Geertjen Gerrits

Abt 1630 - 1692  (62 years)

• Name	Geertjen Gerrits
  Birth	Abt 1630	Hardenberg,,Overijssel,Netherlands   [1]
  Christening	Event Description: Y
  Gender	Female
  Death	Mar 1692
  Person ID	I8530	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family	Jan Coenraad Visser,   b. Abt 1633   d. Abt 1700 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1649  [1]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Coenraad Jansz Visser,   c. 8 Apr 1663, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. Aft 1733 (Age ~ 70 years)   2. Johannes Jansz Visser,   c. 16 Jan 1667, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa.,   3. Zacharia Jansz Visser,   c. 23 Aug 1665, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. 1721 (Age ~ 55 years)   4. Maria Jansz Visser,   b. Abt 1649, Ommen,,,Netherlands d. Jun 1718, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., (Age 69 years)   5. Gesina Jans Visser,   b. Abt 1654, Hardenberg,,Overijssel,Netherlands d. 1713 (Age 59 years)   6. Gerrit Jansz Visser,   b. 1657, Hardenberg,,Overijssel,Netherlands d. 1713 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F302712797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Geertjen Gerrits was murdered by a slave in in March 1692 Maria/Marie van Negapatnam was a slave of Geertjen en Jan Coenraad Visser, and witnssed the murder of her mistress Geertjen Gerrits by a fellow slave. Shell in "Children of Bondage", incorrectly indicates that the murdered woman was Catherina Everts van der Zee (Geertjen's daughter-in-law), but most sources agree this incident describes the murder of Geertjen Gerrits. Final confirmation awaits an opportunity to consult the original sources. The description in Children of bondage says: On a Friday evening in March 1692 a slave girl, Maria van de kus van Coromandel, was working in the kitchen with her mistress ...on a market-garden farm at Wittebome (near present day Wynberg) when a household slave, Claas van Mallebar, passed through the kitchen on his way to chop wood in the yard. Mistress ... scolded Claas for not fetching the cows in time for for her baking and refused to believe his excuse that he had been on the mountain looking for them. Whereupon Claas turned and spat out: [«i»"Jou oud hond, Jij moogste den selvs gaan halen"] «/i»" You old dog, go and fetch them yourself!". [The mistress then] attempted to strike Claas, but he lifted his axe and buried the weapon in her neck. The fatal blow, according to the surgeon's report, almost severed her head. This nightmare unfolded in front of Maria, and she ran from the house shouting, [«i»"Baas! Baas! Moeder is dood! Moeder is dood!"«/i»] "Boss, Boss! Mother is dead! Mother is dead!" …The prosecutor…settled on havi Other sources suggest that the slave Maria was the mistress of Geertjen's husband Jan Coenraad Visser, as well as of two of her sons. Acording to Mansell Upham, Geertjen Gerrits was alos know as Grietjie Grof.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Robertson, Delia, First Fifty Years, (http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/).