Nicolaas van den Heuvel, SV/PROG

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Nicolaas van den Heuvel, SV/PROG

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Death: April 26, 1732
Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Johannes van den Heuvel and Marretje Gerrits
Husband of Maria van den Heuvel, b1 SM
Father of Helena Maria van Der Heuvel; Elizabeth Maria Catharina van den Heuvel, SM; Johanna Petronella van den Heuvel; Marya Anna van den Heuvel; Nicolaas van den Heuvel and 1 other
Brother of Marritie van den Heuvel; Gerrit van den Heuvel; Elisabeth van den Heuvel; Geertruij van den Heuvel and Arnoldus van den Heuvel

Managed by: Jacobus Hendrik van Schalkwyk
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About Nicolaas van den Heuvel, SV/PROG

Marriage register 1665 - 1695 NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch:
1713
Naamen der perzoonen, die haar in den egt begeeven hebben.
26 9b:r
[November]
van den Heuvel, van Amsterd: jongm: met Maria zeegers, van de Cabo, jonge dogter.



Abridged from http://familielegkaart.blogspot.com/2016/06/b5-helena-van-der-westh...

Nicolaas's wife, Maria Zeegers, was born on 25 June 1700. Her father, Heinrich, died early in 1703, leaving his widow with a young child. Maria was given in marriage to Nicolaas van den Heuvel when she was only 13 years old, but the couple did not have children till she was 19 years old, and then they had at least 7 children between 1719 and 1730 (list not exhaustive/confirmed):

1. Elizabeth Catharina (17 September 1719)
2. Helena Maria (25 May 1721)
3. Johanna Petronella (30 May 1723)
4. Aletta Hendrina (25 February 1725) x c.1745 Barend van Niekerk
5. Margaretha Anna (24 November 1726)
6. Anna Elizabeth (25 September 1728)
7. Nicolaas (03 December 1730)

Nicolaas van den Heuvel was an upstanding citizen and served four times on the Church Council at Stellenbosch. It was he who laid the proposed plan for the new church before the heemraden in March 1717. When the new cross-structured church was inaugurated, Nicolaas served as elder. He lived in a Kolonieshuis from 1713-1717. Nicolaas bought the farm Bethlehem from Claas van de Westhuizen, which purchase was registered on 24 April 1719. In 1723, records show that he also owned the farms Parel Vallei and Paardevlei, By 1725 Nicolaas had moved to the Cape Town district. By all standards Nicolaas was very prosperous. There is mention that Nicolaas suffered from poor health in 1717, but he lived another 15 years and died on 26 April 1732, leaving a widow with at least 7 children to run three farms. He was laid to rest within the Stellenbosch church.

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Nicolaas van den Heuvel, SV/PROG's Timeline

1690
February 15, 1690
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
February 15, 1690
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1715
1715
1719
September 17, 1719
Stellenbosch, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
1723
1723
1725
February 25, 1725
South Africa
1726
1726