Johannes PRETORIUS, progenitor

Notes:

Johannes Praetorius was baptised on October 26, 1642, by his father Wessel at Ouddorp. Wessel died while Johannes was still a theological student. Johannes discontinued his studies and joined the Dutch East India Company. Arrived on 1 Apr 1666 as midshipman but left shortly afterwards as sick-comforter, later as deputy governer of Mauritius.
Returned permanently on 9 Dec 1669.
In 1666, at the age of 23, he was "Second Person of Mauritius". It is not sure when he arrived at the Cape, but in 1669 he was already Orphan Master.
Source:Pretorius through three centuries 1600 - 1900 - M E Pretorius - ISBN 0 620 16896X

Stamvader van die Pretorius familie in Suid Afrika. Hy was die eerste sieketrooster en "Tweede Persoon" op Maritius en kom 1666 Kaap toe. In 1670 Assistent, 1674 Sekretaris van die Weeskamer.

Johannes(eers Joannes) Praetorius later Pretorius is die Stamvader van die Pretoriusse in Suid Afrika:
Oudste seun van twee seuns en vyf dogters van Wesselius, gedoop 26 (of dalk 16) Okt 1642 te Ouddorp deur sy vader. Johannes was reeds student van teologie aan die Universiteit van Leidenmaar het sy studies laat vaar en een jaar na die dood van sy vader verlaat Johannes sy tuisland en arriveer 1 Apr 1666 as seekadet (adelbors)in diens van die H O I K aan die Kaap maar vertrek op 27 Jun dieselfde jaar na Mauritius as sieketrooster en later sekunde. Keer op 9 Des 1669 terug na Kaapstad waar hy in 1670 as assistent en later (1674) as Sekretaris van die weeskamer diens doen. Johannes trou op 18 Nov 1673 met Geertuijda Menthing (of Meyntjes) van Hasselt, Holland, (vandagBelgie) die weduwee van ene Dirk Bosch en slegs een seun , Wessel word uit die huwelik gebore voor haar afsterwe. Geen manlike nasate volg uit hierdie lyn nie. Johannes trou weer met Johanna Victor, van Amsterdam op 28 Feb 1677. Vyf kinders volg uit hierdie huwelik. Op 23 Des 1681 word sy aanstelling as Kommissaris van Huweliksake en van Brandweer bekragtig. Op 18 Des 1692 word hy verkies as Ouderling. Oorlede aan "verhoudheid (longontsteking?) gedurende die nag van 30 Apr 1694, aangeteken in die Dagregister van die Kommandeur van die Kaap, 'n buitengewone eer in daardie tyd.
Johannes (A) se tweede seun uit sy tweede huwelik, Johannes (b3) was die grootvader van Kmd-Gnl Andries W J Pretorius en sy seun M W Pretorius, President van Transvaal. Kinders eerste huwelik

Wessel (b1) ged 3 Junie 1674 Get Gertruy Elbers Tweede Huwelik
Josina (b2) ged 27 Okt 1678 get Jacobus de Wet
Johannes (b3) gedoop 22 Sep 1680 get Helena Vosloo
Jeanetta (b4) ged 11 Okt 1682 get Hendrik Frappe
Lodewyk (b5) gedoop 5 Sep 1688 get Maria Rossouw
Elizabeth (b6) ged 17 Sep 1690 get Jan Frederik Detisch

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1. http://www.ancestry.com 20 Junie 1999) 2. eie interpretasie
Tydens sy ampstermyn aan die Kaap word sy van verander na Pretorius. Hy is dus die eerste stamvader van die Pretorius familie draers.

Alt Birth: Ouddorp, Netherlands

!Birth: De Villiers Pama, p732
!SAG vol 8 page 357 A1
Baptised on the island Goeree-Overflakkee, Netherlands his family name comes from his father who changed his name to the latin form Wesselius Praetorius (later Pretorius) while he was a theology student at the University of Leiden in Netherlands. He arrived in the Cape on 1 April 1666 as "adelbors" but shortly thereafter leaves as docter and "Sekunde" to Mauritius. Comes back to the Cape permanently on 9 December 1669 and becomes the "stamvader" of the Pretorius family in South Africa. In 1674 he becomes the secretary of the "Weeskamer" (Orphan chamber).

(Medical):Died at age 52.

Christened:
Alternative 16.10.1642

Johannes married Geertruyd MEYNTINGS on 18 Nov 1673 in Goeree, Netherlands. Geertruyd was born about 1652 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands; died on 6 Jul 1676 in Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Alternative date: 28.2.1673

1. Lodewyk PRETORIUS, b5 was born in 1688; was christened on 5 Sep 1688 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; died before 14 Apr 1718 in District Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.

Johannes married on 28 Feb 1677 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Alternative date: 20.2.1676

1. Lodewyk PRETORIUS, b5 was born in 1688; was christened on 5 Sep 1688 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; died before 14 Apr 1718 in District Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.