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Hans Helmis circa 1644-circa 1689 Gerretie Willems born circa 1651 Cornelis Knoetsen died circa 1716 Dirkje Helmes born circa 1681

Geertruij Knoetsen 1 born 1697 2 baptized 11 November 1697, Drakenstein 3 died 18 June 1761, Drakenstein 4 Notes: Ten children are named in the Estate Inventory drawn up after the death of Jan Grobbelaar, dated 30th September 1735, and it was subsequently noted that there was an additional child with which the widow was pregnant (nog een kind waarvan de Weed' swanger is). Their farm would seem to have been small, 30 cattle, 300 sheep and 11 horses, and they also made wine, of which they had a store of 16 leggers. There was little in the way of furniture and household goods and they were fairly heavily in debt.

married (1) circa 1715 at most probably Drakenstein 5 Jan Grobbelaar died circa 1735 farmer (1735) 6 of Landskroon, Drakenstein 7

Jan b.1716 Cathrijn b.1717 Cornelia b.1718 Willem b.1720 Pieter b.1722 Nicolaas b.1723 Geertruij b.1724 Dorothea b.1728 Coert b.1730 Dirkje b.1733 Cornelis 1736 - c1813 children

married (2) 3 June 1736 at Stellenbosch 30 Jan Jurgen Herman soldier in the employ of the VOC (1736) 31 born Stuttgart 32 died before 1761 33

children of Geertruij Knoetsen and Jan Grobbelaar Jan Grobbelaar born 1716 born 1716 8 baptized 9 February 1716, Drakenstein 9 Cathrijn Grobbelaar born 1717 born 1717 10 baptized 12 September 1717, Drakenstein 11 Cornelia Grobbelaar born 1718 born 1718 12 baptized 28 August 1718, Drakenstein 13 Willem Grobbelaar born 1720 born 1720 14 baptized 12 May 1720, Drakenstein 15 Pieter Grobbelaar born 1722 born 1722 16 baptized 25 April 1722, Stellenbosch 17 Nicolaas Grobbelaar 18 born 1723 born 1723 19 baptized 25 December 1723, Stellenbosch 20 Geertruij Grobbelaar born 1724 born 1724 21 baptized 31 December 1724, Drakenstein 22 Dorothea Grobbelaar born 1728 born 1728 23 baptized 1728, Drakenstein 24 Coert Grobbelaar born 1730 born 1730 25 baptized 26 November 1730, Drakenstein 26 Notes: He was employed as a hand (knegt) by Albert Mijburg Albertsz: in 1750 (1 STB, 18/33) Dirkje Grobbelaar born 1733 born 1733 27 baptized 6 April 1733, Drakenstein 28 Cornelis Grobbelaar 1736-circa 1813 born 1736, the Cape baptized 31 March 1736, Drakenstein died circa May 1813, (? possibly)  married 15 August 1762 Drakenstein Magdalena Volschenk 29 died circa 1735 of the farm Groot Verlangen

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