Willem van Wijk - a possible timeline 
 
(established from various records)
email: Richard Ball
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1672 muster rolls 
In ’t Comps: thuijn Willem van Wijck
1678 muster rolls
Gerrit Teunisz in compagnie Willem van Wijck
1679 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk in compie: Hans Erntrout
1682 opgaaf returns
Willem van Wyk - no wife no children
1685 muster rolls
Aan het fort: Willem van Wijk in Comp:ie Hans Erentruij
1685 marriage registers, Cape Town
den 5 Augustus, Willem van Wyck, vryburger, 
en Catharina Hillebrands
1686 baptismal registers, Cape Town
den 13 April, Arien
ouders: Willem van Wyck en Tryntie Hillebrand
Getuijgen: Roelof en Tryntie van Wyck
1688 opgaaf returns
Willem van Wyk - Catharina Hillebrand - 1 son
1688
Den 13 Juni is een kind gedoopt en genaamd Jannetie 
waar van vader is Willem van Wijck, 
moeder Catarina [Wijekdt/?], 
de getuijgen Willem [meijer/?] en Catarina [Kieln/?]
1690 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk (wives do not appear to have been recorded in this year)
1692 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk and Treijntje Hibrants with two children
1692 opgaaf returns
Willem van Wyk - Catharina Hillebrands - no children
Drakenstein - 2000 vines
1693 muster rolls
Willem van Wyk - Trijntje Wijkens - 2 children - Drakenstein
1695 opgaaf returns
Willem van Wyk - Tryntje Harmens - 2 sons 1 daughter
Drakenstein - 2000 vines
On 10th March 1695 was signed the inventory of the property left by the deceased freeburgeress Trijntjen Hillebrants to the benefit of her husband Willem van Wijk and two minor children.
1696 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Harmans - Drakenstein
(no children noted for anyone in this muster)
1698 baptismal register, Stellenbosch
is gedoopt den 19 Januarij 
Willem zoon van aerrij van Wyck, 
de moeder Cornelia hellem, 
de getuijgen Willem van Wijck en trijntgen jans
1698 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Hermendr - 3 children - Drakenstein
1700 muster rolls
Willem van Wijk - Trijntje Hermendr - (no children noted).
1700 opgaaf returns
Willem van Wyk - 1 wife - 2 sons 2 daughters
Drakenstein - 4000 vines
1702 opgaaf returns
Weduwee Willem van Wyk - 3 sons 2 daughters 
Drakenstein - 6000 vines
1703 muster rolls
31 December 1703, ’t district Drakenstein
Trijntje Harmansz, wed:e Willem van Wijck
1704 muster rolls 
Trijntje Harmansz, wed:e Willem van Wijck, Drakensteijn
1705 opgaaf returns 
Jurgen Kervel and Catharina Ernans - 5 sons 2 daughters
Drakenstein - 7000 vines
(I think the 5 must be a mistake for 3)
1708 muster rolls 
Jurgen Kerver & Trijntje harmensz - Drakenstein
1709 opgaaf returns 
Jurgen Kerver - 1 man 1 wife 2 sons 3 daughters
Drakenstein - 5000 vines
1709 muster rolls 
31 December 1709, Drakensteijn 
Jurgen Kerver & Trijntje harmensz
1710 muster rolls 
31 January 1711 
Jurrie Kerver & Catharina Harmensz
1712 opgaaf returns 
Jurgen Kerver - 1 man 1 wife 2 sons 3 daughters
Drakenstein - 4000 vines
1716 opgaaf returns, Cape Town 
Jurgen Kerver - 1 man 1 wife 2 sons 3 daughters
1719 opgaaf returns, Cape Town
De Weduwe Jurgen Kerver - 1 son 3 daughters

The Muster Rolls (monsterollen) were lists of the inhabitants at the Cape of Good Hope, drawn up separately for Company officials and Free persons, and dispatched to the Netherlands, where copies are preserved in the Ryksarchief, S'Gravenhage. The do not exist for every year.

What has been consulted here are the so called 'Verbatim Copies' kept in the Cape Archives, which are copies of those in the Ryksarchief.

Cape Archives VC39 and VC41

The opgaaf returns (Tax rolls) were lists of Free persons at the Cape with their belongings and their yearly produce, crops and animals, upon which their tax contribution was based. They do not exist for every year.

What has been consulted here is the computerised version of this information as produced at the University of the Western Cape.

The above notes were written and researched by Richard Ball ©2003
with help from Maureen De Villiers, André Kellerman and Helena Liebenberg.

Names and words in blue are links to more information

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