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Trijntie Claas Oftings 1 of Welvernoegt, Joostenberg 2 born circa 1641, Lubeck 3 died July 1708, (date of Inventory and burial fee) 4 Notes: According to the article by Margaret Cairns, her surname was Ufftincx, not Ustings as often given. The inventory drawn up on 23rd October 1673 after the death of her second husband, gives her names as 'Oftings', so I have used this form. Her son, Hans Ras, in his will of 1705 calls her Trijntje Claas and she is usually referred to as Trijn Ras in the muster rolls of free settlers at the Cape. At the time of her marriage to Hans Ras she was stated to have been newly arrived on the ship Hoff van Zeelant and a widow. (Sources: Dagregister en Briewe van Zacharias Wagenaer, edited by A.J.Boeseken, 1973 and Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope, C. 2, p. 290, TANAP) Much of my information on Trijn Ras and her husbands is taken from Margaret Cairns's excellent and well documented article in Familia, 1978 and 1979 - it is well worth reading.

married (1) 3 September 1662 at at the Cape 5 ( they were married after the morning service that Sunday, by the Secretary of the Council of Justice, no predikant being available (the late predikant, Junius, was, in fact, buried that same afternoon)) Hans Ras circa 1636-1671 farmer (1662) 6

Hendrik 1665 - bef.1708 Claas 1666 - c1713 children Marijntie b.1669 Hans 1671 - c1705

married (2) 17 April 1672 at Cape Town 18 Francois Champelaer died July 1673, (probably) 19 Notes: Margaret Cairns records that prior to his marriage he had been the 'servant of Joris Jansz, an inkeeper at the Cape'. The inventory of his estate drawn up on 23rd October 1673, after his death, states that he, along with other burgers, had recently been killed by Hottentots. Cairns suggests that this probably happened during an illegal game hunting expedition during July 1673.

married (3) 29 October 1673 at Cape Town Laurens Cornelis died 1677

Maria b.1675 Lourentia b.1677

married (4) 25 January 1680 at Cape Town 24 Matthijs Michielsz

Anna Lijsbet

children of Trijntie Claas Oftings and Hans Ras Hendrik Ras 7 1665-before 1708 born 1665 baptized 23 August 1665, Cape Town 8 died before 1708, Ceylon 9 Notes: According to the inventory drawn up on 18th August 1708, Hendrik was deceased, having died in Ceylon, and had left survivng children, (names and location not specified) Claas Ras 1666-circa 1713 born 1666 baptized 12 September 1666, Cape Town died circa 1713  married circa 1696 Maria van Staden 10 1678-circa 1723 of Weltevreden, Stellenbosch Marijntie Ras 11 born 1669 baptized 9 March 1669, Cape Town 12  married Joos Strijdom 13 Notes: Persoonsgegevens van Joris Strijdom Herkomst: De caab Rang: Adelborst Datum einde verbintenis: 11/08/1713 Einde verbintenis: Overleden Plaats einde verbintenis: Azie Gegevens van de vaart Schip: Raadhuis van Middelburg Inventarisnr.: 12746 Kamer: Zeeland Folio: 164 Uitreis: 30/04/1712 Bestemming: Batavia DAS- en reisnr 2170.2 Aankomst: 20/11/1712 Maandbrief: Nee Schuldbrief: Nee vorige pagina http://voc.websilon.nl/ Hans Ras 14 1671-circa 1705 born 1671, at the Cape 15 baptized 21 June 1671, Cape Town 16 died circa 1705 17 Notes: He drew up his will on 8th July 1705, lying on his sick bed and in the house of Marten van Staden, leaving all his possessions to his mother, Trijntje Claas, with legacies to his brother, Claas Ras, his sister Marijna Ras, his two half sisters Lourentia and Lijsbet Michielsz:, and to the children of his brother Claas, Johannes and Catarina Ras. These were all left sums of money. An additional bequest was that of two cattle to Susanna van Vooren. Oddly enought, the internal evidence in this will, the age given for Hans and just two children mentioned for Claas, suggest a date of circa 1701, rather than that of 1705. Perhaps part was copied from an earlier will. He was not mentioned as one of his mother's heirs in the inventory drawn up on 18th August 1708. children of Trijntie Claas Oftings and Laurens Cornelis Maria Cornelis 20 born 1675 Lourentia Cornelisz 21 born 1677 born 1677 22  married Marten Meckelenburg 23 children of Trijntie Claas Oftings and Matthijs Michielsz Anna Lijsbet Michielsz 25 Notes: She is named as Anna Lijsbet in the inventory drawn up after her mother's death but as Elisabeth or Lijsbet in her brother Hans's will and the record of her marriage in the Capet Town marriage register.  married 23 June 1698 Cape Town 27 Jan Lourensz van Rostock 26

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