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Jan Heinrich Hop¹

M, #13526, b. 1685

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Last Edited

22/11/2013

Birth*

Jan Heinrich Hop was born in 1685 in Felsen, Germany.¹

Marriage*

He married Hilletie Verschuur, daughter of Hendrik Gijsbertse Verschuur and Geesje Visser, on 13 January 1715 de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Family

Hilletie Verschuur b. b 24 Sep 1684, d. 8 Sep 1772

Child

Hendrik Hop² b. b 21 Jun 1716, d. 17 Jun 1771

Citations

[S204] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946), HOP, JAN HEINRICH (S).-Felsen in Hanover. Son of Jan H. and Anna Margaretha Helmers. * 1685, smith 1711-12, master smith 1713, b. 1714. ~ 13.1.1715 Hilletje Verschuur, wid. Conrad Gerd Pieper (q.v.). 5 children. Burgher Councillor, member of Orphan Chamber, burgher-captain. (GMR 1711-13; Req . 1715-6: 138, 1735-6: 49, 115, 1737-8:44, 74a, 102, 103; 1742: 55; 1743: 112, 113; 1744: 68, 69; 1746: 94; Test. CJ 1070: 68; Test. O.C. 20: 53; MOOC 14;/123 G.R. nr. 195). H.'s widow died 8.9.1772, (Inv, O.C. 14: 61; Bdlr. 8: 17; MOOC I4/36 (1) nr. 17.). Hereinafter cited as Personalia.
[S152] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 3 H-I (Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1992), p.473. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 3 H-I.