Hendrik Hermanus De Vries, b4c7

wagonmaker (1763) 23

born 1744 24

baptized 29 November 1744, Cape Town 25

Notes: According to his request for burger papers in 1763 he

entered the service of the Dutch East India Company in 1761

as a young wagonmaker, progressing to wagonmaker in 1763.

(Source: Leibbrandt, HCV, Requesten 1715-1806, p.1291a)

He was apparently still living in 1785 when he was mentioned in

the will of his uncle, Abraham Bosman. He is not mentioned in

any of the later codicils but not many other people are either.