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Jan Coenraadsz Visser alias Jan Groff 1 born Ommen 2 died circa 1696, (assumed from muster rolls) 3 Notes: He left Holland from Goeree on 17th December 1657, travelling on the ship 'Dordrecht' as a soldier of the Dutch East India Company. The ship arrived at the Cape on 28th April 1658. On the 8th May he was drafted on shore as a rifleman (he is listed as a soldier in the muster roll of 5th March 1659) and became a free settler on 30th September 1659. Although several web sites state that he was a preacher, I have found no source for this statement. Nor have I found any evidence in the records that I have been able to consult to indicate even an approximate birth date for him. His wife and children were granted a passage to the Cape and arrived on the 'Malacca' on 4th February 1662. The muster rolls of 1664, the earliest to list numbers of children, lists: Jan Coenraet Visser, van Ommen met Geertje Gerrits van Hardenburg. 3 kinderen (Lorna Newcomb suggest that these were probably Geesje, Gerrit and Coenraad.) (Information from Leibbrandt's Letters and Documents Received 1649-1662, and from the Daybook of Jan Anthonisz van Riebeeck, 1651-1662, references provided by Lorna Newcomb) In the muster rolls of 1688 Jan Coenraet Visser and Grietje Visser are listed (VC 39, page 79). After this date there the muster rolls that exist (1690, 1691) do not list wives. In 1692 Jan Coenraet Visscher is listed without a wife (wives were listed in this year), VC39 page 111, and he is again single in the roll for 1692 and 1695 but does not appear after that date (next roll 1696). In his opgaaf return for 1695 he is recorded as living in the Cape District, single, with only 6 cattle and no other farming produce, one female slave, 1 slave boy and 2 slave girls.

married Geertjen Gerrits died 1692

Maria Jansz c1649 - c1718 children Gerrit Jansz d.1713 children Geesje Jans d. c1713 children Coenraad Jansz 1663 - c1743 children Zacharia Jansz 1665 - c1721 children Jan Jansz b.1667 children

children of Jan Coenraadsz and Geertjen Visser Maria Jansz Visser circa 1649-circa 1718 born circa 1649, Ommen died circa June 1718, (assumed from date of inventory)  married (1) circa 1664 at the Cape Willem Willemsz de Lierman 4 died 1692  (2) 1674 extramarital relationship Okker Cornelisz: Olivier 5 died 1692  married (3) circa June 1690 Mauritius Lambert Simonsz Stam 6 died 1692 Gerrit Jansz Visser died 1713 born Ommen died between February and September 1713  married 4 August 1675 Cape Town Jannetie Thielemans circa 1659-1717 Geesje Jans Vissers died circa 1713 born Hardenberg died circa June 1713, (during the smallpox epidemic)  married (1) 12 July 1671 Cape Town Hendrik Gysbertsz Verschuur 7 died circa 1709 of a farm on the Liesbeeck River  married (2) 26 December 1694 Cape Town Dirck Gijsbertsz Verwey 8 died circa 1709 farmer of a farm situated on the Paardeberg Coenraad Jansz Visser 1663-circa 1743 born 1663, at the Cape baptized 8 April 1663, Cape Town died circa December 1743  married 5 August 1685 Cape Town Catharina Everts Van Der Zee 9 died circa 1713 Zacharia Jansz Visser 1665-circa 1721 born 1665, at the Cape baptized 23 August 1665, Cape Town died circa 1721  married (1) 29 October 1679 Cape Town Diederik Putter 10 1673-circa 1722  married (2) Johannes Basson 11 1673-circa 1722  married (3) 5 July 1706 Stellenbosch Andries Krugel 12 1673-circa 1722 farmer (1713) of the farm, 't Blomkooltje, Paarl and by 1734 Weltevreden, Joostenberg Jan Jansz Visser born 1667 born 1667, at the Cape baptized 16 January 1667, Cape Town  married 8 May 1689 Cape Town Catrina Janse Van Der Zee 13 circa 1675-1734

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