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

Gerrit Hendrik Meyer

M, #3251, b. before 3 March 1737, d. 2 February 1807

Father*

Esaias Engelbert Meyer b. 30 Nov 1699, d. 31 Aug 1767

Mother*

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Last Edited

11/10/2010

Birth*

Gerrit Hendrik Meyer was born before 3 March 1737 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Baptism

Gerrit Hendrik Meyer was baptized on 3 March 1737 de Caep de Goede Hoop.^1,2

Marriage*

He married Hester de Wet, daughter of Jacobus Wilhelmus de Wet and Helena Bekker, on 20 March 1757.³

Death*

He died on 2 February 1807 Cape Town, Cape Colony.^2,3,1

Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status

Gerrit Hendrik Meyer became a burgherin Dutch vryburgher or vrijburgher, initially a status in which a soldier or other employee of the VOC was released from their contractual obligations to the VOC and permitted to farm, become a tradesman, or work for others. Subsequently some individuals, including the Huguenot refugees, were brought to the Cape specifically to farm and were burghers from the time of their arrival Swellendam.³

Citations

[S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers, Die Stamregister van Gerrit Hendrik Meyer, privately published by Chris Meyer, Mossel Bay, 1st Edition (2006) "p. 14."
[S33] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families I A-K (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966). Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families I A-K.
[S113] Michael Meyer, Stamregister van Gerrit Hendrik Meyer.