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About Jan de Wit
Biography Events
30 December 1685: Baptism of Cape-born castiça Maria [Adriaans(z):] voorkind of Anna "Liberta" aka Anna Pieters: van Juff. Coon [Alexandrina (Sandrina) Maxwell] ... witnessed by her aunt, the Cape-born Margarita [Margaretha Jans: Visser] & matron in the Company Slave Lodge ... [1]
She marries (20 March 1707) Jan de Wit / John White (from New York [formerly Nieuw Amsterdam]), son of Willem de Wit / William White - a likely descendant of William White (c.1580-21 February 1621) who sailed on the "Mayflower" to the Plymouth Colony in North America ... [1]
He was a pirate (1705) on the "Speaking Trumpet" under American pirate ‘king’ John Bowen shipwrecked at Black Rock off Mauritius who deserted to the Dutch settlement ... [1]
Thereafter the Dutch sent him to Batavia on the "Oegstgeest" with him finally arriving (1705/1706) as a VOC sailor at the Cape of Good Hope again on the "Oestgeest" ex Batavia via Mauritius ... [1]
He went again to Madagascar on the "Ter Aa" as a slave trader for the Dutch ... [1]
At the Cape he settles down as a prominent member of the Marriage Board & Church Elder (1722-1743) & burgher councillor, member of the Orphan Chamber '& Lieutenant of the Infantry ... [1]
For more information about her very influential Cape family, click at the following link: Hell and Paradise : hope on Constantia [Mansell Upham] [1]
Sources
Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Jan de Wit Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jan 3, 2016.
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Source: First Fifty Years - Project collating Cape of Good Hope records Facebook Community Page: Dec 30 at 7:50 am Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Jan 3, 2016.
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Parma Geslagsregisters van Suid Afrikaanse Families
Born Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Nederland
Arrived from nieuw Amsterdam (New York) 1700 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Married to Maria Adriaansz, 20 March 1707 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Petrus Johannes de Wit born 1716
The first of our ancestors to arrive in South Africa, Jan de Wit, did not come from Europe but from another Dutch colony. This colony was under the control of the Dutch West Indies Company (WIC) and was known as Nieuw York, Nieuw Nederland. Nieuw York dates from the establishment of a Dutch colony at New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1624. In 1664 England seized from the Dutch the land around the Hudson River known as Nieuw Nederland and divided it into the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
The name de Wit became known in the East Indies as DeWitt. In Holland it is also known as De Witte. It is not an uncommon name.
Jan de Wit was born in 1677 at New York. He was the son of Willem de Wit also of New York. He came to South Africa from Stanton White, Norfolk USA, and arrived at Cape Town in 1700. This means that that he was born during the English rule of New York, a matter that probably made him decide to leave for another Dutch colony in South Africa. On 20th March 1707 he married Maria Adriaans the “voordogtor” (daughter from a previous relationship) of Anna Pieters of Batavia and Lambert Adriaanse of Wye, Gelerland. Jan de Wit died in April 1755.
"Geslagsregisters van Suid Afrikaanse families"
by de Villiers and Pama (courtesy of Gerda Pieterse)
Jan de Wit, v. Stanton White, Norfolk, * New York, 1677, s.v: Willem de Wit "woonagtig in Nieuw York, Nieuw Nederland". Volgens familieoorlewering was die familienaam oorspr. White. Aank. 1700, + April 1755; x 20.3.1707, Maria, voordogter v. Anna Pieters,v.Batavia,(x 1.3.1694 Lambert Adriaans,v.Wye,Gelderland).
According to family tradition the name de Wit in our family was originally White. There is an interesting legend behind the change of the family name, but it has not been established. Eleanor Rushby in a letter to her children dated 27th July 1942 wrote “My Granny Leslie was a very dignified lady but I thought her hard and proud and I loved my little South African Granny much more. Her mother had been a member of a proud Huguenot family (French people who had settled in South Africa - you may have learnt of them in your history, for some Huguenots went to England too about 1685.) and her father was a Hollander, de Wit the son of a sea captain. Funnily enough his ancestors had been Scotch called White. One of the Whites became a professional soldier and fought in Holland. He was given high rank in the Dutch army and married a Dutch girl so he changed his name to de Wit, the Dutch for White and settled down in Holland. So you see I have no English blood but chiefly Scotch and some Dutch and French. “
Information can also be obtained from the book entitled “Die Groot Afrikaanse Familie-Naamboek” written by C Pama, and . The book entitled “Geslagsregisters van die ou Kaapse families” at the Central Archives Den Haag, the Netherlands.
