Roelof van Driel, SV/PROG

Roelof van Driel of the Netherlands arrived in South Africa c.1782; he married Anthonetta Sophia Huysheer; they had one child, Roelof Hendrik van Driel, born c.1784.

Source: C. Pama, Die groot Afrikaanse familienaamboek and Geslagregisters van ou Suid Afrikaanse Families

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Roelof van Driel of Amsterdam (as "Roulof") was a sailor on board the ship Bot from 1776 - 1777, from Amsterdam to Batavia, and the Indiaan, from 1778 - 1779, from Amsterdam to the Cape. His beneficiary is named as his mother, Trijntje van Driel. Source: VOC Opvarenden, Dutch National Archives

Roelof van Driel of Amsterdam (as "Roulof") was a ship's gunner on board the ship 't Loo, from 1779 to 1780, from Amsterdam to Batavia. Roelof's employment with the VOC was terminated on 31 Aug. 1793. His beneficiary is named as his mother, Trijntje van Driel. Source: VOC Opvarenden, Dutch National Archives