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Jacobus Smit
1689-circa 1752
Elisabeth Slabbert
1691-circa 1771
Johannes van Nieuwkerken
1697-circa 1744
Engela Plooij
1710-circa 1738
Alewijn Smit Jacobuszoon
1734-1787
Engela Helena van Niekerk
circa 1738-circa 1820
Jacobus Hendrik Smit 1
farmer 2
born 18 March 1760 3
baptized 6 April 1760, Swartland
died 9 February 1834, at Kleinevaley, District of Stellenbosch 4
Notes:
the order of the children is as listed in the Death Notice of their father,
Jacobus Hendrik Smit except for Jacobus Hendrik and Anna Catharina
who are not mentioned in this document, presumably because they had
already died. They are placed in the order given by De Villiers/Pama's
Geslagsregisters van ou Kaapse Families, 1966.

for more descendants of this family see the Jan Smit Lineage web site.

for a note on his parentage see below#

married 11 April 1784 at Swartland 5

Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw
1766-1843


Jacobus Hendrik
1785 -
1829
children

Hester Jacoba
1786 -
1851

Engela Helena
b.1787

Margaretha Willemina
b.1788

Elisabeth
b.1789

Pieter Johannes
b.1790

Alewyn Johannes
b.1792

Anna Catharina
1794 -
1830
children

Willem
b.1796

Aletta Catharina
b.1798

Fransiscus
b.1799

Adriana Beatrice
1801 -
1846

Johannes Jacobus
b.1803

Nicolaas Albertus
1805 -
1892
children

Helena Alberta
b.1807

Hendrik Jacobus
1811 -
1902
children

children of Jacobus Hendrik Smit and Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw

Jacobus Hendrik Smit 1785-1829
born 1 March 1785
baptized 3 April 1785, Swartland
died 27 April 1829
 married (1) 2 April 1808 Tulbagh

Helena Petronella Louw 6 1766-1843
 married (2) 1 December 1810 Tulbagh

Elisabeth Margaretha Vlok 1766-1843
 married (3) 6 December 1812 Tulbagh

Maria Elisabeth Louw 7 1766-1843
farmer's wife

Hester Jacoba Smit 1786-1851
born 14 April 1786 8
baptized 4 June 1786, Swartland 9
died 1851 10
 married 4 November 1804  12

Willem Hermanus Lategan 11 circa 1797-1861

Engela Helena Smit born 1787
born 19 May 1787 13
baptized 24 June 1787, Swartland 14
 married 8 March 1812  16

Jacobus van Schalkwyk 15

Notes: In the Distribution accounts (1844) of the estate of Hendrik Jacobus Smit
and Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw, his name is given as Dirk van Schalkwyk.

Margaretha Willemina Smit 17 born 1788
born 5 May 1788 18
baptized 15 June 1788, Swartland 19
 married 2 April 1809  21

Jacobus Louw 20

Notes: In the Distribution accounts (1844) of the estate of Hendrik Jacobus Smit
and Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw, his name is given as Adriaan Louw.

Elisabeth Smit born 1789
born 17 May 1789, Swartland 22
baptized 5 July 1789, Swartland 23
 married 5 March 1811  25

Jan Serventyn 24

Notes: The transcriber is doubtful of the exact reading of this surname.

Pieter Johannes Smit born 1790
born 13 December 1790 26
baptized 23 January 1791, Swartland 27

Alewyn Johannes Smit born 1792
born 25 September 1792 28
baptized 14 October 1792 29

Anna Catharina Smit 1794-1830
born 2 October 1794
baptized 9 November 1794, Swartland
died 17 March 1830
 married 4 April 1813 Stellenbosch

Johannes Hermanus Redelinghuys 30
farmer
of Sonquas Doordrift farm, Riebeeck Wes

Willem Smit born 1796
born 6 June 1796 31
baptized 10 July 1796, Swartland 32

Aletta Catharina Smit born 1798
born 20 January 1798 33
baptized 4 March 1798, Swartland 34
 married 3 April 1815  36

Isaak Jacobus van der Merwe 35 circa 1793-1857

Fransiscus Smit 37 born 1799
born 20 October 1799 38
baptized 24 November 1799, Swartland 39

Notes: baptised Fransoijs he would seem to
have been known by his family as Fransiscus,
perhaps indeed Frans, hence the discrepancy
between the baptismal registers and 'Dit Boekje
hoort Jacobus Hendrik Smit'.

Adriana Beatrice Smit 1801-1846
born 16 October 1801 40
baptized 6 December 1801, Swartland 41
died 18 August 1846 42
 married 2 April 1820  44

Jan Immelman 43

Notes: the transcriber is unable to read the surname

Johannes Jacobus Smit born 1803
born 26 August 1803 45
baptized 25 September 1803, Swartland 46

Nicolaas Albertus Smit 1805-1892
born 22 November 1805
died 31 May 1892, Malmesbury
 married 14 April 1825

Anna Frederika Karnspek 47

Helena Alberta Smit born 1807
born 5 August 1807, Swartland 48
baptized 27 September 1807, Swartland 49
 married 21 November 1824  51

Daniel Jacobus Malan 50 1805-1870

Hendrik Jacobus Smit 1811-1902
born 19 July 1811, Kleinvlei, Malmesbury Division
baptized 29 September 1811, Swartland
died 17 July 1902, Ongegund, Malmesbury
 married (1)

Gertruida Anna Smuts 52
 married (2)

Marthina Maria van der Poel 53


# The parents of Jacobus Hendrik Smit

In his will, drawn up jointly with his wife on the 28th April 1798, he
names as his heir in default of children, his mother Engela Helena
van Niekerk widow of the late burger Alewyn Smit JacobusZn.

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