Arji Willemsz van Wyk

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About Arji Willemsz van Wyk

Ary Willemsz van Wijk

Gerrit van Wijk and Maria Magdalena Eekhof were married at Drakenstein on 2nd November 1738, when Gerrit the husband of Elisabeth Vivier and Maria Provo had been dead almost a year.

No mention is made in the marriage register of his or her marital status (ie. jongman/bachelor or weduwenaar/widower) as was usual at that time and on that page, before and after this entry, but the reason for this becomes plain when one sees that their eldest child was baptised at the same service8 at which his parents were married (it was normal to baptise children and marry couples at the end of a normal Sunday church service).

In 1775 Gerrit and Maria Magdalena drew up a will in which they make special provision for their sons Arie Willems and Gerrit Matthijs. In this will they are named as Gerrit van Wijk Ariisz: en Maria Magdalena Eijkhoff. This will was filed in November 1776, presumably after the death of Maria Magdalena.

When Gerrit van Wijk died intestate in 1787, the accounts drawn up at that time name him as 'Gerrit van Wijk Arrysz:' and list his eleven children, starting with Ary Willemsz van Wijk and including Gerrit Matthijs van Wijk, mentioned in the will above.

[But] When Willem van Wijk died intestate in 1774, his estate accounts10 describe him as 'Willem van Wijk Arijsz:'. He apparently left no wife or children since his estate is divided amongst his brothers and sisters, whole and half, first among whom is Gerrit van Wijk Arijsz:. The names of his brothers and sisters make it plain that this group of Van Wijks are the children of Arij van Wijk Willemsz: and Antonetta Campher.

http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/notes/VanWijk_Gerrit.htm See Van Wyk Project


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Arji Willemsz van Wyk's Timeline

1738
November 2, 1738
Drakenstein, Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
November 2, 1738
Drakenstein
1764
1764
Cape Town, South Africa
1766
March 29, 1766
Tulbagh, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1768
October 16, 1768
1770
September 16, 1770
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
1772
1772
1774
April 16, 1774
Roggeveld, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa
1777
1777
Vondelings fontein, Onder Roggeveld, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa