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Willem Willemsz van Zijl 1 in 1694 in Amsterdam, he was a gardener, at the Cape first a gardner with the VOC and then a free farmer 2 of Vreed' en Lust, Drakenstein 3 heemraad of Drakenstein born circa 1668, Delft 4 died circa March 1727 5 will dated 23 June 1722 and filed 21 March 1727 6 Notes: When he registered his intention to marry, in the Amsterdam Ondertrouw register, dated 12th Novmeber 1694, he declared that he was from Delft, 26 years old and that his parents were dead. His will of 1713, however states that he was then 47 - a 2 year discrepancy. He first appears at the Cape in July 1699 as an under master gardener in the employ of the Dutch East India Company. In their joint will of 1713 he and his wife, Christina van Loveren, left to Hendrik Elbertsz, infant son of the deceased Johanna Cok and Gerrit Elbertsz, a share in their estate equal to those of their children, stating that they bequeathed this as grandfather and grandmother (grootvader en grootmoeder). The children are listed in the order they appear in the Estate Accounts drawn up after the death of Christina van Looveren in 1730. In addition to the farm Vreed en Lust, they owned two other farms, De Honingh Fonteijn, situated at the Honingbergh and De Leeuwenbank, situated at Vier en Twintig Rivieren, according to the inventory drawn up in 1728. Their house had the normal Voorhuis (main room) with a room on each side, as well as a small room at the back, a gallery (galderij) and the kitchen, as well as a separate Wine Cellar near the house, and a Bake house. They were obviously pretty well off for their time and place and in this house was listed an enormous amount of furntiture, curtains, linen, china, curtains and goods of all kinds, much of it packed into the lofts above the main rooms.

married 28 November 1694 at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam 7 Christina van Loveren circa 1671-1730

Willemina 1695 - 1763 children Albertus Johannes b.1700 Hendrina b.1701 Gideon b.1703 Pieter b.1706 Hester b.1709 Christina b.1709 Johanna b.1718

children of Willem Willemsz van Zijl and Christina van Loveren Willemina van Zijl 1695-1763 born 1695, Haarlem baptized 21 October 1695, Statie St Anna, Haarlem died 1 November 1763  married (1) 6 May 1714 Stellenbosch Jan Durand 8 died circa 1727  married (2) 4 October 1727 Drakenstein Jacobus Louw Pietersz: 9 1700-before 1778 farmer of De Doornfonteijn, a loan farm on the Klijne Paardeberg Albertus van Zijl 10 Johannes van Zijl 11 born 1700 born 1700, at the Cape 12 baptized 4 July 1700, Cape Town 13 Hendrina van Zijl born 1701 born 1701 14 baptized 30 October 1701, Cape Town 15 Notes: She is not mentioned in the Estate Accounts drawn up in 1732 after her mother's death, and since only 8 children are mentioned in her father's Estate Accounts of 1728, all 8 of whom are named in the later 1730, accounts, she presumably died before the year 1726 without leaving any heirs. Gideon van Zijl 16 born 1703 born 1703 17 baptized 9 December 1703, Drakenstein 18 Pieter van Zijl 19 born 1706 born 1706 20 baptized 12 December 1706, Drakenstein 21 Hester van Zijl 22 born 1709 born 1709 23 baptized 20 April 1709, Stellenbosch 24 Notes: She was baptised in April 1709 and her sister Christina in September of the same year.  married Henrik Nusscher Christina van Zijl 25 born 1709 born 1709 26 baptized 14 September 1709, Stellenbosch 27 Notes: She and her sister Hester wer both baptised in 1709, Hester in April and she in September. A child, WilhelmChristiaans Frappé, was baptised at Drakenstein 19th January 1727, witnesses Willem van Zeijl and Christina van Loveren.  married Hendrik Frappé Johanna van Zijl 28 born 1718 born 1718 29 baptized 11 December 1718, Drakenstein 30

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