Diederik Putter b. Abt 1655 Zierenburg,,,,Hess-Kassel,Germany d. 1699: Our Family History

Abt 1655 - 1699 (44 years)

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Name	Diederik Putter
Birth	Abt 1655	Zierenburg,,,,Hess-Kassel,Germany [1]
Gender	Male
Death	1699 [2]
Person ID	I9330	My Genealogy
Last Modified	25 Apr 2026

Family Zacharia Jansz Visser, c. 23 Aug 1665, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. 1721 (Age ~ 55 years)

Marriage 29 Oct 1679 [2, 3, 4]

Anno 1679 den 29 October Diederick Potter van Surenbergh, jonghman, vrijwiltschut en Zacharia Visser van de Cabo de Bona Esperance

Children

	1. Alida Putter, c. 5 Sep 1694
	2. Anna Catharina Putter, c. 11 Jul 1683
	3. Elsie Putter, c. 21 Mar 1688
	4. Geertruy Putter, c. 14 Sep 1692
	5. Jan Lodewyk Putter, c. 1698 d. 4 Mar 1765, Cape of Good Hope, (Age ~ 67 years)
	6. Jannetje Putter, c. 18 Nov 1685
	7. Margaretha Putter, c. 1 Dec 1680
	8. Maria Putter, c. Abt 1696
	9. Susanna Putter, c. 25 Jun 1690

Family ID F302713012 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Apr 2022

Notes

DIETRICH (S Pötter in CJ 1123: 123). - Zierenberg in Hesse-Kassel. Free game-hunter. Mentioned as member of the Cape community before 1676. ~ 29.10.1679 Zacharia Visser. 9 children. + 1699. (G.R. nr. 739; Inv. O.C. 1: 42.)
«b»Dietrich PUTTER«/b» born Zierenberg, Hesse-Kassel. He was a free game-hunter. Mentioned as member of the Cape community before 1676

In 1678 Dietrich Putter, Hans Melchior Hoffman and Willem Loots contracted with the VOC to supply 2,500 pounds of venison per month. Later he became a cattle farmer and owned 1200 sheep and 66 cows in 1692.

Also spelled Pütter

Their marriage is listed in the Cape Church Register as "d«i»en 29 October Diederick Potter van Surenbergh, jonghman, vrijwiltschut en Zacharia Visser van de Cabo de Boa Esperance«/i»"

In the inventory of his estate are listed his children, namely:
"«i»Marragrita oud 18, Anna Catharina 16, Jannetjen 13 1/2, Elsje 11, Susanna 9, Geertruijt 7, Aaltje 5, Maria 3, en Jan Lodewijk 1 jaaren «/i»"

[S64] Robertson, Delia, First Fifty Years, (http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/).
[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 Putter (Reliability: 3).
[S1401] South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town, Church Records, (familysearch.org), 29 October 1678 Marriage Diedrich Putter and Zacharia Visser (Reliability: 3).
[S997] Mansell Upham, Hell and Paradise, (February 2012. Downloaded from The First Fifty Years project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ on September 3, 2012).

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