Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg

1661 - Abt 1728  (67 years)

• Name	Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg
  Birth	1661
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt Oct 1728
  Person ID	I8213	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Aletta van der Merwe,   c. 30 Mar 1684   d. 30 Sep 1729, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1708  [1]
  Children	1. Cecilia van Rensburg,   c. 21 Apr 1715   2. Hendrik van Rensburg,   c. 12 Sep 1723   3. Johannes van Rensburg,   c. 17 Jul 1709   4. Nicolaas van Rensburg,   c. 3 Mar 1720   5. Sophia van Rensburg,   c. 23 Dec 1725   6. Willem van Rensburg,   c. 21 Nov 1717   d. 21 Jul 1746, "in 't Bokkeveld", (Age ~ 28 years)   7. Elsie van Rensburg,   b. 1712
  Family ID	F302712690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Stamvader: Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, probably from Rynsburg (Nederland). Claas Jansz: van Rensburg was the 'stamvader' of the Van Rensburg's in South Africa and he arrived at the Cape most probably 1708. He was born in 1661. His father's name was most likely Jan or Johannes. His place of origin has not been settled. One theory is that he came from Rijnsburg near Leiden, in the Netherlands those of such an opinion Dr E Rosenthal, Dr WHJ Punt and Dr C Pama. The other theory has him coming from Rendsburg on the border between Germany and Denmark, this theory is supported by Dr J Hoge and HT Colenbrander. Claas and Aletta first lived on the freehold farm «i»Vrymansfontein«/i» (Agter-Paarl), this property was purchased by Aletta's first husband Marthinus van Staden. They then became stock farmers and had a number of loan farms: * The loan farm «i»Hottentotsfontein«/i» at Riebeecks Casteel was their first loan farm. * Claas obtained another loan farm in the Land van Waveren (near Wolseley) on 17 December 1711, he called the farm «i»Rensburg«/i», this farm was their main place of residence * They obtained the loan farm «i»Groote Craal«/i» on 20 February 1717. * They also had the loan farms «i»Zeekoeigat«/i» (north of Wellington) on 7 May 1723, * and «i»Claas Voogts Rivier«/i» (near Robertson) on 5 July 1724. Civil Participation On the 27 May 1709 Claas was appointed to the position of corporal in the Drakenstein infantry commando. On 10 February 1710 Claas was promoted to sergeant of the Drakenstein infantry and he served in this position till 1723. Death of Claas and Aletta Claas died prior to 6 October 1728. Aletta died 30 September 1729 and she was buried in the Drakenstein church cemetery.

  
  

• 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 van Rensburg (Reliability: 2).