Barend Christoffel du Plessis

Head stone on his grave (with no dates) states that he died at age 68

Married 5 January 1824 (Cradock) Elizabeth Johanna DE KLERK (b. 30 May 1808, Cradock; d. 27 February 1894, ‘Mains’, Klip Rivier, Natal), daughter of Theunis Christiaan de Klerk (1786-1816) and Johanna Petronella Prinsloo (b. 1786)

Children of Voortrekkers Barend Christoffel du Plessis and Elizabeth Johanna de Klerk:

1. Anna Elizabeth (b. 24 October 1826, Cape; d. 29 October 1906, Piet Retief, Transvaal): Voortrekker; Married 25 July 1847 Voortrekker Barend Willem Jacobus Steenkamp (1803-1880)

2. Johanna Petronella (b. 22 July 1828, Cape; d. 23 December 1850, Natal at age 22): Voortrekker; Married 2 January 1848 Voortrekker Christoffel Carolus Johannes Bester (b. 29 April 1828, Somerset East, Cape; d. 18 August 1897); one son: Paul Christoffel Dirk Bester (b. 22 March 1849, Natal)

3. Theunsina Christina Barendina Stoffelina (b. 19 June 1830, Cape; d. 25 June 1916, Brakspruit, Acton Homes, Bergville, Natal): Voortrekker; Farmer at Mains (Klip River district, Natal); Never married; Died (age 85) at the residence of Barend Christoffel du Plessis, Brakspruit, Acton Homes, Bergville, Natal): Bequeaved all her property (immovable and moveable) in equal shares to Barend Christoffel Labuschagne (1871-1952) and to his first cousin Elizabeth Johanna Mann (born Du Plessis) (1883-1968)

4. Susanna Geertruida (b. 19 June 1833, Cape): Married Jan Renier Petrus van Rooyen

5. Elizabeth Johanna (b. 19 August 1835, Cape): Voortrekker; Married Chrisjan van Rooyen (later living in the Volksrust District in Transvaal, just across the Natal border near Newcastle, Natal)

6. Heila Lavina Aletta Catharina (b. 27 March 1846, Kameelpoort, Weenen County, Natal; d. 7 August 1921, Kopje Alleen, Klip River district, Ladysmith, Natal): Married 19 February 1865 (Ladysmith, Natal) Barend Christoffel Labuschagne (b. 4 October 1840, Natal; bapt 6 December 1840, PMB, Natal; d. 14 July 1925, Kopje Alleen); Buried at Kopje Alleen, Ladysmith, Natal

7. Barend Christoffel (b. 28 October 1850; d. 18 July 1922): Married Elsie Gesina Helena Martina Dekker; Farmer at Brakspruit, Acton Homes, Bergville, Natal