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- Abraham Bastiaansz Pyl, from Zonnemaire in Zeeland (Nederland). Arrived at the Cape in 1670. In 1691 was listed as a burgher in Stellenbosch.
In the muster roll for 1695 they are listed as «i»"Abraham Bastiaan Pijl en Cornelia Cornelis 5 k"
«/i»In the muster roll for 1702, they are«i» "Abram Bastiaansz & Cornelia Cornelisz 6 k.«/i» «i»"
«/i»According to Richard Ball (http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk)«i»
«/i»Cornelia Cornelisse married Abraham Bastiaansz Pyl in 1689 and had 8 children, including my 8xGreat-Grandmother Catharina Pyl born in 1692. They had a farm «i»Moddergat«/i» in the Stellenbosh area and in 1703 a family tragedy occurred.
According to Mansell Upham, quoted by Delia Robertson, on 28 September 1703, Abraham Bastiaansz Pyl was rescued from the Eerste River by the children of the free black Jan van Ceylon, probably a suicide attempt.
Pyl sat before the fire to dry, and was persuaded to spend the night. Later that night the family was awakened to find Pyl lying on the ground with his throat slit by a knife. The landdrost Pieter Robberts and two heemraden Dirk Coetse and Guilliam du Toit were called and found Pyl still alive, although his throat had been cut through. The surgeon Jean Prieur du Plessis was called to dress the wound. Pyl was clearly heard to confirm two or three times that he had slit his own throat. Asked why, he would only say "«i»Mijn vrouw is er de oorsaak van" «/i»(My wife is the cause) He succumbed to his wounds a few days later.
He buried two children in the Stellenbosch churchyard in 1700.
(Malan, Ockert, Verlore Dokumentasie oor die Gemeente Stellenbosh;
in Capensis; 1700 15 Dec - Abram Pijl voor twee kinderen f.12)"
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