Petrus Franciscus Melchior Briers

WATERGANG 29 m 25 r2

Cloetesdal Dwars in de Weg

O N O Guillaume du Toit; W Z W Hoogte van Jacob de Wilde; NNW Lambert Deckers Vallei

va Hoff; Z Z O Hoogte naar Piet Oorlam

1690 Pieter Coopman belowe

16.11.1694 O S F 1 95 Pieter Coopman

19. 11.1694 T 361 Guillaume du Toit + Aan 't Pad

27. 9.1710 T 823 Jan Oberholster getroud met Anna du Toit G. Dogter van boedel du Toit + Aan 't Pad

23. 11.1715 T 1063 Johannes Heyns

13. 4.1718 T 1231 Elizabeth Wandels

26.7.1719 T 1300 Johannes Louw

28. 4.1733 T 2112 Johannes Coetzee Hans Jurgen

24. 3.1739 T 2435 Jacob Cloete

24. 3.1739 T 2436 Nicolaas Vlok

28.7.1750 T 2877 Martin Melck

25. 4.1754 T 3073 Nicolaas Vlok

3. 2.1763 T 3812 Jacobus Groenewald + Kromme Rivier

16. 8.1816 215 C.J. Ackerman (net Watergang)

6. 4.1830 T 159 P.F.M. Briers van insolvent Ackerman

24. 4.1835 T 132 I.J. de Milander van insolvent Briers

24. 4.1835 T 133 Martin Daniël Johannes Roux (Daniel Zn) getroud met Catharina Jacoba Hoffman

15. 10.1840 T 1117 Felix Orlandini; Roux and wife divorced on account of Roux's cruelty

16. 2.1846 T 161 Arnoldus Johannes Bosman

13. 5.1869 (111) Abraham Michael Johannes Bosman van Arnoldus

9. 8.1873 (164)

EENZAAMHEID 60m

9.7.1693 OSF 1 345 Claas Hendriksz Diepenauw

13. 9.1715 T 1052 Adam Tas van boedel Diepenauw

1. 9.1722 T 1480 Philip Morkel van boedel Tas

25. 10.1764 T 3998 Johannes Albertus Myburgh getroud met Sophia Margaretha Morkel van boedel Catharina Pasman wed Philip Morkel

18. 9.1790 T 6498 Philip Albert Myburgh J.A. zn van wed J.A.

21. 6.1816 T 151 Philip Albertus Myburgh Jr van boedel Sr

31. 6.1843 T 727 Philippus Albertus & Jacobus Myburgh van boedel P.A. Myburgh Jr

9. 12.1874 (135)

17.8.1877 (328)

History of the farm Eenzaamheid

In 1722, Philip Morkel bought Eenzaamheid from Adam Tas’s estate and when he passed away, his widow, Catharina Pasman, inherited the farm.

Their daughter, Sofia, married
Johannes Albertus Myburgh and they acquired Eenzaamheid in 1764 for an amount of 6000 Gulden (+- R50 000 in today’s value).

Johannes and Sofia’s son, Philippus Albertus Myburgh, inherited Eenzaamheid (18. 9.1790 T 6498)

On his passing, his son, Philippus Albertus Myburgh, inherited Eenzaamheid (21.6.1816 T 151).

When he passed away his widow Helena Catharina Adriana Myburgh did not have any children and the farm was inherited by the deceased's nephews, Philippus Albertus Myburgh and Jacobus Myburgh (31.6.1843 T 727).

In 1826 Petrus Franciscus Melchior Briers arrived at Eenzaamheid as the new foreman. He managed the farm where he lived with his spouse, Hester Myburgh.

Eenzaamheid was owned by the deceased estate of Philippus Albertus Myburgh from his passing on the 8th of May 1818 until transfer on the 31st of June 1843. During this time Petrus Franciscus Melchior Briers and his wife farmed Eenzaamheid.

It appears that there was no need for the rightful heirs of the farm to take transfer of the property as the farm was being managed by the deceased's niece and her husband. The cousins had an understanding that the farm's ownership would be settled through marriage. And as a result, the couple's eldest son, Christoffel Jacobus Briers born on the 28th of July 1829 married his first cousin on the 16th of August 1869, Helena Josina Myburgh, the daughter of Jacobus Myburgh who inherited Eenzaamheid in 1843 (31.6.1843 T 727).

The couple were over 40 years of age when they were finally married and Helena managed to give birth to a daughter Engela on the 7th of November 1869 and a son name Petrus on the 15th of November 1871. The son remained unmarried.

Their daughter, Engela Hendrina Briers, married Jan Nicolaas Louw, who also worked on the farm as a foreman. This marriage was however bound by a testamentary condition that Eenzaamheid was Briers family property and as a consequence in 1926, Jan Nicolaas Louw officially changed his name to Briers-Louw.

In this way the farm Eenzaamheid passed to the Briers family with the marriage of Pieter to Hester Myburgh.

Death Notice

Farm: Watergang
Location: Stellenbosch (north of town, Cloetesdal - now Cloetesville)
Owner: Petrus Francois Melchior Briers

Master's Office, Cape Town, 25th October, 1832, In the Matter of GYSBERT HENRY MAASDORP, as Executor of the Estate of the late JACOBUS ROUX, Senior, Plaintiff. and PETRUS FRANCOIS MELCHIOR BRIERS, Defendant.

A Meeting of the Mortgagees and Sureties of the above - named Defendant, will be held before the Master of the Supreme Court in the Grand Jury Room, at the public buildings, Cape Town, on Saturday, the 24th of November next at 10 o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of determining within six weeks from this date, whether the Place Watergang, situate about the Village of Stellenbosch, the property of the above-named defendant, shall be sold; and if so, to settle the Conditions of such Sale. Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Reference: Government Gazette By Cape of Good Hope (Colony) · 1832