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- Jan Coenraad VISSER landed at the Cape on 28 April 1658 in the ship «i»Dordrecht«/i». Jan Coenraad became a Freeburgher two years after he landed at the Cape. His request that his wife join him at the Cape was granted, and she arrived with five children in 1662.
Leibbrandt `Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope: Letters and documents Received 1649-1662' Deel 11:
Letter from Delft dated 30.11.1660 p.164: "From our ships' books we found that the two following persons have become free men at the Cape, who, when they left, had incurred considerable debt for their outfit, which, however, they had not communicated to their creditors, viz., Jan Coenraadt Visscher of Eemnes (?), [Nota- Leibbrandt's question mark] soldier from the Dort, who left Patria in 1657, was on the 8th May, 1658 drafted on shore as hunter, and made freeman on the 30th September, 1659.
Letters and Documents Received (from Amsterdam dated 19 September, 1661) p.183 "`Ät your request we have granted a passage to one or two wives whose husbands are at the Cape, subject to the usual condition to remain there fifteen years. The wife of Jan Coenraetsz we have given f25 for her outfit which you may recover there.' P.S. These three vessels (Malacca &c.) take back to you three stowaways whom you are to treat according to the sentence passed on them by the court here."
The «i»Malacca«/i» left Vlie 3 October 1661 and arrived at the Cape 4 February 1662. According to Mansell Upham, the family of Coenraat Vuisser was on another vessel in the fleet, namely the «i»Wapen van Amsterdam«/i».
Jan Coenraad Visser farmed "agter Tafelberg tussen Tafel- en Valsbaai"
The Muster Roll 1664 lists Jan and Grietje and 3 children Gerrit, Geesje en Coenraad. Maria was already married.
The Muster Roll for 1666/7 lists 5 children (Gerrit, Geesje, Coenraad, Zacharia and Johannes)
The Muster roll for 1695 lists «i»Jan Coenraad Visser «/i»
Coenraad had children by the slave Maria van Negapatnam. On 24.3.1696 he granted freedom to Maria van Bengale (sic) about 27/28 years old, her freedom together with her children Anthony (4), Jacobus (1) en Susanna (2). The contract would be in force after his death. She could take her possessions and clothes from the estate. (Boeseken "Slaves and Free Blacks" p.172). This was Maria van Nagepatnam. Jan Coenraad Visser was the father of her children. On 8th June 1721, Maria was baptised as an adult in the Stellenbosch church, at this time it seems she was married to Hendrik Hattingh «i»"Maria geheel bejaarde persoon van Nagapatnam, gethuygh waaren haar anngetroude persoon Hans Hendrik Hattingh en Susanna Visser, 8 June 1721«/i»".
Also known as Jan Grof, according to Mansell Upham. Upham also reports that in 1661 he atttempted to abandon the colony as one of a number of attempted stowaways on the departing VOC fleet, but was apprehended.
Upham reports that he was a well known hunter - Upham quotes van Riebeecks journal of December 1, 1666 "«i»This afternoon...Jan Coenraed Visser returned from the interior...they brought with them alive a young and extraordinary striped foal, having the shape of a horse but with long ears [possibly a quagga or a zebra]. it had been caught in snares near Riebeeck's Kasteel«/i»"
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Abt 1633 - Abt 1700 (67 years)
(Age 51 years)