Diederik Niemann^[1]

1697 - Aft 1765  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Diederik Niemann
  Christening	27 Oct 1697  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 16 May 1765
  Person ID	I8169	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Johan(n) Niemann,   b. Abt 1656, Arendsee, d. 1744 (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Margaretha Putter,   c. 1 Dec 1680
  Marriage	25 Jan 1696
  Family ID	F302712682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth Voogd van de Kaap   d. Aft 16 May 1765
  Children	1. Elisabeth Margaretha Niemann   2. Jan Niemann
  Family ID	F302713010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  (KAB 1/STB 18/10.50) Last Will and Testament of DIEDERIK NIEMAN VAN CABO DE GOEDE HOOP "siekelijk te bedde leggen" but of sound mind. Drawn up on 13 day of April 1747 at 8 oçlock in the evening in Stellenbosch. He bequeathed to his eldest son Jan Nieman his riding horse, a brown mare with a "kol" on the forehead, as well as a saddle and other equipment in order that he may use it for his work as a Dragoon. The residue in equal shares to all his children: 1. Jan - about 24 years of age 2. Lysbeth Margriet - 20 years 3. Johanna Catharina - 18 years 4. Claas - 15 years 5. Pieter - 13 years 6. Christina - 12 years 7. Diederik - 9 years 8. Frederik - 5 years 9. Mietjie - 3 years KAB 1/STB 18/14.51) NIEMAN, DIDERIK The Will drawn up in 1747 was cancelled and the following Last Will and Testament, drawn up in Stellenbosch on the 6 day of May 1765, took its place: The Testator, DIEDERIK NIEMAND, was again ill in bed but of sound mind. "....Zoo verklaar der Testateur als nooijt getrouwd geweezen zynde no geene ouders in't leven hebbende aan wien enige geregtelijke makinge beskuldig is, tot zyne enige en universeele erfgename te noemen en te instiuteer gelijk doen by deesen, de Vrije Bastaardinne Elizabeth Voogd, nevens hare seven kinders in name: 1. Jan Nieman 2. Elizabeth Margaretha Nieman getroudt met de Landouwer Cristoffel Beukman 3. Johanna Catharina Nieman getroudt met de Metselaar Philip Petrus Spies 4. Claus Nieman 5. Pieter Nieman 6. Frederik Nieman 7. Maria Nieman. Died: aft 16 May 1765 Marriage: He was apparently not married to the mother of his children whom he refers to as '«i»de vrije bastarden«/i»' (the free bastardess) Elizabeth Voogd PRIVATE

  
  

• 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 Niemann (Reliability: 2).