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

Matthys Witsma¹

M, #16871, b. circa 1620

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Last Edited

23/08/2015

BirthOrigin*

Matthys was from Ilst and was perhaps born there circa 1620. His age is estimated.¹

Family

Child

Broer Witsma² b. 1 Oct 1655

Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)

On 20 March 1656 Matthys Witsma was enumerated in the muster roll, as the chief surgeon.¹

Citations

[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.283. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
[S673] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, December 1651 - December 1653[5], Van Riebeeck's Journal, &c. Part I, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1897), p.237. October 1st. Wife of the chief surgeon, Mathys Witsma, delivered of a son.. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives, JVR Journal 1651-1653[5].