Theunis (Cornelis) Botha (bef. 1686 - bef. 1746)

Born before 15 Apr 1686 in Swellendam, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Magdalena (Snijman) Botha — married 15 Dec 1710 in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Marija Catrijna (van Eden) Botha — married 13 Jun 1734 in Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]

Descendants

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Biography

SAG nr.

b1

Name

Theunis Botha ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][2]}

Birth

Date: [about] 1686 ^[3][4][5] / before Apr 15, 1686 ^[1]

Place: Stellenbosh, Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] ^[1] / Swellendam, South Africa ^[4]

Ouers / Parents

Sy ma, Maria Kickers, was getroud met Jan Cornelisz, maar van ten minste 1685 af het sy 'n verhouding met Frederich Botha gehad, met die moontlike goedkeuring van haar man (die datum van die eerste verhouding in 1685, moet verplaas word na Ferdinandus Appel. Tydens hulle egskeiding, in 1700, het sy erken dat Frederich Botha die vader is van agt van haar kinders. Al die kinders het die van Botha aangeneem. Die kinders is: Theuns, Willem, Catrijna, Jacobus, Cornelia, Anna, Maria en Johannes. ^[7]

Dit is onlangs met DNA-toetse bewys dat die oudste seun Theunis, inderdaad die biologiese seun is van Ferdinandus Appel. ^[8]

Father

Friedrich Botha (Both-15) ^[1][8] / Friedrich Both (Both-18) ^[2][8] / Frederik Botha (Botha-913) ^[4][8]

Mother

Maria Botha (Kickers-1) ^[1] / Maria Kickers (Kickers-2) ^[2] / Maria Kickers (Kickers-5) ^[4]

Notes on parentage

Between 11 June 1683 and 1700 Maria Kickers and Jan Cornelisz were legally married, but at the same time, from at least 1687 Frederich Both and Maria were lovers, apparently with the agreement of Jan. During divorce proceedings in 1700 Maria conceded that eight of her children, that is Theunis Botha, Willem Bootha, Catrijna Both, Cornelia Botha, Anna Bota, Maria Botha, Jacobus Botha and Johannes Botha were fathered by Frederich Both(a) with the apparent encouragement (aanleijding) of her spouse, Jan Cornelisz, at the time. All of these offspring subsequently used the surname Both(a). However, in 1689 two women alleged that Theunis, Maria's oldest child, was fathered by Ferdinandùs Appel. This is borne out by modern DNA tests, which have shown that direct patrilineal descendants of Theunis tested positive for the same Y-DNA haplogroup as direct patrilineal descendants of Appel. ^[9][8][10]

Baptism

Date: Op Maandag ^[7], 15 April 1686. ^{[3][7][11][4]}

Place: Stellenbosch ^[4] / [Cape Town], Dutch Reformed Church ^[11] / In die Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, [Kaapstad]. ^[7]

Child: Theunis ^[11]

Father: Jan Cornelis ^[11]

Mother: Maria Kicker{t}s ^[11]

Witness / getuie: Jan Cornelis. ^[7]

1686....Den 15 dito (April)..... Theunis.........Jan Cornelis van Outbeierlant en Maria Kicker{t}s ^[12]

Marriage

Eerste Huwelik:

Date / Datum: Dec 15, 1710 ^[13]

"15 ditto Teúnis Bota en Maria Magdalena Snijman {beide} van Cabo jonge dogter"^[14]

Tweede Huwelik:

Date / Datum: Op Sondag, 13 Junie 1734^[7][15]

Place / plek: In die Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein. ^[7][15]

Groom: Theunis Botha ... heemraad aan Drakensteyn weduwenaar ^[15]

Bride: Maria Catharina van Eeden^[7][15] ... wdúwe wylen Jan Herm^ze Potgieter ^[15]

