Willem Ferdinand van Rheede van Oudshoorn (1755 - 1822)

Born 14 May 1755 in de Caep de Goede Hoop [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna Margaretha (van Schoor) van Rheede van Oudtshoorn — married 26 Mar 1774 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Gesina (Kirsten) van Reede van Oudtshoorn — married 11 Mar 1777 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1822 at age 66 in Cape Town, Cape Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

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Name

Right Hon. Baron William Ferdinand Baron van Rheede van Oudtshoorn ^[1]

Willem Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn/ heer van Oudtshoorn, Ridderbuurt en Gnephoek, opper ^[2]

Given Name: Willem Ferdinand van ^[2]

Surname: Reede van Oudtshoorn ^[2]

Name Suffix: heer van Oudtshoorn, Ridderbuurt en Gnephoek, opper (the suffix heer van Oudtshoorn, Ridderbuurt en Gnephoek, opper is non-traditional and may be too long for the WikiTree suffix) ^[2]

Birth

Date: William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Heer van Oudshoorn was born on 14 May 1755 ^[1][3] / 18 May 1755. ^[4]

Place: [Cape Town, Cape Col., So. Afr.] ^[1][3] / Cape of Good [South Africa] ^[1][4]

Parents

Father Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn tot Nederhorst ^[1]

Mother Sophia van Reede van Oudtshoorn ^[1]

Christening

Date: 18 May 1755 ^[1][4]

Place: [Cape Town, Cape Col., So. Afr.] ^[1]

Residence

Saasveld House situated in Kloof Street, Cape Town ^[5]

Marriage

1. 1 March 1774, Cape of Good Hope, Susanna Margaretha van Schoor, daughter of Adriaan van Schoor and Susanna Cruywagen (Born 19 July 1750, Cape of Good Hope, Died 18 September 1776, Cape of Good Hope) / 26 Mar 1774 Susanna Margaretha van Schoor ^[3]
2. 11 March 1777, Cape of Good Hope, Gesina Kirsten, (hertroud: 11 May 1777 Gesina Kirsten^[3])(Gesina Kersten (geb. Kaapstad 27-7-1756, overl. Kaapstad 12-7-1817. ^[2]) daughter of Jan Frederik Kirsten and Johanna Catharina Franck (Born 27 July 1756 Cape of Good Hope, died 12 July 1817 Cape of Good Hope)

Children

Willem Ferdinand van Rheede van Oudtshoorn is getrouwd met Gesina Kirsten op 11 mei 1777 te Cape of Goede Hoop, Zuid-Afrika; hij was toen 21 jaar oud. ^[6]

Kind(eren):

1. Geesje Ernestina Johanna van Reede van Oudtshoorn 1799-1868 ^[6]
2. Philippus Hermanus van Reede van Oudtshoorn 1790-1832 ^[6]
3. Jacobus Johannes Gysbertus van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796-1843 ^[6]
4. Adriaan van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1780-1780 ^[6]
5. Gesina Susanna Margaretha van Reede van Oudshoorn 1795-1795 ^[6]
6. Johanna Egberta van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1785-1786 ^[6]
7. Lieve Marthinus Isaak van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1787-1836 ^[6]
8. Anna Catharina van Reede van Oudshoorn 17961788-1860 ^[6]
9. Johanna Catharina Hendrina van Reede van Oudtshoorn 1781-1812 ^[6]
10. Sophia Frederika Wilhelmina van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1778-1778 ^[6]
11. Barend Frederik Hendrik van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1793-1814 ^[6]
12. Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1779-1850 ^[6]
13. Willem Ferdinand van Reede van Oudshoorn 1796 1784-1839 ^[6]
14. Sophia Cornelia Adriana van Reede van Oudshoorn 17961782-1857 ^[6]

Children

1. Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudtshoorn ^[7]
2. Isac Dear Martinus van Reede van Oudtshoorn ^[7]
3. Hermanus Philippus van Reede van Oudtshoorn. ^[7]

Title

By Royal Decree of April 26, 1822, No. 167, was as recognition approved for them the title of baron. ^[7]

Occupation

Head of aqcuisition and director of the "Granary"/ hoofkoopman en direkteur van die graanskuur ^[4] in Strandstraat. ^[8]

Willem Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn, geb. Kaap 14-5-1755, heer van Oudtshoorn, Ridderbuurt en Gnephoek, opperkoopman, administrateur der graanmagazijnen te Kaapstad, fiscaal en raad van politie aan de Kaap, overl. Kaapstad 28-4-1822,

