First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records - Jan Pietersz Louw
Jan Pietersz Louw
M, #7622, b. between 21 August 1627 and 20 August 1628, d. 9 May 1691
BirthOrigin* Jan was from Dithmarschen and was perhaps born there between 21 August 1627 and 20 August 1628. He was said to be 33 years old on 20 August 1661. He was often described in the record as from Caspel ter Maere/Mare. Caspel is cappel, i.e. church or chapel. In Dithmarschen which is largely flat marshland, churches are built in the centre of man-made hills, known as terpen, and the church towers can be seen from miles distant. The church in the town of Marne in Dithmarschen is one such example. It is possible that Marne is his birth place. My thanks to Mansell Upham for helping me develop this theory.1,2,3,4
BaptismDisproved Jan Pietersz Louw was said to have been baptized on 29 October 1628 Bovencarspel. However, the Bovenrkarspel record of baptisms for this date does not include a boy named Jan Pietersz: or Jan Broertje. There is a boy named Pieter Janszoon, and clearly therefor, the date and location for the baptism Jan Pietersz:/Jan Broertje in the SAG is incorrect.5,4
Marriage* He married Hubbeke Reijniers circa 1650 The Netherlands.4
Marriage* He married Beatrix Weijman on 23 August 1661 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1,6,4
Death* He died on 9 May 1691 de Caep de Goede Hoop.4
Beatrix Weijman b. 1639, d. 1722
Pieter Jansz Louw+13 b. b 17 Jul 1667, d. May 1713
Annetje Jansz Louw+4 b. 9 Nov 1670, d. b 2 Sep 1699
Claas Louw14 b. b 24 Dec 1673, d. 1693
Margaritha Louw15 b. b 18 Apr 1677
Jacobus Louw+16 b. b 21 Jan 1680, d. Jul 1713
Names in the record, in publications, etc. Between 13 August 1671 and 24 December 1673, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan Pietersz Broertje.7,8
18 April 1677, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan Pietersz.
21 January 1680, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan Pytters.
Slave Births Circa 1679, Maria van de Caep was born in bondage and was owned by Jan Pietersz Louw de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
Slave Transactions On 13 August 1671 Isaacq NN was sold by Weynand Leenders to Jan Pietersz Broertje, for four oxen and an old wagon.8,10
On 20 December 1672 Thomas van Bengale was sold by Dirck Bosch to Jan Pietersz Broertje, for Rds. 100.11,12
Jan Pietersz Louw gifted Maria van de Caep to an unknown person on 14 May 1686 de Caep de Goede Hoop, as a wedding gift.9
[S428] Website Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) "In the flat marshland of Dithmarschen, church towers can often be seen from more than 10 kilometers away. Churches are built on the highest point of the Terpen in the center of villages such as Wesselburen, Marne, and Wöhrden.
[S848] Notes about various indivudals, written by Mansell Upham. "Jan Pietersz: Louw (from Caspel ter Maer [? Bovenkarspel - now part of Stede Broec, West Frisia, Noord-Holland] & prior to that, from Ditmarsh / Ditmarsken incorporated into in Holsten [Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein]) See CA: C 2952, pp. 542-547 & C 328, pp. 403-405 & A.J. Boeseken, "Uit die Raad van Justisie 1652-1672" , pp. 406 & 408, where he mentioned as "Jan Pietersz: van Ditmaersz" & "Jan Pietersen van Ditmaersen (alias Broertje)". [My thanks to Mansell Upham for sharing these notes and references from his personal archive.]"
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QV-1QR; last accessed 14 Nov 2015."
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: ao 1673. dito (Den 24 xbr). Een soontje van Jan Pietersz Broertje enn syn huysvrouw Beatris: wiert genaamt Claas tot getuyge stont Grietje Aalbertsz, transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 129: 13.8.1671, V, pp. 90-91 : The slave lsaacq (16/18) sold by Wijnandt Leendertsz to Jan Pietersz Broertje for four oxen and an old wagon.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
14.5.1686 skenk Jan Pieters Louw die slavinnetjie Maria van die Kaap (7 jaar oud en in sy huis gebore) as trou geskenk aan Willem Jans van de Weerelt en sy vrou Annetje, Jansdogter (Sien Eulalie Malan se Louws van Louwvliet p.37). Dit is waarskynlik dat hierdie dieselfde Maria is wat saam met Pieter van Bengale kind laat doop het op 19.5.1696 (Inskrywing No.152) en Anna en Jan ter Weerelt se trou geskenk was.. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 13.8.1671 CTD 5, p. 90
Wynant Leenderts van Besuijenhout, burger, verkoop aan Jan Pietersen Broertie, medeburger, die slaaf Isaacq, ongeveer 16/18 jaar oud, vir vier trekosse benewens ‘eene bij nae afgereden wagen.’
[Die getuies, Johannes Praetorius en Philip Theodoor, het nie geteken nie].. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 130. 20.12.1672, V, p. 247: Thomas from Bengal (22), sold by Dirck Bosch, Free Burgher of the Cape, to J an Pietersz Broertje for Rds. 100 .
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 20.12.1672 CTD 5, p. 247
Sr Dirk Bosch, burger alhier, verkoop aan Jan Pietersz Broertje, medeburger alhier, sy lyfeie Thomas gebore te Bengale, 22 jaar oud, vir 100 Rds.
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): den 17 Julii Een soonje van Jan Pieterz van ka,, sper ter manen en Beatrix Wynants van Uijtrecht syn h: genaemt Pieter, de peeters waren Jacob Cornelisz van Rosendal en Catharijntje Jansz van Amsterdam, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/