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Evert Cornelisse Maria

Catharina Everts Van Der Zee 1 born 1673, On the ship Europa, at sea between the Netherlands and the Cape 2 baptized 2 July 1673, Cape Town 3 died circa January 1722, (assumed from filing date of will) 4 will dated 1710 and filed 21 February 1722 5 Notes: Her place of birth, 'van der zee', seems to have become her surname, whereas her brother and sister continued to use the patronymic instead. for a note on her parentage see below#

married 5 August 1685 at Cape Town 6 Coenraad Jansz Visser 1663-circa 1743 farmer 7 of Veelverjaagt, Stellenbosch 8

Jacomyntje b.1688 Aeltje 1690 - bef.1744 children Evert 1691 - 1723 Geertje b.1694 Catharina 1695 - bef.1744 children Jan c1697 - aft.1761 Maria 1707 - c1785 children Jannetie b.1711 Marta b.1713 Geesje

children of Catharina Everts and Coenraad Jansz Visser Jacomyntje Visser 9 born 1688 born 1688 10 baptized 23 May 1688, Cape Town 11  married (1) Hendrik Schreuder 12 1663-circa 1743  married (2) 29 August 1705 Stellenbosch 14 Jan Beukes 13 1663-circa 1743 born Otmesbeukhold 15 Aeltje Visser 1690-before 1744 born 1690 baptized 23 April 1690, Cape Town died before 1744  married Claas Swart 16 farmer Evert Visser 1691-1723 born 1691 17 baptized 29 July 1691, Cape Town 18 died between 1723 and 1744 Notes: He was mentioned in his parents' will of 1710, and made opgaaf returns in 1709, 1712, 1719 and 1723 as living in Stellenbosch. He is not mentioned in his father's estate accounts of 1744 so had presumably died between 1723 and 1744 without leaving surviving heirs. Geertje Visser born 1694 born 1694 19 baptized 21 March 1694, Cape Town 20  married Augustus Meijhuijsen 21 Catharina Visser 1695-before 1744 born 1695 baptized 21 October 1695, Stellenbosch died before 1744  married Jurgen Beijer 22 farmer Jan Visser Coenraadsz 23 circa 1697-after 1761 born circa 1697 24 died after 1761 Notes: He is included on the opgaaf returns made between 1719 and 1752 as a single man, living in the Stellenbosch district, presumably not a farmer, since all these returns list no farm animals or crops, merely the usual possesions of a single man, a gun and a dagger. In the return of 1757 and 1761, however, he is listed as having a wife, after which there are no more returns for him.  married 11 August 1754 Stellenbosch 25 Catharina Smit died before 1744 Maria Visser 1707-circa 1785 born 1707 baptized 8 October 1707, Cape Town died circa 1785  married Fredrik Brand 26 Jannetie Visser born 1711 born 1711 27 baptized 1 February 1711, Stellenbosch 28  married Dirk Martensz: 29 Marta Visser born 1713 born 1713 30 baptized 2 February 1713, Stellenbosch 31  married Laurens Martensz: 32 Geesje Visser 33  married Juriaan Hendriksen 34

# The parents of Catharina Everts Van Der Zee In her will, dated 1710, she states very clearly that she was born aboard the ship Europa sailing to the Cape from the Netherlands ( gebooren op't schip Europa (herwaarts komende) tusschen 't patria en Cabo voorsz' oud negen en dertigh jaren ) thirty nine years before. The VOC Ship data web site lists two ships named Europa in use at that period. The one was first used by the VOC in October 1672 when it was captured from the French and sailed from Batavia for Europe, arriving at the Cape on 15 April 1673 and departing again on 29th April. It was captured by the English at St Helena May 1673. The second ship Europa first came into service in 1671 and seems to have made its first voyage to the East from Texel on 20 December 1672 for Colombo, calling at the Cape between 1st July 1673 and the 18th July 1673. Although she states her age as 39 in November 1710, suggesting a birth dated of 1671, during 1670, 1671 and 1672 there was not one child recorded in the Cape Town baptismal registers with the name Catharina. The first to appear is Catharin the daugher of Evert Cornelisse and his wife Maria, baptised 2nd July 1673, which would match both the date of arrival of the ship Europa and the name of the father. We note, too, that Coenraad Jans Visser is also stated to be 2 years older than he in fact was. It is not uncommon to find ages incorrectly stated in these documents, but they are usually a year or two less than the true age, but in this case both are stated to be about two years older than they in fact were. The childrens' ages, given in the same docuemnt, start at three years older for the eldest child, and get progressively less for each child till the ages match the true ages for the younger children. I first became aware of this information through Elmien Wood and Mansell Upham, to whom my thanks for making their findings public.

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