Rebecca van Maccasser, SM/PROG

Louis died soon after, penniless and apparently embittered. His widow, described in church documents as 'Rebecka' or 'de vrouw van Swarte Louis', remained dependent on a monthly grant from the poor fund until her death in 1724.151 Louis had made her his sole and universal heir, but there was no estate to bequeath. However Louis's three 'onegte hinderen', Elisabeth, Maria and Anna, were each left 50 guilders, for Louis had wisely entrusted these monies to the Orphan Chamber at the time of his marriage to RebeccaSodomy, Race and Respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689 —1762: The Story of a Family, Loosely Defined Author(s): SUSAN NEWTON-KING Source: Kronos, No. 33 (November 2007), pp. 6-44 Published by: University of Western Cape Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41056580 . Accessed: 29/09/2014 07:02