Willem VAN WIJK, a2b6

Notes:

In addition to their main farm where they lived, two other loan farms,d'Matkamme and d'Oorlogsfontijn, all in the same area, accoding to
the inventory drawn up after his death.
In the church register, the minister recorded that during the wedding ceremony the bride held in her arms a child who had been baptised that same day and named Katharina, in order to legitimise her, and that, between the couple stood another child whose name was not known to him.
For a discussion of his parentage and place in the family tree, see my notes on his mother, Trijntje Harmens, and for ageneral discussion of the early Van Wijks see my introduction.
There is a baptism in the early (and possibly defective) registers of Drakenstein which might apply to him:
31 Julij 1703 Guillaume, d'Vader Willem van (sic), d'Moeder Trijn arme
but this date seems to be too late for him to be the son of Willem van Wijk, unless the baptism came rather longer after the birth than seems to have been usual at that time, or that in copying the baptism was mistakenly put under 1703 rather than 1702 where it would make sense.

Willem married Johanna Catharina CAMPHER, b1c1 on 2 Jan 1729 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Johanna (daughter of Cornelis CAMPHER, b1 and Dorothea OELOFSE, b3) was christened on 19 Jun 1707 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died about 1746 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Katharina VAN WIJK was born in 1728; was christened on 2 Jan 1729 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died before 1746.
2. Willem VAN WIJK was born in 1730; was christened on 7 May 1730; died before 1739.
3. Maria VAN WIJK was born about 1732; was christened on 25 Jun 1732 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died in in Cape, South Africa.
4. Johanna Catharina VAN WIJK was christened on 16 Jan 1735; died in in Cape, South Africa.
5. Sibella VAN WIJK was born in 1737; was christened on 13 Jan 1737 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died before 1746 in Cape, South Africa.
6. Willem VAN WYK was christened on 23 Aug 1739; died in in Cape, South Africa.
7. Cornelis Abraham Johannes VAN WYK, a2b6c8 was born in 1742; was christened on 21 Apr 1742; died in in Cape, South Africa.

Willem married Hendrina MONK on 30 Aug 1746 in Cape, South Africa. Hendrina was born about 1704 in Cape, South Africa; was christened on 30 Oct 1729; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived about 1676/78 from Engen, Netherlands.
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.'
Volgens Pama II van Engen in Nederland afkomstig. Kom omstreeks 1676/78? in die Kaap aan.

Vanuit De Villers en Pama Vol II
Van WYK Willem van Wyk. v. Engen, in Nederland. Aank. omstr. 1676/8, x 5.8.1685 Catharina Hillebrandt.1148

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 VANWYK het in 1678 na die Kaap gekom,.................................

Groete
André van Rensburg

http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/kfp/I225.htmlHe first appears at the Cape as a Company servant, working in the Company's Garden in 1672. By 1678 he was a free burger, working in partnership with Gerrit Teunisz and later with Hans Erntrout. (see my timeline for Willem van Wijk).
Two children by his first wife are recorded in the baptismal registers of the Cape Town congregation; Arie and Jannetie. The inventory taken after the death of his first wife, dated the 10th March 1695, notes that she left two minor children. Theseare named in the Weeskamer record dated 2 September 1712 as Arij and Gerrit van Wijk, so presumably Jannetie had died before 1695.
The children born of his second marriage are also listed in the 1712 Weeskamer note mentioned above, as Maria, Anna and Willem van Wijk.
For his wives and children see my notes on Trijntje Harmensz, his second wife, and for a general discussion of the early Van Wijks see my notes.
Willem van Wijk of Sandwijk, in Drakensteijn died 1702, (bet 23 January and 31st March)

Notes:He first appears at the Cape as a Company servant, working in the Company's Garden in 1672. By 1678 he was a free burger, working in partnership with Gerrit Teunisz and later with Hans Erntrout. (see my timeline for Willem van Wijk <../notes/VanWijkWillemTimeline.htm>). Two children by his first wife are recorded in the baptismal registers of the Cape Town congregation; Arie and Jannetie. The inventory taken after the death of his first wife, dated the 10th March 1695, notes that she left two minor children. These are named in the Weeskamer record dated 2 September 1712 as Arij and Gerrit van Wijk, so presumably Jannetie had died before 1695. The children born of his second marriage are also listed in the 1712 Weeskamer note mentioned above, as Maria, Anna and Willem van Wijk. For his wives and children see my notes on Trijntje Harmensz <../notes/Harmenz_Trijntje.htm>, his second wife, and for a general discussion of the early Van Wijks see my notes <../notes/VanWijk_intro.htm>.

Birth:
Alt Birth: Bef 1655 Amsterdam, Holland

Died:
Died between 23rd January and 31st March

Willem married Trijntje HARMENSZ about 1694. Trijntje and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Trijntje Harmens is first recorded living with Willem van Wijk as his wife in the Opgaaf Roll of 1695, and she continues in the Muster and Opgaaf records as his wife until she is recorded as his widow in 1702.
On 31st March 1702 Trijntje Harmensz: is named in the Weeskamer minutes as the widow of Willem van Wijk who had first been married to Trijntje Hillebrands. I assume that the marriage took place at Drakenstein - there is no record of it or its date.
In the Opgaaf rolls of 1695 Willem and Trijntje Harmens are recorded with two sons and one daughter. The two sons must be Arij and Gerrit, sons of the first wife so the daughter must belong to Trijntje Hermansz: and is possibly Anna van Wijk, suggesting that Willem and Trijntje Harmensz must have been together since 1694 and, pending further evidence, I shall assume the marriage took place then.
By 1700 (Opgaaf roll) they have two sons and two daughters, suggesting that Anna had been born by then, and in 1702 they are listed with 3 sons and 2 daughters, giving a possible birth date for Willem.
The couple are recorded in all these records as living in Drakenstein. There are no records of the baptism of any of children of this couple in any of the Cape baptismal registers of the period, except possibly one in the Drakenstein Church Records. The Drakenstein baptisms which would have covered this period are known to be in large part lost or defective.

Notes:

Married:
They first appear as a couple in the opgaaf returns of 1695, apparently already with a child. The marriage is assumed to have taken place at Drakenstein.

Adriaen married Jantgen AERTS. Jantgen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]