Thieleman Johannes Roos

Thielema Johannes Roos was n Wynmaker op Moddergat tydens sy 2e huwelik en het ook daar gesterf.

"German astronomer and surveyor, Peter Kolbe, who lived at the Cape from 1705 to 1713 and noted that the ‘colony’ of Stellenbosch was divided into four parts: ‘One bears the Name of the Colony, Stellenbosch: Another is called Mottergate: A Third is known by the Name of Hottentots Holland: The Fourth is called Bottelary.’

He said the name ‘Mottergate’ (Moddergat) derived its name from the mud which remained after heavy rains, rendering the roads impassable. ‘The Lands here are very fertile; the Houses numerous and beautiful; and the whole Quarter as nobly distinguish’d by the Productions of Art and Nature, as any other in all the Colonies."

https://winemag.co.za/wine/opinion/sa-wine-history-wine-routes-and-...

The Methodist Church at Stellenbosch was established in 1837. In 1845 the farm “Moddergat” was purchased as an experiment in farming for the Coloured people of the area. They were to remain working for the farmers but would have their own allotment at Raithby on which to grow their crops. This was not a great success as the farmers resented the arrangement. In 1851 Moddergat, also known as Brackenbury’s Valley, was renamed Raithy” after a benefactor in England.

https://methodist.org.za/index.php/cape-of-good-hope/

Raithby History (situated at Moddergat)

https://collections.sun.ac.za/rada/files/original/436f08b04c0595e28...