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Marten Jans van Staden circa 1638-1716 Catharina Willemsz circa 1647-1717

Maria van Staden 1 of Weltevreden, Stellenbosch 2 born 1678 3 baptized 22 December 1678, Werkhoven 4 died circa 7 July 1723 5 Notes: She also owned the farms Waarborg and Hercules Pilaar in Stellenbosch, Kuijlenburg in Paarl and Le Roque at Olifantshoek, Drakenstein, according to the inventory drawn up 12 July 1723. Her estate accounts show that Weltevreden was bought by her son in law, Andries Krugel, Le Roque by Pieter Joubert, Hercules Pilaar by Jacob Cloeten and Cuijlenburg by the Widow of Pieter Robberts. Claas Ras and Maria van Staden are listed together for the first time in the Muster Rolls of 1696, as resident in Drakenstein.

married (1) circa 1696 6 Claas Ras 1666-circa 1713 farmer (1705) 7 of Stellenbosch 8

Catharina b.1697 children Johannes b.1698 Christian 1700 - c1723 Maria d.1734 children Hendrik b. c1709 Christina b.1711

married (2) 4 February 1714 at Stellenbosch 19 Lambert Engels died circa 1722

Aletta 1715 - c1729 Theunis b.1716

children of Maria van Staden and Claas Ras Catharina Ras born 1697 baptized 27 June 1697, Cape Town  married circa 1716 Warnar van den Brink born circa 1678 Johannes Ras 9 born 1698 born 1698 10 baptized 10 August 1698, Drakenstein 11 Christian Ras 1700-circa 1723 born 1700 12 baptized 4 July 1700, Drakenstein 13 died circa 1723, (?) Notes: Christiaan Ras appears in 1719 as one of the orphans whose inheritance is in the care of the Cape Weeskamer, alongside Johannes, Maria and Hendrik Ras, each being worth 300 gulden. A Christiaan Ras appears once, in 1723, in the opgaaf returns, just a man, his horse and his weapons, so presumably a young man, but Christiaan is not listed among the children of Maria Ras in the inventory drawn up on the 12th July 1723. Maria Ras died 1734 born Cape of Good Hope died 2 May 1734  married circa 1723 (or before) Andries Krugel 14 circa 1675-1734 farmer (1713) of the farm, 't Blomkooltje, Paarl and by 1734 Weltevreden, Joostenberg Hendrik Ras born circa 1709 born circa 1709 15 baptized 25 December 1709, Stellenbosch 16 Christina Ras born 1711 born 1711 17 baptized 20 September 1711, Stellenbosch 18 Notes: She does not appear in the 1718 Weeskamer accounts of orphans in its care, so she had presumably died before that date. (MOOC 18/2 Weeskamer Joernal) children of Maria van Staden and Lambert Engels Aletta Engels 20 1715-circa 1729 born 1715 21 baptized 10 March 1715, Stellenbosch 22 died circa 1729 23 Theunis Engels 24 born 1716 born 1716 25 baptized 12 July 1716, Stellenbosch 26

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