Willem van Wijk (abt. 1655 - 1702)

Born about 1655 in Ingen, Nederbetuwe, Wijck bij Duurstede, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherina (Hillebrants) van Wijk — married 5 Aug 1685 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Husband of Catharina (Hermansz) Kervel — married 1696 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1702 at about age 47 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

Notice

[Citing Richard Ball] - "In the early records of inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, the Muster Rolls of Free Persons (Monsterollen van Vrije Luijden), and the Tax Lists (Opgaafrollen) there are 3 Van Wijks featured:

1. Willem van Wijk who first appears as a free settler in 1678 as an apparently single man working in partnership with another free settler. He appears fairly regularly over the years, making his last appearence in 1702. I have prepared a a possible timeline (established from various resources) for him (Willem van Wijk) here.
2. Roelof van Wijk and his wife Trijntje Jans first appear in 1686 in the Cape Town baptismal registers when he and his wife were witnesses at the baptism of the son of Willem van Wijk. Their fist appearance in the muster and opgaaf rolls was in 1688. In the opgaaf rolls of that year they are listed as having one son. They appear regularly over the years. The muster roll of 1692 credits them still with one child, but the Tax roll of the same year list them without any children. They make their last appearance apparently in 1698. See their (Roelof van Wijk) possible timeline (established from various records).
3. Arij van Wijk appears first in the Muster Roll of 1693 with his wife Cornelia (Hellemans) Hellems and 3 children and makes his last appearance in these records in 1712, the year before his death". See his for a possible timeline (established from various records) for Arij van Wijck born Amsterdam c 1668 died Stellenbosch 1713 (Richard Ball).

[...] [it is] suggested that this Arij van Wijk was the son of Roelof van Wijk; that he was the one son listed with Roelof and his wife up to and including 1692; after which Arij appears in the records in 1693 with his newly married wife, Cornelia (Hellemans) Helmes and her three children by her previous husband.

Although I do believe that Arij van Wijk was the son of Roelof and Trijntje, I think that this child, listed with them in the Muster Rolls and the Opgaaf Returns, was probably another child. From 1688 to 1692 Arij van Wijk would have been aged 20 through to 242 - I do not think he would have been listed with his parents as a child at that age.

My guess would be that Willem and Roelof van Wijk were brothers, both sons of an unknown Arij van Wijk, but I have so far come across no hard evidence of this." Source: [http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/notes/VanWijk_intro.htm Ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/notes The first Van Wijks at the Cape of Good Hope: an introduction (Richard Ball) ^[1]

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Name

Willem ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} van Wijk ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

Date: 1650 ^[2] / 1655 ^[3][4][6]

Place: Engen ^[2][3] / Ingen ^[4][6] Nederbetuwe ^[4][6], Wijck Bij Duurstede ^[4] / Wijk bij Duurstede ^[6], Holland ^[3] / Netherlands ^[2][6] / Nederland ^[4]

Migration

Date: 1676 ^[4]

Place: Engen ^[4] Nederland ^[4]

Timeline

On 10th March 1695 was signed the inventory of the property left by the deceased freeburgeress Trijntjen Hillebrants to the benefit of her husband Willem van Wijk and two minor children.

1696 muster rolls: Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Harmans - Drakenstein (no children noted for anyone in this muster)

1698 baptismal register, Stellenbosch ... is gedoopt den 19 Januarij Willem zoon van aerrij van Wyck, de moeder Cornelia hellem, de getuijgen Willem van Wijck en trijntgen jans

1698 muster rolls: Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Hermendr - 3 children - Drakenstein

1700 muster rolls: Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Hermendr - (no children noted).

1700 opgaaf returns: Willem van Wyk - 1 wife - 2 sons 2 daughters Drakenstein - 4000 vines

1702 opgaaf returns: Weduwee Willem van Wyk - 3 sons 2 daughters Drakenstein - 6000 vines

1703 muster rolls: 31 December 1703, ’t district Drakenstein: Trijntje Harmansz, wed:e Willem van Wijck

Marriage

Date: 5 Aug 1685

Place: Cape of Good Hope

Groom: Willem van Wyck

Bride: Catharina Hillebrants ^[8]

Eodem dito (5 Augustus) Willem van Wyck, vryborger, en Catharina Hillebrants. ^[8]

Events

He was one of the two stamvaders of the Van Wijk family who arrived at the Cape in the 17th Century. The other was Arij van Wijk. It seems likely that they were related to one another but how is not yet apparent. ^[2]

Willem van Wijk at the Cape He first appears at the Cape as a Company servant, working in the Company's Garden in 1672. By 1678 he was a free burger, farming around Cape Town, working first in partnership with Gerrit Teunisz: Gerrit Teunisz in compagnie Willem van Wijck ^[8] and then, from 1679:: Willem van Wijk in compie: Hans Erntrout^[8] to 1685, with Hans Erntrout (?Hans Rutger Troost?).:: Aan het fort: Willem van Wijk in Comp:ie Hans Erentruij^[9]

1685 marriage registers, Cape Town: Eodem dito (5 Augustus) Willem van Wyck, vryborger, en Catharina Hillebrants. ^[9]

1688  : Willem van Wijk in compie: Hans Erntrout^[9]

His Farm - He and his family seem first to have lived in Cape Town, but from 1692 at the latest they were farming in Drakenstein. In the estate accounts drawn up after the death of his first wife, their farm was named as Sandwijk, and was situated in Drakenstein. They would seem to have concentrated on wine, with their number of vines rising from 2000 in 1692 to 6000 in 1702. ^[2]

