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- Moontlike te Ingen, Nederland, gebore volgens Dr. Stephanus van WYK, Pretoria. Sommige navorsing verwys ook na sy geboortejaar as 1632 en dat hy wel te Utrecht, Nederland op 19.8.1632 ten doop gebring is (nog nie bevestig nie).
Familia 1966 No 3 page 2:
The following are extracts from an article compiled by Philip van Wyk, an American descendant of Cornelis Barentse van Wyck By Duurstede. He had made a study of the history of the home town of the van Wycks, and became interested in the van Wycks who came to South Africa. These extracts are made from a copy which he gave to Mr. Appie van Wyk of Bellville and has been made available for publication in Familia by Mrs A H v.d. Linden of Pinelands.
While it has been well known for many years that the van Wyck family in America considered Wijck bij Duurstede as their place of family origin in the Netherlands, although the scientific substantiation of this has only recently been set forth, there has been very little known or published about the even more numerous Van Wyck family long established in South Africa. As with the American branch using that term in a general sense, the records of the Van Wycks who have pioneered in newlands across the seas would appear to be quite accurate in their countries of settlement, but the data linking the places of their orgin in the Netherlands of the South African Van Wyks appeared sketchy. A study of existing South African genealogies, particularly those by Coetzee de Villiers, Cape Town 1893, Dr. D. du Toit Malherbe, Stellenbosch 1859, and J. B. Redelinghuys, Cape Town 1955, indicate that all of the Van Wyk name from Dutch colonial extraction in South Africa originate with two individuals, Willem and Arie, who are claimed to be brothers. The historian Theal, who has written the standard account of the founding of South Africa, mentions these settlers Willem and Arie (Adriaan) Van Wyk, but does not give their place of origin in the Netherlands. De Villiers states that although both Willem and Arie arrived at the Cape settlement in 1677, that Willem was born in Ingen (which is a small village in the Neder Betuwe), while Arie came from Netherland. For a time it was considered that as Willem and Arie were said to be brothers, that Arie as well as Willem was born at Ingen and only sailed from Amsterdam. De Villiers also mentions a third brother Roelof who left no descendants. Willem van Wijk settled in Stellenbosch, married Catharina Hillebrants and left a family of two children. Some Van Wyks in South Africa descend from him but the majority are descended from Arie who also settled in Stellenbosch, married Cornelia Helmes and left a family of nine children.
Ingen in the Betuwe is a village within the general market town area of Wijck bij Duurstede by ferry across the Lek. It is one of a half dozen such villages including Xersteren, Lienden, Ommeren, Eck en Wiel, Muric, Rijswijk, Ravenswaaij and Asch as well as the towns of Culemburg and Rhenen whose archives ?
In die Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam, Nederland is die volgende opgeteken: Uit die DTB (Doop en Trouw Boek) 490, bls 350: 30 Julij 1667, ,,Ondertrouw'' (gebooie) van Roelof Ariaense en Trijntie Jans. Roelof Ariaense van ......(onleesbaar; kan moontlik Ingen of Engen wees) schoenmaker oud 24 jaar ouders doot geast (geassisteer) met Jonas Beek woont in de passeerderdwarsstraat. (m.a.w. gebore in 1643 in Nederland) Trijntje Jans van Wedde oud 30 jaar ouders doot geast met Annetie Jonas woont in de passeerderstraat. (m.a.w. gebore in 1637 in Nederland) Uit die DTB 971, bls 493: Huwelik van Roelof Adriansz met Trijntje Jans op Sondag den 21 Augustus 1667.
Behalwe vir die datums is dit ook uit hierdie argiefstukke duidelik dat Roelof Adriansz van WIJK (Adrians zoon) die seun van ene Adrian was en dat sy seun Adrian (Arie) na sy oupa vernoem is.
Bron: Hierdie navorsing is gedoen deur Stephanus (Fanie) VAN WYK (* 25.01.1931) op 4.12.1973 en beskikbaar gestel vir hierdie publikasie. Fotostatiese afdrukke is as bewysstukke in besit van laasgenoemde nasaat.
By die doop van Adrian (Arie) word die ouers aangegee as Roelof Adriansz van WIJK en Trijntje JANSZ.
