Johannes Swart

Johannes Swart[1]

Male - Bef 1751


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  • Name Johannes Swart 
    Birth Netherlands,,, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1751  [1
    Person ID I8132  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2026 

    Father Johannes Janseun Swart,   b. Hoorn,,,Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaretha Klaas-dogter Coen 
    Family ID F302712669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zacharia Niemann,   c. 25 Jun 1702 
    Marriage 29 Jan 1719  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Catharina Elisabeth Swart,   c. 19 Oct 1727
     2. Cornelia Swart,   c. 4 Feb 1720, Stellenbosch, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750 (Age ~ 29 years)
     3. Diederik Swart,   c. 8 Jan 1741
     4. Gerrit Swart,   c. 30 Jul 1731, Stellenbosch, Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Hendrik Swart,   c. 7 Dec 1738
     6. Jacobus Swart,   c. 1 Aug 1723, Stellenbosch, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1784 and 1790 (Age ~ 60 years)
     7. Johannes Swart,   c. 24 Aug 1721, Stellenbosch, Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Margaretha Swart,   c. 17 Mar 1743
     9. Maria Susanna Swart,   c. 29 Nov 1733
     10. Michiel Hendrik Swart,   c. 14 Oct 1736
     11. Nicolaas Swart,   c. 1 Oct 1724, Stellenbosch, Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Wilhelmina Swart,   c. 6 Nov 1729
    Family ID F302712668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2021 

  • Notes 
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    • In 1730, Johannes was already living at Swartrivier, over the Caledon Mountains

      He is listed in the 1731 report of Governor de la Fonteine with his wife and six children, with the remark "«i»Heeft wat Vee en is Arm«/i»" (Has some cattle and is poor)

      In the Cape Muster roll for 1733 he is listed together with his wife in the Stellenbosch district "«i»Jan Swart & Zacharia Niemand«/i»"


  • Sources 
    1. [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 Swart (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1363] South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, (familysearch.org), Civil registration (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 Jan Swart and Zacharia Niemand (Reliability: 3).