Official records show that in 1691 the population of the Cape consisted of 1000 Europeans and 400 slaves. By 1717 this had risen to 2500 Europeans, in most cases farmers, and 2500 Slaves. The slaves had mostly been transported to the Cape from Batavia. In 1785 the Governor was van de Graaff; Graff-Reinet was founded and Kapstadt was now a town of 4300 settlers “without counting the blacks and sailors”. Stellenbosch was the major farming settlement.
In 1794 The Dutch East India Company went bankrupt and in 1795 the English seized the colony. In 1795 the Settlers in the colony numbered nearly 16,000 and there were 16,839 slaves. In 1802 the Amiens Treaty handed the colony back to the Netherlands (now the Batavia Republic) but the colony was retaken by the English on the 18th of January 1806 at Blauwberg.
Gerda Pieterse wrote:-
Jan de Wit married Maria Adriaansz on 20 March 1707 at the Cape, but there
again is an interesting twist. He was only confirmed at the Reformed Church
(the only legit Church at the Cape at the time) in 1710, with his
mother-in-law as a witness. What this means is as yet unsure, but it may
well mean that he was not Dutch Reformed in America! A kinsman, Thomas de
Wit, son of Pieter de Wit and Abigael Bele from Nieuw Jork came to work for
him as labourer in 1731. Another link we are trying to follow up.
What we do know: Jan and Maria had seven children. You are descended from
their son Petrus Johannes de Wit and Aletta Jacoba Blankenberg
The children were:
b1) Anna Catharina de Wit x Johannes Wiltens, assistant buyer VOC
b2) Maria Elizabeth de Wit (died young?)
b3) Willem Adriaan Christiaan de Wit (died young?)
b4) Petrus Johannes de Wit x Anna Margaretha Sandenbergh xx Aletta Jacoba
Blankenberg
b5) Isabella de Wit x Jasper Westpalm of Batavia
b6) Johanna de Wit x Thomas Swellengrebel of Archangel, VOC buyer in
Batavia
b7) Johannes Henricus de Wit, Captain in the Dutch Fleet
Alexandre Dumas in his book “The Black Tulip” presents an accurate and vivid picture of society and culture in 17th century Holland. The execution of Jann and Cornelius De Witte and the romance between Van Baerle and Rosa are portrayed with great detail. In the 17th century the Dutch dominated trade. Ships travelled as far as modern day New York and Nagasaki, and settlements were founded in Indonesia and South Africa. The Dutch settlement in South Africa, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck, was established in 1652. It supplied fresh produce and meat to the fleets of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) for their voyages between Europe and the Spice Islands of the East.
Name: Jan De Wit
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Mar 1706
Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Residence Place: Amsterdam
Gender: Male
Age: Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Father's Name: Mother's Name: Parents' Residence Place: Spouse's Name: Maria Adriaanz
Spouse's Age: Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Residence Place: Cabo
Record Type: Entry Number: Page: GS Film number: 2214107 Digital Folder Number: 4322620 Image Number: 00066
Citing this Record: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-8V1 : 4 December 2014), Jan De Wit and Maria Adriaanz, 20 Mar 1706, Marriage; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,107.
DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 13/1/5 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 23 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ADRIAANSZ, MARIA. WEDUWEE VAN DE WIT, JAN. LIQUIDATION AND
DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. STARTING 17520000 ENDING 17630000
The above would suggest that Jan de Wit died in or before 1752
- Residence: Mar 20 1706 - Cape Town
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: May 28 2021, 18:01:00 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: May 28 2021, 18:01:00 UTC
1739 Cape Muster Roll:
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4...
In the 1739 Cape muster roll Jan de Wit and Maria Adriaansz are recorded with 2 sons, 29 male slaves and 6 female slaves
1742 Cape Muster Roll:
In the 1742 Cape muster roll Jan de Wit is recorded with Maria Adriaanse and two daughters
the next entry is for Petrus Johannes de Wit (their son)
At the bottom of the page Thomas de Wit and Elisabeth delitz[sic] are recorded with 1 daughter
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Jan de Wit's Timeline
| 1677 |
1677
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New Amsterdam, New York, United States
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| 1707 |
December 26, 1707
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| 1709 |
January 6, 1709
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Kaapstad, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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January 24, 1712
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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June 3, 1714
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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1714
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Cape Town, South Africa
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| 1716 |
August 23, 1716
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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| 1719 |
May 28, 1719
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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| 1722 |
January 18, 1722
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