Pieternella (van Meerhoff) Zaaijman (bef. 1663 - abt. 1714)

Born before 16 Sep 1663 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Wife of Daniël Zaaijman — married 30 Oct 1677 in Mauritius

Descendants

Died about 1714 after about age 50 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Name

Petronella ^[1][2][3][4] (Petronelle ^[3]) / Pieternella ^{[5][6][7][8][9]} / Peternella ^[10] van Meerhoff ^[1][6][4] / van Meerhof ^[5][10][8] / Meerhof ^[2][7] / Meerhoff ^[3] Zaaiman ^[1][3] / Zaaijman ^[5]

Birth

Date: Pieternella Meerhof was born 1655 ^[10][6] / about 1660 ^[4] / about 1663 ^[1][7] / about 1664 ^[8] / about 1673. ^[5]

Place: [Cape Town] ^[1][8] [Western Cape] ^[1][8] de Caep de Goede Hoop ^[7] [South Africa] ^[1][8] / Holland ^[2] / Netherlands ^[6] This is highly improbable; place of birth will be validated in the near future!^[11] / Mauritius: "............. Pieternella Bokkelberg, van 't Eijland Mauritius, jonge dogter." ^[12]

Parents

She is the daughter of Pieter van Meerhoff and Eva Krotoa Goringhaicona. ^[4]

Baptism

Date: 16 Nov 1663 ^[6] / 16 Sep 1663^[13]

Place: Netherlands ^[6] This is highly improbable; place of birth will be validated in the near future!^[14] / Cabo de Goede Hoop ^[13]

"On 16 September 1663 (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dom:e Petrus Cassier baptised 12 children, one of 'Netherland Christian' parents, the others were all children of company owned slaves. They were not named but Pieternella Meerhof, Claas Cornellisen van de Caep, Jacomina Thomasz Frost, Jannetje Bort van de Caep, Johanna Bastijans van de Caep, Maria Hansen van de Caep, Annetje Lakers, Maria Been and Jacobùs van As were potentially among those baptised on this day " ^[13]

Events

Van 1669-1677 is Pieternella opgegroeid bij Jan Reyniers. Samen met haar broer Salamon zijn ze in 1677 getransporteerd naar Mauritius (samen met nog een zusje en broer Jacobus volgens Stamouers.com). Meegenomen door vrijburger Bartholomeus Borms en zijn vrouw Theuntje (de voogdouders), met de hoeker 'de Boode' om de armen te ontlasten van 2 onmondige kinderen: Vrijdagh desen 23en Julij 1677 ....Verders door de diaconij en besorgers der arme deser residentie in Rade overgetransporteert sijnde seeker request van den vrijman Bartolomeus Borms en sijn vrouw, aan haer E. vertoont, luijdende aldus van woorde tot woord: Verthonen mits desen aen diakonen en besorgers der armen aen de Caep d' Goede Hoope Bartholomeus Borms nevens sijne huijsvrouw Theuntje ... ^[15] ingesetenen alhier te kennen gevende hoe dat aen hun beijde bij hooger macht passagie verleent zijnde om eerstes daegs met God de voorste per de hoecker de Boode naer Mauritius eijlandt te mogen vervaeren, wel genegen zouden wesen den armen te releveren en t' ontlasten van twee onmondige kinderen van wijlen Sr. Pieter meerhoff zaligen, naemens Pieternella en Salamon ende deselve in haer geselschap en voorsorge naer 't gemelde eijlant mede te nemen..... ^[16]

On 26 March 1669 Kratoa (Pieternella's mother) was banished without trial to Robben Island as punishment for the way she live. Pieternella and her siblings were put into the temporary care of the outgoing Church Deacon Jan Reijniers and his wife in February 1669. They passed the responsibility on to associate Barbara Geems. The three children of Kratoa were formally committed to the care of Jan Reijniers and his wife on 1 March 1669. Krotoa’s children Pieternella van Meerhof and Solamon van Meerhof were shipped off to Mauritius in 1677 as wards of Theuntje Bartholomeus van der Linde and her husband Bartholomeus Borns on the ship ‘De Boode’. Kratoa’s descendents can be traced through four of Petronella’s 8 children, through the Diodata girls in Indonesia, and the Bockelenberg, de Vries and the Zaaiman (Zaayman or Saayman) lines in the Cape. ^[17]

