NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695 | NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1665-1695 |
Last Edited | 13/04/2015 |
Birth* | Carel de Brak was born circa 1670 in Cassel.1,2 |
Marriage* | He married Alida Willemse, daughter of Wilhelm Wilhelmse van Deventer and Maria Jansz Visser, on 4 November 1691 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3 |
Family | Alida Willemse b. b 27 Jun 1677 |
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Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status | Carel de Brak became a burgher on 4 November 1691, in Dutch vryburgher or vrijburgher, initially a status in which a soldier or other employee of the VOC was released from their contractual obligations to the VOC and permitted to farm, become a tradesman, or work for others. Subsequently some individuals, including the Huguenot refugees, were brought to the Cape specifically to farm and were burghers from the time of their arrival de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Citations
- [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1691
Den 4: 9bris
Sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereenigt Ca[rel] de Brak van Cassel jongman ende borger alhier met Alida Willemse van de Caep de Goede Hoop jongedogter, 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). - [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
- [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar): ao 1691. Den 4: 9bris. Sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereenigt Ca[rel] de Brak van Cassel jongman ende borger alhier met Alida Willemse van de Caep de Goede Hoop jongedogter, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
- [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [1701] 30 Octob: van Carel de Braak en Daatje Willems onder getuijge van Christoffel Luders met Aaltie Willems gent: - Willemtie
[1704] 16 Aug:van Carel Adriaanz de Brak en Alida Willemsz onder getuyge van Coenraat Jacobse Schepper en Margareta van Hof, gent: - Adriaan, (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).