Elsje Cloete (<28 February 1655, Kurfürstentum Köln.2- c 1702, Cape)
d/o Jacob Cloete (11 Nov 1630 -23 May 1693) & Feigen Radergoertgens (c 1628- 28 May 16650

x Willem Schalks van der Merwe c 1640-12 Jul 1716

• Feytje 2 Nov 1670
• Schalk 14 Jul 1673 -1740
• Marritje 29 Dec 1675
• Jacoba 22 May 1678
• Jacob 11 Feb 1680
• Petronella 1 Mar 1682 -<1 Apr 1719
• Aletta van 30 Apr 1684 -30 Sep 1729
• Helena 7 Apr 1686
• Pieter 16 May 1688
• Magteld c 1692
• Elsie c 1693
• PN 28 May 1696
• ?Hendrik Willem 17 Aug 1698 -23 Sep 1762

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http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/burger/I118.html

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Cloete family tree here: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_m...
b2 Elsje, *1655 (Europa), x (Kaapstad) 9.9.1668 Willem Schalk van der Merwe, *1643 † 12.7.1716, sv Schalk Willems van der Merwe; will 1696

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Jacob Cloete v. Keulen het waarskynlik reeds in 1652 na die Kaap gekom. Hy was een v.d. eerste Vryburgers v. 10.8.1657. Hy kry op 10.10.1657 ‘n plasie aan die Liesbeekrivier. In 1671 is hy terug na Europa, maar keer later as korporaal na die Kaap terug † 23.5.1693, vermoor x Sophia (Fytje) RADEROOTJES v.d. Eifel (Keulen)

b2 Elsje * Europa gedoop 28 Februarie 1655 x 9.9.1668 Willem VAN DER MERWE

Jacob van Oedt in ’t land van Köln

by Harry Booyens – Familia 2009 no 1 (extract)

However, one is hard put to understand why there has to be this insistence on seeing Jacob as coming specifically from Köln Stadt, simply because he was listed as “Jacob Cloeten van Ceulen”. To this end, consider the 1665 muster roll entry for Fijtje where she is also described as “Fijtge Raderootjes van Keulen“. The “Ceulen” that was referred to in these 1660 notes, was simply the State of Köln, not Stadt Köln. It is more reasonable to look for Jacob’s birth in the town in the State of Köln where he was married.
Proceeding on the assumption that Jacob was likely to have married in the town in which he had been born, we find in the transcripts of the very same Oedt Catholic church books the following baptisms:

Father: Conrad(t) Klauten, sometimes called “Conradi”

Mother: Catharina No Name, sometimes called by the diminutive19 “Trein”

• Jennicken Klauten ≈ 5.3.1628, a diminutive20 name for “Johanna”

• Jacobus Klauten ≈ 11.11.1630, possibly the “Jacob Cloete” of the Cape

• Nehssgen Klauten ≈ 6.5.1635, a diminutive21 name for “Agnes”

• Joannes Klauten ≈ 18.4.1638

• Petrus Klauten ≈ 27.1.1641

• Adelheidis Klauten ≈ 31.12.1645

The above is more than likely the correct Oedt-based family for Jacob Cloete, and the following section serves to further support this conclusion, but work to confirm this is still continuing in Germany. Gerrit and Elsje van Oedt in ’t land van Ceulen Having firmly settled on Oedt as the hometown of our Klauten family, we simply search in the Kirchenbücher of the St Vitus Catholic church in Oedt to find the following two baptisms:

Father: Jacobi Klauten

Mother: SOPHIAE; Katholisch, Oedt, Rheinland, Preussen.

• Godefridus Klauten Male ≈ 2.4.1651. This entry is referenced in the Bruehl archive as Ba 2010 fiche 3/6 p79. The name Godefridus is merely a Latinised version of Gottfried. In the Niederrhein area Gottfried is often reduced22 to “Gört” or “Göert”; hence the son “Gerrit” we know at the Cape. The witnesses to this baptism are two unknown people, namely Andreas Entgens en Metges Pauli.

• Adelheidis Klauten Female ≈ 28.2.1655. This entry is referenced in the Bruehl archive as Ba 2010 Fiche 3/6 p90. In the Niederrhein the name Adelheid is often reduced23 to Eltgen; hence the daughter “Elsjen” (Dutch) we know at the Cape. The witnesses to this baptism are Petrus Sax en Agnes Klauten. It seems reasonable to conclude that the second witness was none other than Jacob’s younger sister “Nehssgen”.

These are clearly the two children who came to the Cape with Fijtje on 16 March 1659 on the Arnhem. There are no further children baptised by the couple after 28 February 1655 in that church. All of this is completely consistent with Jacob leaving for the Cape at some point after 28 February 1655. It does mean, however, that both De Villiers24 and Heese25 have the wrong indexing for the family Cloete, and that the De Villiers numbers of Gerrit and Elsjen have to be swapped around. “Gerrit” (Göert) is b1 and “Elsjen” (Eltgen) is b2.

