Jannetje (de Klerck) Becker
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Jannetje (de Klerck) Becker (bef. 1676 - bef. 1757)

Jannetje "Jeanne, Johanna, Jannetjie, Jean" Becker formerly de Klerck aka de Klerck, le Clercq, Gauch, Gauche, Gouws, Bekker, de Klerk, le Klerk, Klerk
Born before in Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlandsmap
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Wife of — married 19 Aug 1691 in de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]map
Wife of — married 17 Nov 1698 (to 7 Mar 1715) in de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]map
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Jannetje (de Klerck) Becker was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

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Biography

Name

Jeanne [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] (Jannetje [1][9][4][8] / Jannetjie [10] / Johanna [1][9][11][6][7] / Jeane [12] / Jean [10]) le Clercq [1][9][2][5] / de Klerk [9][11][6][7][8] / de Clerq [12][3] / le Clerk [10] / le Clerque [7] / Becker [1] / Bekker [4][8] / Gauch [1][10][8] / Gouche [5] / Gous [6][7] / Gouws [6][7] / Gauch(e) [6] / de Maker [8]

Birth

Date: Jannetje de Klerck [13] / Johanna le Clercq was born before 3 May 1676. [9][3][10][7] / 1675. [2][6]
Place: Serooskerke, Netherlands [7] / Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands [3] / France? [2][10]

Christening

Date: 3 May 1676 - Jannetje daughter of Pieter Abrahamse de Klerck {Le_Clercq-23} and Sara Bevers Kachet {Couchet-2} [14][11]
Place: Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland [11][8] (Jeanne le Clercq Christened in Serooskerke (also called Straatkerke) op Walcheren, an island in Zeeland, the Netherlands [1])

Immigration

Place: Middelburg, Nederland [6]
"Na het overlijden (1687) van smid Pieter de Clerck uit Serooskerke (Walcheren), vertrok zijn weduwe Sara Couchet in 1688 met haar kinderen Abraham (16-jaar), Jannetje (11 jaar) en Joos (9 jaar) met het VOC-schip Oosterlandt naar de Kaapkolonie. Zoon Abraham samen met zijn 14-jarige broertje Berent, ging als matrozen, terwijl zijn moeder, Sara Couchet, zijn zusje Jannetje en broertje Joos op dit schip mee gingen als passagiers. Abraham en zijn familie vestigden zich op de Kaap." Zoon Abraham, die op dit schip aanmonsterde als matroos." [15]

Events

In 1688, Jeanne le Clercq arrived at the Cape from Serooskerke, Zeeland. On 26 February 1698 at his homestead, most likely in the Drakenstein district, André Gauch was murdered. He was struck three mortal blows to the head. The perpetrator was never officially identified or brought to book, but circumstantial evidence suggests that Pieter Becker may have been the perpetrator, possibly with the knowledge of Jeanne le Clercq the wife of the deceased and whom he married, apparently within months. [2]

Family

Father: Pieter le Clercq {Le_Clercq-12} - de Klerk, Died before 1688
Mother Sara Cochet {Couchet-2}
Children of Pieter and Sara:
Joost (Joos) de Clercq * c 1679
Jeanne (Jannetje) de Clercq * c 1677
Berent * c 1674
Abraham le Clercq, Born 7 May 1670 [16], arrived 1688 on the Oosterlandt, married Magdalena Mouton, 12.05.1709 Stellenbosch (Source: South Africa Genealogies J A Heese-R T J Lombard) [15]

Marriage

Date: 07.1691 [6]
Place: [Kaapstad], [Suid-Afrika] [6]
Wife: Johanna/Jeanne Gous/Gouws/ Gauch(e) [6]
Den 19 Augusti 1691 sijn ini den huijwelijken staedt aen Stellenbosch vereenigt Andre Goosche uijt Lan- gedok weduenaer ende borger alhier, met Joanna de Klerk van Zeelandt jonge dogter. [17]

Property

Morgansvlei Estate, In 1700 the first settlers came to "The Land of Waveren" which was renamed Tulbagh in 1806. Straatskerk, now known as Morgansvlei Estate, was leased to Jannetjie de Clerq in 1710 by Simon van der Stel, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope as one of the five original farms in Waveren. [18]