His First Marriage - Trijntje Hillebrands He married firstly Trijntje Hillebrands in 1685 at Cape Town. Occasionally in the Muster Rolls, she is given the surname Wijkens. I don't know if this refersto her own surname or is derived from that of her husband. She died between 1693 and 1695. Her estate accounts were drawn up on 10th March 1695 where she is noted to have left two surviving children. ^[2]

Eodem dito (5 Augustus) Willem van Wyck, vryborger, en Catharina Hillebrants.^[8]

Willem van Wyk - Tryntje Harmens - 2 sons 1 daughter, Drakenstein - 2000 vines ^[8]

His Second Marriage - Trijntje Harmensz: He married secondly Trijntje Harmensz: around 1694, probably in Drakenstein where they lived, since no record of the marriage survives. After Willem van Wijk's death, she married a second time to Jurgen Kervel (sometimes also Kerver) with whom she had several more children. In 1712 the Orphan Chamber called her to account for apparently not paying out their paternal inheritance to the two children of the first wife of Willem van Wijk. ^[2]

Willem van Wijk's Children ^[2]:

By his first wife, Trijntje Hillebrands, we know of three children:

1. b1. Arij, baptised Cape Town 13 April 1686: Arien :30 Eodem dito (15 April) Arien Willem van Wyck en Tryntie Hillebrans Roelof en Tryntie van Wyck]^[8] Around 1711 he married Anthonetta Campher, the widow of Gerrit van der Swaan, and left 9 children when he died in 1731
2. b2. Jannetie, baptised Cape Town 13 June 1688. She would seem to have died before 1695.: 35 Den 13 Junii is een kindt gedoopt en genaamd Jannetie waar van vader is Willem van Wijck de moeder Catarina Wijekers. de getuigen Willem Meijer en Catarina Kien.^[9]
3. b3. Gerrit, date of birth or baptism not known. He married firstly Elisabeth Vivier in 1722 and secondly Maria Provo (Prevost) around 1731. He died around 1737, leaving 8 children.

By his second wife, Trijntje Harmensz: we know of another three children ^[2]:

1. b4. Maria. She married Cornelis Pieters Stapper. No baptism record could be found for Maria van Wijk. She was mentioned in the (Cape Archives, MOOC 5/1, Weesmeesteren: Extracten 1699 enz., p.7) haar 3 minderjarige kinderen Maria, Anna en Willem van Wijk geprocureert bij haar overleedene man Willem van Wijk d'oude [1]
2. b5. Anna. She lived first with Gerrit Willemse and then Isaac Nieuwoudt (or both at the same time?)
3. b6. Willem 31∫ Jύlj Gùillaùme. d'Vader Willem van .... d' Moeder Trijn Arme, de getùygen David Senecal, en Magdalena dù Pùis. He married firstly Johanna Catharina Campher in 1729 and secondly Hendrina Monk around 1746. He died in 1756 leaving 9 children.

Death

Date: Willem van Wijk passed away about 1702 ^[4][5][7] / 31 Mar 1702. ^{[3][2][2][10]}

Place: Drakenstein ^[2], [Kaapstad] ^[4] [South Africa] ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ G2G-feed on this matter (28 Oct 2015). See also the family trees on the Ball-website:

   • See also: Familty tree for Willem van Wijk of Sandwijk, in Drakensteijn {born Ingen} died 1702, (bet 23 January and 31st March)
   • See also: Family tree Roelof Adriaensz van Wijk shoemaker born circa 1640, {Ingen} died before October 1699
   • See also: Family tree for Arie van Wijk farmer of Stellenbosch born circa 1668, Amsterdam died circa 1713, Stellenbosch

2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} WikiTree profile Van Wijk-203 created through the import of Vermaak Family Site - 05 May 2013.GED on May 5, 2013 by Dina Vermaak. Sources:
   • Text: Estate Accounts - Van Wijk, Willem Willemsz:
   • 1756 Estate Accounts - Van Wijk, Willem d'oude,
   • 21 October 1772 Inventory - Campher, Johanna Catharina,
   • 2 may 1746 Inventory - Hillebrands, Trijntjen, en nagelate man Willem van Wijk,
   • 1695 Inventory - Van Wijk, Arij,
   • 1731 Muster rolls of Free Burghers (VC39, vol 1, pp 123, 161, 179)
   • Opgaaf (tax) rolls of Freeman at the Cape and more Research done by Richard Ball, with the help of Andre Kellerman, Helena Liebenberg, Graham Lloyd, Maureen de Villiers and Mansell Upham
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} WikiTree profile Van Wijk-66 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} WikiTree profile Van Wijk-114 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} WikiTree profile Van Wijk-136 created by Lou Larney, Nov 12, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} WikiTree profiles Van Wijk-226 & Van Wijk-225 created by Cornelia Potgieter {De Koker-19} 17 June 2013.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} WikiTree profile Van Wyk-279 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6} Source:
   • ”The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town-marriages-1665-to-1695/88-cape-town-marriages-1685: accessed April 23, 2015) This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 603 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1665-1695, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-1/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series). The marriages cover pages 75 through 91 of this register. Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier April 23,2015
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Source:
   • ”The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/muster-rolls/cape-archives-vc-copies/5-cape-muster-roll-1685: accessed April 23, 2015) This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 603 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1665-1695, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-1/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series). The marriages cover pages 75 through 91 of this register.Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier April 23, 2015.
10. ↑ The baptismal record for Gùillaùme (Willem) in 1703 does not mention the father as deceased. The record is incomplete and the father of Gùillaùme (Willem) is shown as Willem van (sic) Ronel Olivier 24 April 2015.