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Michael Henn, SV/PROG

Also Known As: "Michael Hern", "Michiel"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Herbergen, Germany
Death: February 28, 1823 (97-98)
Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Johannes Michiel Hernn and Anna Margaretha Hernn
Husband of Christina Henn, SM
Father of Christina Johanna Henn; Anna Margarretha Olwage, b1 SM; Johannes Michiel Henn, b2; Maria Catharina Klopper, b4 and Anna Catharina van der Weg, b4

Occupation: Wagon maker in Stellenbosch (1734), Farmer on Baarscheerdersbosch (1784), Wagonmaker
DVN: SV/PROG
Label: Arrived in 1748 on the ship Leijden 2 from Herbergen, Sachse, Germany as a soldier in the employ of the V.O.C.
Managed by: Lindsey
Last Updated:

About Michael Henn, SV/PROG

https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00444/c4665f2e-... Voornaam opvarende Michiel

Achternaam opvarende Hen

Herkomst opvarende Herbrog

Datum indiensttreding 1748-05-27

Functie bij indiensttreding Matroos

Uitleg over functie waak- en roergang; laden en lossen; reinigen, teren en kalfaten van het schip; af- en aanslaan van de zeilen; helpers van de onderofficieren. Ook wel bootsgezel.

Uitgevaren met het schip Zeelandia

Datum uit dienst 1758-12-12

Waar uit dienst Kaap de Goede Hoop

Reden uit dienst Vrijburger

Uitleg over reden einde dienstverband Dit wordt ingevoerd als de laatste post vermeldt dat de opvarende vrijburger wordt. Soms wordt een opvarende vrijburger en treedt daarna weer in dienst. Als een opvarende vrijburger wordt en de datum van overlijden wordt gegeven, staat dit bij opmerkingen

Schuldbrief Ja

Maandbrief Nee

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5/12/2014 Overberg families by HJ Engela for GSSA. - Sourced register. Michiel (Herrn) HENN, * Herbergen, Germany »a 1. Arrived 1748 as a sailor aboard the Leijden 2. In 1753 he was a wagon builder at Stellenbosch 3. Lived at Baardskeerdersbos between 1764 and 1784 »» Kinders (5): 26901, 26902, 27121, 27122, 27123 x 12.04.1778, Christina v d KAAP

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HEN MICHAEL (S Herrn). - Herbergen in Saxony. Arr. 1748 as sa., loaned as wagonmaker 1753, b. 1758, resident at Stellenbosch. ~ 12.4.1778 Christina of the C. Children : Anna Margaretha, (19.4.1778), Johannes Michiel (7.12.1783), Maria Catharina (1786), the last two bapt. in the Lutheran Church. (V.C. 56; CJ 1144: 29; Stellenbosch Arch., vol. 369.) Anna Margaretha ~ Detlef Christian Olwagen (q.v.), Johannes Michiel ~ Maria Helena Heysenberg (Stellenbosch Arch., vol. 740, under 5.12.1807), Maria Christina ~ 12.5.1811 Abraham Klopper of the C. Cf. G.R., II, p. 130.

- 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)


Van Herbergen, nie ver van Dresden, Sakse, Duitsland

Herbergen ist ein im 13. oder 14. Jahrhundert entstandenes Reihendorf mit Waldhufen. Der Name „zu den herbrygen" (1528) deutet auf Herbergen, die die hier an der alten Pirnaer Straße errichtet wurden. Infolge dieser exponierten Lage litt der Ort besonders unter den Wirren im Dreißigjährigen Krieg und in den Napoleonischen Kriegen 1813/15. Seit 1973 ist auch Herbergen ein Ortsteil von Liebstadt.

