Jan de Nys, b1

NYS JAN (also called JAN DE NYS). – Düsseldorf. As soldier on Mauritius married 8.8.1694 to Lysbeth Fockese Roda. In 1696 mentioned as forester (boswagter) on Mauritius, in 1699 as burgher at the Cape. + 1713. 4 children: Anje (born on Mauritius), Aaltje (31.5.1699), Jan (3.4.1701), Jacobus (18.3.1702). (CJ 1255, p. 386; Letters rec. of 23.9.1696; Letters desp. of 18.3.1699; MOOC 14/1; nr. 46; Test. O.C. 1:74; Inv. O.C. 2: 72; Bdlr. 1:46 under Nys.) Antje de Nys ~ Wilhelm Johann Hoffmann (q.v.); (2) Johannes Weinoch (q.v.). Aaltje (Aletta) de Nys ~ (1) 26.7.1716 Christian Andreas Biesel of Copenhagen; (2) 13.6.1734 Hans Jürgen Hauk (q.v.); (3) 3.5.1750 Gerrit Ryndert de Vos of Hoorn, naval captain.

- Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946)

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Mansell Upham 'What can't be cured, must be endured …

Cape of Good Hope - first marriages & baptisms (1652-1665)'

"... January 2012, c1 Jan de Nijs [van Dusseldorf] marries 8 August 1694 Lijsbeth Fockese Roda born Mauritius (daughter of Focke Jansz: Roda & Alida (Aeltje) Siewers: Soest; family emigrate to Cape."

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Staat en inventaris der goederen naer gelaten en met 'er dood ontruijmt bij wijlen den burger Jan Nijs en desselfs overleedene huijsvrouw Lijsbet Jansze de Roode ten voordeele van

desselfs drie kinderen genaemt

Antje Nijs

Jan en

Aaltje Nijs

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Aldus geinventariseert aan Cabo de Goede Hoop deesen 22 Meij 1713

- Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa Reference no.: MOOC8/2.72 on http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/