Pieter (van der Westhúijsen) van der Westhuizen (1771)

Pieter (van der 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

• Pieter was born before 1771. He is the son of Gysbert van der Westhuizen and Catharina van Schalkwijk. ^[1]

SAG Nr

• b7c10d1 ^[2]

Birth

• Date: 26 November 1771^[3]

Baptism

• Date: 25 Dec 1771 ^[3]
• Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[3]
  • Name: Pieter van der Westhúijsen (surname difficult to accurately decipher, but spelling based on witnesses with the same surname)^[3]
  • Father: Gijsbert van der Westhúijsen ^[3]
  • Mother: Catharina Helena van Schalkwijk^[3]
  • Witnesses: Hendrik van der Westh[uj]sen, Helena van der Westhúijsen^[3]
    • Additional note: geboren den 26 November^[3]

Marriage

• Marriage 1
• Date: 31 March 1793 ^[4]
• Place: Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[4]
  • Groom: Pieter Van Der Westhúijsen^[4]
  • Bride: Jacoba Christina Baart^[4]

• Marriage 2
• Date: 31 March 1810 ^[5]
• Place: Tulbagh, Cape Colony [South Africa]^[5]
  • Groom: Pieter van der Westhúijsen (weduwenaar)^[5]
  • Bride: Alettha Fransiena Botma^[5]

1808 Slave Revolt of Louis van Mauritius

In 1808, Louis van Mauritius, from Cape Town, and a few companions, organised a slave rebellion^[6], where they gathered slaves from farms in the Swartland, Koeberg, Blaauwberg, Koeberg areas. They also attacked the farm of Pieter van der Westhuysen, where his wife was even raped by one of the rebels.

Sources

1. ↑ Source will be added by Susan (Coetsee) de Bruyn by 13 Oct 2017.
2. ↑ Source :
   • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: South African Family Registers 2018 - Released January 2019, VAN DER WESTHUIZEN / VAN DER WESTHUYZEN,
   Seen & added 23 November 2021 by André Laubscher
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Source :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 712
   Seen & added 23 November 2021 by André Laubscher
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, 1694-1976, Marriages 1717-1869 Image 68
   Seen & added 23 November 2021 by André Laubscher
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Tulbagh, Cape Province, 1743-1972, Marriages 1744-1922 Image 138
   Seen & added 23 November 2021 by André Laubscher
6. ↑ details at 1808 Cape Slave revolt of Louis from Mauritius