Cornelis VAN ROOYEN, progenitor

Notes:

Departed from Zeeland on 14 Oct 1713 aboard Middelwoud as midshipman in the service of the DEIC, and arrived 1714.

Progenitor of the van ROOYENS. Arrived in 1713 from Gorkum in Holland. Five of their children were carriers of Porfirie. Daar word vermoed dat beide ouers draers van Porfirie was. Nasate getroud met Muller, Ferreira, van Niekerk, Rademeyer, Rautenbach, Fourie, Potgieter, Behrens, Kock, Bruwer, Meyer en ander.

Volgens Pama II was hy van Gorinchem of Gorkum (naby die Nieuwe Merwede in Nederland) afkomstig. Arriveer in 1713 aan die Kaap. Daar is nog meer kinders en datums in Pama II.

Volgens Marthie Bredenkamp op GenForum:

Persoonsgegevens van Cornelis van Roijien
Herkomst: Gorcum.
Rang: Adelborst
Datum einde verbintenis: 31/08/1722
Einde verbintenis: Laatste vermelding
Plaats einde verbintenis: Azie
Gegevens van de vaart
Schip: Middelwoud Inventarisnr.: 12754
Kamer: Zeeland Folio: 110
Uitreis: 14-10-1713 Bestemming: Batavia
DAS- en reisnr 2200.1 Aankomst: 001-005-1714
Cornelis van Rooyen se laaste verbintenis met die VOC was tot met 31.8.1722.Hy het in 1713 in Caap de Goede Hoop geland en na 1722 'n Vryburger geword.

Volgens Helena Garner:
Hy was lid van die eerste Heemraad op Roodezaand wat in 1743 as geregshof vir die bewoners van daardie gebied benoem is. Gedurende 1743 word hy as 'n slagter genoem, (Resolusies van die Politieke Raad, 1740-1743, Do. 27/9/1742) p. 200, "na Groene Cloof word verwys as die Kompanje se plaas waar gekontrakteerde slagters hul vee mag laat wei."
Cornelis se plaas was "Nabygelegen" Bovlei, 20 morg 320 vk rd². Hy neem 2-12-1721 oordrag van Johann Lorenz en behou dit tot 1741 wanneer hy dit aan Pierre du Plessis verkoop.[1]
[1] Le Roux J.G. & Le Roux W.G.: Ons Drakensteinse Erfgrond: Bovlei. Paarl : Drakenstein Heemkring, 2000? P. 14-15
!Birth: De Villiers Pama, pg 792 A SAG vol 10 page 44:Cornelis VAN ROOYEN (VAN ROOIJEN) het van Gorkum (vandag bekend as Gorinchem) in die provinsie van Suid Holland, aan die Merwede rivier, Nederland gekom en het by die Kaap aangekom in 1713. Hy trou op 17 Oktober 1720 met Jacomijntje Gerritsz VAN DEVENTER, sy was gedoop 9 Maart 1692. Hy trou die tweede keer te Drakenstein op 13 April 1738 met Cornelia BOTHA en sy was die weduwee van Hans Jurgen Potgieter. Hy hertrou 12 Mei 1754 met Barbara MYBURGH, sy was die weduwee van Izaak van Es.KINDERS: Blykbaar het vyf uit elf van hulle kinders porfirie gehad.
b1 Adriana = 28 Sep 1721 x 4 Mei 1746 Michael Muller (stamvader)
b2 Sophia = 7 Feb 1723 x 26 Apr 1739 Jacobus Botha
b3 Aletta = 27Aug 1724 x Jan Potgieter
b4 Reijnier = 2 Jun 1726 + Kafferkuilsrivier 17 Jul 1770 x Hester Gouws
b5 Johanna = 13 Jul 1727 x Jan Jacob Kock
b6 Alberta = 7 Okt 1728 x Nicolaas van Rensburg = 22 Jun 1731
b7 Anna Margaretha x 01 Maart 1750 Christoffel Snijman = 9 Maart 1727
b8 Johanna Margaretha = 14 Mei 1730 - ongetroud oorlede
b9 Gerrit = 4 Feb 1732 x 30 Okt 1756 Martha Jacoba Ferreira
b10 Johannes = 22 Nov 1733 - ongetroud oorlede
b11 Cornelis = 24 Maart 1737 x c 1755 Rachel CraffordHy koop die plaas Nabygelegen (Bovlei) van Jan Lorenz op die 2 Desember 1721. Hy verkoop die plaas in 1741 aan Pierre du Plessis. 1714

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JG le Roux & WG le Roux "Bovlei" Ons Drakensteinse Erfgrond
CC de Villiers, Kaapse Geslagregisters
Inligting van Gerda Pieterse

Cornelis married Jacomijntje VAN DEVENTER, b2 on 27 Oct 1720 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Jacomijntje (daughter of Gerrit Janse (Jansz) VAN DEVENTER, progenitor and Adriana JACOBS) was born in 1691; was christened on 9 Mar 1692 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died about 1737 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelis married Cornelia BOTHA, b7 on 13 Apr 1738 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Cornelia (daughter of Friedrich BOTH (BOTHA), progenitor and Maria KICKERS) was born in in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Jan 1697 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in 1753 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophia married Jacobus BOTHA, b4c3 on 26 Apr 1739 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa. Jacobus (son of Jacobus BOTHA, b4 and Elsie SNYMAN (SNIJMAN), b5, son of Theunis BOTHA, b1 and Maria Magdalena SNYMAN (SNIJMAN), b3) was born in in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Aug 1717 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aletta married Johannes POTGIETER, b1c6 on 14 Mar 1751 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Johannes (son of Jan Harmensz NN, b1 and Clara HARST, a4b2, son of Johannes (Jan Harmensz) POTGIETER, b1 and Maria Catharina VAN E(E)DEN, b5, son of Johannes (Jan Harmensz) POTGIETER, b1 and Clara HARST, a4b2) was born about 1722; was christened on 1 Mar 1722 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alt Name: Alberta van ROOYEN

Albertha married Nicolaas JANSE(N) VAN RENSBURG, b1c1 on 1 Nov 1753 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa. Nicolaas (son of Johannes JANSE(N) VAN RENSBURG, b1 and Anna Margaretha BOTHA, b4c2) was born on 22 Jun 1731 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Jun 1731 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Jun 1731 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albertha married Nicolaas JANSE(N) VAN RENSBURG, b1c1 on 11 Nov 1753 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa. Nicolaas (son of Johannes JANSE(N) VAN RENSBURG, b1 and Anna Margaretha BOTHA, b4c2) was born on 22 Jun 1731 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Jun 1731 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Jun 1731 in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]