Hendrik Jansen (Nieúwenhúijsen) Niewenhuys (bef. 1760 - 1827)

Hendrik Johannes (Nieúwenhúijsen) Niewenhuys 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

SAG Number

• b3

Name

• Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs^[1]

Birth

• Date: before 4 June 1760^[2] / about 1760^[1]
• Parents: He was the son of Jan Niewenhuys and Susanna Brits^[2]

Baptism

• Date: 4 June 1760^[2]
• Place: [Tulbagh] Land van Waveren, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[2]
  • Name: Hendrik Jansen Nieúwenhúijsen^[2]
  • Father: Jan Jansen Nieúwenhúijsen^[2]
  • Mother: Súsanna Maria Brits^[2]
  • Witnesses: Hans Jacob Brits, Hester van der Heijde^[2]

Marriage

• Marriage 1
  • Groom: Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs
  • Bride: Susanna Magdalena Swanepoel
  • Event Date: 15 Aug 1790
  • Event Place:

• Marriage 2
• Date: 8 August 1819 ^[3]
• Place: Swellendam, Cape Colony [South Africa]^[3]
  • Groom: Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuis^[3] / Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs
  • Bride: Catharina Louisa Swanepoel^[3] / Catharina Elizabeth Swanepoel

Inventory

• • Testator(s): Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs / Cathriena Elisabeth Swanepoel
  • Event date: 8 November 1827
  • Staat en inventaris van alle goederen en effecten, baten en lasten des boedels van Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs en Cathriena Eliesabeth Swanepoel zoo als dezelve door eerstgemelde (overleden op den 11 September 1827 in den ouderdom van 65 jaaren, 2 maanden en 7 dagen) met er dood ontruijmt en nagelaten zijn, en zulks ten voordeele van zijne erfgenamen ab intestato, als ^[4]
    • 1) Hendrik Nuwenhuijs ^[4]
    • 2) Joh:s Nuwenhuijs ^[4]
    • 3) Piet Nuwenhuijs ^[4]
    • 4) Marija Nuwenhuijs ^[4]
    • 5) Martha Nuwenhuijs ^[4]
    • 1) Daniel Joh:s Nuwenhuijs geboren in het jaar 1821 den 6 Maij ^[4]
    • 2) Johanna Willemina Nuwenhuijse is geboren in het jaar 1823 den 30 Maart ^[4]
    • 3) Catarina Eliesabet Nuwenhuijs is gebooren in het jaar 1826 den 24 Januarij ....... ^[4]
  • Aldus geinventariseerd aan Kleijnzwarteberg op den 8 Novb:r 1827, en zulks ingevolge opgaaf van de langsslevende voorn: C:E: Swanepoel dewelke verklaarde met haar weten niets te hebben agtergehouden of verzwegen, en bereid te zijnde, met den behoorlijken boedels eed te versterken..... ^[4].

The name Klein Zwarte Berg was the original name of the later Calvinia in Overberg. The name possibly referred to the small hill at the hot springs that had for a long time attracted people to this location.

Slave Owner

In 1816, the british authorities under Lord Charles Somerset instituted slave registers^[5], per district, to regulate the ownership of slavery and prevent illegal enslavement of "Free blacks" and the Khoi/San.

The Swellendam slave register, Ledger N, Folio 1^[6].

On April 1st 1824, Hendrik Nieuwenhuys moved to the Worcester (Tulbagh) district, and transferred his last slave to the Worcester register, Ledger N, Folio 29^[7].

His 1827 inventory lists as first de Slaavin Christina van de Kaap. The slave Christina had been bought on 7th August 1819^[8], which was a day before his second marriage. So this slave was meant as a help for his new wife. It looks like this last slave was sold, as the register is not recorded to have reverted to his widow.

Death

• Date: 11 September 1827 (overleden op den 11 September 1827 in den ouderdom van 65 jaaren, 2 maanden en 7 dagen)^[4][9]
• Age at death: 65y 2m 7d (as per inventory record)^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} From duplicate WikiTree profile Nieuwenhuijs-28 created by Adriaan Roedolf Swanepoel 11 Jun 2021. Source:
   • family tree
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Baptism Register: Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Tulbagh, Cape Province, 1743-1972, Baptisms 1743-1815
   Image 212 of 779
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSV8-WTRX (accessed 13 October 2025) by André Laubscher
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Marriage Register: Parish registers (baptisms, memberships, marriages), Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Province, 1818-1997, Memberships and marriages - Swellendam [Zwellendam]. -- I. memberships, 1843-1907. -- II. memberships, 1798-1905. -- III. marriages, 1798-1839
   Image 711 of 777
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK6-796L-L (accessed 13 October 2025) by André Laubscher
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/45.107 Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs. Seen and entered Oct 8, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn
5. ↑ Slave Owners and Slaves in South Africa, information and index to find the relevant images at Familysearch.org
6. ↑ Swellendam Slave Register, Ledger N, Folio 1, Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuys Senior, image at Familysearch.org
7. ↑ Worcester Slave Register, Ledger N, Folio 29, Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuys Senior, image at Familysearch.org
8. ↑ Record in the slave register of sale of the slave Christina, image at Familysearch.org
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Inventory: of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuijs and his wife Estate

• See also:

• Geni Tree :  Hendrik Johannes NieuwenhuyzenAdded by AR Swanepoel
• Family Search :  Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuyzen Added by AR Swanepoel