3 October 1686: Mauritius Commander Isaacq Johannes Lamotius informs Cape Commander Simon van der Stel that Cape aborigine Eva Meerhoff born Krotoa's eldest Eurafrican son, Jacobus Meerhoff - eventually sent to Mauritius (October 1685) to join his sister Pieternella - is to be sent back to the Cape following innumerable complaints ("menigvuldige Klagten") by Jacobus Meerhoff's brother-in-law, Daniel Zaijman / Zaayman, concerning Meerhoff's "quaat comportement en wederhoornheijt" & "aangesien hij nergens toe nut en van seer kwaden wandel verlies" ... Jacobus Meerhoff, however, mysteriously dies during the voyage back to the Cape ... Lamotius is commander of Mauritius (1677-1692) during which time his wife & baby daughter perish in a fire. Accused (1692) of despotism, he is finally banished for 6 years to a remote island in the East Indies returning thereafter to Patria via the Cape (1718) .... [Mansell Upham] ^[18]

Hendrik Abraham DE VRIES was born in Amsterdam and served the VOC for a number of years in Mauritius. He returned to the Cape in 1708. He married Maria Zaayman. She was the daugher of Daniel Zaayman and Pieternella van de Kaap. Thus Maria's grandparents were Pieter van Meerhof and Eva, also known as Krotoa, a native Khoikhoi. Van Meerhof was murdered in 1667 at Antogil on an expedition to Madagscar. Eva was banished to Robben Island. Maria's mother was raised in the house of Jan Reyniers from 1669-1677. Eva died 1674. ^[19]

In 1724 he purchased the farm Louwvleit and Questenburg from Jan Valk. After four years he sold these farms to his son Jacob for 10,000 guilders. The family swam cattle out to passing ships shich called for supplies. De Vries was a partner in the cattle business with Henning Huising, and also with Gysbert le Febre. He was also a corporal in the Brugher Militia and a deacon in the church. In 1719 he obtained a liquor license at ronde boschje. He also owned a block of land on the corner of the present Castle and George's streets. Shortly before he died he obtained a freehold grant near Mamre, which he named Vriesfontein onder die Klein Dassenberg. Today it is known just as Dassenberg. ^[19]

She is certainly the mother of the two children, Johannes and Christiaan, baptised 17 February 1709, and I have assumed that she was the mother of the other children named in the inventory drawn up after Daniel's death. In the resolutions of the Council of Policy at the Cape, for the 14th and 23rd July, 1677, it is noted that Bartholomeus Borns and his wife Theuntje propose to relieve the Deacons and Overseers of the Poor at the Cape, of the two minor orphan children of the late Sr. Pieter Meerhof and his wife Eva, a Hottentot, namely Pieternella and Salamon, whom they propose to take with them at the earliest opportunity, to Mauritius, travellling on on the ship 'De Boode', and promising to care for them in all respects and bring them up to a civilised way of life until they shall have reached the time of their marriage or some other approved state. ^[19]

Marriage

Date: After 1677

Place: Mauritius

Pieternella (or Petronella) was to return to the Cape with her husband Daniel Zaaiman after the Dutch East India Company (VOC) abandoned Mauritius. ^[17]

"1712 : 4 7b: (September) Coenraad Hendrik Feijt, van Alwerdissen, jongm: met Pieternella Bokkelberg, van 't Eijland Mauritius, jonge dogter."^[20]

Death

Date: Petronella / Pieternella [van] Meerhoff passed away about / in 1713 ^[1][5][6][7] / 1714. ^[8]

Cause of death: Possible Small pocks ^[17]

Aged 50 ^[17]

Place: Stellenbosch ^[1][17] [Western] ^[1] Cape ^[1][6][8] / [Cape Town], [South Africa] ^[1][6]

