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Pieter Meerhof circa 1636-1668 Eva of the Goringhaikona circa 1642-1674

Pieternella Meerhof 1 born at the Cape 2 died 1713, most probably, and presumably during the smallpox epidemic 3 Notes: She is certainly the mother of the two children, Johannes and Christiaan, baptised 17 February 1709, and I have assumed that she was the mother of the other children named in the inventory drawn up after Daniel's death. In the resolutions of the Council of Policy at the Cape, for the 14th and 23rd July, 1677, it is noted that Bartholomeus Borns and his wife Theuntje propose to relieve the Deacons and Overseers of the Poor at the Cape, of the two minor orphan children of the late Sr. Pieter Meerhof and his wife Eva, a Hottentot, namely Pieternella and Salamon, whom they propose to take with them at the earliest opportunity, to Mauritius, travellling on on the ship 'De Boode', and promising to care for them in all respects and bring them up to a civlised way of life until they shall have reached the time of their marriage or some other approved state. (Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa, C. 11, pp. 38-44, and 45-50, 14th and 23rd July 1677.)

married Daniel Zaaijman died 1713 of Cape Town 4

Catharina d.bef.1715 children Eva d.bef.1714 children Magdalena d.bef.1709 children Maijke d.1713 children Pieter children Daniel c1698 - 1725 Johannes b.1704 Christiaan b.1708

children of Pieternella Meerhof and Daniel Zaaijman Catharina Zaaijman died before 1715 died before 1715  married Roelof Diodati 5 died before 1729 Eva Zaaijman died before 1714 died before 1714  married (1) Herbert Jans van der Meyden 6  married (2) 30 September 1711 Stellenbosch Johannes Smit 7 1683-1714 Magdalena Zaaijman died before 1709 died before 1709  married Johannes Bocklenbergh 8 circa 1668-circa 1709 surgeon (1699) Maijke Zaaijman died 1713 born Mauritius died 1713, probably during the smallpox epidemic  married Hendrik Abrahamsz de Vries 9 1676-1744 Pieter Zaaijman born Mauritius  married 10 January 1712 Stellenbosch Anna Maria Coopman 10 born 1695 Daniel Zaaijman circa 1698-1725 sailor in the emply of the Dutch East India Co. 11 born circa 1698, Mauritius 12 died 15 July 1725, in the far east, probably Ceylon 13 Notes: He made his profession of belief on 16 August 1718 to become a member of the Cape Town NG Church with Johanna van Es, wife of Hendrik de Vries as his witness. On 29th November 1718 he applied to the Council of Policy to enter the service of the Dutch East India Company to try his fortune in India, saying that he was at present a ward of the Orphan Chamber and very poor. (source: Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Requesten (1715-1806), by H.C.V. Leibbrandt) Johannes Zaaijman born 1704 born 28 January 1704, Mauritius 14 baptized 17 February 1709, Cape Town 15 Notes: He had presumably died before 1714, since he is not named in the the inventory drawn up after the death of his father, Daniel Zaaijman. Christiaan Zaaijman born 1708 born 27 March 1708, Mauritius 16 baptized 17 February 1709, Cape Town 17

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