Nikolaus Vechtman
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Name Nikolaus Vechtman Gender Male Death Bef 1672 Person ID I8423 My Genealogy Last Modified 30 Apr 2026
Family Isabella Frederiks d. 1712 Marriage 10 May 1671 [1, 2, 3] - Personalia of the Germans at teh Cape gives the marriage date as 1670, but the marriage is listed in the Marriage Register of the Cape Church for 1671.
Children 1. Claas Vechtman Family ID F302712765 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
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Notes - VECHTMANN
CLAUS. - Meran in Tyrol. Burgher and woodcutter (1667). Sentenced (1667) to 3 years' hard labour for stabbing a man during a brawl. (CJ 725: 83.) ~ 10.5.1670 Beeltje Fredriks of Amsterdam. One son, Claas. (MR. Vrye Lieden of 1667; CJ 1123, p. 6; Bdlr. 1:52.) His son was a smith at Stellenbosch. Adam Tas (p. 22) calls him "de kreupele Vulkaan" - from Merano, in Sud-Tirol. Burgher and woodcutter (1667). Sentenced (1667) to 3 years' hard labour for stabbing a man during a brawl. His son was a smith at Stellenbosch. Adam Tas (p. 22) calls him "de kreupele Vulkaan"
His marriage to Bellatjie Frederiks is recorded as "«i»den 10 May Claas Vechtman van Meraer uijt Tirool met Beelitje Fredricks jonged' van Amsterdam«/i»"
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Sources - [S62] Church Registers Cape Town NGK 1665-1695, (Transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, ©May 2006 Published by the Genealogical Society of South Africa).
- [S68] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652 - 1806, (Cape Times Ltd, Keeromstraat, Kaapstad).
- [S989] Church Registers Cape Town NGK 1665-1695, (Transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England,).
- [S62] Church Registers Cape Town NGK 1665-1695, (Transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, ©May 2006 Published by the Genealogical Society of South Africa).