Pieter VAN DER BYL, b1

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farmer and heemraad
Van der B. came to the Cape with his mother shortly after 1668. At first he lived with his parents on asmall farm of thirteen morgen called Varietas in Table Valley, at the foot of the Windberg, but in April 1680 his father moved toStellenbosch. On 29.8.1688 Van der B. married Anna Sophia Bosch (26.6.1672- 17.3.1701) in Cape Town and the young couple went to live on the farm Vredenburgh, where Van der B.'s father was farming. In 1692 Van der B. was granted the farm 'Babylon's Toren', but after his father's death in 1698 returned to settle on Vredenburgh which consisted of fifty-two morgen, 141 square roods, on the northern bank of the Eerste River, just west of Libertas. When his first wife died he
married Hester ter Winkel. (1702)
In 1704 he was granted a third farm, Vijffontein (later Klavervalleij), consisting of sixty morgen and 500 roods. He also owned a stand in Cape Town, No. 6 in block D, on the Eerste Bergdwars Street which he sold in 1715 and a year later boughta farm from a certain Barend Lubbe. It comprised thirty-eight morgen and was only a few kilometres from Vredenburgh. Shortly before his death he also bought the farm De Voorspoed (sixty morgen in size) at Riebeeck's Kasteel.
Apart from his farming interests Van der B. began to play an important role in the community. in 1687 his name was mentioned as ensign of the Stellenbosch Dragoons and in 1695 he acted as lieutenant of a company of free burghers fromDrakenstein. He became heemraad for the first time in 1695, being recorded as such with some interruption in the documents of the Company until 1720. He served the Church as a deacon from 1697 onwards, from 1702 until his death. in September1719 he was given the honour of laying the cornerstone of the first church in Stellenbosch.
Van der B. played an important part in the struggle against W.A. van der Stel and his officials; as he was a neighbour of Adam Tas, Van der B.s name occurs repetedly in the latter's diary. In 1706 he, Jan van Meerland, Henning Husing,Ferdinandus Appel were exciled to the netherlands, where they submitted a petition to the Seventeen. This led to the recall of the Governor and some of his friends. During van der B.'s absence in the netherlands his wife hester continued thebattle against Johannes Starrenburg(h), who was a friend of the Van der Stel's, and on 18.9.1706 she and the wife of Wessel Pretorius demonstated against Starrenburg(h) in public. By July the following year Van der B. and his fellow exciles had
returned to their country in triumph.
There were three sons and seven daughters of Van der B.'s two marriages. Two of the sons, gerrit and Pieter, ahd descendants. Pieter's sons all died bachelors, however, so that when Van der B. died Gerrit was the sole ancestor of the Van der Bijl family in south Africa.

A.J. Boeseken

Dictionary of South African Biography Vol IV
Farmed Babylons Toren, Drakenstein and Vredenburg, Stellenbosch.
29.8.1688 trou "Pieter van der Beijl jongman geboortigh van Overschie met Sophia Bos J. dogter van de Caap." Pieter was die s/v Gerrit van der Bijl en Sophia van den Tempel en is gedoop 14.1.1659. Hy boer op Babilonstoren, Drakenstein en Vredenburg, Stellenbosch. (Anna) Sophia = 26.6.1672 was d/v Dirk Bosch en Geertruyd Meijntinghs. Pieter trou c1702 met Hester ter Winkel. Hy sterf 9.10.1723.

Family/Spouse: Aletta VAN DER WESTHU(I)(Y)(S)(Z)EN. Aletta and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pieter married Anna Sophia BOSCH, a1b2 on 29 Aug 1688 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Dirk BOSCH, a1 and Geertruyd MEYNTINGS) was born about 1672 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Jun 1672; died on 17 Mar 1701 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Alt Marriage: Unknown Date: 29 Aug 1688 Location: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa

1. Geertruy VAN DER BYL, b1c1 was born on 9 Sep 1689 in 'Vredenburg', Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Oct 1689; died on 25 Jan 1765 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
2. Emma VAN DER BYL was born on 8 Aug 1693 in Babylon`s Toren, Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Sep 1728 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
3. Sophia VAN DER BIJL was born on 15 Jun 1699 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa.
4. Maria Sophia VAN DER BYL, b1c4 was born on 3 Mar 1701 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Mar 1701; died in 1725 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was buried in South Africa.
5. Gerrit VAN DER BYL, b1c6 was born on 20 Jul 1704 in Vredenburg, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Aug 1704; died on 5 Apr 1767 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
6. Catherina VAN DER BYL, b1c9 was born on 3 Aug 1710 in Vredenburg, Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1738 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.

Pieter married Hester TERWINKEL on 1 Dec 1702 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Hester (daughter of Lambert TERWINKEL and Anna RIETMOLY) was born on 29 Mar 1671 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands; died on 1 Dec 1743 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lambertus VAN DER BIJL was born in in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; and died.
2. Rykie VAN DER BIJL was born in in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Jun 1781.
3. Anna VAN DER BIJL was born on 29 Apr 1703 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jul 1752 in Joostenberg, Cape, South Africa.
4. Gerrit VAN DER BYL, b1c6 was born on 20 Jul 1704 in Vredenburg, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Aug 1704; died on 5 Apr 1767 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
5. Rykje VAN DER BYL, b1c8 was born in in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 May 1708; died on 29 Jun 1781.
6. Catherina VAN DER BYL, b1c9 was born on 3 Aug 1710 in Vredenburg, Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1738 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
7. Pieter VAN DER BYL, b1c10 was born about 1714 in 'Vredenburg', Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jan 1714; died on 27 Nov 1789 in De Vyffontein, Malmesbury, Cape, South Africa.

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Before March 1668, he asked the Cape authorities to allow him to bring his wife and child to the Cape. Farmed, Vredenburg, Stellenbosch.

Gerhard married Sophia VAN DEN TEMPEL on 29 Apr 1668 in Vollenhove, Overijsel, Netherlands. Sophia (daughter of Jan VAN DEN TEMPEL and Mrs. VAN DEN TEMPEL) was born about 1642 in Overschie, near Rotterdam, Netherlands; died on 18 Aug 1701 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jan married Mrs. VAN DEN TEMPEL in Vollenhove, Overijsel, Netherlands. Mrs. was born about 1600 in Vollenhove, Overijsel, Netherlands; died in in Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]