Nicolaas (van de Westhúijsen) van der Westhuizen (1755 - 1835)

Nicolaas (van de Westhúijsen) 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

• Nicolaas van der Westhuijsen ^[1] / Nicolaas van der Westhuizen ^[2][3][4] / Nicolaas van de Westhúijsen ^[5]

Birth

• Date: Nicolaas was born in 24 Dec 1755 ^[3] / before 21 Dec 1755 ^[4] / 4 December 1755^[6][5]
• Place: Swartland, Cape of Good Hope ^[3] / Stellenbosch ^[4]

Parents

• He was the son of Johannes (van de Westhúisen) van der Westhuijzen and Hilletjie (Botes) van der Westhuijzen^[7]

Baptism

• Date: 21 Dec 1755 ^[1]
• Place: Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[5]
  • Name: Nicolaas van der Westhuijsen ^[1] / Nicolaas van de Westhúijsen ^[5]
  • Father: Johannis van der Westhuijsen ^[1] / Johannis van de Westhúijsen^[5]
  • Mother: Hiekke Botes ^[1]
  • Witnesses: Witse Botes en Anna Piterse ^[1]
    • Additional notes: Dit kind sorteert ond de kerk van de Land van Waveren ^[1]

Marriage

• Getroud NGK Kaapstad 13 Okt 1782

• Bruidegom Burger aan Stellenbosch, jongman; Bruid van Cabo voornoemd jonge dogter.^[8]

Occupation

• Cattle Farmer ^[4]

Death

• Date: Nicolaas van der Westhuizen passed away 21 Jan 1835 ^[3] / 12 Jan 1835 ^[4]
• Place: Beaufort West, Cape Colony ^[3] / Fourth Fountain, Newveld, District Beaufort, [South Africa] ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Source:
   • Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 21. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666.
   Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 16 Oct 2017.
2. ↑ WikiTree profile Van der Westhuizen-338 created by Ian McArthur 1 June 2015. Date of birth = 1760 {Guess}. Source:
   • Mossop, Dr E. E., "Lives of the Earlier Krugers - Told in a revised Genealogical Table". Reprinted from SA Archives Year Book 1947, by Cape Times Ltd, Cape Town. {8}
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} WikiTree profile Van der Westhuizen-385 created by Johan Morgenthal 15 October 2015.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} WikiTree profile Van der Westhuizen-1291 was created by Anri Walters 30 November 2018. Sources:
   • About Nicolaas van der Westhuizen, b3c8d1
   • MOOC 6/9/4 644
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Source :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 649, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-F33Z?i=648
   Seen & added 02 June 2020 by André Laubscher
6. ↑ Added 18 October 2015 by Ian McArthur
7. ↑ Added 8 October 2017 by Susanna de Bruyn
8. ↑ Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-SRK3?i=57&cat=993508, Film # 008039065, Image 58, Folio 76 Added by Johan Morgenthal 3 March 2023