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Jan Coenraadsz Visser alias Jan Groff died circa 1696 Geertjen Gerrits died 1692

Gerrit Jansz Visser 1 farmer 2 of Blaubergh 3 born Ommen 4 died between February and September 1713 5 Notes: His children are given as listed in the inventory, dated 17th October 1713, and the estate accounts dated 15 November 1715, drawn up after his death. In the muster rolls of 1693 they are listed as living in the Cape District, and having nine children in the household. In 1698 there are 14 children and in January 1702, 11 children. In the inventory of his deceased estate, dated 17th October 1713, he is stated to have ten children then living, named as Thieleman, Aaltje, Johannes, Jacomina, Geesje, Jannetie, Femmetie, Marritje, Johanna and Gerrit Visser. for a note on his parentage see below#

married 4 August 1675 at Cape Town 6 Jannetie Thielemans died circa 1709

Thieleman 1677 - 1713 Hendrik 1678 - c1713 Aeltie b.1680 children Johannes 1682 - c1745 children Jacomina b.1684 children Geesje b.1686 Gijsbert b.1688 Jannetie b.1690 Geertje b.1692 Femmetje b.1694 Maria b.1697 Johanna b.1699 Gerrit b.1701

children of Gerrit Jansz and Jannetie Visser Thieleman Visser 1677-1713 born 1677 7 baptized 21 February 1677, Cape Town 8 died between 1713 and 1715, (assumed)  9 Notes: In the the muster roll of 31 December 1704 and again in 1705, he is listed as a single man living in the Cape District, but not after that date. He is, however, listed as one of his father's heirs in the inventory of October 1713, but is no longer included in the estate accounts of 15 November 1715. He signed a statement in Stellenbosch on 24 August 1706 (1 STB 18/155, 26) There is an entry in the Weeskamer Journal for 1718 for a Thieleman Visser, f. 382.18.18 as at 1 Jan 1718 and Aaltie Visser for f. 454.16.- and Gerrit Visser for f. 1782.7.- all separate (not one after the other) Hendrik Visser 1678-circa 1713 born 1678 10 baptized 23 October 1678, Cape Town 11 died circa 1713 12 Notes: In the the muster roll of 31 December 1709 he is listed as a single man living in the Cape District, and he made an opgaaf return for 1712, still living in the Cape, but does not appear again after that date. He is not mentioned among his father's heirs in the inventory of his estate filed with the Weeskamer October 1713, so one can assume that he too died during the smallpox epidemic of 1713. Aeltie Visser born 1680 born 1680, at the Cape baptized 2 July 1680, Cape Town  (1) extramarital relationship Jasper Gommers died circa 1709 adelborst in service of the VOC (1699)  married (2) 16 December 1696 Cape Town Jacob Pietersze Bodestyn died circa 1709 Johannes Visser 1682-circa 1745 born 1682, at the Cape baptized 20 September 1682, Cape Town died circa 1745  married 14 January 1717 Cape Town Maatje Slabbert 13 Jacomina Visser born 1684 baptized 9 July 1684, Cape Town  married Jan Hendrik Munnik 14 1698-1774 of the Tafelvalleij Geesje Visser born 1686 born 1686 15 baptized 1 September 1686, Cape Town 16  married Jan Steenkamp 17 died circa 1720 Gijsbert Visser born 1688 born 1688 18 baptized 27 August 1688, Cape Town 19 Notes: He is not mentioned among his father's heirs in the inventory of his estate presented to the Weeskamer October 1713, so one can assume that he died before that date withoug leaving heirs. Jannetie Visser 20 born 1690 born 1690, at the Cape 21 baptized 28 May 1690, Stellenbosch 22 Notes: In the inventory of 17 October 1713, MOOC 8/2, 82, listing the the goods of the deceased Gerrit Jansz Visser, among his children are listed both Jannetje and Johanna. The Estate Accounts drawn up for the same deceased estate in 1715, list Johanna but no Jannetie. A child not named in the 1713 list is, however, introduced in the person of Anna Visser, married to Jan Arent Rodewald. The marriage entry of this couple and her later remarriage to Jacob Nissen makes plain, however, that the Anna must be a mistake and that the person intended was Jannetie. She appears not to have had any children.  married (1) Jan Arend Roodewald 23 Corporal in the service of the VOC, by 1716 a free burger 24 born circa 1687, Lentsen, in Brandenburg 25 died circa April 1726 26 will dated 20 January 1716 27 Notes: He was a soldier in 1708, loaned out as a tanner 1708-9, coporal 1712-14, burger status granted 1715. (Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, by Dr J. Hoge, Cape Times for the Government Printer, circa 1947)  married (2) 4 May 1727 Cape Town 28 Jacob Nissen born Wismar Geertje Visser born 1692 born 1692 29 baptized 20 July 1692, Cape Town 30 Notes: She is not mentioned among her father's heirs in the inventory of his estate presented to the Weeskamer October 1713, so one can assume that she died before that date without leaving heirs. Femmetje Visser born 1694 born 1694 31 baptized 21 November 1694, Cape Town 32  married Christiaan Rasp 33 Maria Visser born 1697 born 1697 34 baptized 30 June 1697, Cape Town 35  married Burgert Pietersz Van Dijk 36 Johanna Visser born 1699 born 1699, at the Cape 37 baptized 7 June 1699, Cape Town 38  married 19 May 1715 Cape Town 40 Hans Roos 39 born Leipsig 41 Gerrit Visser born 1701 baptized 21 August 1701, Cape Town 42

# The parents of Gerrit Jansz Visser It seems likely that he was the son of Jan Coenraet Visser and Geertje Gerrits his wife. Firstly his patronymic was 'Jansz', meaning his father's name was 'Jan'. Secondly Jan Coenraet's nickname was 'Grof' and we find Gerrit Janse Visser listed thus in the muster rolls for 1677 (VC39, page 57): Gerrit Groff en Johanna Thielemans, 1 k. Thirdly the baptismal witnesses of the first two children of Gerrit Jansz and Jannetie Thielemans were 'Jan Coenraets Visscher and Grietie Gerrits his wife'. Since his birthplace is given as 'Ommen' he was presumably one of the children who accompanied Geertje Gerrits when she came to the Cape to join her husband, arriving 4th February 1662.

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