Andries de Jager[1]
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Name Andries de Jager Gender Male Person ID I8403 My Genealogy Last Modified 29 Apr 2026
Father Pieter Christiaan de Jager d. Abt 1715 Mother Hermina Karelse Marriage 19 Feb 1696 [1] Family ID F302712762 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elisabeth Potgieter, b. 1709 Marriage 29 Sep 1726 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., 
[1, 2, 3] - From the records of the Drakenstein church
"«i»Andries de Jager van de Kaap, Burger aan Drakensteijn J.M. met Elisabeth Potgieter mede van de Kaap J.D."«/i»
Children 1. Andries Christoffel de Jager, c. 8 May 1736 2. Andries de Jager, c. 13 May 1748 3. Christiaan de Jager, c. 18 Jan 1742 4. Clara de Jager, c. 23 Jan 1729 5. Elisabeth de Jager, c. 11 Oct 1743 6. Frederik de Jager, c. 31 Jan 1740 7. Hermina de Jager, c. 10 Aug 1727 8. Hester Frederik de Jager, c. 19 Oct 1738 9. Jan Hermanus de Jager, c. 19 Apr 1733 10. Johannes de Jager, c. 26 Nov 1752 11. Lodewyk de Jager, c. 16 Oct 1745 12. Maria Catherina de Jager, c. 10 Feb 1734 13. Petrus de Jager, c. 2 Jan 1750 14. Pieter de Jager, c. 2 Jun 1731, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., Family ID F302712761 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2022
- From the records of the Drakenstein church
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Notes - Sequence: «tab»1570
Surname Husband: «tab»Jager de
First Name Husband: «tab»Andries
Surname Wife: «tab»Potgieter
First Name Wife: «tab»Elis
Number Of Males: «tab»1
Number Of Women: «tab»1
Number Of Boys: «tab»6
Number Of Girls: «tab»2
Number Of Males Slaves: «tab»1
Number Of Girl Slaves: «tab»1
Number Of Horses: «tab»20
Number Of Cattle: «tab»175
Number Of Sheep: «tab»1250
Old Sequence: «tab»1542
District: «tab»Swellendam - de Villiers and Pama lists him as "burger Drakenstein".
In the 1731 de la Fonteine report, he is listed in Drakenstein with his wife and two children, and the remark "«i»Heeft [e]en Plaats in Leening, waarvan Leeft«/i»" (Has a loan farm, from which he lives)
He appears in the Stellenbosch District in the 1733 Muster Roll, as "«i»Andries de Jager & Elisabeth Potgieter«/i»".
He appears in the 1760 «i»Opgaafrol«/i» (Census) in the Swellendam district, with his wife Elisabeth Potgieter, 6 sons and 2 daughters. They own 1 male slave and 1 girl slave. They have 20 horses, 175 Cattle, and 1250 sheep.
- Sequence: «tab»1570
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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 de Jager (Reliability: 3).
- [S964] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970, (online database - familysearch.org), 1726 Marriage Andries de Jager and Elizabeth Potgieter (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA).
- [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 de Jager (Reliability: 3).