Kratoa had two children which officialdom called ‘illegitimate’. These were Jeronimus and Anthonij. It is not known into whose care they had been placed when she died, nor whether either the Church Council or the authorities at the Castle officially even concerned themselves with these children. The records are silent. The only records on Anthonij is that he was alone, unmarried and without children when he died during the smallpox epidemic in 1713. One clue that exists is that Anthonij had the surname Everts suggesting that he was brought up in the care of Anne and Evert of Guinea, two freed African slaves.

Anthoniij Meerhof b. before 6 August 1673, d. after 1712

Mother* Krotoa of the Goringhaicona1 b. c 1643, d. 29 Jul 1674

NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695 NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695

Birth* Anthoniij Meerhof was born before 6 August 1673 at Robben Island in de Caep de Goede Hoop.1

Baptism Anthoniij Meerhof was baptized on 6 August 1673 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1

Death* He died after 1712 de Caep de Goede Hoop.2

Citations:

• [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: ao 1673

Den 6 August's Een soontje van Eva Meerhoff ................ wiert genaemt Anthonij, 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 (Bapt.).

1. [S605] Mansell G. Upham, "Who were the children of Eva Meerhoff", Capensis 4/1998 [Upham ... Eva's children] 4/1998 (November 1998): p.14. Hereinafter cited as "Eva's Children."

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