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Angela van Bengale died circa 1720

Jacob van As 1 farmer 2 heemraad born at the Cape 3 died 28 July 1713 4 Notes: One of the farms named in the inventory drawn up after his death was Witsenbergh, in Agter Paarl. His surviving children are named in the Estate Accounts drawn up in 1722, after the death of his mother, Ansla van Bengalen, as: Jan, Mathijs, Willem, Elsje, Jacob en Engela van Asch for a note on his parentage see below#

married (1) 8 May 1689 at Cape Town 5 Maria Clements van Stokholm died circa 1700

Anna Lysbet b.1690 Jan b.1692 Anna Isabella 1694 - bef.1713 Mathijs b. c1696

married (2) circa 1701 16 Helena van der Merwe born 1686

Elsje b.1702 Willem b.1703 Fytie b.1707 Jacoba Helena b.1710 Engela

children of Jacob van As and Maria Clements Anna Lysbet van As born 1690 born 1690 6 baptized 23 April 1690, Cape Town 7 Jan van As 8 born 1692 baptized 6 March 1692, Stellenbosch 9 Notes: In 1713 he is listed first of the children of Jacob Asch but his legacy is to be registered with the Orphan Chamber ('by de weesboeken in genomen te werden'). On 22 September 1727 there is a note in the Weeskamer minutes that Willem van Asch has been allowed to borrow on interest the sum of 1600 gulden from the monies of his missing brother, Jan van Asch. (MOOC 1/5, Weeskamer Notulen, page 67) Anna Isabella van As 10 1694-before 1713 born 1694 11 baptized 1 August 1694, Cape Town 12 died before 1713, (assumed) 13 Notes: She would seem to have died before 1713 since she is not listed as an heir in the inventory drawn up after her father's death on 19th October 1713. Mathijs van As 14 born circa 1696 born circa 1696, (assumed from dated of application for veniam aetatis) 15 Notes: On 14th October 1721 he petitioned the Council of Policy, asking for letters of 'veniam aetatis', i.e. to be declared of full age (otherwise achieved by reaching the age of 25) He stated that he is unable to show his age since the baptismal register of Drakenstein had been missing for many years. (Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa, C. 57, pp. 42-51. From the Tanap web site ) children of Jacob van As and Helena van der Merwe Elsje van As 17 born 1702 born 1702 18 baptized 10 September 1702, Drakenstein 19  married Jan Zacharias Bek 20 Notes: He was from Langesalza and was the son of Christoffel Sebastiaan Beck. He arrived at the Cape in 1715 as a soldier. In1719 he was loaned out by the VOIC as a bar boy (?tapperskneg) and in 1722 he became a Freeburger. After the death of Elsje van As her married Christina Blankenberg. (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, note on page 70) Willem van As born 1703 born 1703 21 baptized 23 November 1703, Drakenstein 22 Notes: On 14th January 1727 he petitioned the Council of Justice for letters of veniam aetatem (to declare him of age and capable of managing his own affairs). He declared that he was 23 years old. His request was granted. (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, Johannesburg 1971)  married 5 December 1728 Cape Town 24 Anna Margaretha Schenck 23 Fytie van As born 1707 born 1707 25 baptized 12 June 1707, Drakenstein 26 Notes: She does not appear, although her brothers and sisters do, in the Weeskamer record of 1718 of orphans whose money is under its care, (MOOC 18/2, Joernaal Kaapse Weese 1719) nor is she mentioned in her grandmother's Estate Accounts of 1720 so she hadpresumably died before 1718. Jacoba Helena van As born 1710 born 1710 27 baptized 27 April 1710, Stellenbosch 28 Notes: She was confirmed a member of the Cape Town NG Church on 25th September 1728. There is a note after her name that she had left for Batavia (wiert vertrokken na Batavia).  married (1) 7 December 1738 Stellenbosch 30 Fredrik Willem Embsighoff 29 apothecary in the service of the VOC 31  married (2) 18 October 1733 Cape Town 32 Johann Georg Keijserling died 1736 sargent on the ship Valkenisse (1733) 33 born Graubing in Courland 34 died 23 February 1736, Asia 35 Notes: His ship left Rammekens in the Netherlands on 17th April 1733 and remained at the Cape from 31st October to 8th November 1733, arriving Batavia on 21st January 1734, according to De VOCsite, but this must be slightly inaccurate if he was married in Cape Town on the 18th October. Engela van As 36 Notes: She is named as Engela in the estated accounts of here grandmother, Ansle van Bengalen. As Engela van As she was confirmed into the Cape Town NG Church on 30 September 1721 with Elsje van As, her sister, as her withess. On the 8th October 1728, described as the minor Engela van Asch, she requested and received from the Weeskamer a sum of 200 gulden for necessary expenses. (MOOC 1/6, Weeskamer Notulen, p.83)

# The parents of Jacob van As His mother was presumably still a slave when he was born, which means that he was born a slave, presumably later emancipated. Since slaves were not permitted to marry he must have been, by deifinition, illegitimate. The name of his father is not known. Illegitimate children at the Cape were, however, usually known by the surnname of their father so we can reasonably assume that his father was surnamed Van As. The only Van As we know of a the Cape at at time when Jacob may have been born is a Johannes van Asschen, mentioned as below. He appears on the companies muster rolls of employees until 1666, always named Van Asch or Van Aschen, at that date his rank is listed as 'adsistent'. Resolutions of the Council of Policy, C. 2, pp. 318-330. Saterdag ultimo Meert ao. 1663 naermiddach -------------- Johannes van Asschen van Brussel hier te lande gecomen voor adelborst a 10 gl. per maent met ’t schip de Gecro{o}nde Leeuw anno 1659, nader hant op pmo. April des verleden jaers 1662 verbetert tot ondercuyper a 13 gl. ter maant ende alsoo zedert den oppercuyper deser magazijnen is comen te vertrecken ende dat die plaetse by hem is waer-genomen waerin genoegen heeft gegeven, wort ten aansien omdat dien arbeijt wat moeyelijck valt, gestelt tot cuyper met een beloningh van 15 gl. ter maent, sullende gehouden zyn syn tyt daer voor alhier uijt te dienen.

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