Went to South Africa in 1668 from Oslo, Norway

Andries OELOFSE Andries OELOFSE, also spelt OELSEN from Norway. He arrived at the Cape in 1668. According to SAG vol VII, he got married at Cape Town 14 April 1690 to Sara VAN GYSELEN (Sara van de Kaap), daughter of Leendert Jansz van Gyselen (van Den Haag) and Maria Willemsdogter van de Kaap. Boeseken refers to, "Sara from the Cape, a half-caste female belonging to the Company, promised that upon her death (and after her marriage to Andries Oelsen), she would leave half her possessions to the Company in return for the education she had received as child."

CHILDREN

• b1 Leendert baptised 20 Aug 1690 (witnesses Lammert van Hoff & Lijsbet Jans), X 16 Aug 1711 Margaretha Beyers
• b2 Fure baptised 19 Oct 1692
• b3 Dorothea * c1695, X 7 Jan 1709 Cornelis Campher
• b4 Margaretha baptised 16 Sep 1696, X 24 Mar 1726 Johann David Pfannenstiel, XX 27 Aug 1741 Heinrich Fehrsen
• b5 Sara Magdalena baptised c1698, X 2 Dec 1731 Johan Michiel Kromhout
• b6 Cornelis baptised 28 Jun 1699
• b7 Anna baptised 13 May 1703, X 2 Mar 1721 Johan Adam Clank
• b8 Johannes baptised 9 May 1706
• b9 Roelof baptised c1708, X 15 Aug 1728 Sara Cordier

He bought the farm Welgelegen, Stellenbosch in 1685 from the free black Louis van Bengale

His inventry mentions -

1 stuk lands met sijn opstal leggende inde Bottelerije 1133: 1/3

also -

1 slaef Cupido genaemt 200:--

References:

Karel Schoeman, Armosyn van die Kaap: Die Wêreld van 'n slavin 1652-1733, pp 571, 651 SAG, Vol VII SAG Vol II, p 602

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Andrijs Oelofse

b. circa 1650

• NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695 NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1665-1695
• Birth* Andrijs Oelofse was born circa 1650 in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.1,2
• Marriage* He married Sara van Gijselen, daughter of Leendert Jansz van Gijselen and Claasje NN, on 14 April 1690 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1
• NameRecord 9 May 1706, the name of Andrijs Oelofse was written in the record as Andries Oelofse.3

Family

Sara van Gijselen b. 5 Jul 1671, d. b 19 Jan 1719

Children

• Leendert Oelofse+4 b. b 20 Aug 1690, d. b 4 May 1721
• Dorothea Oelofsz+ b. b 19 Oct 1692
• Margaretha Oelofse5 b. b 16 Sep 1696
• Cornellijs Oelofse6
• Anna Oelofse4 b. b 13 May 1703
• Johannes Oelofse4 b. b 9 May 1706
• Roelof Oelofse+5 b. c 1708

Citations:

• [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1690
• eodem Dito [Den 14 April]
• sijn nogh in den huijwelijcken staet aen Stellenbosch vereenigt, Andrijs Oleofze van Christiania, borger aaen Stellenbosch, met Sara van Gijselen, jonge doghter van de Caep de Goede Hoop., transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar).
• [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
• [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Johannes, d' Vader Andries Oelofse, d' Moeder Sara Leendertsz, gètùygen Jan van Saxsen, en Margarèta Voogt, der 9e Mey 1706.. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
• [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
• [S190] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p. 663. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R.
• [S408] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Baptism Register, Le 28 ditau [Juin 1699] Cornellijs fils de handris Norman Et Lamere de Lanfant L'on y presante au Saint bapteme [i.e. Cornellijs son of Andries the Norman or Norwegian and the mother of the infant was present at the baptism. Andries Oelofse was Norwegian.]. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Baptisms

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