Jacob van Deventer
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Jacob Gerritsz van Deventer (abt. 1705 - abt. 1783)

Jacob Gerritsz (Jacob) van Deventer
Born about in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 4 Apr 1735 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Jan 1746 in Tulbaghmap
Husband of — married 3 Mar 1748 in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hopemap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 78 in Swellendam, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Profile last modified | Created 22 Sep 2015
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
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Biography

Name

Jacob Gerritsz van Deventer [1][2]

Birth

Date: Jacob Gerritsz [3] was born about [4] 1705. [1][2]
Place: Cape, [South Africa] [1]

Marriages

x 17 Apr 1735 Dorothea Coetzer, XX 15 Jan 1746 Martha Botha, XXX 13 Maart 1748 Hester van Jaarsveld [1]
Marriage 1
Date: 1735-04-17
Event Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Drakenstein
Groom: Jacob van Deventer [5]
Bride: Dorothea Coetzer [6]
"17 April Jacob Gerritz van Deventer van Cabo, burger aan Drakenstein, J.M. met Dorothea Coetzer van Cabo, J.D.-" [6]
Children from this marriage
Cornelia oud 9 ter andere zijde [5]
Ariaantje oud 7 [5]
Gerrit oud 4 en [5]
Johanna van Deventer oud 3 jaaren [5]
Marriage 2
Date: 1746-01-15
Event Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Tulbagh
Groom: Jacob van Deventer
Bride: Martha Botha [7]
"1746 den 15 Jan: of 13 Febr. Jacob Van Deventer van Cabo de Goede hoop, Wedr. burger in de verafgelegene districten met Martha Botha van Cabo voornt., jonge dogter" Additional notes: alternative dates provided [7]
Marriage 3
Date: 13 March 1748
Date: 1748-03-03
Event Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Drakenstein
Groom: Jacob van Deventer
Bride: Hester van Jaarsveldt [8]
Page 58: "3 Maart Jacob van Deventer van Cabo de Goede Hoop, burger aan Swellendam, Wew. en Hester van Jaarsveldt van Cabo voornoemd Jonge Dogter" [8]

Muster/Tax Rolls

16-18 Mar 1772 (Swellendam) - "Jacob van Deventer de oude" & "Hester van Jaarsveld" with 1 son and 3 daughters [9]
15-17 Mar 1773 (Swellendam) - "Jacob van Deventer d'oúde" & "Hester van Jaarsveld" with 1 son and 2 daughters [10]

Death

Date: Jacob Gerritsz passed away about 1760 [1][4] / in Oct 1783 [11]
Place: Cape, [South Africa] [1] / Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope [11]
"A:o 1783 / Swellendam / Jacobus van Deventer d'oude / Octo:" [11]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 WikiTree profile Van Deventer-63 created through the import of Vermaak Family Site - 05 May 2013.GED by Dina Vermaak on May 5, 2013. Source:
    • Author: Peter Louwrens Title: Louwrens Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacob Gerritsz Van Deventer
  2. 2.0 2.1 WikiTree profile Van Deventer-293 created by Riana Mulder 12 March 2016.
  3. Dr. Geoffrey Dean "The Porphyrias": He was the carrier of the South African Variegate Porphyria mutation (R59W) together with 3 other siblings:
    • Jacob (Jacobus) (Gerrit) Gerritsz van Deventer
    • Johanna Margaretha van Deventer
    • Altijn Aletta Gerritsz van Deventer
    • Jacomijntje Gerritsz van Deventer
    Added by Hendrik Dreyer 14 Aug 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Added by Trevor Harris, Thursday, September 25, 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Source:
    • Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/6.83 [1]. Seen and entered Aug 19, 2019 by Susanna de Bruyn
  6. 6.0 6.1 Source:
    • "Family Search: Probate records. Authors: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970: No Indeks: Seen and Entered Ronel Olivier March 14, 2016.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Source:
    • "The Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGGSA branch. (http://www.eggsa.org/cgi-bin/searchMarriages.pl) Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 1. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. Transcribed by Trysie Joubert, Marelize Keyter, Marie Greyvenstein and Annatje Erasmus as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 664, Cape Archives Repository. Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier March 15, 2016.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Source:
    • "Family Search: Probate records. Authors: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970: No Indeks: Seen and Entered Ronel Olivier March 14, 2016.
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  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Source:




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Van Deventer-293 and Van Deventer-241 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Van_Deventer-241 already existed. Please merge. I'll do the final integration of the bio, thanks!
posted by Philip van der Walt
This LNAB should be edited into a lower case van Deventer (suffix).
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van Deventer-63 and Van Deventer-130 appear to represent the same person because: Same data. Should be merged into van-Deventer-130 with correct spelling of surname "van" with a small letter.

Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 4” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-7969-1491-5, page 16.

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