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Claas Jansz van Rensburg 1 farmer 2 born circa 1661, Rensburg 3 died circa December 1728 4 Notes: The details for this family come from the wills of 1722 and 1758 of Maria van Staden and from the facsimiles of the original will and estate accounts of this couple that appear on the wonderful Van Rensburg web site created by André van Rensburg. In the will of their sister, Maria van Staden, 1758, all the children of this couple are surnamed just Jansen. This family would seem, judging from the church registers and various signatures, to have thought of their name as Janse or Jansen with the 'van Rensburg' as an optional extra. This is visible right into the middle of the nineteenth century when Willem Francois Petrus Janse van Rensburg signed himself 'W.F.P.Janze' in the Ceres marriage register.

married 14 August 1708 at Stellenbosch 5 Aletta van der Merwe 1684-circa 1729

Johannes 1709 - bef.1775 Elsje 1712 - 1763 children Cicilia 1715 - 1774 children Willem 1717 - 1746 children Claas b.1720 Hendrik b.1723 Sophia b.1725

children of Claas Jansz and Aletta van der Merwe Johannes Jansz van Rensburg 6 1709-before 1775 born 1709 7 baptized 17 July 1709, Stellenbosch 8 died before 1775 9 Notes: He requested from the Weesmeesteren that he might be permitted to buy in one of his deceased mother's farmsteads situated over the Rodesant at the auction of her goods which was to take place on 16th November. This was granted. (MOOC 1/6, Weeskamer Notulen, 7th October 1729) Elsje Jansz van Rensburg 1712-1763 born 1712 baptized 31 July 1712, Stellenbosch died 24 September 1763  married 12 August 1731 Drakenstein Pieter van der Merwe died circa 1738 Cicilia Jansen 1715-1774 born 1715 baptized 21 April 1715, Drakenstein died 20 July 1774, Waveren  married Isaac van der Merwe 10 died 1777 Willem Janse van Rensburg 1717-1746 born 1717 baptized 21 November 1717, Drakenstein died 21 July 1746, in the Bokkeveld  married 2 July 1740 Drakenstein Anna Sophia Burger 11 died 1801 Claas Jansz van Rensburg 12 born 1720 born 1720 13 baptized 31 March 1720, Drakenstein 14 Hendrik Jansz van Rensburg 15 born 1723 born 1723 16 baptized 12 September 1723, Drakenstein 17 Sophia Jansz van Rensburg 18 born 1725 born 1725 19 baptized 23 December 1725, Drakenstein 20  married David van der Merwe 21 Notes: He is mentioned as proposed executor in the codicil to her will dated 25th July 1777 by Maria van Staden.

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