Johannes SMIT {M} [P8311] = Catharina Magdalena MARES¹ {F} [P139]

Married Friday 18 November 1743, Drakenstein²

Johannes:

Christened Thursday 4 August 1709, Cape Town³
Died January 1779⁴
Reference number: 8311
Originally thought to be the youngest child.
Born between 1710 - 1711, Cape of Good Hope (date assumed) died January 1779 will dated 4 January 1779 and filed 28 January 1779
Notes: In their joint will of 1779, the couple is described as: den búrger Johannes Smith Jacobusz: en desselfs huisvrouw Catharina Magdalena Mares.
Their property is left to the children of their brothers and sisters (met versoek van 't úijtterste ben[e]ficirie der neefkens) with a specific bequest of 200 Rixdollars to Floris Johannes Slabbert, soontje van Johannes Slabert Gideonsz:
De Villiers / Pama gives the marriage date as 29.11.1743. If this date is correct, then the parties were presumably born before circa 1723.
This means that Johannes Smit cannot be the youngest child of Jacobus Smit and E lizabeth Slabbert as given in DeV/P and, given the fact that Elisabeth Slabbert , in her will of 1756, lists Jan Smit at the head of her children, his most likely date of birth would appear to be around 1710 or 1711.
Johannes Smit and Catharina Mares were witnesses to the baptism of their niece Aletta Catharina Smit, daughter of his brother, Alewijn Smit and Engela Helena van Niekerk on 30th July 1769 at Swartland.





Catharina Magdalena:

Born Cape Town
Reference number: 139
This could be the same person as P51944

1 : "SA Genealogies Vol. 11"; Page 413
Daughter of JM Marees (v. Cabo Voorn)?
2 : "Richard Ball's Research:"
Drakenstein: 1743 29 Novbr, Johannes Smith van Cabo de Goede Hoop, Burger aldaar , J.M. en Catharina Magdalena Marais van Cabo Voorn: J.d.
3 : "SA Genealogies Vol. 11"; Page 413
SAG gives date as 15 Sept. 1709
4 : "Richard Ball's Research:"
Will dated: 4 January 1779 Will filed: 28 January 1779