Jan Andries (Esterhuijse) Esterhuijsen (1788)

Johannes Andries Hendrik (Esterhuijse) Esterhuijsen 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

Birth

• Date: 27 April 1788

Baptism

• Date: 13 July 1788^[1]
• Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop^[1]

• Baptised: 1788, 13 Julij 1788
• Jan Andries
• Father: Andries Mathewis Esterhuijse
• Mother: Maria Jacoba Dirkje Barents
• Witnesses: Eliesabeth Cathrina Barents , Stoffel Esterhuijsen en Hendrik Meijjer en Eliesabeth Esterhuijse
• Additional notes: Gebooren de 27 April^[2]

• Jan Andries ≈ 13.7.1788 ^{[3] [4]}

Marriage

• 1811, Den 6 Octbr:
• Johannis Andries Hendrik Esterhuijzen van Cabo de Goede Hoop, junkman, burger alhier
• met
• Hilletje van Zijl, van Cabo voornoemd, Jongedogter
• Transcriber remarks: Marriage date month only partly visible (in binding) but I am pretty sure it is the 6 Octobr:^[5]

• x Tulbagh 6.10.1811 Hilletje VAN ZYL^{[6] [7]}

Children

• f1 Andreas / Andries Johannes Hendrik ≈ 6 Oct 1814
• f2 Johanna Maria ≈ 30 Jan 1818
• f3 Jan Petrus Nicolaas Hendrik * 3 Nov 1826
• f4 Jacoba Elizabeth * 6 Mar 1829 Clanwilliam
• f5 Pieter Albertus * 1 Mar 1831 Clanwilliam
• f6 Willem Johannes Christoffel * 7 Mar 1837

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptism Register: Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province : South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994
   Catalog: Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, Baptisms 1751-1824
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   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKD-LQ7Q-M (accessed 15 December 2025). by André Laubscher
2. ↑ Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1783-1809, page 40. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/3. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 667. Added by Alta Bekker jan 3, 2018.
3. ↑ 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 Esterhuijzen p221) http://www.eggsa.org/#links_e.htm. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
4. ↑ Source: South African Genealogies, compiled by J.A. Heese, edited by R.T.J. Lombard, GISA, 1986 SA Familieregisters Vol 2 D-G http://www.eggsa.org/#links_e.htm. [1] Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
5. ↑ Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 80, entry no 28. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. Transcribed by Trysie Joubert, Marelize Keyter, Marie Greyvenstein and Annatje Erasmus as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 664, Cape Archives Repository. Added by Alta Bekker jan 3, 2018.
6. ↑ 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 Esterhuijzen p221) http://www.eggsa.org/#links_e.htm. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
7. ↑ Source: South African Genealogies, compiled by J.A. Heese, edited by R.T.J. Lombard, GISA, 1986 SA Familieregisters Vol 2 D-G http://www.eggsa.org/#links_e.htm. [2] Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.