Mathijs Wighman

M, #7722, b. circa 1670

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1665-1695
Last Edited16/09/2016
Birth*Mathijs Wighman was born circa 1670 in Lübeck.1,2
 
Marriage*He married Jannetje Verschuur, daughter of Hendrik Gijsbertse Verschuur and Geesje Visser, on 26 August 1691 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3
 

Family

Jannetje Verschuur b. b 29 Oct 1673
Children
Names in the record, in publications, etc.29 June 1691, the name of Mathijs was written in the record as Matthijs Wichtman.4
29 November 1693, the name of Mathijs was written in the record as Mathijs Wightman.
Baptisms - WitnessMathijs Wighman and Jannetje Verschuur witnessed the baptism of Hendrik Laurenz on 19 July 1705 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).5
Slave TransactionsOn 29 May 1691 Claas van Malabar was sold by William Thamsz to Mathijs Wightman, for Rds. 72.4
On 10 May 1694 Lijsje van Bengale was sold by Cornelis Jansz Simons to Matthijs Wichtman, for Rds. 80.6
On 13 June 1697 Coridon van Masulipatnam was sold by Leendert van Sande to Matthijs Wichtman, for Rds. 65.7

Citations

  1. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1691. Den 26 Dito (Augusti). Sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereeningt an Cabo de Goede Hoop Mathijs Wighman van Lubek jongman ende borger alhier met jannetie Hendriks Verschuijr geboortig van de Caep, 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 (Mar).
  2. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  3. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar): ao 1691
    Den 26 Dito (Augusti)
    Sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereeningt an Cabo de Goede Hoop Mathijs Wighman van Lubek jongman ende borger alhier met jannetie Hendriks Verschuijr geboortig van de Caep, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.158. 29.5.1691, pp. 183-184: Claas from Malabar (18/19), sold by William Thamsz, sailing on the English ship Royal Jacob and Mary as second mate, to Matthijs Wichtman for Rds. 72.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  5. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [19 Julij 1705] van Rijnier Laurentz Nauta en Aaltie Verschuer, onder getuyge van Matthys Wigman en Jannetie Verschuer gent: - Hendrik, (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).
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.165. 10.5.1694: Lijsje from Bengal (11/12), sold by Cornelis Simons to Matthijs Wichmans for Rds. 80.
  7. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 178. 13.6.1697, p. 198: Coridon from Masulipatnam (15), sold by Leendert van Sande, seaman of Overrijp, to Matthijs Wigtman for Rds. 65.
  8. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1692
    (date below: 25th was a Sunday - this one looks like 2J, perhaps 21?)
    Den 2[looks like a cursive J] Dito (Maij) een kint gedoopt waer van vader is Mathijs Wighman, de moeder Jannetie Verschuyr, de getuijge Gesie Visscher
    genaemt Mathijs, 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.).
  9. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1693
    Den selfden Dito (29 Novembris) een kindt gedoopt waer van vader is Mathijs Wightman, de moeder Jannetie Verschuijr, is genaemt Anna, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  10. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1695
    7 Augusti een kind van Mathijs Wigman en Jannetje Verschuur, gent: Geesje, getuijgenn Dirk Gijsbertze Verweij en Geesje Vissers, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  11. [S736] VC 605 (NGK G1-8/2), NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town), 2012, transcribed by Corney Keller, (1713-1742), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town).
 

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