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From and Ancestry board post

  • 1.JOHANNES MICHAEL HERNN VON STEINWEILER, born 1680 IN PFALZ, BAYERN, MARRIED 4 JULY 1703 TO ANNA CATHRINA FLOCKERT.
  • 2.JOHANNES MICHIEL HERNN, BORN 1704, MARRIED DATE UNKNOWN TO ANNA MARGARETHA SURNAME UNKNOWN.
  • 3. THEIR SON - MICHAEL HERNN - BORN 1725 - ARRIVED AT THE CAPE IN 1748 - FROM HERBERGEN IN SACHSE (GERMANY) AS A SOLDIER IN THE EMPLOY OF THE V.O.C. HE BECAME A BURGER IN 1758 AS WAGON BUILDER IN STELLENBOSCH. HE MARRIED CHRISTINA OF THE CAPE (NO SURNAME - OF SLAVE DESCENT ) ON 12 APRIL 1778.
  • 4. Johannes Michiel HERNN - Christened: 07 DEC 1783 IN Lutheran Church, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa. MARRIED MARIA HELENA HEISENERG -BORN 1778 - ON 6.12 1807. I THINK IT IS HER THAT DIED ON 31 MAR 1838.
  • 5. JOHANNES MICHIEL HENN - BORN 22 NOV 1803 Hartebeestrivier, Caledon, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa. DIED 10 Aug 1874 IN HERMANUS - MARRIED HENRIETTA WILHELMINA MATTHEE - BORN 21 May 1811 - ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1830 - SHE DIED 26 Jun 1882. HE CHANGED THE SPELLING OF THE SURNAME HERNN TO HENN, MOVED TO HAIDU/HERRIES BAY,TODAY HAWSTON - THEN TO HERMANUSPIETERSFONTEYN IN 1857. HAD TWELVE CHILDREN - 7 SONS 5 DAUGHTERS. TWO SONS DIED YOUNG. Johannes and Henrietta WERE BURIED IN THE OLD ST PETERS CHURCHYARD, BUT LATER MOVED TO NEW MASS GRAVE IN THE NEW HERMANUS CEMETRY AROUND 1900.
  • 6.5 MARIA ELIZABETH HENN
  • 6.6 MAGDALENA CHRISTINA HENN

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http://www.percytours.com/hermanus-history.html#.UrGR0KUXubw

"The first permanent settlers were the family of Mr. J Michael Henn, who in 1857 with 4 wagon carts, 5 sons, 5 daughters and their various husbands and children, pitched camp right next to the waterfall. They started the fishing industry here and built the first permanent buildings along the present day Marine Drive."



William Warrington notes earliest relatives as follows:

  1. Johannes Michiel Hernn von Steinweiler, born 1680 in Pfalz, Bayern. Married Anna Cathrina Flockert on 4 July 1703.
  2. Johannes Michiel Hernn, born 1704. Married to Anna Margaretha UNKNOWN.
  3. Michael Hernn, born 1725. Arrived at the Cape in 1748 from Herbergen in Sachse, Germany. A soldier in the employ of the V.O.C. Became a Burger in 1758 as a wagon maker in Stellenbosch. He married Christina of the Cape (of slave descent) on 12 April 1778.

Hernn surname changed to Henn by Michael's grandson, Johannes Michiel (son of Johannes Michiel Hernn), born 22 November 1803.

Other Source Citation:
https://www.ancestry.ca/boards/surnames.henn/163.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Henn-Family-Tree-192#genealogy
https://gw.geneanet.org/donmac?lang=en&pz=nicholas&nz=mcarthur&ocz=...



Married 12/4/1776 Arrived 1748 as a sailor aboard the Leijden. Lived at Baardskeerdersbos between 1764 an 1784


Arrived in 1748 on the ship Leijden 2 from Herbergen, Sachse, Germany as a soldier in the employ of the V.O.C. He became a burger in 1758 as a wagonbuilder in Stellenbosch. Wagon maker in Stellenbosch (1734), Farmer on Baarscheerdersbosch (1784), Wagonmaker.

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Michael Henn, SV/PROG's Timeline

1725
1725
Herbergen, Germany
1757
1757
Kaap, Suid Afrika
1778
1778
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1783
December 7, 1783
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
1786
1786
Kaap, Suid Afrika
1823
February 28, 1823
Age 98
Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
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Kaap, Suid Afrika