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Jacob Huijbregtsz van Rosendael died 1662 Barbara Geens circa 1626-before 1688 Adriaan Willemsz van Brakel died circa 1699 Sara van Rosendael 1653-1690

Maria van Brakel 1 born 1677, at the Cape 2 baptized 30 May 1677, Cape Town 3 Notes: On 15th August 1713 she was asked by the Council of Policy if she was able and prepared to continue providing meat to the Company under the contract issued to her deceased husband, Jacob Louw, and she replied that she was able to fulfill the contract but that only 1 month of it remained. It was therefore decided to grant the meat contract to her for the next year as well. One of her husbands guarantors was also deceased (Wessel Pretorius) but Adam Tas, the other, was willing to remain as her guarantor. Under the contract drawn up by her mother-in-law, in Augst 1713, she had the management of the Louw farms situated on the Liesbeek River. At the end of 1717 Maria van Brakel presented statements from four witnesses declaring their knowledge of the bounds of the estate of Jan Pietersz Louw during his life time, so that she could establish the bounds of her land where it lay next to that of Hans Caper Gerringer. She asked the Council of Policy to approve the survey which she had had done with their permission. It was decided to draw up a new map to avoid future disputes. for a note on her parentage see below#

married (1) 22 January 1702 at Cape Town 4 Jacobus Louw 1679-1713 contractor for the supply of meat to the Company 5 of The Cape 6

Adriaan b.1702 Johannes 1704 - 1762 children Jacobus b.1706 Adam b.1708 Harmanus 1709 - bef.1775 children Leonardus 1710 - c1743 Nicolaas b.1713

married (2) circa July 1723 at at the Cape 25 Jan Valk born circa 1681

children of Maria van Brakel and Jacobus Louw Adriaan Louw 7 born 1702 born 1702 8 baptized 12 November 1702, Cape Town 9 Johannes Louw Jacobsz: 1704-1762 born 1704 baptized 6 July 1704, Cape Town died 14 February 1762  married circa 1732 (assumed) Elisabeth Morkel 10 circa 1711-circa 1752 Jacobus Louw 11 born 1706 born 1706 12 baptized 18 April 1706, Cape Town 13 Adam Louw 14 born 1708 born 1708 15 baptized 19 August 1708, Cape Town 16 Harmanus Louw 1709-before 1775 born 1709 baptized 8 December 1709, Cape Town died before 1775  married 12 November 1752 Tulbagh Elisabeth van Wijk 17 circa 1727-circa 1757 Leonardus Louw 18 1710-circa 1743 of Jakhalsvalleij, Olifantsrivier 19 born 1710 20 baptized 14 December 1710, Cape Town 21 died circa March 1743, (assumed from date of inventory) 22 Notes: The inventory of his estate (MOOC 8/6,58) dated 9th April 1743, notes that he left a wife, Elsje van der Heijde and three children, Jacobus aged 4, Harmanus aged 2 and Aletta aged 6 months. His widow stated that the loan farm was worth nothing and that she intended to abandon it - their belongings were minimal. Nicolaas Louw born 1713 born 1713 23 baptized 25 June 1713, Cape Town 24 Notes: He died presumably before 1723, since he is not mentioned as one of the children of Maria van Brakel in her joint will of that year with her second husband, Jan Valk.

# The parents of Maria van Brakel I have assumed that she was the daughter Maria mentioned by Adriaan van Brakel in his will of 1699. Her age (46) as given in her will of 1723 tallies exactly with the baptismal date of the former. In additions, several of the children of Adriaan van Brakel appear as witnesses at the baptims of the Louw children, and also Willem ten Damme, named as guardian in the will of 1699. When Leendert van Brakel made his verbal will in 1713 he named as his heirs his two sisters Lijsbeth and Maria van Brakel, and Jacobus Louw, in whose house he died, is described as his brother-in-law.

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