Andries Bester, ii

b2 Andries ≈10.2.1726 †3.2.1767 x 8.4.1759 Adriana DEBETS

c1 Anna ≈8.6.1760 (vgl. C.J. Rabie)

c2 Anna Margaretha ≈9.5.1762 x 20.2.1791 Johan Wilhelm SEMLER v. Hesse

c3 Andries ≈1.7.1764 Died Young ???

c4 Andries ≈14.9.1766 x 28.2.1790 Catharina Adriana BRAND

ABRAHAMSKLOOF & TAMBOERSKLOOF

Victorianised Lord Milner Hotel, Military Road, Tamboerskloof

Opgaafrol 1800 CA J37 971

Tuyn Abrahamskloof and Tamboerskloof

21morgen 18sr28, all wyn & tuin 16 000 vines

Elisabeth Johanna Prins (widow: H. Brand) 1 son, 1 daughter also son Hendrik Brand

Ownership history: Regrant to Hendrik Brand, Floris’s son, February 1795 (OCF 5:26). His widow, Elisabeth Johanna Prins, transferred to Andries Bester 3 November 1803. Bester acquired an additional grant June 1808 (OCF 6:34).

Opgaafrol 1805 CA J39 754

Abrahamskloof and Tamboerskloof

28 morgen tuinland, woodland and barley, 20 000 vines

Andries Bester (And’s son) Cath'a Adr'a Brand, 2 sons, 5 daughters

- knegt

Slaves and Khoi

18 men & 1 Khoi

0 boys

2 women

1 girls

Animals

33 cattle

34 trek oxen

12 horses

2 pigs

1 wool sheep

1 wagon

2 carts

No details of barley

Opgaafrol 1807 J40 tv37

Unnamed Garden 38 morgen - tuin, 1 400 vines on 1morgen, 37morgen grain

Andries Bester, Catharina A Brand, 2 sons, 5 [?] daughters

- knegt

Slaves and Khoi

19 men & 1 Khoi

0 boys

2 women & 1 Khoi

2 girls

Animals

4 cattle

54 trek oxen

9 horses

- pigs

- sheep

2 wagons

2 carts

Barley 8 mudde sown 1806

1 mudde sown 1807

Oats 23 mudde sown 1806

25 mudde sown 1807

I have not been able to find out the origin of Tamboers Kloof or Drummers Kloof, which together with Abrahams Kloof was granted in 1808 to Andries Bester.

Reference: History of law, medicine and place names in the Cape of Good Hope By Colin Graham Botha · 1962 p.292