Johann Friedrich Deysel, SV/PROG

Johan Deitzel arrives in the Cape in 1746 from Elson, Paderborn, Germany. He is a soldier for the company. He later becomes a builder in the Swellendam district. He is married to Cornelia van Saxon, born in the Cape 06 June 1730 . Cornelia is daughter of Leenert Barend von Saxon & Johanna de Ryk, previously wife of Johannes Claatz, van Malabar. After Johan Deitzel's death she remarries Nicolaas Swart. She Passes away in 1795.

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Johannes, or Johann, or simply Jan Deysel was apparently born in Elsen, Westfalen, Germany, which lies between Hanover and Dusseldorf in or about 1726. He most probably travelled to the Cape of Good Hope as a servant of the Dutch East India Company ( or V.O.C.) between 1740 and 1750. The family surname is variously recorded as Dietzel, Deijtsel, Deyssel or Deysel. He was married to Cornelia van Saxen in Tulbach in the Western Cape in 1752 (still quite a young man). At least one of their children was born in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, in 1762. His final resting place is uncertain. Most probably he is buried in the Western Cape, however some of his descendants moved Eastwards to Uitenhage by the year 1820.