Events / Algemeen

• Boer op Eendracht Over de Breede Rivier, later op Waaikraal, distrik Drakenstein.
• Heemraad in Drakenstein. ^[7]
• In 1710 the loan farm "Eendracht" was registered in the name of Theunis, eldest son of FB. The farm lay in the southern part of the "Land van Waveren" over the Breede River and beneath the Witsenberg and adjacent to Jan Stevensz Botma. By today's location between the Breede River Station and the Waaihoek Mountains. ^[1]
• In 1712 a younger sister of Theunis, Maria, married Coenraad Scheepers, who farmed immediatily north on the farm "De Liefde". ^[1]
• In 1714 the 64 morgen 482 sq. roods farm became his freehold property and was operated as a cattle farm. ^[1]
• In 1737 "Eendracht" was transferred to Christoffel, the eldest son of Theunis. The former introduced vines as well as a wine cellar on the farm. When Christoffel died in 1764, the farm was sold to Johannes Albertus Myburgh. ^[1]
• Oud Staatspresident P.W. Botha en Generaal Louis Botha is ook direkte afstammelinge van Theunis Botha. ^[1]

Death

Date: 1746 ^[5] / 7 Mar 1765 ^[4] / before 22 July 1746 ^[16]

Place: Drakenstein, Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] ^[1] / Cape Town [South Africa] ^[2] / Drakenstein [South Africa] ^[4] / [Cape Province, South Africa] ^[5]

Will

Theunis Botha and Maria Catharina van Eeden drew up a will at Stellenbosh on 16 July 1735. The will was presented at the Orphan Chamber at the Cape on 22 July 1746 after the death of Theunis. ^[16]

p1:

...in den jaaren na de geboorte onses Heeren en Saligmakers Jesu Christi duisent seven hondert vijf en dertig, op den sesthiende dag der maand Julij...

...Den hemeraad en Cap:tn der burgerij alhier Mons:r Theunis Bota van Cabo de Goede Hoop, en Maria Chatharina van Eeden mede van Cabo geboortig, Egte luijden... ^[16]

p2-3:

...des testateurs vijf voorkinderen met name Christoffel, Margaretha, Jacobus, Maria Elisabeth en Philippus Rudolphus Bota... ^[16]

p4-5:

...de testatrice...hare seven voorkinders met name Hester, Amerence, Johannes, Frederik, Theodorus, Hermanus en Marria Johanna Potgieter... ^[16]

p8:

Verthoont te Weescamer de Cabo de Goede Hoop den 22 Julij 1746. ^[16]

Family

Friedrich Both (later Botha) * Duitsland 4.3.1653 [Both-15] s.v. Michael Both en Susanna Saulus arriveer aan die Kaap vanaf Wangenheim naby Gotha, as soldaat in 1678. Vyf jaar later verkry hy burgerregte en vanaf 1686 is hy bywoner by Jan Cornelist. In 1692 teken hy sy van nog as Both, maar in 1699 teken hy as Botha. In die opgaafrolle kom die spelling Both, Boot en Botha voor. Aan die Kaap het dit soms voorgekom dat ‘n persoon vernoem word na die plek vanwaar hy kom. So was Jan van Eeden eers Jan van Oldenburg, Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg was eers Nicolaas Jansz. Die feit dat Friedrich Both van Gotha kom, kon moontlik daartoe bygeda het dat Friedrich Both van Gotha verander her tot Friedrich Botha. (Sien verder oor die Stamvader: Hoge se Personalia en J.L.M. Franken se Hugenote aan die Kaap, p. 53) x Stellenbosch 21.6.1717 Maria KICKERS, weesmeisie uit Nederland en geskeie vrou van Jan Cornelisz. [Kickers-1]

• b1 Theunis = 15.4.1686 [Cornelis-274] later shown to be the son of [Appel-29] x 15.12.1710 Maria Magdalena SNYMAN [Snijman-64]. Theunis woon vanaf 7.9.17 14 op plaas Eendracht Over de Breede Rivier, later Waaikraal. Theunis was diaken van Drakenstein-gemeente, Heemraad van Stellenbosch, kornet, later ritmeester van Stellenbosch milisie.
  • c1 Theunis = 7.11.1711 [Bota-9]
  • c2 Christoffel = 11.2.1713 [Bota-25] x 13.12.1733 Hester POTGIETER [Potgieter-62]
    • d1 Theunis = 18.7.1734 [Botha-8381] ^[17]

