Rijk Hendrik Myburgh

Die Myburghs van Suid-Afrika (1988) says that he was born at Meerlust, then farmed and died at Elsenburg. So he presumably purchased Elsenburg.
Note: Elsenburg passed into Rijk's hands from Melck family sometime between 1812-1825. (See below.)

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Baptism record 12 Dec 1790, Stellenbosch for Rijk Mijburgh: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRVN-BL?cc=1478678&wc=... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1765-1793 > image 133 of 177; State Archives, Cape Province.
Witnesses Gerhard Mijburgh and Rykie van der Bijl.

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He must have bought and moved to Elsenburg (near Klapmuts, formerly owned by the first Martin Melck) around the time of his marriage, as their first child, Anna Margaretha, was born at Elsenburg. (One of his daugthers, Maria Johanna, married a Melck descendant, also Martin (Marthinus) and they lived on the farm Kersfontein, near Piketberg on the west coast.)

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Marriage record: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11738-164940-27?cc=147... : accessed 18 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Marriages 1802-1847 > image 74 of 228; State Archives, Cape Province.

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Records showing membership(?) of the Dutch Reformed Church on 22 Dec 1809 and 22 Dec 1825: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTM-DT5 and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTM-DBG

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He was steward of the Stellenbosch Turf Club in 1825, according to Die Myburghs van Suid-Afrika.

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Both Ryk and wife Anna Catharina were buried in the family grave at Elsenburg.

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Photos of gravestone here: http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=545374

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