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Jan Smit died 1696 Adriana Tol 1656-after 1722 Alewijn Smit 1695-1774 Hester Bekker died 1778

Helena Smit 1 born 1722, Cape of Good Hope 2 baptized 26 April 1722, Drakenstein 3 died 31 May 1792 4 will dated 17 August 1784 and filed 18 May 1798 Notes: Information for this family from the will of Hester Smit and Bartholomeus van den Vyver of 1784. In her will dated 17 August 1784 she stated that her parents were the farmer Alewyn Smit and Hester Bekkers.

married (1) 10 September 1741 at Drakenstein 5 Barend Burger 1717-1770 farmer 6 of Brandwagt, a loan farm 7

Willem 1742 - 1791 children Hester 1745 - 1806 children Schalk Jacobus b.1747 Barend Johannes b.1750 Alewyn Petrus b.1753 Elsje Sophia b.1758

married (2) 16 August 1772 at Tulbagh 20 Bartholomeus van der Vyver born Cape of Good Hope 21 Notes: He would seem to have married again after the death of Helena Smit in 1798, his second wife being Anna Magdalena van der Merwe. Making an assumption merely from the will indexes on the NAAIRS web site, he wouls appear to have died around 1812 and she around 1832.

children of Helena Smit and Barend Burger Willem Burger Barendz: 1742-1791 born 1742 baptized 20 September 1742, Drakenstein died March 1791, Land van Waveren  married (1) 13 June 1773 Tulbagh Maria Susanna du Toit 8 circa 1752-circa 1787  married (2) 6 May 1787 Cape Town Judiet Grundeling 9 Hester Burger 1745-1806 born 1745, Cape of Good Hope baptized 21 June 1745, Tulbagh died between May and June 1806, (will date and will filing date)  married 18 April 1762 Tulbagh Willem Janse van Rensburg 10 1741-1800 of Welgemoed, lying behind the Bokkeveld Schalk Jacobus Burger 11 born 1747 baptized 24 December 1747, Tulbagh 12 Barend Johannes Burger 13 born 1750 baptized 29 March 1750, Tulbagh 14 Alewyn Petrus Burger 15 born 1753 baptized 25 December 1753, Tulbagh 16 Elsje Sophia Burger 17 born 1758 baptized 12 November 1758, Tulbagh 18  married Barend Jansz 19

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