Maria Pieters

It is likely that Maria Pieters with daughter Cecilia De Groot is the same person as Maria Van de Caep (daughter of Cape born slave Jannetje Bastijans Van de Caep) who was known to have a daughter Cecilia Van de Caep (perhaps registered as Van de Caep at birth and then taking on the father's name after baptism). She may first have been one of the concubines of Andreas Pietersz, taking on the name Pieters, and then later married Pieter Pieterz De Groot. In Mansell G. Upham's articles "Who was Jannetje Rutgertroost?" and 'An enquiry into the ancestry of the Cape-born Johanna Kemp (c. 1689-1778) - wife of Jacob Krüger (from Sadenbeck)' he briefly discusses Pieter Pietersz de Groot (as he is a witness at their children's baptisms) and makes mention of his wife Maria Pietersz, who he believes is the same person as a daughter Maria born to Joanna (or Jannetje) Bastijans (or Bastiaens) and baptized on 24 Jan 1677. He also states that she likely was a concubine to Andreas Pietersz of Lübeck prior to her marriage to De Groot.