Hendrik van der Merwe[1]
1714 - Bef 1762 (~ 47 years)-
Name Hendrik van der Merwe Christening 28 Oct 1714 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death Bef 21 Sep 1762 [3] Person ID I8909 My Genealogy Last Modified 27 Mar 2022
Father Schalk Willemse van der Merwe, c. 13 Aug 1673 d. Abt 1740 (Age ~ 66 years) Mother Anna Prévot, b. 18 Feb 1681, Marck,,,,,France d. Bef 10 Oct 1740 (Age 59 years) Marriage 26 Feb 1696 Cape Town,,South Africa [4, 5] - de Villiers and Pama gives the wedding date as June 1680. THis cannot be correct due to the age of the bridegroom (his baptism in 1673 is listed in the church baptismal register) and the fact that the bride only arrived at the Cape in 1680. Delia Robertson (The First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/) gives the date of marriage as February 26, 1696, and I have used this date. This is also consistent with the birth date of the first child.
Delia Robertson cites as the source for the date: Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988 (28 Wale Street, Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers Limited, 1988), p. 167.
Family ID F302712696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hester Pienaar, c. 20 Feb 1718, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., Marriage 31 Mar 1736 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., [6] - Their marriage is recorded in the records of the Drakenstein church as "«i»Hendrik van der Merwe Jong man met Hesther Pienaar J. Dogter«/i»"
Children 1. Aletta Sibella van der Merwe, c. 12 Jul 1750 2. Anna Sophia van der Merwe, c. 30 Sep 1741 3. Carel van der Merwe, c. 1 Oct 1746 4. Hendricus van der Merwe, c. 24 May 1741 5. Hendrik van der Merwe, c. 29 Dec 1748 6. Hester van der Merwe, c. 24 Dec 1758 7. Izaak van der Merwe, c. 7 Jul 1754 8. Jacob van der Merwe, c. 6 Jan 1760 9. Jacobus van der Merwe, c. 24 Mar 1749 10. Johanna Maria van der Merwe, c. 26 Dec 1751 11. Maria van der Merwe, c. 25 Jan 1756 12. Petrus van der Merwe, c. 10 Jul 1739 13. Schalk Willem van der Merwe, c. 3 Mar 1737 14. Schalk van der Merwe, c. 12 Feb 1758 15. Willem Hendrik van der Merwe, c. 17 Feb 1754 Family ID F302713033 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
- de Villiers and Pama gives the wedding date as June 1680. THis cannot be correct due to the age of the bridegroom (his baptism in 1673 is listed in the church baptismal register) and the fact that the bride only arrived at the Cape in 1680. Delia Robertson (The First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/) gives the date of marriage as February 26, 1696, and I have used this date. This is also consistent with the birth date of the first child.
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Notes - His baptism is recorded in the baptism register of the Drakenstein church as «i»"Hendrick Soon van Schalk Willemse van der Merwe en Anna Prevoo, getuijgen Philip Morkel en Catharina Pasman"«/i»
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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 van der Merwe (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA), Drakenstein Doopregister Boek 1 p39 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1402] Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa, (http://databases.tanap.nl/mooc/), MOOC8/10.32a Hendrik van der Merwe 21 September 1762 (Reliability: 3).
- [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 van der Merwe (Reliability: 2).
- [S64] Robertson, Delia, First Fifty Years, (http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/).
- [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA).
- [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 van der Merwe (Reliability: 3).