Aankoms in die Kaap ongeveer 1677 (slegs bereken, datum nog nie met oorspronklike bronne bevestig nie) met sy vrou Trijntje en seun Adrian (Arie) (gedoop op 18.01.1668 te Amsterdam).
Volgens J. HOGE in 'Bydraes tot die genealogie van ou Afrikaanse Families' (Kaapstad, 1958, p.153): op 18.08.1688 is Trijntje in Kaapstad aangeneem as lidmaat van die Hervormde kerk aan die Kaap.
Volgens die Kaapstadse Doopregister is hy teenwoordig tydens die doop van sy kleinseun Roelof op 05.09.1694.
Op 23.03.1694: Roeloff van Wijk, Vry Burgher in Drakenstein, verkoop al sy besittings, asook die slaaf Anthonie van die Kaap (oud 16). Op 18.10.1694: Raachel van Batavia (26) verkoop deur Jan Cotse aan Roeloff van Wijck vir Rds. 115. 12.04.1695: Cupido van die Kus (22), verkoop deur Guilliam Heems aan Roeloff van Wijck vir f400, Indiese waarde, op voorwaarde dat hy Cupido nie gedurende die eerste twee jaar mag verkoop nie.
In geskrifte boer Roelof aan die westekant van Kiukenvallei (Kuikensvlei) tans Raithby. In die 'Gedenkboek Stellenbosch Drie eeue', word Trijntje Jansz op 28.10.1699 as weduwee van Roelof van Wijk aangegee.
Philip van Wyck's research suggests that Roelof was the second son by that name born to Roelof Roelofsen VAN WIJCK and Susannetgen Jans, the older of the two boys, born on 1/1/1628, was assumed to have died in infancy. Johan van Deventer's text read, '. . . there are serious errors in the Van Wijck/Wijk/Wyk family tree. Roelof (not even mentioned in dV/P) is a1 and the father of Adrian (Arie) referred to as a2 in dV/P. It is more likely that Roelof and Willem were brothers with the same father but different mothers. Roelof (*abt ?1643? - in Holland), his wife Trijntje Jans (*abt 1637) and their son Arie van Wijck (~18/1/1655 in Amsterdam) came to SA about 1677. At the same time Willem van Wijck (*bef 1655) also arrived in SA. Now for the big mistake: Page 1154 dV/P about in the middle there is c8 Arie Willem ~2/11/1738 up to d5 Margaretha Johanna ~15/3/1795 just before b8 on p.1155; should be moved to p.1149 under b1c2 Gerrit ~30/9/1714, 3rd line from top. Then; c8 Arie Willem should change to be a2b1c2d1; this is thus the Willem a2 line . . .'What is entered here in this branch of the family reflects these suggested corrections.
From: A & M van Rensburg
To:
Subject: [GenForum] Elizabeth VAN WYK
Date: 14 November 2001 04:24
Goeie More Richard en Jean, Baie dankie vir die inligting. Ek soek baie keer om my bron te kry en
dan kan ek sommer myself skop.
Jean jy het melding gemaak dat "Elisabeth van Wyk(1683-1720) was 'n dogter van Willem van Wyk en Anna Pieterse".
Margaret Cairns meld op bladsy 57 dat die twee broers Willem en Arie VAN WYK het in 1678 na die Kaap gekom ........................
Groete
André van Rensburg
Moontlike te Ingen, Nederland, gebore volgens Dr. Stephanus van WYK, Pretoria. Sommige navorsing verwys ook na sy geboortejaar as 1632 en dat hy wel te Utrecht, Nederland op 19.8.1632 ten doop gebring is (nog nie bevestig nie).
Roelof Adriaensz van Wijk
born circa 1640
died before October 1699
He and his wife Trijntje Jans are recorded as living at the Cape between 1686 and 1698.
Roelof van Wijk and his wife Trijntje Jans first appear in 1686 in the Cape Town baptismal registers when he and his wife were witnesses at the baptism of the son of Willem van Wijk. Their fist appearance in the muster and opgaaf rolls was in 1688. In the opgaaf rolls of that year they are listed as having one son.
They appear regularly over the years. The muster roll of 1692 credits them still with one child, but the Tax roll of the same year list them without any children. They make their last appearance apparently in 1698.