Pieternella was born in 1664. She passed away in 1714. ^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} created by Dirk Joseph Pauw, Jul 19, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} WikiTree profile Meerhoff-1 created through the import of Redelinghuys.ged on Jul 21, 2012 by Humphrey Stead (Stead-93). Source:
   • Genealogies of Old South African Families Author: De Villiers, C.C. and Pama, G. Publication: A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, South Africa,1966 Page: Vol III,p. 1157
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} WikiTree profile Meerhoff-4 created by Wynand van der Walt 7 December 2013. Source:
   • Van der Walt, C.M. 2013. Van der Walt genealogie deel 2: van ca. tot hede [CD]. Pretoria.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} WikiTree profile created by Elize Taylor 18 Jan 2019; updated as follows: *[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.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} WikiTree profile Van Meerhof-1 created by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen 2 June 2011. Notes: "Pieternella van Meerhof who was born about 1655 at the Cape - she was the daughter of [[Havgaard-2|Pieter van Meerhof and Eva. Her father Pieter van Meerhof]] was murdered 30 September 1668 at Antogil Bay on an expedition to Madagscar. Her mother Eva was banished to Robben Island. Pieternella was raised in the house of Jan Reyniers from 1669-1677. Her mother Eva died in 1674. after the death of both her parents by Bartholomeus Borns and his wife Theuntje took care of the children. There new family moved to Mauritius in 1677 on the ship Die Bode when Pieternella was 14, with her brother Salomon (12), another sister and a brother Jacobus. Due to misbehavior Daniel Zaaiman asked that Jacobus be sent back to the Cape in 1685, he died on the ship which sailed back to the Cape."
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} WikiTree profile Van Meerhoff-3 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} WikiTree profile Meerhof-1 created by Pieter Meyer, May 20, 2013.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} WikiTree profile Van Meerhof-8 created through the import of Law family tree 2012.ged on Jan 8, 2012 by Charlene Deacon.
9. ↑ Source:
   • Book by Daleen Mathee: Pieternella van die Kaap. (added by Schalk Pienaar on 30 April 2014).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} WikiTree profile Van Meerhof-11 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
11. ↑ Van der Walt-440 02:38, 24 September 2017 (EDT)
12. ↑ Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 28 June 2014), "Cape Town Marriages 1712", marriage entry for Coenraad Hendrik Feijt and Pieternella Bokkelberg citing Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. Seen and added Febr 18, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Source:
    • Baptism - Page 72 H.C.V. Leibbrandt Compiler, (Castle Street, Cape Town: W.A. Richards & Sons, 1901). Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope: Journal, 1662-1670 - Zacharias (Wagenaer) Wagner (1614-1668). See also image of translation on profile.

    This lists the baptism of children and based on known children in the colony one is assumed to be Pieternella. - As read on Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. Page on Dominee (Minister) Petrus Cassier listing baptisms he performed Added by Shaun Wallace on 21 Nov 2021

14. ↑ Van der Walt-440 02:38, 24 September 2017 (EDT)
15. ↑ Volgens G. G. Kloeke was Bartholomeus Borns (die van word met 'n 'n' gespel) getroud met Theuntje Bartholomeuz Elders; in 1663, word sy Theunken Bartholomeus van der Linden genoem. Source:
    • Geni.com Petronella van Meerhof b2 SM Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Sepr 9, 2015.
16. ↑ Sources:
    • Notes: [Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa Reference code: C. 11, pp. 45-50. op http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/].
    • Geni.com Petronella van Meerhof b2 SM Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Sepr 9, 2015.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4} Source:
    • Camissa People, Cape Slavery & Indigene Heritage > Pieternella van die Kaap Seen and added Febr 18, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
18. ↑ Source:
    • First Fifty Years - Project collating Cape of Good Hope records Facebook Community Page: 3 Oct at 6:37 am Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Oct 4, 2015.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2} Jan 8, 2012 by Charlene Deacon. Sources:
    • AE Read, A Research into the History of the Family: Bruijns/ Bruyns/ Bruins/ Broens
    • Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa, C. 11, pp. 38-44, and 45-50, 14th and 23rd July 1677.
    • IGI
20. ↑ Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 28 June 2014), "Cape Town Marriages 1712", marriage entry for Coenraad Hendrik Feijt and Pieternella Bokkelberg ; citing Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. Seen and added Febr 18, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
21. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to André Rudman.

See also:

• FamilySearch Profile LZG1-PD3; Added by Shaun Wallace on 21 Nov '21