Research Notes

• See rejected match Theunis (Cornelis) Botha (bef.1686-1765) with same marriage data - 13 June 1734 . . . ? Baxter-5479 25 Jul 2022
• Based on the Marriage to Maria Catharina van Eeven on 13 Jun 1734 where it was stated that he was heemraad aen Drak:stein, wewenaer, I believe this profile [Botha-370] is a duplicate of Theunis (Cornelis) Botha (bef.1686-bef.1746). That profile already has the marriage record on it. I will therefore merge this profile [Botha-370] into it. Laubscher-282 01:51, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} WikiTree profiles Botha-306 (date) & Botha-763 (date) through the imports of AJBOTHA.ged on Aug 31, 2011 and on Feb 25, 2012 by Deon Botha.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} WikiTree profile Botha-401 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter. Source:
   • Title: SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES. Vol 1. A-CHeese, J A & R T J Lombard Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council. 1986. pp 698
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} WikiTree profile Botha-853 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} WikiTree profile Botha-912 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} WikiTree profile Botha-994 created through the import of Van der Walt Family Tree.ged on Jan 22, 2013 by Rene van der Walt.
6. ↑ WikiTree profile Botha-1188 created by Anonymous van der Merwe 15 June 2013. Source:
   • Heese and Lombard Registar .
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8} Added by Stefan Steyn 15 July 2014.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Added by Schalk Pienaar 30 Oct 2014 and by Philip van der Walt Jul 13, 2015. Sources:
   • Article "Die Appel wat onder die Botha boom geval het" in Beeld, Aug 16, 2013. Written by Jaco M. Greeff, one of the same authors of ...
   • Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 Sep;7(5):550-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.06.008. Epub 2013 Jul 11. Appel Botha: The abc of a three hundred year old divorce case. (Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Erasmus, J.C. (Johannes Christoff) http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/32007) Source:
   • Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Maria Kickers
   • Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Theunis Botha
   • SOUTH-AFRICA-L Archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/1998-08/0903791345
9. ↑ Source:
   • Robertson, Delia.The First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Willem Bootha. Seen and entered Aug 25, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
10. ↑ (Copied from the profile of Jan "Jan Kiekers, Bombam, Jan Cornelis" Botha formerly Cornelisz aka Boota, Bota, van Oudtbeierlandt on Jan 2, 2021.) Note on last name "Botha": Though Jan Cornelisz was according to records of the time never known as Botha, the name is still included on this profile under "Other Last Names" (AKA). The name is associated with Jan Cornelisz because some semi-recent genealogies held the suspicion that he may also have been known as Botha. This misunderstanding was due to the fact that "his" children, who were in fact not his own biological offspring, by Maria Kickers later all went under the name of Botha or various spelling versions thereof. Comment based on private email correspondence with Ronel Olivier. Entered by Dirk le Roux on Jan 21, 2017.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} Aug 26, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
12. ↑ Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. Source:[Cape Town Baptisms 1686. Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller. page 30. Seen and entered Aug 26, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
    • South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town, church records, Images 1 - 51. Baptisms, memberships, marriages, 1665-1695. Film # 005437032, Image 19 of 63: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ML-49Y4-P?cat=2866837. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-02-04.
13. ↑ 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 30 Dec 2017), "Stellenbosch Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) marriage register 1689 to 1788", marriage entry for Theunis Bota and Maria Magdalena Snijman, 10 Dec 1710 (77 G2 7-1 page 05 1710.12.15 Bota Snijman); Original registers are located in the NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G1 1/1.
    Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Dec 30, 2017.
14. ↑ Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Dec 30, 2017. Needs confirmation.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4} Source:
    • Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Baptisms 1838-1856. -- Marriages 1715-1839. Film # 008147762, Image 590 of 763: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-197N-M?cat=993681.
    • Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Marriages 1717-1869. Film # 008120998, Image 17 of 789: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-7SFW-Y?i=16&cat=993681.
    Added by Riël Smit on 2022-02-04.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5} Source:
    • Will #8 of 1746 - "Testamentregisters (will registers), 1689-1800 ; Index, 1721-1873 ; Inventory, 1689-1916", Dl. 4-8 1734-1752, Image 865-869 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-X9FR-M?i=864&cat=64687)
17. ↑ "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.1 pp. 360-1" Added on 4 Mar 2023 by Ian McArthur