Andries Grové, SV/PROG

Andries or Andreas ?
Jens name ?

Andries Grove van Viborg Jutland, Denemarke
" van Wieburg " on his will 1735

Parents unknown: https://www.geni.com/discussion

Arr Cape 29 April 1719 on 'De Amstelveen'
Andries Grove from Norway.

Tuesday, 27 January 1722
1168 days after employment
Resignation Andries Grove (Cape of Good Hope), reason: free citizen

Will dated 27 April 1735 filed 7 Ocotber 1746
Date died 20 July 1746 as mentioned on Will filed 7 October 1746 ?

Farm “Uitkyk”, Klapmuts

x 26.1.1721 Anna Niël b. c 1708

• Mariana bap 20 Jul 1721
• Sophia bap 13 Dec 1722
• Stefanus bap 26 Mar 1724
• Rachel bap 21 Oct 1725
• Margaretha bap 22 Jun 1727
• Elisabeth bap 2 Oct 1728 - d. 15 Jun 1785
• Sùsanna bap 2 Jul 1730
• Andries bap 6 Apr 1732
• Johannes Mar 14 1734
• Anna bap June 26 1735
• Johannes bap Mar 9 1738
• Johannes Godlieb bap 6 Sep 1739
• Godlieb bap 19 Nov 1741

First Fifty Years Project

Many children missing on FFY -- needs updating. 😢

"On 4 February 1727 Francois Louis Migault was banished from Cabo of Good Hope for being a useless instrument deeser site - a good-for-nothing. His wife Marie-Madeleine Niel whom he had treated badly, was deceased, and his children Maria Elizabeth Migaùlt and Johannis Stefanùs Migaùlt were to be parented and cared for by their uncle Estienne Niel and by their uncle-by-marriage Andreas Grovè"

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migratie-gegevens

Jens Andreas (Andries) Grové a. SA as soldaat in 1719 op die boot Amstelveen vanaf Skandinawië (dit is nog onseker of hy uit Denemarke of Noorweë kom). Aangestel as klerk v.d. Weeskamer, word burger in 1722, boer op Klapmuts, woon 1724 aan die Paardenberg, as burger v Drakenstein. In 1726 is hy Heemraadslid. In 1745 is hy lid v.d. Burgerraad † c. 1746 x 21/26.1.1721 Anna NIËL/NEL Etienne-dg)

akten

• KAB CJ 2879, 97 GROVE, ANDRIES. VAN WIBORGH. SOLDAAT EN BRUIDEGOM. KONTRAKTE. 1721.
• KAB 1/STB 18/8, 42 GROVE, ANDRIES. EN NIEL, ANNA. TESTAMENT. 1731.
• KAB MOOC 7/1/7,16 GROVE, ANDRIES. NIEL, ANNA. WIFE OF ANDRIES GROVE. WILL. 1735. FILED 1746.

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Arrived in the Cape(Cape Town, South Africa) from Norway on 29 April 1719, on the ship called 'De Amstelveen'. The ship left Texel on 16 Nov 1718.He worked for the V O C (Compagnje) onder the lead of KJ Slotsbo.Changed his name to Andries. In 1722 he became an admin clerk in the VOC, and soon after applied to become a Free Settler(Vryburger) In 1724 he bacame a Free Settler and he lived in Drakenstein.He received a 'Heemraad' appoinment near Riebeeck Kasteel in 1726. He received the farm 'Fontaines Gift' from Governer Jan de la Fontein, after helping the latter in a sea rescue. The farm is near Malmesbury today. In 1745 he bacame member of the 'Burgerraad'

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He is the first generation Grové immigrant from Viborg , Denmark.
Arrived in Cape Town in 1719 on the ship 'De Amstelveen', which left Texel,on 16 Nov 1718. He was employed by the VOC and served under K J Slotsbo. In 1722 he is emplyed as a clark in the VOC, and in 1722 he applied to become a Free Settler. He became one, and is recorded to have lived in Paardeberg, Drakenstein by 1724. In 1726 he gets a 'Heemraad' appointment near Riebeeck Kasteel in Tongasdrif, district Bergrivier. He is awarded the gift of a farm called 'Fontaines Gift' , by Governer Jan de la Fontaine, is recognition of bravery during heavy seas near Mosselbay, saving Fontaine's life. The farm is still called 'Fontaines gift' today, and is near Malmesbury. In 1745 he bacame a member of the 'Burgerraad'

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