Jacobus van As (bef. 1661 - 1713)

Born before 28 Aug 1661 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Maria (Michielse) van As — married 8 May 1689 in Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, de Caep de Goede Hoop [Dutch Cape Colony]

Husband of Lena (Schalk) Maasdorp — married 10 Sep 1702 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 1713 after age 51 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

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Name

Jacobus /Van As/ ^[1]

Birth

Date: Hy is gebore as 'n slaaf en het waarskynlik aan Abraham Gabbema behoort. Hy, sy ma en die ander kinders is op 13 April 1666 vrygestel. ^[2]

Parents

Ouers: Die tweede kind van Johannes van As (van Asschem) en Angela van Bengale. ^[2]

Baptism

Date: Op Sondag, 28 Augustus 1661. ^[2]

Jacobùs van As may be the individual who was baptized on 28 August 1661 (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop ^[3]: Den 28:en d:o heeft dom:e Van Akendam wederom een predikatie gedaen, ende gedoopt dese vier na-volgende kinderen, een dochterken van Elbert Dircxsz vrijburger, ende is genaemt Christina de getuige is Jannetge Boddijs, twee zoontjes zijn genaemt Jacob, het vierde een meijsje is genaemt Annatje, dese drie zijn onechte kin-deren, Godt de Heere geef dat dese gedoopte kinderen, tot zijns neams eere mogen opwassen. ^[4]

Place: In die Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kaapstad. ^[2]

Events

31 December 1708: "Jacobus van As - born in slavery at the Cape of Good Hope & manumitted eldest voorzoon of freed slave Maaij Ansela van Bengale retires as heemraad at Stellenbosch ... he owned the farms "Nieuwendorp" [now part of Boschendal Estate], "Meerrust" aka "Meerlust" [now Allée Bleue Wine Estate near Franschhoek)] & Witzenberg at Drakenstein ... he's brother Johannes (Jantje) van As Jr. was executed in January 1688 for murder & stock theft ..." [Mansell Upham] ^[5]

Recently renovated building on "Meerlust" aka "Meerrust" originally granted to Peter Andresen (from Tönning [in the Eiderstedt, Danish Holsten]) & later owned by Hans Silberbach who killed (6 July 1697) his neighbour at "Lekkerwijn" Ary Lecrévain aka Lekkerwijn with a stick & fled into the interior ...& later the property of Claude Marais (from Hurepoix [Ile-de-France, France]) ... [Mansell Upham] [5]

Marriage

Date: Op Sondag, 8 Mei 1689 met Maria Clements. ^[2]

Amount of Children

Amount of children / aantal kinders: Twee seuns en drie dogters. ^[2]

Joannis van As

He was the son of the deceased Jacobus van As (1663-1713) heemraad & lieutenant of Calvary at Drakenstein [Paarl] ... grandson of freed slave 'Maaij Ansela' van Bengale aka 'Moeder Jagt' - still alive at the time of his relegation ... nephew of the executed Jan van As (1665-1688) ... nephew by marriage to Captain Olaf / O(e)lof/f Bergh (c. 1643-1724) (from Gothenburg, Sweden) who at the time occupied seats on the both the Council of Policy & Council of Justice ... his step-mother Helena Willemse van der Merwe had remarried his paternal aunt's widower Christiaan Maasdorp [Christian Matzdorf] (from Pasewalk) ... [Mansell Upham]^[6]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Van As-21 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper. User ID: C73DB44E8138B945BDE5A454AFFD79D95511 Prior to import, this record was last changed 28 Aug 2009.

• WikiTree profile Van Ass-1 created through the import of Haye-1_2011-08-17.ged on Aug 17, 2011 by Jesse Haye.

• WikiTree profile was created through the import of Bergh_2010-09-14.ged on 15 September 2010 by Anton bergh.

1. ↑ 15 September 2010 by Anton bergh. Source: #S3 Text: Date of Import: 12 Feb 2003 : Source: #S2 Text: Date of Import: 11 Feb 2003.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Stefan Steyn 12 June 2014.
3. ↑ Source: http://www.e-family.co.za /ffy/g7/p7419.htm Page: Jaconus van As Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jul 15, 2015.
4. ↑ The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 15 Jul 2015), Cape Town Baptisms 1652 to 1664. Written by transcribed by Corney Keller. Baptism of Jacobùs van As, 28 Aug 1661. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jul 15, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source: First Fifty Years - Project collating Cape of Good Hope records Facebook Community Page: Dec 31, 2013 at 6:51 am Seen and added by Philip van der Walt May 24, 2016.
6. ↑ Source: First Fifty Years - Project collating Cape of Good Hope records Facebook Community Page: Jul 15 at 3:41 pm Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jul 15, 2015.