Maria Jansz Visser[1, 2, 3]
Abt 1649 - 1718 (69 years)-
Name Maria Jansz Visser Birth Abt 1649 Ommen,,,Netherlands 
[4] Gender Female Death Jun 1718 Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., [4] Person ID I8528 My Genealogy Last Modified 24 Apr 2026
Father Jan Coenraad Visser, b. Abt 1633 d. Abt 1700 (Age 67 years) Mother Geertjen Gerrits, b. Abt 1630, Hardenberg,,Overijssel,Netherlands d. Mar 1692 (Age 62 years) Marriage Bef 1649 [5] - _HTITL: Husband
- _WTITL: Wife
Family ID F302712797 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ockert Cornelisz Olivier, b. Ouwerkerk, d. Abt 1705 Marriage - _HTITL: Male
- _MARR_WORD: Partnership
- _RPT_PHRS2: next had a relationship with
- _RPT_PHRS: had a relationship with
- _SPOUSE_WORD: Partner
- _WTITL: Female
Children 1. Dina Willemsz Olivier, c. 28 Jul 1675, Cape of Good Hope, d. 1722 (Age ~ 46 years)2. Cornelis Willemsz Olivier, b. 1673 d. 1713 (Age 40 years) Family ID F302712796 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
Family 2 Willem Willemsz de Lierman, c. Deventer, d. Bef Oct 1686 Marriage Abt 1664 [5] - The exact marriage date is unknown but they were recorded in the muster roll for 1664 as a couple
- _HTITL: Husband
- _WTITL: Wife
Children 1. Aeltje Willemse, c. 20 Jun 1667, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. Bef 1718 (Age ~ 50 years)2. Alida Willemse, c. 27 Jun 1677 3. Hendrik Willemse, c. 26 Oct 1670, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. Young4. Jannitje Willemse, c. 18 Jul 1669, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. Young5. Willem Willemse, c. 19 Sep 1671, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. Young6. Pietertje Willemse, b. Abt 1678, Mauritius Family ID F302712798 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Mar 2022
Family 3 Lambert Simonz Stam, b. Abt 1659, Amsterdam,,,Netherlands d. Bef 1718, Cape of Good Hope, (Age 58 years) Marriage Abt 1690 Mauritius [4, 6] Children 1. Geertruijd Lamberts Stam, c. 16 Jun 1695, Cape of Good Hope, 2. Simon Stam, c. 24 May 1692, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. YoungFamily ID F302713261 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
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Notes - She married the neighbour of her father, Willem Willemz. He and his father in law would often go hunting together. On 27 April 1672 he returned to his farm to find that a Hottentot had broken a utensil. He fetched his gun, which according to his testimony was loaded only with buckshot. His intention was only to frighten the Hottentot. From a distance of 63 paces, he fired on the Hottentot - the second shot killed him. On the advice of family and friends he fled the Cape on the Danish ship "«i»Malagos«/i»" on May 4, 1672. He returned in 1673 but was not allowed to land and was sent to Robben Island to await a decision by the Here XVII. In September 1675 he was allowed to return to the mainland to face trial. He found that by this time his wife had two children (Dina and Cornelis) by his «i»kneg«/i» Ockert Olivier.
He charged her with licentious behaviour. The case raised so much bad feeling between them that in 1676 they were banished to Batavia on two separate ships. Before they left they were reconciled and ended up travelling on the same ship. The children were left in the care of their grandfather with their biological father Ockert Olivier responsible for their upkeep.
In May 1677 they returned from Batavia, but the Hottentots raised such a fuss about this that on 14 July 1677 the council decided to banish their entire family to Mauritius. Before October 1686, Willem died, and his widow remarried Leendert Simonz Stam - she returned to the Cape with him and with her children.
Information taken from an article from Familia 1/2007 - by Richard Ball
- She married the neighbour of her father, Willem Willemz. He and his father in law would often go hunting together. On 27 April 1672 he returned to his farm to find that a Hottentot had broken a utensil. He fetched his gun, which according to his testimony was loaded only with buckshot. His intention was only to frighten the Hottentot. From a distance of 63 paces, he fired on the Hottentot - the second shot killed him. On the advice of family and friends he fled the Cape on the Danish ship "«i»Malagos«/i»" on May 4, 1672. He returned in 1673 but was not allowed to land and was sent to Robben Island to await a decision by the Here XVII. In September 1675 he was allowed to return to the mainland to face trial. He found that by this time his wife had two children (Dina and Cornelis) by his «i»kneg«/i» Ockert Olivier.
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- [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 Brits (Reliability: 3).