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- PRIVATE
- Stamvader: Jacob Cloete (his sons also spelt the name Kloete, Kloote, Kloeten), from Keulen (Germany).
Baptisms researched by Harry Booyens in Familia:
Father: Conrad(t) Klauten, sometimes called "Conradi"
Mother: Catharina No Name, sometimes called by the diminutive19
"Trein"
• Jennicken Klauten ˜ 5.3.1628, a diminutive20 name for
"Johanna"
• Jacobus Klauten ˜ 11.11.1630, possibly the "Jacob Cloete" of
the Cape
• Nehssgen Klauten ˜ 6.5.1635, a diminutive21 name for
"Agnes"
• Joannes Klauten ˜ 18.4.1638
• Petrus Klauten ˜ 27.1.1641
• Adelheidis Klauten ˜ 31.12.1645
Arrived at the Cape in 1657.
Two months (10.10.1657) later he was granted a farm on the Liesbeek river near present-day Rondebosch.
During the Khoikhoi uprising of 1659 Jacob and a friend, Jan Martensz de Wacht, were watching their livestock when the Khoikhoi attacked. The women in the house raised the alarm and were able to drive them off.
(See below for more information about the Khoikhoi uprising of 1659)
Jacob was charged for illegally selling grain privately instead of to the Company, and also for bartering, theft and smuggling.
His wife died in 1665. In January of 1671, his son was placed with Wouter Cornelisz Mostert and his daughter with Frans Gerritsz and his wife.
In February he was granted permission to leave the Cape because his 20 years of service was over.
"«i»Wijders bij eenige van de landbouwers alhier, naementlijck Jacob Cloethen van Keulen en Jacques Braekenij [4] van Bergen in Henegouw, den Raad verthoont zijnde, dat deselve, vermits expiratie van hunn[e] respectiven tijden, die bij d' E. Compe. voor de vrijluijden allomme in India wonende, gestipuleert zijn, alsnu genegen waeren met dese retourvloot wederom nae 't vaederland te keren ende dierhalven daertoe consent versoghten: Soo is aan deselve, om dat tot geen lange[r] verblijff zijn te disponeren geweest, zulx toegestaen, mits betaelende alhier sodanigen cost ende transport gelt als daertoe is gestelt.«/i» (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad, C. 7, pp. 10-20. Woensdagh den 4en Feb. ao. 1671)."
He must have returned to the service of the VOC becasue on 23 May 1693 he was murdered while a Corporal in the Cape Garrison. He is believed to have been second in command of the outpost at Klapmuts and visiting the Cape on official business. The Governor described the incident as follows
"«i»Deesen avond tusschen 8 a 9 uuren is niet verre vant casteel en by't vleeschhuys vermoort Jacob Cloeten, corporaal in dienst der E. Compagnie, d'oudste van Comp's dienaaren als hebbende den grondslag deser colonie helpen leggen, en zynde geweest d'eerste vryman, dog naderhand wederom in Comp's dienst gekeerd . . . men vond hem deerlyk mishandeld met drie houwen int hoofd en twee steken in de Borst, alle vyf doodelyk, behalven nog 25 mindere qutsuuren, leggende in syn bloed gewenteld met syn degen op syde en in de scheide, sodat hy verradelyk aangetast most zyn, als hy anders nog rap ter been en soo dispoost als een jongman van 25 jaren en onverzaagt was«/i»"
(This evening between 8 and 9 not far from the castle near the butchershop, Jacob Cloeten was murdered, Corporal in the service of E company, oldest of the Company's servants who helped create the foundation of this colony, was the first Freeburgher, later returned to the service of the Company...he was found severely injured with three blows to the head and two wounds in his chest, apart from that another 25 minor stabwounds, lying in his own blood with his sword still in his scabbard, so that he must have been surprised because he had the strength of a young man of 25 years old)
He was among the first Freeburghers and at the time of his death the oldest person on the Cape Muster Roll
«u»«b»The Khoikhoi Uprising of 1659«/u»«/b»
In 1657 the first farms were granted to Freeburghers. The impact of this is described in «i»The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1840«/i».
«i»"As soon as the freeburghers first put their hand to the plough the Peninsular Khoikhoi realised that the European presence at the Cape would be permanent and most probably expansive. ... In May 1659 the Khoikhoi...attacked suddenly and in force. They concentrated on the Europeans' food supply and in time destroyed most of the colonists' farms and stole the bulk of their cattle and sheep. The Khoikhoi however were unwilling or unable to storm the well-gunned stockade to which the freeburghers had retired with their remaining livstock. The Dutch on their side lacked the information and mobility to locate the fast moving Peninsulars and force them into battle. ... In April and May of 1660 the two leading Peninsular groups, the Goringhaiqua and Gorachouqua made peace with the Company....The Khoikhoi kept the livestock they had seized...but they recognised the sovereignty of the Company over the land where the freeburghers had settled - a concession with ominous implications for their future"«/
«u»«b»The Estate of Jacob Cloete«/u»«/b»
In the inventory of his estate, his possessions reflect a soldiers life:
Reference no.: MOOC8/2.97
«i»Van het goed soo Jacob Cloete naargelaten
schapen «tab»340
beesten klein en groot «tab»36
paarden «tab»4
twee ijser potten
fijff tinne schoodels
agt tinne lepels
een rakjen
een thee pot
twee leege kisten
een geslootene kist
een thee ketel
twee koeke pannen
twee kooper pannen
twee kadels
een zadel met een toom
een paar pistolen
een roer met een hauwer
twee bullzakken en fijff kussen
twee compeersen
een osse wagen«/i»
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1630 - 1693 (63 years)
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