Arrival

Johann Jürgen (Jan Jurien – Dutch direct translation) Faber, from Alsace (Den Elsas), employed as a sailor (matroos) by the Vereenigde Oost-Indisch Geoctroijeerde Maatschappij (VOC) arrived in the Cape of Good Hope on 4 February 1762, on board the Huis te Boede.

Sources:
Soldijboek Huis te Boede Bronverwijzing Nummer toegang: 1.04.02, inventarisnummer: 13119, folionummer: 90 http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/index/nt00444/c46908e6-c864-11e6-9d...

VOC: Opvarenden, Scheepsnaam: Huis te Boede Kamer Zeeland Bestemming Batavia Ove_tekst_dasnr_reisnr 3817.3 Datum afreis 1761-09-25 Aankomst kaap 1762-02-04 Vertrek kaap 1762-03-04 Datum aankomst 1762-05-24 http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/index/nt00444/8051b765-73c8-400b-a5...

Employment

After his arrival in the Cape, he remained in the employment of the VOC and from 1766 onwards his occupation is given as soldier (haakbusschieter). Between March 1762 and 1771 he was contracted out as a knecht (farm hand) i.e. March 1762 for 3 years to Johannes Loots; March 1765 to March 1766 worked for an Eksteen and in April 1767 for Pieter Lodewikus Theron for “18 guldens per maand en spys, drank, goedere en huisvesting”. According to the last contract dated 13 September 1769, he worked for Lodewikus Jacobus Theron on the farm “de Groene fonteyn”.

On 30 May 1777 JJ Faber, occupation Farmer (landbouwer) obtained the loan farm Elandskloof (d'Eijlands Cloof) on the Melk Rivier (near Pearston) for a year, this farm was previously allocated Jacob Erasmus (Archives of the Receiver of Land Revenue. RLR 25/1. 1776 – 1777. p.187).

Marriage

Marriage

NGK Tulbagh
1771, den 14 April Jan Jurgen Faber van Mannigenhoffen in Hessen Hanau, jongman Matroos in't E.Comp: dienst met Maria Magdalena Brits Van de Caap

Transcriber remarks: woman's marital status not entered - Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 22, entry no 10. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. on http://www.eggsa.org/cgi-bin/searchMarriages.pl

Death

c. 1788

Maria Brits “Weduwee wylen burger Jan Faber” married Anthony Fortman on 16 November 1788.

On 21 February 1789, the Estate papers of J Theron, referred to Maria Magdalena Brits as the widow of Jan Jurgen Faber (see page 8). http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/make_pdf.cfm?output=pdf&id=MOOC8/19.51

On 31 August 1790 his employment with the VOC was officially ended 'Laaste vermelding'. No reason is provided but it could relate to the time notice of his death was received in the Netherlands.

Other

Rumour regarding the murder of all the Roggeveld Hottentots

June 26 1772 Copy of a letter from the Landdrost of Stellenbosch to the Cape Government .. the prisoner Jantje links states he also heard in the presence of Cornelis van Wyk, from a servant of Ary de Lange, a Roggeveld farmer, named Faber. Moodie, D. (Ed.). (2011). The Record: Or, a Series of Official Papers Relative to the Condition and Treatment of the Native Tribes of South Africa (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Secondary sources

FABER
JOHANN JüRGEN (S Faber and Vaarver). - Alsace. Arr. as arquebusier, loaned as farmhand since 1762. ~ 14.4.1771 Maria Magdalena Brits. 7 children. (CJ 1148: 65; CJ 1151: 7; CJ 1152: 24; CJ 1153: 25; CJ 1153a: 45; G.R. nr. 118.)

- 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)

Johann Jurgen FABER het in 1760 aan die Kaap geland. Hy was van Manningenhof, Hanau Duitsland. Hy trou 14 April 1771 in Tulbagh met Maria Magdalena BRITS. Sy was die dogter van Johanna van Saxen (en sy was die dogter van Leendert BARENDSE van Saxen van die Kaap en Johanna DE RYK) en "n onbekende vader [Sien Errata hieronder. Johanna de Ryk het nie 'n dogter 'Johanna' gehad nie - sien http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/main_article.cfm?id=MOOC8%2F8.1%201... - JS]

KINDERS

• b1 Johannes Jurgen gedoop 21 Apr 1771 [21 Apr 1770]
• b2 Cornelis Jacobus gedoop 25 Jul 1773, X Christina Magdalena de Buys
• b3 Johanna Maria Catharina gedoop 22 Des 1776 [23 Jan 1774], X 30 Nov 1815 Johannes Jacobs
• b4 Anna Elizabeth Martha gedoop 22 Des 1776, X Johannes Bezuidenhout
• b5 Christina Magdalena gedoop 21 Nov 1779, X 19 Apr 1801 Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo
• b6 Susanna Elizabeth gedoop 5 Maart 1780, X 19 Apr 1801 Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo, XX Ockert Brits
• b7 Michiel Gerhardus Balthasar gedoop 14 Apr 1784, X 10 Feb 1811 Johanna Margaretha van Niekerk

Bronne:

• Elmien Ballot "Die Faber Stamouers" Familia 2002, no 1
• Heese en Lombard Vol II - http://www.stamouers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&...

Errata: Die skrywer van bogenoemde artikel het in 2005 n fout ontdek in haar oorspronklike artikel; die doopinskrywing van Johannes van Saxen s.v. Leendert BARENDSE van Saxen van die Kaap en Johanna DE RYK is verwar met Johanna van Saxen en dus is haar ouers steeds onbekend.