Rutgert
Menssink
Born about in Deventer, Overijssel, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Gerbregt (Berdenis) Menssink
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Willem (Mentzing) Menssink
Died about
at about age 45
in de Caep de Goede Hoop
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Biography
Name
- Gerbrecht Mentzing / Menssink [1]
Birth
- Date: Rutgert was born about 1655. [2]
Arrival at the Cape
- "Menssink had arrived at the Cape at about the same time as Trijntje [of Madagascar]. In 1694 the Heren XVII (the rulers of the Dutch East India Company, of VOC) decided to improve the quality of beer at the Cape by sending out an experienced brewer. Their choice fell on Rutgert Menssink of Deventer, a Dutch Town on the IJssel renowned for its malt beer. Rutgert, his wife Gerbregt Berdenis, and their son Willem, were thus shipped to the Cape at the Company's expense, arriving on the 'Dregterland' in 1695. Willem was 30 years old at the time and, as yet, unmarried. His father was given 'Papenboom', a handsome property of some thirty morgen about one and a half hours' journey from the Castle, between Rondebosch and the Company's gardens at Newlands. It was plentifully supplied with water, both from the Liesbeeck River and the streams that flowed from Table Mountain". (Penn, pp.10-11) [1]
Death
- Date: Rutgert passed away between Apr and Aug 1700 (Penn, p. 15) [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WikiTree profile Menssink-1 created by Philip van der Walt 23 March 2019. Mentioned in Chapter 1 The Fatal Passion of Brewer Menssink - Sex, beer and politics in a Cape Family, 1694-1722 in …
- Penn, Nigel, Rogues, Rebels and Runaways. Eighteenth-Century Cape Characters. Kaapstad 1999.
- ↑ Source will be added by Philip van der Walt by 24 Mar 2019.
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