The full document has been attached under media (documents) (cloete familia 2009 no1 – Harry Booyens)

See also:

[http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5323.htm]

Hierdie is een ding wat ek voel ons moet oor saamstem - Elsje "Jacobsdogter/Jacobsdg/ Cloeten. Die middelste staan doodeenvoudig vir die dogter van Jacobus.

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Elsje Jacoba CLOETE

• Arrived together with her mother and brother in 1659

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Children

1. Aletta VAN DER MERWE b: 1684 in <Vetrivier, Cape, S.Af> c: 30 Mar 1684 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
2. Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: 1673 c: 13 Aug 1673
3. Elisabeth Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1693 in Cape, S.A. c: 1692 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
4. Maria (Marietje) Willemse Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: 1675 c: 29 Dec 1675
5. Petronella VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1698
6. Schalk Willemsz VAN DER MERWE b: 14 Jul 1673 in Kaapstad, Cape, South Africa c: 13 Aug 1673 in Kaapstad, Cape, South Africa
7. Magtilt (Magdalena) VAN DER MERWE b: Between 1689-1691
8. Sophia VAN DER MERWE
9. Elsie VAN DER MERWE b: Between 1690-1695
10. Maria VAN DER MERWE b: 29 Dec 1675 in , , C.P., South Africa c: 29 Dec 1675 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
11. Magdalena VAN DER MERWE b: 1691 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa c: 1690 in Cape Town, , So Afr
12. Jacoba VAN DER MERWE
13. Jacob VAN DER MERWE
14. Helena VAN DER MERWE b: 1686 in Cape Town, So Afr c: 7 Apr 1686 in Cape Town, So Afr
15. Pieter VAN DER MERWE
16. Eula VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1694 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
17. Hendrik VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1696 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa

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Gebore in Europa

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Children

Aletta VAN DER MERWE b: 1684 in <Vetrivier, Cape, S.Af> c: 30 Mar 1684 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa

Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: 1673 c: 13 Aug 1673

Elisabeth Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1693 in Cape, S.A. c: 1692 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa

Maria (Marietje) Willemse Schalk VAN DER MERWE b: 1675 c: 29 Dec 1675

Petronella VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1698

Schalk Willemsz VAN DER MERWE b: 14 Jul 1673 in Kaapstad, Cape, South Africa c: 13 Aug 1673 in Kaapstad, Cape, South Africa

Magtilt (Magdalena) VAN DER MERWE b: Between 1689-1691

Sophia VAN DER MERWE

Elsie VAN DER MERWE b: Between 1690-1695

Maria VAN DER MERWE b: 29 Dec 1675 in , , C.P., South Africa c: 29 Dec 1675 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
Magdalena VAN DER MERWE b: 1691 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa c: 1690 in Cape Town, , So Afr
Jacoba VAN DER MERWE
Jacob VAN DER MERWE
Helena VAN DER MERWE b: 1686 in Cape Town, So Afr c: 7 Apr 1686 in Cape Town, So Afr
Pieter VAN DER MERWE
Eula VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1694 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
Hendrik VAN DER MERWE b: Abt 1696 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa

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Elsje Jacoba CLOETE

Arrived together with her mother and brother in 1659

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Founder Couple Diseases: Parkinsons; Schizophrenia etc - Research points to Willem & his Wife Elsje

• http://academic.sun.ac.za/Health/Media_Review/2014/2Jun14/files/Ide...
• http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/8390/5992

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Arrived at the Cape on 16 March 1659 on The Arnhem.

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Kom saam met Ma en broer aan in die Kaap 1659. Vertrek met attestaat na Stellenbosch ongeveer 1716 en op 9 Nov 1725 weer lidmaat in Paarl. Bekend as Elsie Jacobs, dogter van Jacob Cloete.

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Source: Geni World Family Tree URL: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-40000/geni-world-fami... Confidence: Direct and primary evidence Citation text:

Elsje Cloete, b2 Alias name: Elsje Jacobsz van der Merwe, Adelheidis Klauten, Elsje Jacobsdochter /Cloeten/ Gender: Female Birth: Circa Feb 28 1655 - Kurfürstentum Köln, Germany Baptism: Feb 28 1655 - Katholisch Kirche, Ödt, Kurfürstentum Köln Occupation: Huisvrou Marriage: Spouse: Willem Schalk van der Merwe, SV/PROG - Sep 9 1668 - Cape Town, Cape, South Africa Death: Circa Jan 22 1702 - Cape of Good Hope Father: Jacob Cloete, SV/PROG Mother: Sophia Fytje Raderootjes Husband: Willem Schalk van der Merwe, SV/PROG Children: Sophia van der Merwe, b1, Schalk Willemsz van der Merwe, b2, Maria Willemsdr van der Merwe, b3, Jacomina van der Merwe, b4, Jacob van der Merwe (born Van Der Merwe), b5, Petronella van der Merwe, b6, Aletta van der Merwe, b7, Helena van der Merwe, b8, Pieter van der Merwe, b9, Magdalena van der Merwe, b10, Elsje van der Merwe, b11, Ilya (Ulya/Eula) van der Merwe, Hendrik Willemsz van der Merwe, b12 Siblings: Gerrit Cloete, b1, Coenraad Cloete, b4, Catharina Cloete, b3, Lavina Cloete Source: Smart Match™: Dreyer Web Site Matched to: sm ma Elsje van der Merwe, b2 (born Cloete) Date: May 3 2014 Citation text: Added by confirming a Smart Match

