Johann Lorenz van Rostock

• Name	Johann Lorenz van Rostock
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I8316	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Anna Elisabeth Michels,   c. 19 Sep 1681
  Marriage	23 Jun 1698  [1]
  Children	1. Anna Catharina Rostock   2. Claas van Rostock,   c. 17 May 1713, Paarl,Cape.,   3. Hans van Rostock,   c. 27 Oct 1710, Paarl,Cape.,   4. Maria van Rostock,   c. 18 Oct 1705, Paarl,Cape.,   5. Matthys van Rostock,   c. 1 Jul 1708
  Family ID	F302712738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Personalia of Germans at the Cape JOHANN. - Rostock. Arr. as so. about 1698, later burgher at Drakenstein. ~ (1) 23.6.1698 Anna Elisabeth Michels, d. of Matthias Michels (q.v.); (2) 5.3.1724 Dina Valentyn of Agra, wid. Daniel Rodrigo. Children: Anna Catharina (10.5.1699), Maria (18.10.1705), Matthys (1.7.1708), Hans (27.10.1710), Claas (17.5.1713). (Maria, Hans and Claas were baptised at Paarl.) (G.R. nr. 556.) The children of L. adopted the family name Rostock or van Rostock (see e.g. Rq. 1772: 12). Anna Catharina ~ (1) 10.11.1719 Johannes Henning, son of Christoffel Henning of Fehrbellin (q.v.); (2) Jan de Jongh; (3) 4.8.1724 Jan Peters Blom of Gerhausen (q.v.). Maria ~ (1) 14.1.1725 Jacobus Greef; (2) 4.11.1736 Andries Harting (not Hatting!), son of Jan Harmensz Harting (q.v.). For Matthys R., see G.R., II, p. 256 of Rostock in Germany. Arrived at the Cape as a soldier about 1698, later burgher at Drakenstein. The children adopted the family name Rostock or van Rostock

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652 - 1806, (Cape Times Ltd, Keeromstraat, Kaapstad), Entry for Lorenz (Reliability: 3).