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Jacobus Smit

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
Death: circa 1808 (36-53)
Immediate Family:

Son of Jasper Smit and Helena Smit, b3c10
Husband of Jacoba Elisabeth Smit / Vlotman, b4c1d1
Father of Helena Jacoba Nienaber; Hendrik Adriaan Smit; Maria Catharina Smit; Jacobus Johannes Paulus Smit; Elisabeth Johanna Delport and 2 others
Brother of Catharina Smit, b4c4d1; Nicolaas Johannes Smit, b4c4d2; Elisabeth Smit, b4c4d3 and Pieter Cornelis Smit, b4c4d4
Half brother of Francois Alewyn Smit

ID: b4c4d5
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About Jacobus Smit

According to MOOC8/57.49b Jacobus Smit and Jacoba Elisabeth Meintjies only had 3 children at the time of Jacobus's death in 1808. e1 – e3. SAG has 7 children for the couple. e4–e7 were all born from 1793 to 1797. e5 and e6 were married in 1817 and 1816. Not sure if e4 – e7 were actually their children as especially e5 and e6 would have been mentioned in the MOOC document if they were as they were still alive in 1808.

c4 Jasper » Kaapstad 18.11.1714 x Kaapstad c. 1752 Helena VAN DER WESTHUIZEN » 21.12.1727

d5 Jacobus » c. 1763 x 22.2.1784 Jacoba Elisabeth MEINTJES » Waveren 16.10.1768 d.v. Hendrik Meintjes en Maria Catharina Smit

e1 Helena Jacoba » 16.4.1786 x Graaff-Reinet 3.10.1805 Pieter Carel NIENABER

e2 Hendrik Adriaan » 5.4.1789 † 14.5.1835 x Anna Breggie NIENABER (wed. v. Frans Johannes Kruger)

e3 Maria Catharina » 25.11.1792

e4 Jacobus Johannes Paulus » 14.4.1793

e5 Elisabeth Johanna » 15.6.1794 x Graaff-Reinet 7.4.1817 Jacobus Petrus DELPORT

e6 Hester Cecilia » 21.2.1796 x Kaapstad 4.8.1816 Hendrik Albertus VAN NIEKERK

e7 Jacobus Nicolaas » 8.10.1797

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Jacobus Smit's Timeline

1763
1763
Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
1785
July 12, 1785
South Africa
1788
April 5, 1788
Tweefontein, Sneeuberg, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1791
December 18, 1791
Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
1793
1793
Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
1794
June 15, 1794
Kaap de Goede Hoop, Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, WC, South Africa
1796
1796
1797
1797
Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
1808
1808
Age 45