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Jan Pietersz Louw circa 1628-circa 1694 Beatrix Wijman circa 1640-circa 1722

Jacobus Louw 1 contractor for the supply of meat to the Company 2 of The Cape 3 born 1679, at the Cape 4 baptized 21 January 1680, Cape Town 5 died July 1713 6 will dated 4 July 1713 Notes: When he made his will on the 4th July 1713 he was described as on his sick bed, so he presumably died not long after this, given that we know he died before 1st Aug 1713 when, in the contract drawn up between Beatrix Weijman and Maria van Brakel, the latter is described as 'the widow of the late Jacobus Louw'. He was one of the main organisers, with his brother-in-law Adam Tas, of the petition against the corruption and opression excercised by the Governor, Willem Adriaan van der Stel, which was drawn up in early 1706 and sent to the Council of Seventeen in Amsterdam. In March and April the ringleaders were arrested and questioned. Their tribunal, the Council of Justice, whose members had been appointed on this occasion by the Governor, consisted entirely of the people they accused in their petition. He was summonded to the Castle on the 14th April but he refused to sign a recantation or to be questioned by the Landdrost, Starrenburg, who was usurping the office of the Independent Fiscal. As a result he was imprisoned until 18th April when he was again examined by Starrenburg. He answered two questions, refusing any others and was returned to prison. Questioned again on 4th June, he answered a string of questions and was then asked to sign a recan- tation express his regret: he refused. He was sent back to prison and did not reappear again until 1st September, when he answered more questions. for a note on his parentage see below#

married 22 January 1702 at Cape Town 7 Maria van Brakel born 1677

Adriaan b.1702 Johannes 1704 - 1762 children Jacobus b.1706 Adam b.1708 Harmanus 1709 - bef.1775 children Leonardus 1710 - c1743 Nicolaas b.1713

children of Jacobus Louw and Maria van Brakel Adriaan Louw 8 born 1702 born 1702 9 baptized 12 November 1702, Cape Town 10 Johannes Louw Jacobsz: 1704-1762 born 1704 baptized 6 July 1704, Cape Town died 14 February 1762  married circa 1732 (assumed) Elisabeth Morkel 11 circa 1711-circa 1752 Jacobus Louw 12 born 1706 born 1706 13 baptized 18 April 1706, Cape Town 14 Adam Louw 15 born 1708 born 1708 16 baptized 19 August 1708, Cape Town 17 Harmanus Louw 1709-before 1775 born 1709 baptized 8 December 1709, Cape Town died before 1775  married 12 November 1752 Tulbagh Elisabeth van Wijk 18 circa 1727-circa 1757 Leonardus Louw 19 1710-circa 1743 of Jakhalsvalleij, Olifantsrivier 20 born 1710 21 baptized 14 December 1710, Cape Town 22 died circa March 1743, (assumed from date of inventory) 23 Notes: The inventory of his estate (MOOC 8/6,58) dated 9th April 1743, notes that he left a wife, Elsje van der Heijde and three children, Jacobus aged 4, Harmanus aged 2 and Aletta aged 6 months. His widow stated that the loan farm was worth nothing and that she intended to abandon it - their belongings were minimal. Nicolaas Louw born 1713 born 1713 24 baptized 25 June 1713, Cape Town 25 Notes: He died presumably before 1723, since he is not mentioned as one of the children of Maria van Brakel in her joint will of that year with her second husband, Jan Valk.

# The parents of Jacobus Louw In her will dated 15th November 1721 Beatrix Weyman named among her heirs the children of her late son, Jacobus Louw, procreated with Maria van Brakel.

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