Aletta ter Meulen

F, #7123, b. circa 1650

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732
Last Edited20/12/2010
Birth*Aletta ter Meulen was born circa 1650 in Schüttorf.1
 
Marriage*She married Heinrich Elberts before 1672.1
 

Family

Heinrich Elberts b. c 1640, d. Oct 1696
Children
Names in the record, in publications, etc.6 June 1677, the name of Aletta was written in the record as Aeltie Fredricks ter Meulen.
27 October 1678, the name of Aletta was written in the record as Aeltie ter Meulen.
27 June 1700, the name of Aletta was written in the record as Aletta ter Mollen.
27 June 1700, the name of Aletta was written in the record as Aeltijen Elbers.2
Baptisms - WitnessAletta ter Meulen and Heinrich Elberts witnessed the baptism of Margaritha Louw on 18 April 1677 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3
She and Tobias Vlasvath witnessed the baptism of Ernst Mostert before 9 May 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.4
She and Nicolaus Cleef and Maria de Grave witnessed the baptism of Catharina le Fèvre on 27 August 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.5,6
She and Tobias Vlasvath witnessed the baptism of Ernst Mostert on 9 May 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.7
She and Pieter van der Bijl witnessed the baptism of Jacobus Smit on 16 October 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.8,9
She and Pieter van der Bijl witnessed the baptism of Geertruy Pretorius on 8 December 1697 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
Geertru Elbeers was baptized on 8 December 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeede Kerk, Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Pieter van der Bijl and one of the infant's grandmothers, who were Aletta ter Meulen.11
She and Gijelijam dù Tooij witnessed the baptism of Altijn van der Heyde on 27 June 1700 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.2
She and Claas Jansz Hofland witnessed the baptism of Aaltie Pieters on 19 September 1700 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).12
She and Willem ten Damme witnessed the baptism of Sara van Brakel on 22 June 1704 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.13
Slave EmancipationsOn 23 February 1700 Gerrit van Batavia was emancipated by Jacob van de Voorde, and placed in the care of Aletta ter Meulen for ten years, at the end of which the manumission would come into effect.14

Citations

  1. [S151] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 2 D-G (Pretoria, South Africa: Human Science Research Council, 1989), p. 177. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 2 D-G.
  2. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Altijn dochter van Piter Ijùrijans vanden Heijde de moeder Marija van Aelwijck getùgen Gijelijam dù Tooij en Aeltijen Elbers ijs gedoop den 27 Ijùnij 1700. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  3. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Ao. 1677
    Den 18 April Margaritha
    Jan Pietersz en Beatrice Wijmans
    Hendrick Elbertz en Aeltie Hendricks, transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
  4. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): [Ao. 1688]
    Den 9 Maij zijn aan Stellenbos de volgende kinderen
    gedoopt als een waar van Jan Mostaard vader is
    en moeder Lijsbeth Ernst Nieumeijer de getuijgen
    Tobias Vlasvath en Aaltie ter Meulen de naam
    van 't kind was Ernst, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  5. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): [Ao. 1688]
    eodem dito (27 Aug) een kind van Pierre La Febre en is genaamd
    Catarijn, de moeder en getuigen zijn Maria de Grave
    get. Nicolaas Kleef en Aaltie ter Meulen, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  6. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Lorna:
    10.8.1700 trou "Abraham Everts van Middelburg jm met Catharina le Febre van de Caeb jongedogtr." Catharina =27.8.1688 ('n 12 jarige bruid) was d/v Pierre le Febre en Maria de Grave. Abraham, 'n kuiper, het op Evertsdal, Tijgerberg geboer.
  7. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Ao. 1689. Den 9den Maij zijn aan Stellenbos de volgende kinderen gedoopt als een waar van Jan Mostaard vader is en moeder Lijsbeth Ernst Nieumeijer de getuijgen Tobias Vlasvath en Aaltie ter Meulen de naam van 't kind was Ernst.
  8. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Ao 1689. [Den] 16 dito (October) Aen Stellenbosch een kindt ghedoopt waer van vader is Jan Smidt. de moeder Adriana Tol, de ghetuijge sijn Pijter van der Bijl ende Helti[ ] Hendriks, ende ghenaemt Jacobus, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  9. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  10. [S408] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Baptism Register, Le 8 ditau [Decembre] Lannee 1697; Geertru fille d'un beaufils de la Veuve; de haandris Kelbeers; Le temoins et Piter Van derbil, Et la Marrainne cela gran Mere del'anfant.

    My thanks to Richard Ball for the following translation which I have annotated:
    Geertru, daughter of a son-in-law [Wessel Pretorius] of the widow [Aletta ter Meulen] of haandris Kelbeers [Heinrich Elberts]; The Witnesses are piter vanderbil, and the godmother the grand mother [Aletta ter Meulen, the paternal grandmother - Geertruyd Meijntinghs - was already deceased] of the child. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Baptisms.
  11. [S408] Baptism Register, Drakenstein I Baptisms, Le 8 ditau [Dec] Lannee 1697: Geertru fille d u'n beau fills dela Veuve; de haandris Elbeers; Le Temoins et Piter Van der Bil, Et la Marrainne ce la gran Mere delanfant.
  12. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [19 Sept: 1700] van Evert Pieterz en Susanna Catrina, onder getuyge van Claas Jansen Hofland en Aaltie vander Meulen gent: - Aaltie, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
  13. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Sara, dogter van Jacobus van Brakel, en Margareta Elbers, getuygen Willem ten Damme, en Aaltie Elberstz. Den 22e Juny 1704.
  14. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 192. 23.2.1700: Joseph from Batavia (10), was freed by Jacob van de Voorde, sailing on the Handboog, and to be cared for by Guilliam Heems for ten years and then manumitted.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
 

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