Jacob Pleunis, SV/PROG

Jacob Pleunes was a carpenter from Orsoy, Germany and later also a deacon at the Cape. He married Willemyntje Ariens de Wit, widow of Detlef Bibault, on 2 October 1695 in the Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church), de Caep de Goede Hoop.

They had two sons, Johannes and Hendrik. Pleunes had a farm at Banghoek, Stellenbosch. Adam Tas called him "de hollebollige Jacob Pleunis." The word hollebolle often referred to someone with an insatiable apatite.

In 1710 his wife applied for a divorce because he had mistreated her often, but they were not divorced and at the time of her death in 1727 she is still listed as his wife.

The First 50 Years Project, http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7846.htm

Reference no.: MOOC8/5.4 Testator(s): Wilhelmina de Wit 9 Junij 1727 Inventaris van alle sodanige goederen, als er sijn naargelaten en met 'er dood ontruijmt door Wilhelmina de Wit huijsvrouw van den burger Jacob Pleunis ten voordeelen van hem Pleunis ter een'er en

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