Martha Elizabeth (Bota) Swanepoel (bef. 1726 - abt. 1779)

Born before 15 Dec 1726 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Wife of Pieter (Swanenpoel) Swanepoel — married 11 Feb 1742 in Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died about 1779 after about age 52 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Birth

Date: Martha Elizabeth Botha ^[1][2] was born before 15 December 1726 in de Caep de Goede Hoop. ^[3]

Parents

Father: Willem Bootha b. 2 Nov 1687, d. b 4 Jan 1728 ^[3]

Mother: Catrina Pijl b. 16 Nov 1692 ^[3]

Baptism

Date: Oct 15, 1726 ^{[4] [3][5]}

Place: [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[6]

Martha Elisabeth,

d' vader Willem Bota, d' moeder Catharina Pyl,

getu: des kinds ouders;

15e Xb:r. ^[5]

Marriage

NGK Drakenstein Marriages 1717-1740 NGK Drakenstein Marriages 1717-1749

She married Pieter Swanepoel, son of Pieter Jansz Swanepoel and Maria Sibilla Sachs, on 11 February 1742 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop. The marriage was performed by Ds. Salomon van Echten. ^[3][4]

Family

Pieter Swanepoel b. b 10 Jul 1718 ^[3]

Child

Jan Andries Swanepoel b. b 17 Dec 1747 ^[3]

Death

Date: Martha Botha She passed away about 1779. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ WikiTree profile Botha-235 created through the import of AJBOTHA.ged on Aug 31, 2011 by Deon Botha.
2. ↑ WikiTree profile Botha-686 created through the import of AJBOTHA.ged on Feb 25, 2012 by Deon Botha.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Martha Elizabeth Botha. Added by Schalk Pienaar-305 on, 5 October 2014 (EDT)]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C. de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C. Pama, A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers Vol 1 Botha p. 90. Added by Alta Bekker May 3, 2016.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 25 Dec, 2017), "Cape Town Baptisms 1713-1742 (1726)" (Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller. Posted in Cape Town Baptisms 1665-1695), baptism entry for Martha Elisabeth Bota, (page 36); Source: This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 605 - Cape Town baptisms 1713-1742, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/2. 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 baptisms cover pages 1 through 191 of this register. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Dec 25, 2017.
6. ↑ Source :
   • Baptism Register - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WPQ?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-82S%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49608601 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1713-1741 > image 22 of 109; State Archives, Cape Province.
   Seen & added by André Laubscher 7 July 2021
7. ↑ A source for this information is needed.