

Witnesses: Jan Cornelisz, Hans Hendrik Smith en Aeltie Klaas--?. ^[11][14]

1692..... Den selven dito {24 Augusti} een kint gedoopt waer van vader is Jan Cornelisze van Outbeierlant, de moeder Maria Kikkers, tot ghe- tuijge stont Hans Hendrik Smith ende Aeltie Klaaz{...} is genaemt Jacobus ^[11]

Events

Sy ma, Maria Kickers was getroud met Jan Cornelisz, maar van ten minste 1685 af het sy 'n verhouding met Frederich Botha gehad, met die moontlike goedkeuring van haar man. Tydens hulle egskeiding, in 1700, het sy erken dat Frederich Botha die vader is van agt van haar kinders. Al die kinders het die van Botha aangeneem. Die kinders is: Theuns, Willem, Catrijna, Jacobus, Cornelia, Anna, Maria en Johannes. ^[14]

Occupation

Farmer, Butcher, Vrijburger ^[5]

Marriages

Marriage 1

Date: 22 Oct 1713 ^[15]

Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope ^[15]

Groom: Jacobus BOTHA ^[15]

Bride: Elsie SNIJMAN ^[15]

"22 ditto (Octob: 1713) / Jacobus Bota van de Caab, jongm:n met Elsje Snijman jonge dogter mede van de Caab" ^[15]

Marriage 2

Date: 3 Jan 1751 ^[16]

Place: [Cape Town], Cape of Good Hope ^[16]

Groom: Jacobus BOTHA ^[16]

Bride: Magdalena MUNNIK ^[16]

''1751 den 3 Januarij is getrout / Jacobus Bota van Cabo de Goede Hoop oud heemraad aan Swellendam wed:r met Magdalena Munniks van Mauritius wed: wylen Pieter Pasen" ^[16]

Wills

Will 1

Date drafted: 30 Sep 1721 ^[17]

Place: Vleesbank ^[17]

Date filed: 21 Jun 1748 following the death of his first wife ^[17]

"...verscheenen sijn den Landbouwer Jacobus Bota, en Elsje Snijman, egte luiden" ^[17]

"Aldus gepasseert ten woonhuijse van de testateuren aan de Vleesbank..." ^[17]

"Vertoont ter Weescamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop den 21 Junij 1748" ^[17]

Will 2

Date drafted: 30 Jun 1776

Place: Jan Harms Gat, Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope

Date filed: 29 Mar 1782

"...den Oudheemraad deses Districts Monsr: Jacobus Botha d'oude, van Cabo de Goede Hoop, en Juff:w Magdalena Munnik van Mauritius geboortig, egte lieden..." ^[18]

"...zoodanig Testament als met wijlen zijne voorige huisvrouw, Elsje Snijman in dato den den laatsten September 1721..." ^[18]

"Aldus getesteert ten Woonhuise der testateuren Jan Harms Gat..." ^[18]

"Vertoond ter Weescamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop den 29 Maart 1782" ^[18]

Death

Date: 1728 ^[3] / 1731 ^[3] / 19 May 1779 ^[5]

Place: Cape of Good Hope ^[1] [Cape Town] ^[2][3], [South Africa] ^[1][2][3][5]

Age: 38-39 ^[5]

