Pieter Johannes (van de Westhuijsen) van der Westhuizen (bef. 1715 - abt. 1786)

Pieter Johannes (van de Westhuijsen) van der Westhuizen 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

Name

• Pieter ^[1] (Johannes ^[2][3]) van der Westhuizen ^{[2] [3][4] [5]} / Van Der Westhuyzen ^[1]

Birth

• Date: before 08 December 1715 ^{[4] [5] [1] [6]}
• Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop ^{[4] [1]}

Parents

• Father: Jan van der Westhuijzen ^[6]
• Mother: Gesina Wiegman ^[6]

Baptism

• Date: 08 December 1715 ^[2]
• Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop
• Father: Jan van der Westhuijsen
• Mother: Geesje Wigman
• Witnesses: Matthijs Wigman, Anna Wigman ^[7]
  • 8 Xb:r, Pieter, oud: Jan van de Westhuijsen, en Geesje Wigman, get: Matthijs Wigman, en Anna Wigman ^[8]

Marriage

• Date: 25 November 1742 ^{[9] [6]}
• Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop ^{[9] [6]}
  • Groom: Pieter vande Westhuijse ^[9]
  • Bride: Johanna van Dijk ^{[9] [6]}

Death

• Date: Pieter van der Westhuizen passed away about 1756 ^{[3] [4] [1]}

SAG

• van der Westhuizen
  • b2 Jan ≈ 9.5.1677 x 9.12.1714 Gesina Wiegman ≈ 7.8.1695 d.v. Matthys Wiegmann en Jannetje Hendriks Verschuur xx 25.8.1720 Anna Maria Brons d.v. Jan Albert Brons en Maria Coopmans (sy xx 19.1.1727 Anthonis Visser)
    • c1 Pieter (Johannes) ≈ 8.12.1715 x 25.11.1742 Johanna van Dyk; ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} WikiTree profile Van Der Westhuyzen-10 created by Janet Taylor through the import of De koker Family.ged on Mar 8, 2013
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} WikiTree profile Van Der Westhuizen-81 created on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} WikiTree profile Van Der Westhuizen-270 created by Johan Smit, Wednesday, January 7, 2015
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} WikiTree profile Van der Westhuizen-1495 created] by Phillippus van Staden, 5 December 2019
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} WikiTree profile V.d. Westhuizen-4 created] by Terry Terblanche 5 January 2017
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6}
   • South African Genealogies, Originally compiled by: J.A.Heese R.T.J. Lombard, edited and augmented by GISA (Genealogical Institute of South Africa) Stellenbosch 1999; Added 01 March 2023 Rachel Marais
7. ↑
   • "Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa records," images, FamilySearch Baptism 08 December 1715 Pieter van der Westhuijzen image 9 of 114; Cape Dutch Reformed Church Archives. Image Group Number: 004322620; Seen by Sharon Rabie on 16/10/2025; Correct citation added 23 October 2025 by Rachel Levin
8. ↑
   • 8 Xb:r, Pieter, oud: Jan van de Westhuijsen, en Geesje Wigman, get: Matthijs Wigman, en Anna Wigman eGSSA - The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical record transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 2 Feb 2014), Cape Town Baptisms 1715, Page 6; citing Cape Archives Verbatim Copies VC 605, Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk, baptisms 1713-1742, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/2. 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 and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series). Seen & added 20 Mar 2023 by André Laubscher
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3}
   • Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976 Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818, Marriages 1757-1803 page 221 Seen and entered Febr 11, 2019 by Susanna de Bruyn