Born in Cradock, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Hendrik Robbertze
and Hester Maria (van Niekerk) Robbertze
Sister of
Daniel Jacobus Robbertse, Cornelis Johannes Robbertse, Johannes Hendrik Francois Robbertze [half], Anna Elizabeth (Robbertze) Bester [half], Catharina Johanna (Robbertse) Smith [half] and Gert Johannes Wilhelmus Robbertze [half]
Wife of
Isaac Cornelis Potgieter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Izak Cornelis Potgieter, Hester Maria (Potgieter) Engelbrecht, Johannes Hendrik Potgieter, Joseph Hermanus Potgieter, Susanna Jacoba (Potgieter) Steyn, Daniel Jacobus Potgieter, Theodorus Daniel Jacobus Potgieter, Cornelis Johannes Potgieter, Gerhardus Johannes Potgieter, Petrus Hendrik Potgieter, Marthinus Johannes Potgieter and Benjamin Gabriel Potgieter
Died
at age 59
in Caledon, Oranje Vrijstaat
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2019
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Biography
Birth
- 26 September 1825, Rif Plaats, Cradock district, Cape Colony, Hester Maria Robbertse was the daughter of Johannes Hendrik Robbertse and Hester Maria van Niekerk [1]
Baptism
- 20 November 1825 Cradock, Hester Maria daughter of Jan Hendrik Robbertse and Hester Maria van Nieuwkerk, witness: Joseph Robbertse [2]
Marriage
- Isaac Cornelus Potgieter, with whom she had 12 children, listed seperately on the probate record [1]
Children
- Isaac Cornelis [1]
- Hester Maria x Marthinus Engelbrecht [1]
- Johannes Hendrik [1]
- Joseph Hermanus [1]
- Theodorus Daniel Jacobus [1]
- Cornelis Johannes [1]
- Gerhardus Johannes [1]
- Petrus Hendrik [1]
- Marthinus Johannes [1]
- Benjamin Gabriel [1]
- Susanna Jacoba x "Hans" Engelbrecht [1]
- Anna Margarita [1]
Death
- 31 December 1884 Burnets Kop, Caledon River district, Orange Free State, South Africa.[1]
- Noted that a will was left, dated 10 October 1881[1]
Research Note
- Re Father: user tree : [3]:
- Father's baptism : 6 April 1800, Graaff Reinet, Jan Hendrik, s/o Jan Hendrik Robbertse and Hilletje Magdalena de Beer, witnesses cited on image [4]
- Parent's marriage 8 March 1818 Graaff-Reinet, Johannes Hendrik Robbertse and Hester Maria van Nieuwkerk [5]
- Similarity to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robbertze-1 noted
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W9PT-14W2 : 26 June 2019), Hester Maria Robbertse Potgieter, 1884; citing Probate, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004087430.
- ↑ GSSA, Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) Records, Page created and authored by Cornel Viljoen (18 Aug 2018), Cradock Baptisms 1817 - 1826 (G11/5/1) Part 1, Film # 008147790, image 1213 of 1236 (no transcription available) : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-2Q7Y-Z?i=1212&cat=994806
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/MG5B-P14
- ↑ not indexed, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-D9KH-M?i=95 :image 96/776, Graaf-Reinet Baptisms 1792-1805, 66/3/1, roll#106
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDR5?i=92&cat=959223 : no transcription. GSSA, Cape Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) Records, Page created and authored by Cornel Viljoen 18 August 2018. Graaff Reinet Marriages 1806-1829 (66/6/1) Original Registers -Eerw. Kirchener
- Also see user tree : https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KLVW-L25
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester Maria:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Allan Neil Retief 
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jessie (Retief) Schutte :
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Col Webb :
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Izak Stephanus van der Westhuizen :
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