Joannis Smit (bef. 1683 - 1714)

Born before 10 Jan 1683 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Eva (Zaaijman) Smit — married 20 Sep 1711 in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop,

Died 19 Jul 1714 after age 31 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Birth

Johannes Smit was born about 1683.^[1][2]

Place: Delft, Netherlands^{[2] [3]}

Baptism

Child: Joannis Smit ^[4]

Baptism on January 10, 1683 ^[2] in Delft (Netherlands) ^[4]

Father: Jan Smit ^[4]

Mother: Adriana Tols ^[4]

Witnesses: Adriaan van der Piet, Elijsabet Tols, Wilmpie Pinerdas ^[4]

Place: Nieuwe Kerk, Delft^[2]

Marriage

1711 .. 20 ditto {7br} Johannis Smit van Delft, jongm met Eva Saijman wedu Hebst Janz vander Meyer ^[3]

Groom: Johannis Smit

Bride: Eva Saijman

Date: 20 September 1711

Stellenbosch, Dutch Cape Colony

Death

Date: ABT 1714^[2]

Johannes Smit passed away in 1714.^[1]

Will

Reference no.: MOOC8/3.54

Testator(s):

Jan Smit

Eva Zaijman

24 Februarij 1714

Memorie van alle soodanige goederen als er nagelaten zijn bij Jan Smit en desselfs huijsvr:w Eva Zaijman. ^[5]

Notes

Jan/Johannes Smit first appears in the monsterollen on his own in 1704, then appears each year after that, often listed next to Christoffel and Jacobus Smit, until 1711 when he appears living with Eva Zaijmans, but neither of this couple appear again after this year.

He appears to have died in July 1714 according to his deceased estate distribution account (the bill for the coffin is dated on the 19th July, 1714); it would seem that his wife, Eva Zaaiman was also dead. But this inventory may, of course, have referred to deaths during the smallpox epiedemic of 1713.

According to the inventory drawn up at that time he possessed very little, and what he had, tables, chairs, pots, teapot, etc. were lodged with six different people: Overholster, Cornelis van Dalen, Kreloff Jonasz:, Andries Cuijper (nine oxen and a horse), Mathijs de Beer and Hendrik de Vries.

Although there is nothing conclusive here, the inclusion of Andries Cuijper, who would have been his stepfather, and Matthijs de Beer, who would have been his brother-in-law, seems to me to make him a good candidate for the son of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Entered by Dirk Joseph Pauw,, Jul 19, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Jun 1, 2011 by Esmé van der Westhuizen.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. Stellenbosch Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) marriage register 1689 to 1788. page 6. Seen and entered March 20, 2018 by Susanna de Bruyn
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Source citation, Archive Delft (Netherlands), Archive Delft, Church records baptisms, Collectie Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafboeken van Delft [open data, versie 20170921], Delft, archive 14, inventory number 00059, Doopboeken Nieuwe Kerk, 1683 - 1710, folio 1v [1] Seen and entered March 20, 2018 by Susanna de Bruyn
5. ↑ Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/3.54. Jan Smit. Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 15 Nov, 2018.

• WikiTree profile Smit-55 created through the import of Pieterse Rev1.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by Esmé van der Westhuizen.
• Dirk Joseph Pauw,, Jul 19, 2012.
• [Khoi Stammoeders afsameling ] Geskep deur Elize Taylor Thanks to family registers on GENZA: MATRIARGALE GENEALOGIEE VAN KHOI-STAMMOEDERS. Sien ook CAPENSIS" 2/2014 pp. 8-11. Met erkenning aan Ockert Malan: Eva Krotoa GORINGHAICONA en Pieter van MEERHOFF added by Elize Taylor 20 Jun 2019.