Arij van Wyk^[1]

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• Name	Arij van Wyk
  Gender	Male
  Death	1713	Stellenbosch,   [2]
  Person ID	I10417	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020 | Edit

  
  

  Family	Cornelia Helm,   c. 17 Sep 1673   d. 1720 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1693  [2]
  Children	1. Aletta van Wyk,   c. 15 Jul 1696   2. Catarina van Wyk,   c. 20 Jul 1710   3. Gerrit van Wyk,   c. 14 Dec 1707   d. Abt 1708 (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Hester van Wyk,   c. 3 Oct 1712   5. Roelof van Wyk,   c. 5 Sep 1694   d. Jul 1746 (Age ~ 51 years)   6. Sara van Wyk,   c. 29 Nov 1699   7. Willem van Wyk,   c. 19 Jan 1698   d. Abt 1771 (Age ~ 72 years)   8. Maria van Wyk,   b. Abt 1704   9. Adrianus van Wyk,   b. Abt 1705   d. Bef 1705
  Family ID	F302713329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Notes

  «b»Arij van Wijk«/b» was one of the two stamvaders of the Van Wijk family who arrived at the Cape in the 17th Century. The other was «b»Willem van Wijk«/b». It seems likely that they were related to one another but how is not yet apparent. The earliest mention of Arij at the Cape is from 1693 to 1695 when he and his wife, Cornelia Helmes, are found living in the Cape Town area on a farm which carried 4000 vines. By 1696 they had moved to Stellenbosch where they lived for the rest of his life. By 1700 they had 10,000 vines. «b»His Origins and Parentage«/b» In his will dated 29th April 1713, he stated that he was 45 years old and that he had been born in Amsterdam. According to the indexes in the Amsterdam Archives, there were two Adrian van Wijks baptised at this period, but the following would seem to be his baptism: Adrian, baptised Nieuwe Kerk 18 January 1668 parents: Roelof Adriaensz van Wijk and Trijntje Jans witnesses: Hendrik Coenraetsz van der Meijde and Aaltje Adriaens van Wijk since Roelof van Wijk and Trijntje Jans had been living at the Cape since at least 1686. Presumably he had come to the Cape with his parents. «b»Death of Arij van Wijk«/b» In his will, dated 13th April 1713, he is desribed as 'sick, confined to bed'. One can speculate that in this year of Smallpox epidemic that this is what he was suffering from - certainly he died in the same year and was buried at Stellenbosch. (The above information came from Richard Ball's research found on www.stamouers.com)

  
  

• 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 Helm (Reliability: 3). [S61] South Africas Stamouers, (http://www.stamouers.com/).