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Catharina van Bengalen 1 Notes: In the muster rolls her name is most usually given as Catharina van Bengale, but also as van Cormandel. In the marriage register van Malabar and van Cust Coromandel are used.

married (1) unknown

Adriaantje children

married (2) 15 March 1676 at Cape Town 3 Cornelis Claasz died before 1688

Claas b.1673 Cornelia b.1674 children Aaltie b.1676 Maria b.1678 Barent b.1679 Hendrick b.1681 Catharina 1684 - 1718 children

married (3) 31 July 1688 at Cape Town 14 Andries Voormeester of Moddergat, Stellenbosch 15 born Guedelborg 16 Notes: In Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, Dr Hoge states that he had arrived at the Cape as a soldier and become a burger in 1686. He also states that Voormeester and his wife were sentenced in 1699 to four months' hard labour for selling stolen goods. (CJ 725:243). (source: J.A.Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1946, page 441) On the 18th August 1713 he swore a declaration that in the previous year Isaac Pietersz who was working for Voormeester, described as an aged man, demanded that he be given wine to drink and, upon being refused, grabbed the old man and flung him into the fire. Had not a daughter of Robbert Jansz van Hoorn come to his aid he might have been badly burnt. (1STB 18/156, page 29)

children of Catharina van Bengalen and unknown Adriaantje Gabrielsz  married (1) Hendrick Speldenbergh  married (2) 4 July 1683 Cape Town Pieter Gerritsz Boshouwer 2  married (3) 13 February 1701 Stellenbosch Coert Helm children of Catharina van Bengalen and Cornelis Claasz Claas Cornelisz born 1673 born 1673 4 baptized February 1673, Cape Town 5 Cornelia Cornelisse born 1674 born 1674, at the Cape baptized 18 November 1674, Cape Town  married (1) Abraham Bastiaansz Pyl died circa 1703  married (2) unknown  married (3) 17 April 1707 or earlier Richardus Adolphus of Moddergat, Stellenbosch Aaltie Cornelisz born 1676 born 1676 6 baptized 15 March 1676, Cape Town 7 Notes: She seemd to have been having ongoing sexual relations with Jacobus van den Berg, a married shoemaker (she is described as his 'bysit') who was killed in a fight in 1714, and she swore a declaration along with Robbert Jansz van Hoorn on 12th December 1712 testifying to some events in 1710. (1STB 18/155, p. 272 and 1STB 18/156, p. 50, 12 July 1714 ) Maria Cornelisz born 1678 born 1678 8 baptized 27 October 1678, Cape Town 9 Notes: 1 STB 18/156 documents about Isak Pieters 18 August 1713, page 22. Barent Cornelisz born 1679 born 1679 10 baptized 29 September 1679, Cape Town 11 Notes: He is mentioned in a document of 24 February 1699 (1/STB 18/153, page 54) as being present in a house with others (including Robbert Jansz van Hoorn and Jan Margra). Hendrick Cornelisz born 1681 born 1681 12 baptized 26 December 1681, Cape Town 13 Catharina Cornelisz 1684-1718 born 1684 baptized 5 November 1684, Cape Town died between 1718 and 1719  married Robbert Jansz van Hoorn died after 1725 of Stellenbosch

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