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Willem van Wijk died 1702 Trijntjen Hillebrants died circa 1695

Arij van Wijk Willemse 1 of Piquetbergen 2 born 1686, at the Cape 3 baptized 13 April 1686, Cape Town 4 died circa 1731, (date of inventory) 5 Notes: The reconstruction of this family is based on the inventory of the estate of Arij van Wijk drawn up in 1731 after his death, and on the Estate Distribution Accounts of his son, Willem van Wijk Ariesz. who died without leaving children in 1774. For a general discussion of the early Van Wijks see my notes.

married 27 December 1711 at Stellenbosch 6 Antonetta Campher died after 1740

Willem 1712 - c1774 Gerrit 1714 - c1787 children Catharina 1716 - c1747 children Christoffel 1719 - 1769 children Adriaan b.1721 Roeloff b.1723 Jacoba b.1725 children Anna b.1725 Lijsbeth 1727 - bef.1775 children Maria 1729 - bef.1731

children of Arij van Wijk and Antonetta Campher Willem van Wijk Arijsz: 7 1712-circa 1774 farmer 8 of De Vondeling, geleegen agter de Piquetberg over de Oliphants Rivier 9 born 1712 baptized 8 May 1712, Stellenbosch 10 died circa March 1774 11 Notes: When he died without leaving children, his brothers and sisters were his heirs. They are listed in his Estate Accounts of 1775. Gerrit van Wijk Ariesz: 1714-circa 1787 born 1714, Cape of Good Hope baptized 30 September 1714, Stellenbosch died circa 1787  married 2 November 1738 Drakenstein Maria Magdalena Eckhoff 12 1721-1776 Catharina van Wijk 1716-circa 1747 born 1716 baptized 6 December 1716, Stellenbosch died circa January 1747, (assumed from date of Inventory)  married 19 April 1744 Drakenstein Diederik Koekemoer 13 1716-circa 1790 of De Twee Fonteijnen, on the Sondags Rivier, below the Camdeboo Mountain Christoffel van Wijk 1719-1769 born 1719, at the Cape baptized 3 September 1719, Cape Town died December 1769, Waveren  married 19 December 1738 Drakenstein Sophia Campher 14 Adriaan van Wijk 15 born 1721 born 1721 16 baptized 16 February 1721, Stellenbosch 17 Notes: Not mentioned as an heir in Willem van Wijk's Estate Accounts of 1775, he must have died somewhere between 1731 and 1775, most likely perhaps as a child, but at any rate, without leaving heirs still living in 1775. Roeloff van Wijk 18 born 1723 born 1723 19 baptized 2 May 1723, Cape Town 20 Notes: Not mentioned as an heir in Willem van Wijk's Estate Accounts of 1775, he must have died somewhere between 1731 and 1775, most likely perhaps as a child, but at any rate, without leaving heirs still living in 1775. There is a death notification for 1770, Roggeveld Roeloff van Wyk Arijsz Maart 5 Landbouwer so perhaps this is he? Jacoba van Wijk born 1725 baptized 4 February 1725, Cape Town  married Jan Meintjes van den Berg 21 died circa 1764 Anna van Wijk 22 born 1725 born 1725 23 baptized 4 February 1725, Cape Town 24 Notes: Anna and Jacoba are described as twins in the baptismal register. She is not mentioned as an heir in Willem van Wijk's Estate Accounts of 1775, she must have died somewhere between 1731 and 1775, most likely perhaps as a child, but at any rate, without leaving heirs still living in 1775. Lijsbeth van Wijk 1727-before 1775 born 1727 baptized 27 April 1727, Cape Town died before 1775  married 12 November 1752 Tulbagh Harmanus Louw 25 died before 1775 Maria van Wijk 1729-before 1731 born 1729 26 baptized 9 October 1729, Cape Town 27 died before September 1731 Notes: She is not mentioned in the the inventory drawn up on 25th September 1731 after the death of her father and had presumably died before that date.

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