First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Jacob Marais¹

M, #11547, b. 3 December 1719, d. 17 June 1787

Father*

Mother*

Marie Elizabet Villiers¹ b. b 4 Nov 1695

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Last Edited

07/11/2014

Birth*

Jacob Marais was born on 3 December 1719 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.^2,1

Baptism

Jacob Marais was baptized on 10 December 1719 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Claude Marais and Marguerite Gardiol.³

Marriage*

He married Maria Elizabeth Boyens, daughter of Pieter Boeiens and Geertruy Blom, on 24 June 1742 Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop.^4,2,5

Death*

He died on 17 June 1787 de Caep de Goede Hoop at age 67.²

Family

Maria Elisabeth Boeyens b. c 1719

Child

Geertruy Marais² b. 26 Mar 1745, d. 14 Jan 1784

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

24 June 1742, the name of Jacob was written in the record as Jacobus Marais.⁴

Citations

[S408] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Baptism Register, Anno 1719; Dito [Den 10de Decembr]; Jacob, zoon Steven Marais en Maria Elisabeth De Villers, Getùygen Clode Marais en Margarita Gardiol. (The date is unclear and could also be the 15th). Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Baptisms.
[S150] Edited & augmented by GISA Originally compiled by J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 5 L-M, GISA SA Genealogies (Stellenbosch, South Africa: Genealogical Institute of South Africa, 1999), p.424. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 5 L-M.
[S408] Baptism Register, Drakenstein I Baptisms, Anno 1719; Dito [Den 10de Decembr]; Jacob, zoon Steven Marais en Maria Elisabeth De Villers, Getùygen Clode Marais en Margarita Gardiol.
[S470] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Marriages., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Marriage Register, Personen in den Huwelyken Staat bevestigd door Predekant. Salomon van Echten.
24 Do. [Juny 1742]. Jacobus Marais van Cabo de Goede hoop Burger aan Drakensteyn Jongman en Maria Elizabeth Boyens van Cabo voornd. J.D.. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Marriages.
[S153] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 1 A-C, HSRC SA Genealogies (Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research, Division Genealogical Research, Pretoria, 1986, 1989), ISBN 0-620-23962-X, p.328. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 1.