Christoffel Snijman[1]
1669 - 1706 (~ 36 years)-
Name Christoffel Snijman Christening 9 Mar 1669 [2] Gender Male Death 1706 [3] Person ID I8486 My Genealogy Last Modified 5 Mar 2022
Father Hans Christoffel Snijman Mother Catrijn van Paliacatta, b. Abt 1631 d. Abt 1682 (Age 51 years) Family ID F302712786 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marguerite Therese de Savoye, b. 1671, Ghent,,,,,Belgium 
d. Mar 1742, Cape of Good Hope, (Age 71 years) Marriage Abt 1690 Children 1. Catharina Snyman, c. 27 Jan 1692, Stellenbosch, 2. Christina Snyman, c. 22 Jul 1695 3. Elisabeth Snyman, c. 21 Mar 1706 4. Elsie Snyman, c. 1 Aug 1697, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., 5. Jacobus Christoffel Snyman, c. 10 Dec 1690, Stellenbosch, 6. Johanna Snyman, c. 25 Oct 1699 7. Maria Magdalena Snyman, c. 9 Aug 1693, Stellenbosch, 8. Philippus Snyman, c. 24 Jul 1701 9. Susanna Snyman, c. 28 Oct 1703 Family ID F302712783 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
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Notes - From the baptismal register for March 1669:
"«i»een soontje van Groote Catrijn wiert genaemt Christoffel tot getuyge stont Step Angila«/i»"
The father of Christoffel SNIJMAN was Hans Christoffel Snijman a soldier who had a relationship witht he slave Catharina van Bengale, also known as Groote Catrijn. On 30 July 1667 his father was sent to Robben Island.
In a letter dated 6 January 1672 it was noted that Groot Catrijn had been freed. Later, she married the "Free black" Anthony (Jansz) van Bengale, who became the stepfather of Christoffel. He inherited his stepfathers estate when the whole family (Catrijn, Anthonij and his half-sister Petronella died of unknown causes in 1682.
Christoffel Snyman farmed on the farm «i»Sandvliet«/i» in Groot Drakensteinin in 1692, in partnership with Ernst Friedrich Walter. After his death his widow married Henning Viljoen.
It is interesting to note his mixed ancestry, in the light of his father-in-laws racist ourbursts against mixed blood.
In the Cape Muster ROll for 1695 the couple are listed as "«i»Christoffel Snijman & Margrita de Savoye 4 k«/i»"
- From the baptismal register for March 1669:
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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 Snyman (Reliability: 3).
- [S62] Church Registers Cape Town NGK 1665-1695, (Transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, ©May 2006 Published by the Genealogical Society of South Africa), March 1669 (Reliability: 3).
- [S61] South Africas Stamouers, (http://www.stamouers.com/).
- [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 Snyman (Reliability: 3).