Gerrit Willems^[1]

• Name	Gerrit Willems
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I9312	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Maria Cornelisse,   c. 23 Oct 1678
  Marriage	9 Apr 1691  [1]
  Children	1. Andries Willems,   c. 12 Aug 1703   2. Anna Willems,   c. 22 Aug 1700   3. Arien Willems,   c. 20 Jan 1696   4. Geertruy Willems,   c. 25 Dec 1712   5. Gerrit Willems,   c. 2 May 1717   6. Luytje Willems   7. Maria Willems,   c. 22 Aug 1700   8. Mattheus Willems,   c. 14 Jun 1711   9. Rentien Willems,   c. 25 Jan 1691   10. Susanna Willems   11. Willem Willems,   c. 16 Jan 1707   d. Bef Nov 1709 (Age ~ 2 years)   12. Willem Willems,   c. 10 Nov 1709
  Family ID	F302713008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE «b»Gerrit WILLEMS«/b» came to the Cape 1690 in the time of Governor Simon van der Stel. In 1685 the directors of the VOC, decided to privatize agriculture. They offered land and free passage to people wanting to emigrate to the Cape. Gerrit Willems was likely one of these early farmers.«i» «/i» He came from Leeuwarden, in Friesland, Noord-Nederland. His occupation was given as "«i»Kalkbrander en Veeboer«/i»". On 9 April 1691, in Cape Town he married «b»Maria CORNELISSE«/b» Her parents were Cornelis Claasen and Catharina van Malabar. Gerrit Willems married again in 1716 to «b»Johanna «/b»(«b»Anna«/b»)«b» van WYK«/b», baptised 13 Junie 1688, daughter of Willem van Wyk and Catharina Hildebrandt.

  
  

• 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 Willems (Reliability: 3).