Research Note

• According to the Cape Transcripts (TEPC) CD data extracted from MOOC14-80-[part 1; vol 19; 2] shows that he died on 24 June 1791 at the age of 99 years and 10 months. I have not seen the original document to verify this, but perhaps someone with access can follow up on this information. ^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} WikiTree profiles Botha-137 & Botha-582 created through the import of AJBOTHA.ged on respectively Aug 31, 2011 & on Feb 25, 2012 by Deon Botha.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} WikiTree profile Botha-398 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter. Source:
   • Title: SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES Vol 1. A-CHeese, J A & R T J Lombard Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council. 1986. pp 698
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} WikiTree profile Botha-911 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} WikiTree profile Botha-1117 created by Pieter Meyer, May 2, 2013.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10} WikiTree profile Botha-2122 created through through the import of LombardSS.ged on Aug 13, 2015 by Peter Lombard. Sources:
   • Title: WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage Text: www.wikitree.com Text: Jacobus Botha; Gender: Male; Birth: Circa 1692 - Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; Marriage: Oct 22 1713 - South Africa; Death: 1728; Father: Frederik Botha; Mother:Maria Kickers; Wife: Elsie Botha (born Snyman); Child: Anna Margeretha Jansen van Rensburg (born Botha); Siblings: Theunis Botha Willem Botha Catherina Klopper (born Botha) Anna Schmidt (born Botha)
   • Title: Geni World Family Tree Publication: MyHeritage Text: The Geni World Family Tree is found on www.Geni.com. Geni is owned and operated by MyHeritage. Text: Jacobus Botha, b4; Gender: Male; Birth: Circa 1692 - Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; Baptism: Aug 24 1692 - South Africa; Occupation: Farmer, Butcher, Vrijburger; Marriage: Spouse: Elsje Snyman, b5 - Oct 22 1713 - South Africa; Death: Circa Oct 1791 - Cape, South Africa; Father: Friedrich Botha, SV/PROG; Mother: Maria Kickers, SM (born PROG); Wives: Magdalena Munnik, Elsje Snyman, b5; Children: Catharina Botha, b4c1, Anna Margaretha Botha, b4c2, Jacobus Botha, b4c3, Johannes Botha, b4c4, Christoffel Botha, b4c5, Hans Jurgen Botha, b4c6, Frederick Botha, b4c7, Elsje Botha, b4c8, Marthinus Christoffel Botha, b4c9, Petrus Botha, b4c10; Siblings: Willem Botha, b2, Catharina Botha, b3, Johannes Botha, b5, Maria Catharina Botha, b6, Cornelia Botha, b7, Anna Botha, b8, Theunis b1 Both
   • Author: Sue Freilich Title: Freilich Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree
   • Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} WikiTree profile Botha-2320 created by Cris Waller Feb 23, 2016 (Pienaar-1486 through import of 20150722 11 Ancestors.ged). Source:
   • Web Site Christo van Rensburg April 2007.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} WikiTree Profile Botha-5064 created by Jan Viljoen through the import of VilDec2019.ged on Dec 14, 2019. Source:
   • GISA. Van Staden Stamregister.
8. ↑ Source:
   • See also: My South African Ancestors, the Lombard and Botha families of the Cape. Richard Ball; page for Jacobus Botha de oude. Added by Dirk le Roux on Jul 29, 2016.
9. ↑ (Copied from the profile of Jan "Jan Kiekers, Bombam, Jan Cornelis" Botha formerly Cornelisz aka Boota, Bota, van Oudtbeierlandt on Jan 2, 2021.) Note on last name "Botha": Though Jan Cornelisz was according to records of the time never known as Botha, the name is still included on this profile under "Other Last Names" (AKA). The name is associated with Jan Cornelisz because some semi-recent genealogies held the suspicion that he may also have been known as Botha. This misunderstanding was due to the fact that "his" children, who were in fact not his own biological offspring, by Maria Kickers later all went under the name of Botha or various spelling versions thereof. Comment based on private email correspondence with Ronel Olivier. Entered by Dirk le Roux on Jan 21, 2017.
10. ↑ (Copied from the profile of Jan "Jan Kiekers, Bombam, Jan Cornelis" Botha formerly Cornelisz aka Boota, Bota, van Oudtbeierlandt on Jan 2, 2021.) For further clarification, see:
    • Article "Die Appel wat onder die Botha boom geval het" in Beeld, Aug 16, 2013. Written by Jaco M. Greeff, one of the same authors of Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 Sep;7(5):550-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.06.008. Epub 2013 Jul 11. Appel Botha: The abc of a three hundred year old divorce case. Source:
    • Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Jan Cornelisz, Page: Maria Kickers. Seen and added by Dirk le Roux on Jan 21, 2017; Page: Jan Cornelisz Bombam Seen and entered by Philip van der Walt Apr 23, 2015.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. Cape Town Baptisms 1692. Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller. PAGE 46. Seen and entered Aug 26, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
    • South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town, church records, Images 1 - 51, Baptisms, memberships, marriages, 1665-1695. Film # 005437032, Image 27 of 63: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ML-49Y2-L?cat=2866837. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-03-08.
12. ↑ Source:
    • Robertson, Delia.The First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Willem Bootha. Seen and entered Aug 25, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
13. ↑ See:
    • Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 Sep;7(5):550-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.06.008. Epub 2013 Jul 11. Appel Botha: The abc of a three hundred year old divorce case. Seen and added by Schalk Pienaar 31 March 2015.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3} Added by Stefan Steyn 14 July, 2014.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4} Source:
    • Marriage Register (M1) - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LX3-V8P?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-YM9%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C50282101%2C50492501 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Marriages 1700-1788 > image 8 of 39; State Archives, Cape Province. Added by Gerhard Swart on 2 Nov 2023.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4} Source:
    • Marriage Register (M2) - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-SRNW?cc=1478678 : 11 May 2023), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. Added by Gerhard Swart on 2 Nov 2023.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5} Source:
    • Will #43 filed 1748 - "Testamentregisters (will registers), 1689-1800 ; Index, 1721-1873 ; Inventory, 1689-1916", Dl. 4-8 1734-1752, Images 991-993 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-X9K9-Q?i=990&cat=64687). Added by Gerhard Swart on 2 Nov 2023.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3} Source:
    • Will #12 filed 1782 - "Testamentregisters (will registers), 1689-1800 ; Index, 1721-1873 ; Inventory, 1689-1916", Dl. 27 (no. 24)-29 (no. 148) 1780-1784, Images 700-702 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-SYVD?i=699&cat=64687). Added by Gerhard Swart on 2 Nov 2023.
19. ↑ Added by Gerhard Swart on 2 Nov 2023.