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Hans Ras circa 1636-1671 Trijntie Claas Oftings circa 1641-1708

Claas Ras 1 farmer (1705) 2 of Stellenbosch 3 born 1666 baptized 12 September 1666, Cape Town 4 died circa 1713 5 Notes: Claas Ras and Maria van Staden are listed together for the first time in the Muster Rolls of 1696, as resident in Drakenstein.

married circa 1696 6 Maria van Staden 1678-circa 1723 of Weltevreden, Stellenbosch 7

Catharina b.1697 children Johannes b.1698 Christian 1700 - c1723 Maria d.1734 children Hendrik b. c1709 Christina b.1711

children of Claas Ras and Maria van Staden Catharina Ras born 1697 baptized 27 June 1697, Cape Town  married circa 1716 Warnar van den Brink born circa 1678 Johannes Ras 8 born 1698 born 1698 9 baptized 10 August 1698, Drakenstein 10 Christian Ras 1700-circa 1723 born 1700 11 baptized 4 July 1700, Drakenstein 12 died circa 1723, (?) Notes: Christiaan Ras appears in 1719 as one of the orphans whose inheritance is in the care of the Cape Weeskamer, alongside Johannes, Maria and Hendrik Ras, each being worth 300 gulden. A Christiaan Ras appears once, in 1723, in the opgaaf returns, just a man, his horse and his weapons, so presumably a young man, but Christiaan is not listed among the children of Maria Ras in the inventory drawn up on the 12th July 1723. Maria Ras died 1734 born Cape of Good Hope died 2 May 1734  married circa 1723 (or before) Andries Krugel 13 circa 1675-1734 farmer (1713) of the farm, 't Blomkooltje, Paarl and by 1734 Weltevreden, Joostenberg Hendrik Ras born circa 1709 born circa 1709 14 baptized 25 December 1709, Stellenbosch 15 Christina Ras born 1711 born 1711 16 baptized 20 September 1711, Stellenbosch 17 Notes: She does not appear in the 1718 Weeskamer accounts of orphans in its care, so she had presumably died before that date. (MOOC 18/2 Weeskamer Joernal)

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