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About Jan Nel, b10c2d4

Corrections

According to GISA's SAG Vol 6:

b10c2d4 Jan NEL ≈ 10.2.1765 x 5.4.1789 Maria Francina VAN DER VYVER xx Swellendam 5.1.1805 Carolina BECK ≈ 4.2.1784 wed. v. Jacobus Hoffman

Recent research (See Sources) has shown the above to be erroneous.

The correct details are as follows:

b10c2d4 Jan NEL ≈ Drakenstein 10.2.1765 † c. 14.4.1814 x Cape Town 1.6.1788 Maria Catharina STRYDOM ≈ Drakenstein 4.4.1773 † c. 1804 xx Swellendam 6.1.1805 Carolina BECK ≈ Land van Waveren 4.2.1784 † c. 1818, wed. v. Johann Jacob Wilhelm (Jacobus) Hoffman; BECK xxx Swellendam 31.8.1816 Pieter van der Westhuizen ≈ Drakenstein 7.11.1756

Baptism

Drakenstein (Paarl) Baptism Record.

His name is given as "Jan". He is sometimes referred to as "Johannes." Some sources erroneously add "Petrus" into the name.

His father is listed as Willem Nel.

Marriages

Jan Nel - Johanna Maria Strydom Marriage Record - Version 1 (Cape Town) (top left)

Jan Nel - Johanna Maria Strydom Marriage Record Version 2 (Cape Town) (right-hand side of image)

Jan Nel - Carolina Beck Marriage Record (Swellendam) (on 6 Jan 1805, not 5 Jan 1805 as per GISA's SAG Vol 6)

Date of Death

Date and Place of Death: MOOC8/31.17 (See Sources)

Testator(s):

Johanna Carolina Bek

Jan Nel

14 Augustus 1814

C: Bird

"Inventaris van alle zoodanige goederen en effecten, slaaven, baaten en lasten des boedels van wijlen den ab intestato overleedenen Jan Nel Willem zoon en nagelaatene weduwe, Johanna Carolina Bek behooren, en door vernoemden Jan Nel op den veertienden April 1814 met den dood is ontruijmd en nagelaaten, zijnde deeze inventaris door mij ondergeteekende, fungeerende Secretaris van het district Tulbagh ter presentie der nagenoemde getuijgen geformeerd en in geschrifte gebragt als

De opstal der leenings plaats genaamt de Drie Fonteijnen, geleegen aan de andere zijde van de Buffels Revier, agter den Zwarten Bergh, in het district van Tulbagh"

Other Source Documentation

The Estate File of Maria Catharina Strydom's Mother, Catharina Geertruyda Botha, MOOC8/50.45a, refers to the marriage of Maria Catharina Strydom to Jan Nel:

Reference no.: MOOC8/50.45a

Testator(s):

Catharina Geertruyda Botha

27 November 1788

Rhenius

Inventaris mitsg:s taxatie van alle sodanige goederen als ab intestato metter dood syn ontruymd en nagelaten door Catharina Geertruyda Botha ten voordeele van haar man Daniel Jacobus Strydom ter eenre, als meede hunne by den anderen in huwelyk verwekte zes kinderen, met namen

Maria Catharina oud 17 jaren getrouwd met Jan Nel ter andere zyde

Catharina Geertruyda oud 15 jaren

Johannes Petrus oud 13 jaren

Elizabeth oud 9 jaren

Willem oud 6 jaren en

Marg:tha Strydom oud 18 maanden

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Jan Nel, b10c2d4's Timeline

1765
February 10, 1765
Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
February 10, 1765
Paarl, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1796
July 30, 1796
Graaff-Reinet, Great Karoo, Cape Colony, South Africa
1798
1798
1801
1801
South Africa
1804
April 17, 1804
1807
1807
1808
January 21, 1808
Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony