First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Caspar Bester¹

M, #15187, b. before 22 August 1717

Father*

Mother*

Anna Haselaar¹ b. b 28 Dec 1698, d. b 3 Dec 1776

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Last Edited

28/12/2019

Birth*

Caspar Bester was born before 22 August 1717 in Cabo de Goede Hoop.¹

Baptism

Caspar Bester was baptized on 22 August 1717 Nederduitsche Gereformeede Kerk, (Cape Town), Cabo de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Gerrit Gerrits and Catharina Anthonis.¹

Marriage*

He married Maria Elizabeth Swart on 14 March 1756.²

Family

Maria Elizabeth Swart

Children

Casparus Bester b. c 1757
Hermanus Jacobus Bester b. b 26 Nov 1758

(Beneficiary) Inventory

Caspar Bester benefitted from the estate of Anna Haselaar on 3 December 1776 Cabo de Goede Hoop as specified in the inventory.³

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

3 December 1776, the name of Caspar was written in the record as Casper Bester.⁴

Notes

Circa 1724 The compilers of SAG incorrectly ascribed a son named Casparus Bester [var] to Andreas Bester and Johanna Bok van der Caep and that instead the individual who marrried Maria Elizabeth Swart was Caspar Bester the son of Jacobus Bester and Anna Hasselaar. He is referred to in the inventory on 3 Dec 1776 of his mother's estate.

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "1717. 22. do. [Augusti.] Caspar. Jacobus Pester [Bester?], en Anna Haselaar. Gerrit van Oldenburg, Catharina Antonisz.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…
1722. 22 Maart. Gerrit Engel Engelsz. & Arij Lekkerwijn, en Maria Gerritsz.
Willem Anna Hasselaar. Hans Hendrik __________ en Elizabeth Antonijsz
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…,49605402,49605403,49608601
1720. eod. Do. [18 Februarij]. Sibilla. Engels Engels. En Anna Haselaar. Harmanus Gerritsz, en Aeltje Gerritsz.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…,49605402,49605403,49608601."
[S153] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 1 A-C, HSRC SA Genealogies (Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research, Division Genealogical Research, Pretoria, 1986, 1989), ISBN 0-620-23962-X. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 1.
[S332] Webpage tanap.net (http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/) (Original records held by Western Cape Archives and Records Service, Roeland Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa) "Reference no.: MOOC8/16.12. Testator(s): Anna Hasselaar. 3 December 1776."
[S332] Webpage Tanap (http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/) (Original records held by Western Cape Archives and Records Service) "Reference no.: MOOC8/16.12. Testator(s): Anna Hasselaar. 3 December 1776
...1) Casper Bester, de nageblevene ses onmondige kinderen van wijlen haren zoon [his children were] Casper, Hermanus, Willem, Daniel, Elizabeth and Sara Bester."