Johannes Mattheus Wessels (bef. 1792 - 1848)

Born before 19 Feb 1792 in Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Margreta Suzanna (de Bruyn) Wessels — married 6 May 1810 in Stellenbosch, Cape Colony

Husband of Hester Dorothea (Marais) Wessels — married 14 Mar 1824 in Stellenbosch, Cape Colony

Husband of Elisabeth Johanna (Lievenberg) Wessels — married 15 Mar 1841 in Colesberg, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1848 after age 56 in Zevenfontein, Colesberg, Cape Colony

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Biography

SAG Nr

b2c2d1e1f1 ^[1]

Birth

Date: 1792 ^[2]

Place: Swellendam^[3]

Baptism

Date: 19 Feb 1792 ^[4]:

Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa]

Name Johannes Mattheus Wessels

Father's Name: Wessel Wessels

Mother's Name: Geertruyda Johanna Badenhorst

Parents' Residence Place: Stellenbosch

Marriage

Marriage 1

Date: 6 May 1810 ^[5]

Place: Stellenbosch, Cape Colony [South Africa]^[5]

Groom: Johannes Matteus Wessels (Wessels z:)^[5]

Bride: Margaretha Susanna de Bruyn^[5]

Marriage 4

Date & Place: 15 March 1841 - Colesberg, Cape Colony [South Africa] ^[6]

Groom: Jo(h)annes Matteus Wessels (weduwenaar)^[6]

Bride: Elizabeth Johanna Liebenberg (weduwe wylen Skalk W:m Burger) signed Eliesabeth Johanna Liebenbergh^[6]

Death

Date: 4 July 1848^[7][3]

Place: Sevenfontein, Middenveld^[3]

Reference No.: 965[5]^[3]

Name : Johannes Mathys Wessels^[3]

Parents : Wessel Wessels & Gertruyda Badenhorst^[3]

Age at death : 56y^[3]

Marital status : Married to Elisabeth Liebenb[erg] widow Burgers^[3]

Children : ^[3]

Majors

1. Johannes Jacobus
2. Dorothia Maria
3. Gertruyda Johanna
4. Cornelia Isabella
5. Johanna Matheus

Minors

1. Daniel Petrus
2. Wessel Hermanus
3. Barent Petrus
4. Frans Hendrik
5. Hester Dorothea

Research Notes

• His entry in the SAG Registers (see below) does not show a marriage to Elizabeth Johanna Liebenberg. However, his Probate & Marriage records confirm that. It appears she may have been his 4th wife ? ^[1]

b2c2d1e1f1 Johannes Mattheus ≈ Swellendam 19.2.1792, boer “Zevenfontein”, Winterveld, dist. Colesberg † ca. 1848 x Stellenbosch 6.5.1810 Margaretha Susanna DE BRUYN ≈ Graaff-Reinet 11.7.1794 xx George 7.10.1815 Jacoba Johanna MARX (wed.) d.v. Johannes Marx en Hester Helena Smit xxx George 6.3.1824 Hester Dorothea MARAIS (wed. v. Michiel Heyns)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source :
   • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: South African Family Registers 2018 - Released January 2019, WESSELS - SV/PROG Johannes Wessels,
   Seen & added 9 Feb 2022 by André Laubscher
2. ↑ WikiTree profile Wessels-205 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Probate transcription added 9 Feb 2022 by André Laubscher
4. ↑ Source:
   • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLS-D4K  : 4 December 2014), Johannes Mattheus Wessels, 19 Feb 1792, Baptism; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,107. Digital Folder Number: 4322620 :Image Number: 00704
   Added Oct 3, 2016, by Petrus Swart.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK4Z-DLK : 2 April 2020), Johannes Matteus Wessels and Margaretha Susanna De Bruyn, 06 May 1810, Marriage; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,093.
   Added Wessels-1522 15:10, 4 July 2020 (UTC), transcribed 9 Feb 2022 by André Laubscher.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Civil registration (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899, No. 6556-7338 1840-1841, Image 676
   Link provided by Hermanus Johannes Wessels, transcription added 9 Feb 2022 by André Laubscher
7. ↑ His death notice, listing his parents, spouse and children to be found here: "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSDC-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 1 October 2018), 007844937 > image 1134 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by W Schneeberger May 2019.