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Jacob Cloeten Fijtje Raderotjes died 1665 Willem Schalks van der Merwe died 1716 Elsje Jacobs Cloeten died circa 1702

Helena van der Merwe 1 born 1686, at the Cape 2 baptized 7 April 1686, Cape Town 3 will dated 5 March 1719 Notes: on 27 September 1718 she was the witness to the profession of faith of Johanna van As when she became a member of the Cape Town NG Church. Who was Johanna van As?Admitted a member of the Stellenbosch congregation about 1700, at the same time as her sister Aeltie.

married (1) before 5 September 1700 4 Jacob van As died 1713 farmer 5

Elsje b.1702 Willem b.1703 Engela Fytie b.1707 Jacoba Helena b.1710

married (2) 3 December 1713 at Stellenbosch 26 Christiaan Maasdorp born circa 1673 wagonmaker

Christiaan b.1715 Christina b.1719

children of Helena van der Merwe and Jacob van As Elsje van As 6 born 1702 born 1702 7 baptized 10 September 1702, Drakenstein 8  married Jan Zacharias Bek 9 Notes: He was from Langesalza and was the son of Christoffel Sebastiaan Beck. He arrived at the Cape in 1715 as a soldier. In1719 he was loaned out by the VOIC as a bar boy (?tapperskneg) and in 1722 he became a Freeburger. After the death of Elsje van As her married Christina Blankenberg. (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, note on page 70) Willem van As born 1703 born 1703 10 baptized 23 November 1703, Drakenstein 11 Notes: On 14th January 1727 he petitioned the Council of Justice for letters of veniam aetatem (to declare him of age and capable of managing his own affairs). He declared that he was 23 years old. His request was granted. (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, Johannesburg 1971)  married 5 December 1728 Cape Town 13 Anna Margaretha Schenck 12 Engela van As 14 Notes: She is named as Engela in the estated accounts of here grandmother, Ansle van Bengalen. As Engela van As she was confirmed into the Cape Town NG Church on 30 September 1721 with Elsje van As, her sister, as her withess. On the 8th October 1728, described as the minor Engela van Asch, she requested and received from the Weeskamer a sum of 200 gulden for necessary expenses. (MOOC 1/6, Weeskamer Notulen, p.83) Fytie van As born 1707 born 1707 15 baptized 12 June 1707, Drakenstein 16 Notes: She does not appear, although her brothers and sisters do, in the Weeskamer record of 1718 of orphans whose money is under its care, (MOOC 18/2, Joernaal Kaapse Weese 1719) nor is she mentioned in her grandmother's Estate Accounts of 1720 so she hadpresumably died before 1718. Jacoba Helena van As born 1710 born 1710 17 baptized 27 April 1710, Stellenbosch 18 Notes: She was confirmed a member of the Cape Town NG Church on 25th September 1728. There is a note after her name that she had left for Batavia (wiert vertrokken na Batavia).  married (1) 18 October 1733 Cape Town 19 Johann Georg Keijserling died 1736 sargent on the ship Valkenisse (1733) 20 born Graubing in Courland 21 died 23 February 1736, Asia 22 Notes: His ship left Rammekens in the Netherlands on 17th April 1733 and remained at the Cape from 31st October to 8th November 1733, arriving Batavia on 21st January 1734, according to De VOCsite, but this must be slightly inaccurate if he was married in Cape Town on the 18th October.  married (2) 7 December 1738 Stellenbosch 24 Fredrik Willem Embsighoff 23 apothecary in the service of the VOC 25 children of Helena van der Merwe and Christiaan Maasdorp Christiaan Maasdorp born 1715 born 1715 27 baptized 25 July 1715, Drakenstein 28 Christina Maasdorp born 1719 baptized 7 May 1719, Cape Town 29

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