Van Reede Coat of Arms

Sy roubord met wapen hang vandag nog in die kerk van Oudtshoorn (Nederland). ^[3]

Silver two triangular black crossbars. Wrong: black and silver. Crest: a flight of black and silver.Cover: Black with silver. Shield holders: two looking round, golden griffins, red tongue, black upper body and closed, downward flight, the tail between the hind legs and beaten. Weapon Spell: on a gold cord wrapped with white ribbon: right MALO MORI, on the lower left and middle FOEDARI QUAM.
Notes: all standing before a red cloak with golden tassels, lined ermine, with gold cords tied up and crowned with a crown of nine gems, and behind the shield and the top of the mantle a gold standard, where a wreath of black and silver. Weapon (Van Reede of Athlone). If Van Reede, but the shield holders and gold all the way upward flight. The whole placed on a purple base, the motto in black letters on a gray ribbon, the gray coat with tied ribbons and crowned with the crown of the earls of the United Kingdom. Weapon (Van Reede van Oudtshoorn). If Van Reede from Athlone, but the shield is covered with a crown of ten beads, which three pearls, one aanziende helmet with short golden tarpaulins and a wreath like Van Reede, a black flight, the shield holders are not looking round, the base brown, the spell on a white ribbon and without the jacket. Weapon Feed : Van Reede. ^[7]

Death

Date: 28 Apr 1822 ^[4][3]

Place: Saasveld, [Kaapstad] ^[4] / [Cape Province, South Africa] ^[3]

Burial

Place: By sy huis Saesveld ^{[4] [9] [5]}

Will

Testator(s): William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn 4 Maij 1822

Inventaris van alle zodanige goederen en effecten, als er op Zondag den agt en twintigsten dag der maand April, s avonds de klokke omtrend tien uuren, in den jaare onzes Heeren een duyzend acht honderd twee en twintig, metter dood zyn ontruymd ende nagelaten, door den hoog welgeboorene heer William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn.^[2]

Hebbende de heer overledene, by beslootene testamentaire dispositie in dato 10 September 1819 opgerigt, en waarvan de superscriptie ten zelfden dage voor den notaris publicq m:r Jacobus Petrus de Wet en getuigen is gepasseerd, na alvoorens, zoo wel by dat testament, als by onderscheidene actens denzelven testamente g’annexeerd differente dispositien te hebben gemaakt, voorts tot zyne eenige en universele erfgenaamen genomineerd ende g’institueeerd de kinderen by zyne overledene echtgenoten in echt werwekt, als:^[2]

by wylen zyne eerste echtgenote juffrouw Susanna Margretha van Schoor:

1. Pieter Adriaan van Reede van Oudtshoorn

by zyne mede overledene tweede echtgenote juffrouw Geesje Kirsten:

1. Johan Fredrik van Reede van Oudtshoorn
2. William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn
3. Lieve Marth:s Izaak van Reede van Oudtshoorn
4. Philippus Hermanus van Reede van Oudtshoorn
5. Jacobus Joh:s Gysbertus van Reede van Oudtshoorn
6. Sophia Cornelia Adriana van Reede van Oudtshoorn geh:d met den hoog welgeb: heere Rudolph Anthony de Salis
7. Anna Catharina van Reede van Oudtshoorn geh:d met den wele: heer James Dunbar
8. Geesje Ernestina Joh:a van Reede van Oudtshoorn geh:d met den heere Egbertus Bergh Olof zoon
9. de kinderen van wylen Johanna Catharina Hendrina van Reede van Oudtshoorn in huwelyk by den heere Johannes Daniel Karnspek verwekt, in namen
   1.Geesje Wilhelmina
   2. Anna Fredrica
   3. Engela Maria
   4. Johannes Daniel Karnspek ^[10]

WikiTree profile Reede van Oudtshoorn-5 was created on 19 April 2011 by Anton Bergh. Included the following sources:

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E:\!GRABS\KareldeGrote\src\kareldegrote.nl\Reeks126_Wijnand_II.htm

Includes the following information (edited into current form by Bea Wijma 20 June 2016) :

Generation XVI-6 kinderen ^[11]:

1. Baron Pieter Adriaan van Reede van Oudtshoorn Heer van Oudshoorn Born 26 April 1775 Cape of Good Hope Died 15 September 1851 Leiden Married (1) 23 November 1802 Dalem Johanna Henrica Verboom, daughter of Thomas Dolegius Adriaan Verboom and Adriana Hendrika van der Graeff de Vapour Born 12 February 1783 Gorinchem Died 9 August 1806 Gorinchem Married (2) 3 April 1812 Delft Catharina Maria Musketier, daughter of Mr. Willem Musketier and Catharina Maria van Immerseel Born 21 March 1789 Leiden Died 30 April 1830 Leiden ^[2]