Philip van Wyck's research suggests that Roelof was the second son by that name born to Roelof Roelofsen VAN WIJCK and Susannetgen Jans, the older of the two boys, born on 1/1/1628, was assumed to have died in infancy.
Johan van Deventer's text read, '. . . there are serious errors in the Van Wijck/Wijk/Wyk family tree. Roelof (not even mentioned in dV/P) is a1 and the father of Adrian (Arie) referred to as a2 in dV/P. It is more likely that Roelof and Willem were brothers with the same father but different mothers. Roelof (*abt ?1643? - in Holland), his wife Trijntje Jans (*abt 1637) and their son Arie van Wijck (~18/1/1655 in Amsterdam) came to SA about 1677. At the same time Willem van Wijck (*bef 1655) also arrived in SA. Now for the big mistake: Page 1154 dV/P about in the middle there is c8 Arie Willem ~2/11/1738 up to d5 Margaretha Johanna ~15/3/1795 just before b8 on p.1155; should be moved to p.1149 under b1c2 Gerrit ~30/9/1714, 3rd line from top. Then; c8 Arie Willem should change to be a2b1c2d1; this is thus the Willem a2 line . . .'
What is entered here in this branch of the family reflects these suggested corrections.
(Research):Time line for Roelof van Wijck
apparently resident at the Cape
from c.1686 until c.1698
1668 baptismal registers, Amsterdam, Nieuwe Kerk
January 18, Adriaan
son of Roelof Adriaensz van Wijk and Trijntje Jans
1686 baptismal registers, Cape Town
den 13 April, Arien
ouders: Willem van Wyck en Tryntie Hillebrand
Getuijgen: Roelof en Tryntie van Wyck
1688 Muster Rolls
Roelof van Wijk en Trijntie ...
1688 Opgaaf returns - Cape district
Roelof van Wyk & Tryn
1 man 1 woman 1 son
1 horse 4 cattle 180 sheep
1690 Muster Rolls (no wives shown in this year)
Aan Drakenstein
Roelof van Wijck
1691 Muster Rolls (no wives shown in this year)
An Stellenbosch
Roelof van Wijk
1692 Muster Rolls
Roelof van Wijk en Treijntje Jans 1 k.
1692 Opgaaf returns - Drakenstein
Roelof van Wyk & Treyntje Jansz
1 man 1 woman 0 children
2 horses 22 cattle 200 sheep 6000 vines
1693 Muster Rolls
District Drakenstein
Roelof van Wijck en Trijntje hans
(other couples have numbers of children noted)
1694 baptismal registers, Cape Town
5 September een kind van Arij van Wijck
en Cornelia [Collins] genaamt Roelof
getuijgen Roelof van Wijck en Trijntje Jans
1695 Muster Rolls
District van Stellenbosch
Roelof van Wijk en Trijntje Jansz
1695 Opgaaf returns - Stellenbosch
Roelof van Wyk & Tryntje Jansz
1 man 0 women 0 children
0 horses 90 cattle 150 sheep 2 pigs 10,000 vines
(figures as given by UWC computerised opgaaf returns)
1696 Muster Rolls
District Stellenbosch
Roelof van Wijk en Trijntje Jansz.
1698 Muster Rolls
District Stellenbosch
Roelof van Wijk en Trijntje Jans
There are Muster rolls for 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and Opgaaf returns for 1700 and 1702 but this couple apparently no longer appears
Both the Muster rolls and the Opgaaf returns exist only for some years. Some years of the Muster rolls list wife and children, others do not.
The Muster Rolls (monsterollen) were lists of the inhabitants at the Cape of Good Hope, drawn up separately for Company officials and Free persons, and dispatched to the Netherlands, where copies are preserved in the Ryksarchief, S'Gravenhage
What has been consulted here are the so called 'Verbatim Copies' kept in the Cape Archives, which are copies of those in the Ryksarchief.
Cape Archives VC39 and VC41
The Opgaaf (Tax) returns were lists of Free persons at the Cape with their belongings and their yearly produce, crops and animals, upon which their tax contribution was based.
What has been consulted here is the computerised version of this information as produced at the University of the Western Cape.
The above notes were written and researched by Richard Ball ©2003
with help from Maureen De Villiers, André Kellerman, Bob Kernkamp and Helena Liebenberg.
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