Pieter Swanepoel^[1]

• Name	Pieter Swanepoel
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I8197	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Maria Sibella Sachs,   b. Gusten,
  Marriage	5 Jan 1712  [1]
  Children	1. Rosa Swanepoel,   c. 19 Apr 1721, Stellenbosch, d. 21 Apr 1767, Tulbagh,Cape,South Africa., (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F302712685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Pieter Jansz Swanepoel was an early settler in the Land van Waveren (Tulbagh). He was given permission on 17 September 1709 to graze across the Breede river. In 1715 he took part in a commando to recover cattle from the Khoikhoi. Pieter and Joost Bevernagie followed the Khoikhoi. Pieter was injured in the upper leg and and Lammert Lammerts van Oldenseel was wounded in the stomach and later died of his wounds. Pieter obtained a loan farm in the Land van Waveren in 1716, "Niuwe Münster".

  
  

• 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 Swanepoel (Reliability: 2).