Jacob van As 1
farmer 2
heemraad
born at the Cape 3
died 28 July 1713 4
 | | Notes: | One of the farms named in the inventory drawn up after
his death was Witsenbergh, in Agter Paarl.
His surviving children are named in the Estate Accounts drawn
up in 1722, after the death of his mother, Ansla van Bengalen,
as: Jan, Mathijs, Willem, Elsje, Jacob en Engela van Asch
for a note on his parentage see below# |
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| | children of Jacob van As and Maria Clements | |
| | Anna Lysbet van As born 1690
born 1690 6
baptized 23 April 1690, Cape Town 7 |
| Jan van As 8 born 1692
baptized 6 March 1692, Stellenbosch 9
Notes: In 1713 he is listed first of the children of Jacob Asch
but his legacy is to be registered with the Orphan Chamber
('by de weesboeken in genomen te werden').
On 22 September 1727 there is a note in the Weeskamer minutes
that Willem van Asch has been allowed to borrow on interest the
sum of 1600 gulden from the monies of his missing brother, Jan
van Asch. (MOOC 1/5, Weeskamer Notulen, page 67)
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| Anna Isabella van As 10 1694-before 1713
born 1694 11
baptized 1 August 1694, Cape Town 12
died before 1713, (assumed) 13
Notes: She would seem to have died before 1713
since she is not listed as an heir in the inventory drawn
up after her father's death on 19th October 1713.
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| Mathijs van As 14 born circa 1696
born circa 1696, (assumed from dated of application for veniam aetatis) 15
Notes: On 14th October 1721 he petitioned the Council
of Policy, asking for letters of 'veniam aetatis', i.e. to be declared
of full age (otherwise achieved by reaching the age of 25)
He stated that he is unable to show his age since the baptismal
register of Drakenstein had been missing for many years.
(Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope
Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa, C. 57, pp. 42-51.
From the Tanap web site )
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| | children of Jacob van As and Helena van der Merwe | |
| | Elsje van As 17 born 1702
born 1702 18
baptized 10 September 1702, Drakenstein 19
married
Jan Zacharias Bek 20
Notes: He was from Langesalza and was the son of Christoffel Sebastiaan
Beck. He arrived at the Cape in 1715 as a soldier. In1719 he was loaned
out by the VOIC as a bar boy (?tapperskneg) and in 1722 he became a
Freeburger.
After the death of Elsje van As her married Christina Blankenberg.
(Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, note on page 70)
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| Willem van As born 1703
born 1703 21
baptized 23 November 1703, Drakenstein 22
Notes: On 14th January 1727 he petitioned the Council of Justice for
letters of veniam aetatem (to declare him of age and capable
of managing his own affairs). He declared that he was 23 years old.
His request was granted.
(Resolusies van die Politieke Raad Deel VII, Johannesburg 1971)
married 5 December 1728 Cape Town 24
Anna Margaretha Schenck 23 |
| Fytie van As born 1707
born 1707 25
baptized 12 June 1707, Drakenstein 26
Notes: She does not appear, although her brothers
and sisters do, in the Weeskamer record of 1718 of
orphans whose money is under its care, (MOOC 18/2,
Joernaal Kaapse Weese 1719) nor is she mentioned
in her grandmother's Estate Accounts of 1720 so she
hadpresumably died before 1718.
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| Jacoba Helena van As born 1710
born 1710 27
baptized 27 April 1710, Stellenbosch 28
Notes: She was confirmed a member of the Cape Town NG Church
on 25th September 1728. There is a note after her name that
she had left for Batavia (wiert vertrokken na Batavia).
married (1) 7 December 1738 Stellenbosch 30
Fredrik Willem Embsighoff 29
apothecary in the service of the VOC 31
married (2) 18 October 1733 Cape Town 32
Johann Georg Keijserling died 1736
sargent on the ship Valkenisse (1733) 33
born Graubing in Courland 34
died 23 February 1736, Asia 35
Notes: His ship left Rammekens in the Netherlands
on 17th April 1733 and remained at the Cape from 31st October
to 8th November 1733, arriving Batavia on 21st January 1734,
according to De VOCsite, but this must be slightly inaccurate if
he was married in Cape Town on the 18th October.
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| Engela van As 36
Notes: She is named as Engela in the estated
accounts of here grandmother, Ansle van Bengalen.
As Engela van As she was confirmed into the Cape Town
NG Church on 30 September 1721 with Elsje van As, her
sister, as her withess.
On the 8th October 1728, described as the minor Engela
van Asch, she requested and received from the Weeskamer
a sum of 200 gulden for necessary expenses.
(MOOC 1/6, Weeskamer Notulen, p.83)
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