Children, Generation XVII-7

1. Baron Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudtshoorn Born 11 February 1779 Cape of Good Hope Died 18 December 1850 Rotterdam Married 3 January 1803 Dalem Elisabeth Constantia Sophia Roell, daughter of Mr. Nicolaas Willem Roell, Heer van Drakenburg and Anna Sophia Frederica van Gheel van Spanbroek Born 31 August 1777 Amsterdam Died 27 October 1835 Ouwerkerk a.d.Amstel ^[2]

Children, Generation XVII-8

# Willem Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn

1. Baron Lieve Martinus Isaac van Reede van Oudtshoorn Born 2 June 1787 Cape of Good Hope Died 4 January 1836 's-Hertogenbosch Married (1) 4 June 1812 Monnikendam Maria van Helsdingen, daughter of Isaac Cornelis van Helsdingen and Maria Honingman Born 28 July 1779 Amsterdam Died 12 November 1819 Bruxelles Married (2) 3 August 1827 's-Hertogenbosch Jacoba van Blarkum, daughter of Mr. Jan van Blarkum and Cornelia van Lidt Born 18 April 1799 Beverwijk Died 13 May 1870 Eindhoven ^[2]

Children, Generation XVII-9

1. Baron Philippus Hermanus van Reede van Oudtshoorn Born 8 January 1790 Kaap de Goede Hoop Died 27 February 1832 Semarang Married 17 April 1819 Grissee Charlotte Jeanne Wilhelmine van Panhuys, daughter of Mr. Willem Frederik van Panhuys and Lucie Heldewier Born 29 July 1802 Maastricht Died 10 February 1855 Semarang, Dutch East Indies ^[2]

Children, Generation XVII-10

1. Jacob Johan Gijsbert van Reede van Oudtshoorn ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 15 September 2010 by Anton Bergh.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} 19 April 2011 by Anton Bergh.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Mar 13, 2013 by Michael Nuttall.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Revolvy, Huguenot Memorial Museum. [1]. History, Built in 1967, the main building was originally a building called Saasveld House situated in Kloof Street, Cape Town. Saasveld House was the home of Dutch East India Company employee William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn, the son of Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, built on land granted to his father in the 1740s.[2] The architect of Saasveld House was Louis Michel Thibault. It was demolished and rebuilt brick by brick in Franschhoek. The main building features original items from this building, e.g. door frame, slates from Robben Island, the gates to the premises. All were brought to Franschhoek by the Huguenot Society. Seen and entered July 22, 2017 by Susanna de Bruyn
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14} Added by Bea Wijma 20 June 2016.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Anton Bergh 2 April 2011. Sources:
   • Central Bureau for Genealogy
   • Dutch New Biographical Dictionary.
8. ↑ Philip van der Walt Jun 6, 2017. Source: 1785 (Dan Sleigh) Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town, 2016. ISBN: 9780624073307 p. 9.
9. ↑ The Van Rheede Van Oudtshoorn Burial Vault. Faure St, Cape Town..JPG. [2]. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Burial vault of the van Reede van Oudtshoorn family on the premises of Monte Rosa Old Age Home, 5 Faure Street, Gardens. It is all that remains in Cape Town of Saasveld House, the home of William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudshoorn (1755–1822) which was demolished and rebuilt in Franschhoek where it houses the Huguenot Monument Museum. His father Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn (1714–1773) is not buried in the vault, he was buried at the Groote Kerk in Cape Town.By Dolores Coullie (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Created: 29 September 2012. Seen and entered July 22, 2017 by Susanna de Bruyn
10. ↑ Anton Bergh 3 March 2011. Source: MOOC8/37.51 Will of William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn. See: Orphan Chamber August 12, 1830 lists some of the major heirs of WF VRVO and the amounts inherited and paid out in 1830.
11. ↑ : XVI-6 (XV-4-4)

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Van Rheede van Oudtshoorn-10 created on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar. Record ID Number: MH:I846 : User ID: 2B2F9327-0C43-439A-9C69-970329418FED : UPD 02 DEC 2011 20:41:52 GMT+2

WikiTree profile Van Reede van Oudtshoorn-6 was created by Joanne Hallett on 28 November 2010.

WikiTree profile Van Rheede van Oudtshoorn-15 created on Mar 13, 2013 by Michael Nuttall

WikiTree profile Van Oudtshoorn-35 was created on 15 September 2010 by Anton Bergh