Death

Date: Johanna le Clercq passed away before 1757 [9] / 8 Aug 1757 [9][19] / 3 Feb 1767 [11][7] / 1748 [10][8]
Place: Kaapkolonie [11] / [Cape Town], [South Africa] [3][8] / Cape [Province] [10]

Will

Death reference at Weesheer KAB MOOC 13.1.4.2. She died before 08.08.1757 and her liquidation and distribution account is filed at the Orphans Chamber on 8 August 1757 in Cape Town (KAB MOOC 13.1.4.2). The following children are listed in the will / account:
  1. Die kinders van Pieter Gausch - elkeen ontvang 49 Riksdaalders 42.
    *Johanna Gausch getroud met die landbouer Matthys Strydom
    *Dorothea Gausch
    *Pieter Gausch
    *Sara Gausch- getroud met Christiaan Gobrechts
  2. Die kinders van wyle Andries Gausch - elkeen ontvang 28 Riksdaalders 24.
    *Pieter Gausch
    *Andries Gausch
    *Johanna Gausch getroud met Wessel Pretorius
    *Sara Gausch getroud met Claas de Bruijn
    *Stephanus Gausch
    *Helena Gausch
    *Hester Gausch
  3. Andries Gobrechts, die seun van wyle Sara Gausch, wie getroud was met Christiaan Gobrechts - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  4. Hester Becker getroud met Alewyn Smit - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  5. Helena Becker getroud met Jacobus de Wet - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  6. Stephanus Becker - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  7. Dorothea Becker geskei van Gerrit Oosthuizen - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  8. Marthinus Becker - 199 Riksdaalders 22.
  9. Ook Johanna de Maaken, dogter van Johanna de Clercq, getroud met Hercules du Pres - 199 Riksdaalders 22. [20][21]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 WikiTree profile Le Clercq-8 created by Pieter Bekker, 2 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WikiTree profile Le Clercq-11 created by Pieter Meyer April 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WikiTree profile De Clerq-4 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 WikiTree profile De Clerq-8 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 WikiTree profile Le Clercq-22 created by Wendy Hugo on 22 Nov, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 WikiTree profile De Klerk-75 created through the import of f92435_505468x3f1i961v209i435 (1).ged by Paul du Toit on Jul 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 WikiTree profile Le Clerque-1 created through the import of Gouws Familie.ged on Jan 19, 2013 by Pieter Gerhardus Gouws.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 WikiTree profile Le Clercq-57 created by Dorianne 'VP' Fick, 10 October 2016.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 WikiTree profile Le Clercq-28 created by Cornelius Naudé, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 WikiTree profile Le Clerk-3 created by Anthony Gouws Apr 22, 2014. Source
    • Huguenot Musuem
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 WikiTree profiles profile De Clerq-7 & De Klerk-19 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 WikiTree profile De Clerq-1 was created created on 15 September 2010 through the import of Bergh_2010-09-14.ged by Anton Bergh.
  13. ↑ See this G2G feed d.d 18/19 Jul 2015 as well as the G2G feed on the LNAB of Sara Couchet d.d. 18/19 Jul 2015. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jul 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ Source:
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sources:
    • South Africa Genealogies J A Heese-R T J Lombard
    • http://www.zeeuwsarchief.nl/zoeken/?q=sara+couchet&tab=site
    • Nationaal Archief, VOC 1602-1811, inv.nr 12234
    • Monsterboek van het VOC-schip Oosterland van de Kamer Zeeland van de VOC, met de inschrijving van Abraham Pietersen de Clercq uit Serooskerke (W)
    • Gezicht op Kaap de Goede Hoop aan de kust van Zuid-Afrika, 1775.
    • Zeeuws Archief, Historisch-topografische atlas Middelburg, inv.nr 357.
    • Lidmatenboek van de Hervormde kerk te Serooskerke (W), met de uitschrijving van Sara Couchet die met haar kinderen “nae de Kaep” vertrok, 1688.
    • Zeeuws Archief, archief Hervormde Gemeente te Serooskerke, inv.nr 30
    Added by Alta Bekker, Thursday, February 13, 2014 ; 1 June 2015.
  16. ↑ See this G2G feed d.d 18/19 Jul 2015 as well as the G2G feed on the LNAB of Sara Couchet d.d. 18/19 Jul 2015. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jul 19, 2015. It was his sibling brother of the same name, born one year later that came to the Cape.
  17. ↑ 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 2 Aug 2015) for the marriage entry of Andre Goosche and Joanna de Klerk published in "Cape Town Marriages 1691". The source for the transcripts were: "Cape Archives Verbatim Copies VC 603 (photocopies of the original registers) Cape Town Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk - marriage register 1691. Original registers are located in the NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G1 1/1".
    Added by Alta Bekker Aug 14, 2015.
  18. ↑ Source:
    • "Morgansvlei, restored and operated by the Morgan Family, is now a working estate making it possible to embrace the farm atmosphere by taking leisurely strolls through the vineyards and orchards". (Google search: Morgansvlei Country Estate.
    Seen and entered June 7, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn with permission of the estate office 7 June 2016 -via telephone.
  19. ↑ Could be a typo - 1757. Philip van der Walt June 17, 2015.
  20. ↑ Entered by Pieter Bekker, Dec 1, 2012.
  21. ↑ Source:
    • Inventories of the Orphan Chamber of the Cape of Good Hope by the TEPC team of transcribers and editors - this series is now complete and contain 75 volumes, 1673-1834. It now also contains the first 5 volumes of the Venudrollen (auction records), the series MOOC 10, dating from 1691 to 1748. [1].
    Added by Alta Bekker Aug 14, 2015.




