Nicolaus Ruts a. 1750 as soldaat v Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt, jagter in 1750, boerkneg 1751-1754, aangesien hy eers laat ontslag gekry het was hy vanaf 1770 tot 1779 kneg van sy vrou † aan die Sneeuberg 25.7.1796 sv Johann Jurgen Ruts en Elisabeth Barbara Agendeler.

ROETS NIKOLAUS (S Ruts). – Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt. Son of Johann Jürgen R. and Elisabeth Barbara Agendeler. Arr. as so., game-hunter 1750, farmhand 1751-54. ~ 4.3.1759 Jacoba Elisabeth Lübbe (Marr. Reg. of Zwartland). 10 children. From 1770-79 loaned to his wife as farmhand. Remarried 19.11.1794 to Jacoba Alida Weydemann, wid. Johann Gottfried Müller of Rabenstein (q.v.). + 25.7.1796 “aan die Sneeuwberg”. (GMR 1750; CJ 1143: 22 and 72; CJ 1144: 10; CJ 1153a: 83; G.R. nr. 784; Test. O.C. 40: 102.) - Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946) -------------------- From Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt - Arrived in 1750, hunter, later builders assistant. Also called Rutz

Stam.Vader. Johann Jurgen Roets en Elxabeth Barbara Agendeler. Aank. Soldaat. 1750 wildjagter, later boukneg; Died 25. 7. 1796 aan de Sneeuwberg

Trou 4.3. 1759 Jacoba Elisabeth Lubbe, xx 19. 1. 1794

Children 1. Gerrit Roets c: 2 Nov 1760 2. Catharina Elizabeth Roets c: 22 Aug 1762 3. Johannes Nicolaas Roets c: 30 Sep 1764 4. Barbara Maria Roets c: 11 Oct 1767 in Swartland 5. Hendrik Adriaan Roets c: 23 Feb 1769 6. Elizabeth Johanna Roets c: 3 Mar 1771 7. Johan Jurgen Roets c: 4 Feb 1773 8. Nicolaas Jacobus Roets c: 24 Nov 1776 in Tulbach 9. Elizabeth Catharina Roets c: 3 Apr 1779 10. Cornelia Louisa Roets c: 25 Feb 1781