Catharina (Jansz) Visser (abt. 1670 - abt. 1710)

Born about 1670 in Rotterdam, Holland, Nederland

Wife of Johannes (Coenraets) Visser — married 8 May 1689 in N. G. Kerk, Kaapstad, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Died about 1710 at about age 40 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Name

Catharina Jansz Visser ^[1] / Catharina van der Zee ^[2] / Catharina Jansz van der Zee ^[3]

Birth

Date: Catharina was born about 1669 ^[3] / in 1670. ^[2][1]

Place: Rotterdam, Nederland. ^[2][4][3]

Migration

Op Saterdag, 20 Maart 1688, verlaat die skip ^[4] China die hawe van Goeree, Nederland, op pad na die Kaap waar dit op Woensdag, 4 Augustus 1688, aankom. Aan boord was onderandere 'n paar weesmeisies. Een van die weesmeisies was Catharina Jansz van der Zee. Aan die Kaap was daar 'n groot tekort aan hubare vrouens en om stabilietyd aan die gemeenskap te gee het verskeie goewerneurs versoek dat die Here XVII moontlike hubare meisies na die Kaap moet stuur. ^[4][5]

She was an orphan. On 20 March 1688 The China ship departed from Goeree and arrived in the Cape on 4 August 1688. Catharina was among a group of eight orphan girls sent to the Cape. Jan van Riebeeck (1659) and Simon van der Stel (1685) have requested that the Heeren XVII send marriageable girls to the Cape. These eight orphans had been selected because of their experience in farming to marry farmers. They were: Ariaante Jansse, Willemyntje Ariens de Wit, Ariaantje Jacobs, Judith Verbeek, Engeltje Cornelisse van der Bout, Catharina Jansz van der Zee, Petronella Cornelisz, Anna Elkop. Also, onboard were 28 Huguenot refugees from Provence, of whom 8, mostly women, died during the voyage: Matthieu Fracassé, Pierre Jaubert, Susanne Reyne, Pierre Jourdan and Marie Jourdan and Paul Jourdan, Jeanne Rousse, Marie Rousse and Marguerite Rousse, André Pellanchon, Pierre la Grange, Jehane Marque, Jean Jourdan, Pierre Jourdan , Jean Mesnard, Louise Courbonne, Marie Anthonarde, Pierre Malan, Elisabeth Richarde, Jacques Malan and Paul Roux. ^[3]

Marriage

Date: between 1686-1716 ^[2][6] With Johannes Visser (b. b 16 Jan 1667), son of Jan Coenraad Visser and Grietje Gerrits, on 8 May 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. ^[3]

Husband: Johannes Visser ^[2][6][3]

Wife: Catharina Jansz (van der Zee) ^[2][6]

Transcript:

Date: 1689: "Eodem dito (8 Maij) Jan Visscher jonghman van de Caep de Goede Hoop [met]Catrina [Jansen] van der Zee van Rotterdam jonge doghter". ^[6]

Children

Aantal kinders / amount of children: Drie seuns en drie dogters. ^[4]

Jannetie Visscher b. 5 Mar 1690 ^[3]

Saertie Visser b. 1 Apr 1691 ^[3]

Johannes Visser b. 29 Nov 1693 ^[3]

Willem Visser b. 26 Aug 1696, d. b 17 Jul 1705 ^[3]

Geertruyd Visser b. b 31 May 1699 ^[3]

Catrina Visser b. 20 Aug 1702 ^[3]

Willem Visser b. 17 Jul 1705 ^[3]

Death

Date: Between 1688-1764 ^[2]

Place: Cape, [South Africa] ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} WikiTree profile Jansz-81 created by Philip van der Walt, Friday, October 3, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} WikiTree profile Zee-7 created through the import of JacobusStephanus(Oudtshoorn)GERICKE.ged on Apr 13, 2012 by Christo Cruywagen.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12} WikiTree profile Van der Zee-205 created by Schalk Pienaar Apr 7, 2020. Sources:
   • Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Page: Catharina Jansz van der Zee.
   • NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695 NGK
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Added by Stefan Steyn Jun 11, 2014.
5. ↑ Source:
   • "The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch,South African:Articel about the Weesmeisies that was sent to Cape Settelment. (http://www.eggsa.org/articles/Weesmeisies.htm#seven). Seen and added March 03 , 2015 by Ronel Oliver.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Source:
   • "The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch,South African,(http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town-marriages-1665-to-1695/92-cape-town-marriages-1689) :Source: This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 603 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1665-1695, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-1/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).
   The marriages cover pages 75 through 91 of this register."Seen and Entered & transcribed by Ronel Olivier March 3, 2015.