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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Also Known As: "Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Snr.", "Marthinus Wessels Pretorius"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tulbagh, Land van Waveren, Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Death: September 29, 1831 (84)
Moorddraai, Harrismith, Oranje Vrystaat, Suid Afrika (Murdered by the Sotho)
Immediate Family:

Son of Johannes Pretorius, b3c1; Johanna Wynandsz Pretorius and Johanna Pretorius
Husband of Johanna Adriana Koekemoer/ Pretorius and Susanna Elizabeth Pretorius / Hattingh
Father of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, b3c1d5e1; Zacharias Pretorius; Anna Johanna Pretorius; Johanna Pretorius; Johannes Pretorius and 12 others
Brother of Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius; Wijnand Pretorius; Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius; Magdalena Horn, c1d4; Anna Dorothea Pretorius and 8 others

Occupation: Farmer on farm "Driekoppen", Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
DVN: b3c1d5
Managed by: Petrus Johannes Erasmus
Last Updated:

About Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Baptism record

Sien http://www.pretoriusfamilie.info/pret1/I45.html


Uit die boek Andries Pretorius deur Gustav Preller uitgegee deur Colin Pretorius en eGGSA aanlyn winkel.

Marthinus Wessel was tweemaal getroud, die eerste keer met Johanna de Beer, uit welke huwelik tien kinders gebore is: vier seuns en ses dogters. Later is hy weer getroud met Susanna Viljoen, nagelate weduwee van Johannes Dewald Hattingh. En uit hierdie laasgenoemde huwelik het Marthinus Wessel weer vyf kinders verwek, die oudste waarvan, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus, bestem was om in Piet Retief se plek op te tree, Dingane te verslaan, en die Republiek van Natalia vry te maak.

Vader se boedel en inventaris MOOC8/52.46 a & b

10 Nov 1797

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PRETORIUS lyn = b3c1d5

Father of the Voortrekker leader Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [Andries] PRETORIUS who trekked to Natal on 1 OCT 1838.

Deacon in the Church and long-serving elder.

Member of the first Voortrekker Council.

Bron: PRETORIUS in Natal deur B. J. LIEBENBERG.

Y. DROST

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Was an Earl
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Wills Index register (MOOC13) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-YTTP?i=473

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius's Timeline

1746
November 10, 1746
Tulbagh, Land van Waveren, Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
1747
February 12, 1747
Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
February 12, 1747
Cape, South Africa
February 12, 1747
Tulbagh
1775
March 12, 1775
Agter Sneeuberg, Cradock, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
1776
March 24, 1776
1778
June 27, 1778
or May 27, 1778;, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1779
November 26, 1779
1781
April 1, 1781
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa