Pieter (Búijs) de Buys (bef. 1741)

Pieter (Búijs) de Buys was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony. Join: Cape of Good Hope - Kaap de Goede Hoop (1652-1806) Project Discuss: dutch_cape_colony

Biography

Name

• Pieter Petrus Buys ^[1] / Johannes Petrus de Buys ^[2] / Pieter du Buijs^[3]

Birth

• Date: before 20 August 1741. ^{[1] [2]}
• Place: Swellendam ^[1], [Cape Colony], [South Africa] ^[1]

Baptism

• Date: 20 Aug 1741. ^{[2] [4] [5]}
  • Pieter
  • Baptised: 1741, do. ( [20] Augst. )
  • Father: Jan Buijs
  • Mother: Elsje Hofman
  • Witnesses: Pieter Malerbe en Elizabeth Cillie ^[6]
  • "1741 20 Augs Pieter De vader Jan Bùijs De Moeder Elsje Hofman De getùijgen Pieter Malerbe en Elizabeth Cillie" ^[4]

Marriage

• de Facto Marriage
• Date: Before 17 June 1792 ^{[7] [8]}
• Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop ^{[7] [8]}
  • Groom: Pieter de Beus ^{[7] [8]}
  • Bride: Maria Elisabeth Olofse ^{[7] [8]}

SAG

• Buys
• b3 Jean * 9.10.1709 x 8.10.1730 Louisa Hoffman d.v. Johannes Hoffman en Maria Louisa v.d.K. = 16.12.1710
  • c5 Pieter = 20.3.1741 lidmaat te George 18.10.1815. In 1790 is hy ‘n ryk boer in Graaff-Reinet. Sy kinders is bejaard gedoop
    • d1 Jacobus = Tulbagh 6.2.1814 (moeder: Elizabeth v.d.K.)
    • d2 Cornelis = Swartland 21.6.1817
    • d3 Christina Martha Johanna, vrou van C.J. Faber. Sien Slagtersnek en sy mense. (sy xx Graaff-Reinet 25.1.1818 Jan Lodewyk Booysen)
    • d4 Maria Magdalena * 1784 = Swartland Okt. 1815 (moeder: Maria van Staden v.d.K.) x C. Koopman
    • d5 Frederik * 1790 = Swartland 13.5.1815
    • d6 Elizabeth Cornelia = Kaapstad 17.6.1792 (moeder: Maria Elizabeth Oelofse) ^[9]

• Oelofse
• b9c4d2 Maria Elisabeth = 7.11.1773 + as wed. 1840 (moeder v. buite-egtelike Elisabeth Cornelia = Kaapstad 17.6.1792) x c.1791 Pieter du Buis = 20.8.1741 word NGK-lidmaat, George 1790 en welgestelde boer v. Graaff-Reinet s.v. Jean Du Buis en Elsje Hoffman(n) xx Kaapstad 4.12.1803 Johannes Frederik Rykus Bezuidenhout = 19.2.1775 s.v. Wynand Frederik Bezuidenhout en Johanna Constantia Deysel ^[7]

Research Notes

• GISA records indicate that Pieter was not legally married, had various "wives" and lived in the George area. In 1790 he was a fairly well-off farmer. Pieter was listed as a member of the Church at George 18/10/1815. His children were all baptised much later in life. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} WikiTree profile Buys-1323 created by Ryan Perkins 12 March 2024. FamilySearch Person Profile G97T-PNX (Now merged into FamilySearch Person Profile G66P-ZX7 > Baptism)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} WikiTree profile De_Buys-51 created by Tony De Buys, 27 August 2019. Source: GISA records indicate that Pieter was not legally married, had various "wives" and lived in the George area. In 1790 he was a fairly well-off farmer. Pieter was listed as a member of the Church at George 18/10/1815. His children were all baptised much later in life.
3. ↑ From WikiTree profile Du_Buijs-3 created by Schalk Wilhelm Pienaar 7 Nov 2015. Source: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5233.htm
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa records," images, FamilySearch Baptism 20 August 1741 Pieter Buijs image 66 of 78; Cape Dutch Reformed Church Archives. image 66 of 78; Cape Dutch Reformed Church Archives. Note: Please note year is wrongly recorded in register, Most were corrected to 1740 and 1741 instead of 1790 and 1791. Added and transcribed by Philip van der Walt Nov 9, 2024.
5. ↑ Correct source citation added 31 December 2024 Rachel Levin
6. ↑ Source: The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 31 Aug 2018), Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Drakenstein, Baptism register, 1694-1745, page 159. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 3/1. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda (1702-1716) and Corney Keller (1733-1745), from photocopies of Cape Archives VC 644 Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 6 Nov, 2018
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4}
   • South African Genealogies Compiled, augmented and edited by GISA from the original notes of J.A. Heese and other contributors; Added 09 February 2026 Rachel Levin
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3}
   • "Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa records," images, FamilySearch Baptism 17 June 1792 (Daughter) Elisabeth Cornelia de Beus image 175 of 204; Cape Dutch Reformed Church Archives. Image Group Number: 004322620; Added January 2026 Rachel Levin
9. ↑ Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. South African Genealogies 1 Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.1 pp. 522-5. Added on 8 Nov 2024 by Ian McArthur