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About Heinrich Ostwald Eksteen, SV/PROG
Name: Heinrich Oswald Eksteen
Also known as: Hendrik Oostwald Eksteen
Inskrywing in die arnale:
Surname: Eksteen
forenames: Hendrik
place of origin: Sa(b)en
ship: Oosterstein
function: soldaat
year arrived: 1702
freed date: 18/6/1704
Variations of the name: Eckstein
Origin of the name: Derived from “Hoeksteen” or “Sluitsteen” meaning corner stone.
Birth Date: 1678
Birth Place: Lobenstein, Germany
Arrival in South Africa: 1702
Date of Death: 23 September 1741
Place of Death: South Africa
Parents: Michiel Eckstein
Partner of: Agnitie Colyn
Marriage 1: Sara Heyns
Date: 13 July 1704
Marriage 2: Everdina Cruywagen (wrongfully named in GR as that of his son)
Date: 21 January 1714
Marriage 3: Alida van der Heyden (died 1784)
Date: 19 February 1719
Children:
Partner (Agnitie Colyn):
b1 Hendrik gedoop: 8 Feb 1705
Marriage 1 (Sara Heyns):
b2 Michiel gedoop: 26 Apr 1705
b3 Paulus Marthinus gedoop: 23 Okt 1706
b4 Maria Rosina gedoop: 17 Jun 1708
b5 Anna Salomea gedoop: 25 May 1710 Sterf voor 1721
b6 Johannes Paulus gedoop: 5 Jun 1712
Marriage 2 (Everdina Cruywagen):
b7 Catharina Rosina gedoop: 11 Aug 1715
b8 Jan Hendrik gedoop: 27 Jun 1717
b9 Margaretha gedoop: 10 Apr 1718
Marriage 3 (Alida van der Heyden):
b10 Maria gedoop: 28 Nov 1719
b11 Anna Salomea gedoop: 23 Feb 1721
b12 Hendrik Oostwald 23 Aug 1722
b13 Johanna gedoop: 1 Oct 1724
b14 Alida Susanna gedoop: 28 Jul 1726
b15 Petrus Michiel gedoop: 18 Jan 1728
b16 Barbara Margaretha gedoop: 6 Nov 1729
b17 Hendrina Helena gedoop: 27 May 1731
b18 Johannes Paulus gedoop: 17 May 1733
b19 Michiel Casparus gedoop: 5 Jun 1735
b20 Paul Henricus gedoop: 9 Jul 1737
b21 Rosina Maria gedoop: 9 Aug 1739
Occupation & Career: Eksteen was member of the Orphan Chamber, the Marriage Board, the Burgher Council, also firemaster; lessee of the brandy and wine licence; he had fisheries at Saldanha Bay and supplied the Company with salt fish; from 1729-37 he had also a contract with the Company for the supply of fresh meat. Besidesall this he was an agriculturist and owner of the farms “Lobenstein” in the Tygerbergen and “Elsjes Kraal”. He died as a very wealthy man.
See the attached document
"An Early Modern Entrepreneur: Hendrik Oostwald Eksteen and the Creation of Wealth in Dutch Colonial Cape Town, 1702–1741 by GERALD GROENEWALD of the Department of Historical Studies, University of Johannesburg about him including some background information
pp 8/9 "... in 1718, he owned four farms, three houses and a cellar in Cape Town, sizeable livestock holdings and 46 slaves – his estate was valued at more than f 91 000. [CA, MOOC 8/3 no. 93.] He was, without a doubt, one of the wealthiest men at the Cape, a remarkable achievement for someone who, fourteen years earlier, was listed in the opgaaf (the annual census for tax purposes) with no possessions."
He died as a very wealthy man. (V.C. 56; GMR 1703; Leibbrandt, Requesten, pp. 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417; Rq. 1717: 107; CJ 1130: 12; Rq. 1744: 59; Test. CJ 1068: 60; CJ 1171: 61; CJ 1192: 60; Test. O.C. 2: 38; Inventory of his estate in CJ 1192: 60;
G.R. nr. 107 and II, p. 60, where his SECOND MARRIAGE IS MENTIONED AS THAT OF HIS SON
Hendrik Oostwald EKSTEEN (Heinrich Oswald ECKSTEIN) Hy was gebore 23 Februarie 1678 in Loebenstein, Thuringen in Duitsland. Sy vader was Michael Eckstein. Heinrich het op die skip Oostersteyn as adelbors in 1702 by die Kaap aangekom. Hy was 'n burger in 1704. Hy was ook 'n lid van die Burgerraad, die weeskamer. Hy trou 13 Julie 1704 met Sara HEYNS, dogter van Paul Heyns en Maria Schalk van der Merwe, Maria se moeder was 'n slavin. Sy is in 1713 oorlede. Hy trou die tweede maal 21 Februarie 1714 met Everdina CRUYWAGEN dogter van Jan Myndertse Cruywagen en Catharina van Maarsen. Sy is in 1718 oorlede. Hy trou die derde maal met Alida van der HEYDEN dogter van Pieter Jurgen van der Heyden en Aletta maria van AELWYK. Sy is op 15 Desember 1784 oorlede.
Hy het 'n vissery besit naby Saldanahabaai. Hendrik was 'n ryk man, wat die plase Lobenstein (Loewenstein) en Elsjeskraal besit het.
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Heinrich Ostwald Eksteen, SV/PROG's Timeline
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February 23, 1678
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Thüringen, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Lobenstein, Germany
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1702
Age 23
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Cape
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February 8, 1705
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April 26, 1705
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Suid Afrika, Kaap
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October 3, 1706
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1708
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Suid Afrika, Kaap
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May 25, 1710
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Suid Afrika, Kaap
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June 5, 1712
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