Francois Smit

Johannes (Jan) Smit * Maastricht, Nederland c. 1652 a. c. 1688 met vrou en twee kinders vanaf Maastricht, Nederland, burger te Stellenbosch † waarskynlik tussen 1 en 5/6.10.1696 na ‘n woordewisseling en fisiese bakleiery oor die manier waarop hy sy perd behandel, met ene Jacob Cloete x Delft 20.12.1681/7 Adriana TOL » Delft 29.7.1649 † geruime tyd later as 1722 d.v. Jacob Tol en Elisabeth van der Piet (drie jaar na haar man se dood het sy dogter: Johanna » Stellenbosch 20.7.1700, vader onbekend; sy xx Stellenbosch 11.1.1705 Andreas Kuyper v. Nederland, geen kinders)

b6 ✽ Francois * c. 1693 † c. 1758 x Drakenstein 19.11.1719 Maria VAN STADEN † c. 1785

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Richard Ball's Pages

Francois Smit

(circa 1693-circa 1758)

Will - Smit, Francois and Maria van Staden - 1722, Cape Archives, CJ 2652, 13 de testateur ... zijn moeder, Adriaana Tol, weedu' Andries Cuijper ... ... both of " Cabo de Goede Hoop"

Estate Accounts - Van der Merwe, Aletta - 1729 Pt. Maria van Staden, zo veelen haare man Frans Smit afkortig van haar Moeders Erfportie volgens [Zijn] testie is betaalt f 450:-:-

Muster Rolls, Vryelieden, VC39, Cape Archives 1692 and 1693

this date is a guess based partly on the Muster Rolls where Jan Smit and Adriana Tol are credited with four children in 1692 and five in 1693 and partly on naming convention whereby a son named after Jan Smit's side of the family should appear between Jacobus and Alewijn (both named, I assume, for Adriana Tol's side of the family) in 1692 4 children, in 1693 5 children Johannes Smit van Mastricht en Adriana Tol, 5k k. born circa 1693, Cape of Good Hope

died circa 1758, (before 7th September 1758 when his will was filed)

Will - Smit, Francois and Maria van Staden - 1722, Cape Archives, CJ 2652, 13 MOOC 7/1/10,53

transcriber says: lodged at the Weeskamer van Cabo de Goede Hoop on 7.Sept.,1758.

will dated 30 June 1722 and filed 7 September 1758

Notes: Richard Ball In his will of 1722 reference is made to his mother, Adriana Tol, the widow of Andreas Cuijper.

His birth date is a guess based partly on the Muster Rolls where Jan Smit and Adriana Tol are credited with four children in 1692 and five in 1693 and partly on naming convention whereby a son named after Jan Smit's side of the family should appear between Jacobus and Alewijn (both named, I assume, for Adriana Tol's side of the family)

In 1724/5 he signed a memorial to the Council of Justice as one of the farmers of Stellenbosch. (HCV Leibbrandt - Requesten, vol 3, 1715 - 1806)

On 17th April 1729 he and his wife, Maria van Staden, were witnesses at the baptism of his nephew Francois Smit, the son of Jacobus Smit and Elisabeth Slabbert (Cape Town Baptism Register).

At the end of 1729 the couple were presented with a ready made family of their own in the shape of Elsje, Cicilia, Hendrik and Sophia van Rensburg, the orphaned children of Maria's mother, Aletta Willems van der Merwe, who had died on 30th September 1729.

At the session of the Orphan Chamber 21 November 1729 it was recorded that these children were to live with their brother-in-law Frans Smit.

On 23rd November 1742 they were both again witnesses at the baptism of her nephew, Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, at the Drakenstein Church.

(These last three facts from the Van Rensburg web site created by André van Rensburg).

Married 19 November 1719 Drakenstein Maria van Staden (died after 1761) Farmer - Will - Van Staden, Maria - 1758, Cape Archives, CJ 2664, 26, Landboúweresse Maria van Staden wed. wijlen Francois Smit

Church Registers - Drakenstein Congregation, Cape Archives, VC 644, VC 654 p.3, Anno 1719 Den 19 de Novemb: Francois Smit van Cabo, jonghman met Maria Van Staden jonge Doghter

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