Alias Johannis [Jan is short for Johannis].

Father of Jan died on duty for the Dutch East-Indian Trade Company

Father Pieter was Chief Shipwright (Opper Scheepstimmerman) for the Dutch East-Indian Trade Company (VOC). He also came to South Africa on his way to Indonesia (the former Dutch-East-Indies). [Recia].

Confirmation of the fact that Petronella van den Bende was really the mother of Jan van Coeverden. Petronella van den Bende who lived in Dordrecht, in the Netherlands, showed up at the baptism of her granddaughter Petronella Maria (named after her) in Cape, South Africa.

Doop van dochter / baptism of daughter Petronella Maria van Coeverden

• Kind child: Petronella Maria
• Vader / father: Jan van Coeverden
• Moeder / mother: Johanna Rosina Grijlingh
• Getuige 1 / witness 1: Pieter Pluijm [half-brother of Jan van Coeverden, living in Dordrecht, Holland. Recia]
• Getuige 2 / witness 2: Petronella van Bende [Mother of Jan van Coeverden, living in Dordrecht. Recia]
• Getuige 3 / witness 3: Jan Plaat [ = Johannes Blatt, husband of Maria Jacoba. Recia]
• Getuige 4 / witness 4: Maria Jacoba Grijlingh [half-sister of Johanna Rosina Greyling. Recia]
• Bron / Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), database with images, FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLQ-342

Grandmother Petronella van den Bende / van Bende was visiting her son Jan in South-Africa and attending the baptism of her granddaughter.

Doop van / Baptism of Jan van Coeverden

• Doopinschrijving / registration of baptism of Johannis, 1736.06.04
• Datum / date: 04-06-1736
• Doopplaats / place of baptism: Dordrecht
• Naam kind / name child: Johannis
• Vader / father: Pieter van Coeverde
• Moeder / mother: Pieternella van den Bende
• Bron / source: Archief 11 Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Dordrecht, Invent. 8-10