Jacob Coetser^[1]

• Name	Jacob Coetser
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I10390	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Cornelia Helm,   c. 17 Sep 1673   d. 1720 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1717  [1]
  Children	1. Dorothea Coetser,   c. 19 Sep 1717, Stellenbosch,   2. Johannes Jacobus Coetser,   c. 24 May 1716, Stellenbosch,
  Family ID	F302713320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Susanna Snyman
  Marriage	1722  [1]
  Children	1. Jacobus Johannes Coetser,   c. 26 Sep 1734   2. Jeremias Coetser,   c. 17 Feb 1732   3. Johanna Jacobs Coetser,   c. 1 May 1740   4. Maria Elisabeth Coetser,   c. 19 Jan 1727   5. Maria Magdalena Coetser,   c. 10 Feb 1724   6. Philippus Jacobus Coetser,   c. 3 Sep 1730   7. Susanna Margaretha Coetser,   c. 11 Mar 1723, Stellenbosch,   8. Wensel Christoffel Coetser,   c. 11 Jul 1728
  Family ID	F302713327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Also known as Coetser or Kutzer, from "Seterij by Weenen", son of Wenzeleslaus Kutzer, arrived in 1709 as a soldier, on board the ship «i»Noordhoek«/i». The ship carried several soldiers in service of the VOC, namely one commander, two corporals, two "«i»Hanspassaten«/i»" (meaning unknown), one drummer, 43 bowmen, and 70 soldiers. The ship left Wielingen on 17 January 1709 and arrived at the Cape on 2 June 1709. He became a Freeburgher in 1714, having already worked for 2 years as a farm servant («i»boerkneg«/i»). For more than 20 years he was a member of the Drakenstein and Stellenbosch «i»Burgerraad«/i» (Council). From 5 May 1733 he was captain of the Stellenbosch and Drakenstein Burger militia. Married: 15 Sep 1717 Cornelia Helms, widow of Ary van Wyk; Remarried: (1722) Susanna Snyman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), Entry for Coetser (Reliability: 3).