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Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Hi Tom

You comment can now be proved or disprove with DNA test We are so fortunate to have DNA today.

In 1715, when he returned from Robben Island, Pieter Bekker challenged his wife, Jannetie Clerq before the Council of Justice, accusing her of being in an adulterous relationship with the corporal of the Land of Waveren in his absence (although he had intimate visits from her on the island) and that she had a child by him.

Something strange; in 1732 he and Jannetjie was wittiness to the baptismal of Johan Christophel van den Berg, in Drakenstein. ( The First Fifty YearsProject)

posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Dirk Toms
In the discourse on her husband https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Becker-1317 it seems he was incarcerated on Robbin Island from May 1710 (for 5 years). It is thus very likely that https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bekker-39 was, similar to her last child, illegitimate.
posted by Dirk Toms
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Error database says:

Warning: Check the dates.

  1. A birth date should not be more than 115 years before or after a spouse's birth date.
  2. A death date should not be before a spouse's birth date.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Le Clercq-57 and De Klerck-8 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Bekker-59 Pieter Bekker
Dear Evan,

According to Delia A. Robertson's update of 20/07/2014 on the First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records, Johanna de Maker was baptised as the daughter of Jannetje de Clerq on 30 September 1714 in the NGK in Drakenstein, witnessed by Jacob Mouton. She married Lodewyk Swart on 31 March 1736 and, later, Hercules des Pree on 1 October 1740. [All the sources can be traced on this website.) Here, on Wikitree, you'll see that Johanna is listed as the last of the beneficiaries under Jannettje's will, where she is named as Johanna de Maaken, daughter of Johanna de Clerq. There appears to be no record of a marriage between Mattheus de Maker and Jannetje de Clerq (see Stamboom van Pieter Becker, pp.11-12, www.gennza.org.za/Bekker Families).

posted by Pieter Bekker
Chapman-5484 Evan (Chapman) Snyman
Hi there - long time no see/type?!!

I have a MyHaritage match that want to allocate a third husband, Mattheus de Maker to Jannetje de Klerk, from which Johanna du Preez (de_maker-5) is born - a direct ancestor of my wife. Any advice?

posted by Evan (Chapman) Snyman
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
De Klerk-75 and Le Clercq-8 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate

Correct LNAB is Le Clercq-8 Thanks R

posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Le Clerque-1 and Le Clercq-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (name, spouse, child) Le-Clercq-8 is the target profile allthough Le Clerque-1 would seem to have been the more correct French spelling of the name.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Le Clerk-3 and Le Clercq-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same data Le_Clercq-8 has the correct spelling of the LNAB (lower case 'l' etc.)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Le Clercq-22 and Le Clercq-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, same data. See comment box. See: Le Clercq-8. See her will. Please merge!
posted by Philip van der Walt

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