Jacob Marais
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Jacob Marais (bef. 1719 - 1787)

Jacob Marais
Born before in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 24 Jun 1742 in Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap [uncertain]
Husband of — married 7 Feb 1780 in Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 67 in Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
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Jacob Marais was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Jacob Marais [1][2][3]

Baptism

Date: 10 Dec 1719[3]
Place: Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoop[1][3]
[3]Dito [Den 10de Dito [Decemb]] jacob, zoon Steven Marais en Maria Eli
sabeth De Villiers, Getuijgen Cloete Marais
en Margarita Gardiol
Note: the original baptism date given here was 3 Dec 1719, as is recorded in de Villiers and Pama[4], but that is incorrect and should be 10 Dec 1719 as can be seen in the image[3].

Marriage I

Date: 24 June 1742[1][5]
Place: Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoop[1][5]
Groom: Jacob[1] / Jacobus Marais[5]
Bride: Maria Elizabeth Boyens[1][5]

Marriage II

Date: 7 February 1780[4][6]
Place: Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoop[6]
Groom: Jacob[1] / Jacobus Marais[5]
Bride: Maria Elisabeth Blom[6] (widow of Jacob Naudé)[4]

Children

According to de Villiers and Pama[4] Jacob had the following children:
Maria Elisabeth ~28.4.1743
Geertruy ~25.4.1745
Stephanus ~2.7.1748
Susanna ~4.10.1750
Catharina Margaretha ~25.2.1753
Jacob ~8.6.1755[7]
Pieter ~22.1.1758
Elisabeth Johanna ~ 1.3.1761

Death

Date: 17 June 1787[2][8]
Place: Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoop[8]

Notes

The estate of Jacob Marais was inventoried at the family farm Le Plessis Marle, where Jacob built the surviving homestead in 1764[9]:
Inventaris van alle sodanige vaste en losse goederen als op den 17 Junij 1787 ab intestato metter doot ontruijmt en nagelaaten sijn door den oud Heemraad Sr. Jacob Marais ten voordeele sijner overgebleevene huijsvrouw Maria Elisabeth Blom en zijne bij wijlen dessels Eerste huijsvrouw Maria Elisabeth Booijens verwekte en nagelatene kinderen en kindskinderen in name
1. Jacob Marais de Jonge
2. Pieter Marais Jacobsz
3. Maria Elisabeth Marais, getrouwd met Jacob de Vielliers Jansz
4. Susanna Marais getrouwd met Willem Adolph Krige
5. Catharina Margaretha Marais getrouwd met Jacob de Villiers Jacobsz
6. de nagelatene Neegen kinderen van Geetruijd Marais getrouwd geweest met Daniel Malan in naame
a: Jacob Stephanus Malan oud 22 Jaaren
b: Lenora Elisabeth oud 20 jaaren
c: David Jacobus oud 18
d: Daniel Gerhardus oud 16
e: Maria Elisabeth oud 14
f: Stephanus Jacobus oud 12
g: Hester Catharina oud 10
h: Jacobus petrus oud 8
i: Pieter oud 3 Jaaren
7. het nagelaaten kind van wijlen Elisabeth Johanna Marais, door haar verwekt bij haare nagelatene man Hermanus Johannes van Brakel in naame Jacob Johannes van Brakel oud 6 Jaaren

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 WikiTree profile Marais-157 created through the import of Redelinghuys.ged on Jul 21, 2012 by {Stead-93} Humphrey Stead. Sources:
    • Malherbe, Juna and Malan, Alet, Genealogy of the De Villiers Family in South Africa, De Villiers Publication Fund, Franschoek. South Africa,1997 Page: Vol I, p. 294
    • de Villiers, C.C. and Pama, G., Genealogies of Old South African Families, Vol II, A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, South Africa, 1966, p526.
  2. 2.0 2.1 WikiTree profile Marais-667 created by Lou Larney, Tuesday, April 22, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Items 4 - 9, Baptisms 1694-1799. Film # 008120997, Image 354 of 753: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-W944-F?i=353&cat=993681. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-03-27.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 de Villiers, C.C. and Pama, G., Genealogies of Old South African Families, Vol I, A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, South Africa, 1966, p526 b1c1d1. See also de Villiers C.C. Oude Kaapsche Familien, part 2, p301: https://archive.org/details/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart2/page/n307/mode/2up
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Baptisms 1838-1856. -- Marriages 1715-1839. Film # 008147762, Image 600 of 763: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-197H-G?i=599&cat=993681. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-03-27.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Baptisms 1838-1856. -- Marriages 1715-1839. Film # 008147762, Image 656 of 763: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-1977-8?i=655&cat=993681. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-03-27.
  7. Baptism of son Jacob:, 1755 Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Baptisms 1694-1799. Page 42-43, https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Van_der_Merwe-3433
  8. 8.0 8.1 Civil registration (deaths), Cape Colony, 1758-1833, Registers 1758-1775 1776-1788 1789-1797 1797-1803 1804-1821 1822-1833, A-D 1822-1833, E-I 1822-1833, J-L. Film # 008117313, Image 266 of 1151: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-99VW-K?i=265. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-03-27.
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