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Harry Booyens' description:

Jacob and Fijtje Cloeten “van Ut in 't Land van Ceulen” Second Edition – 23 April 2012

On 28 May 1665 the new Commander of the Cape, Zacharias Wagenaar, commits the following33 to his Journal: “In the afternoon we heard from our chief surgeon that shortly before, the wife of the agriculturist Jacob Cloeten had died in the Lord. In her the poor man and his four little children have lost much. “ And so the stalwart lady from Oedt in the State of Köln died in Africa, far away from her mother and father. She had been one of the key individuals in starting an entire nation and laying the foundation of an entire country. She had started life as Sophia Radergoertgens and had married Jacob Klauten in Oedt in the State of Köln. She had died in Africa as “Fyckje Raderottjes van Ut in 't land van Ceulen”, wife of the landbouer “Jacob Cloeten”. She could never have known the scope of her own contribution to the people of South Africa.

As a 35-year old man, Jacob now had four children to care for in a place like the Cape where there were hardly any women and more than 200 men, mostly of younger age. In 1658, shortly after his arrival at the Cape, the entire adult female population of the establishment at the Cape was 12. Of these only 5 were of European extraction and they were all married. The situation by 1665 was not much better. He was not going to find a new wife of the calibre of Sophia at the Cape. Moreover, he was a Catholic in a strongly Protestant settlement.

For the next seven years he did his level best as, to our knowledge, the first European single father of four in Africa. His first concern was Elsje. She was still very young, but given the crush of male humanity at the Cape and the predicament he found himself in, working as a supposed Free Burgher, but in reality as little more than a serf to the VOC, he consented to the marriage of Elsje to Willem Schalksz Van der Merwe on 9 September 1668. Elsje was only little over 13 years and 6 months old. Willem, however, was a very sensible and hardworking man, who did rather well in life. It was a good choice. Elsje would give Willem thirteen children and would become the Stammoeder of the large Van der Merwe family in South Africa. Her own daughters would represent the start of a number of family names in South Africa, including Burger, Van Heerden and Janse van Rensburg. The list likely also includes Van As. Her daughter Elisabeth married Albert Lammertsz Meijburg, thereby ensuring that all Myburghs today in South Africa are also descended from Jacob Cloete, as the male line of Albert's older brother, Jan, did not continue much further.

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a1 Van der Merwe,Willem Schalk *Nederland 1643 †12.07.1716 : volgens resolusie van die Politieke Raad afkomstig van Broek; volgens register Kaapse gemeente, van Oud-Beyerland naby Rotterdam; 1661.04.26 aankoms in Tafelbaai met die skip Dordrecht, as haakbusskutter, teen agt gulde per maand. Hy was aanvanklik in diens van die Companje se baas-tuinier Hendrik Boom; 1661.05.05 ontvang hy Vryburgerskap, en hy was blykbaar 'n goeie boer want hy is geloof voor bequaemheyt als landbouwer. In die Resolusies van de Politieke Raad was vermeld dat hy boulandt heeft gearbeijt; 1663 tree hy weer in diens van die H.O.I.K. as adelborst belas met landbou; 1668 drie weke voor sy huwelik met Elsje Cloete is hy weens smokkel met die Hottentotte aangekla deur die Bewindhebbers.
× buite eg met ?,? : Slavin van Simon van der Stel wat in 1686 vrygestel is Attestasie 1664 in C 326 pp 478- 9 C.O. pp 6 en 27
×2 09.09.1668 Kaapstad met Cloete, Elsje *Duitsland =St. Vitus Catholic church in Oedt 28.02.1655 : aankoms saam met haar moeder en broer in 1659; vertrek met attestaat na Stellenbosch ongeveer 1716 en op 9.11.1725 weer lidmaat in Paarl. Sy is bekend as Elsje Jacobs - m.a.w. d.v. Jacob Cloete. In 1678 het sy vir die Khoikhoi Quisa en sy medegevangenes van voedsel en drank voorsien, al het sy geweet dat hulle ontsnap het {d.v. Cloete,Jacob *1630 & Raderootjes(Raderotjes/Raedegortz),Sophia (Fytje) *1630}

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