Important Note: Even though the parents of this child are recorded as Schalk vd Merwe and Anna Prevost in this record, it is quite unlikely he is their child. They baptised another son just four months later, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence they delayed the baptisms of their children. I have therefor assigned this child to Willem vd Merwe and Elsje Cloete, as candidate parents.
Le 17 ditau [a'oust] Lannee, 1698; Hendris Willems fills de Eskal Wellems Van de Meruve, Anna Prevot, pour Temoins Piter Roobeers Et Une fille de Willems Eskal.
