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Johannes van Nieuwkerken 1697-circa 1744 Engela Plooij 1710-circa 1738

Engela Helena van Niekerk born circa January 1738 1 baptized 16 January 1738 2 died circa 1820 3 will dated 9 April 1774 Notes: I have assumed that the Engela Helena van Niekerken who married Alewijn Smit in 1756, is the same person as the daughter of Johannes van Nieuwkerken and Engela Plooij. I have based my assumption on the fact that the witnesses at the baptisms of three of her children, Hendrik Jacobus, Johannes Cornelis and Helena Alberta where each of Engela Helena's two brothers and one sister are baptismal witnesses along with their spouses. It was usual for such witnesses to be close family members, most often the grandparents (but both Engela Helena's parents were dead by this time) and brothers and sisters of the parents or of the baptised child.

married October 1756 at Swartland 4 Alewijn Smit Jacobuszoon 1734-1787 farmer 5

Elizabeth b.1757 Engela Helena 1758 - c1792 children Jacobus Hendrik 1760 - 1834 children Maria Margrita b.1761 Frans b.1763 Johannes Cornelis b.1765 Adriana Beatrix b.1767 Aletta Catharina 1769 - bef.1820 children Huijbregtje b.1772 Helena Alberta 1775 - bef.1820 children Katarina Johanna 1777 - bef.1820 children Nicolaas Albertus 1778 - 1822 children

children of Engela Helena van Niekerk and Alewijn Smit Elizabeth Smit 6 born 1757 born 1757 7 baptized 25 September 1757, Swartland 8  married Stephanus Christiaan Smit 9 1734-1787 Engela Helena Smit 1758-circa 1792 born 11 November 1758 baptized 24 December 1758, Swartland died circa October 1792  married Willem Myburgh 10 of the loan farm De Klipheuwel on the Berg River Jacobus Hendrik Smit 1760-1834 born 18 March 1760 baptized 6 April 1760, Swartland died 9 February 1834, at Kleinevaley, District of Stellenbosch  married 11 April 1784 Swartland Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw 11 died before 1820 Maria Margrita Smit 12 born 1761 born 27 December 1761 13 baptized 31 January 1762, Swartland 14  married Albert Myburgh 15 1766-1843 Frans Smit born 1763 born 14 May 1763 16 baptized 26 June 1763, Swartland 17 Notes: baptized Francois, called Frans in his mother's Estate Distribution Accounts, 1820. Johannes Cornelis Smit born 1765 born 18 September 1765 18 baptized 13 October 1765, Swartland 19 Adriana Beatrix Smit 20 born 1767 born 14 September 1767 21 baptized 18 October 1767, Swartland 22 Notes: baptized as Adriana Hendrina, but called Adriana Beatrix in her mother's Estate Distribution Accounts, 1820.  married Maarten Smit 23 Aletta Catharina Smit 1769-before 1820 born 30 July 1769 baptized 17 September 1769, Swartland died before July 1820  married Hendrik Mostert 24 Huijbregtje Smit born 1772 baptized 4 October 1772, Swartland 25 Notes: She is not mentioned in her mother's Estate Distribution Accounts of 1820 so presumably she had already died without leaving any heirs. Helena Alberta Smit 1775-before 1820 born 14 September 1775 baptized 22 October 1775, Swartland died before July 1820  married Theunis Carstens 26 died before 1820 Katarina Johanna Smit 1777-before 1820 born 31 May 1777 baptized 3 August 1777, Swartland died before July 1820  married Nicolaas Everhardus Lambrechts Nicolaas Albertus Smit 1778-1822 born 24 December 1778, at the Cape baptized 17 January 1779, Swartland died 3 February 1822  married (1) Margaretha Magdalena Blignault 27  married (2) December Cape Town Jacoba Catharina Mostert 28

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