The South African Family Cloete
The Cloete family in South Africa date back to 1657, when the progenitor, Jacob Cloete (Kloete, Kloet, Kloote, Kloeten) arrived in Cabo de Goede Hoop from Keulen (Cologne) in what is now Germany.
He became a free-burgher in the spring of 1657, on the 10th
of August, and received a farm two months later (10th October) from the Dutch East Indian Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compange, VOC), situated on the Liesbeeck
river. By 1671 Jacob was not eager to remain at the
The stammoeder of the Cloetes was Sophia Raedergortz (Fytje Raderootjes) "van Uts in 't land van Keulen" who arrived at the
Harry Booyens has done extensive work, published in various articles, which place Jacob as born in the city of Oedt, North of Ceulen. This provides the following familial relationships:
Conrad & Catharina Klauten, baptized a son Jacob on 11 Nov 1630 in Oedt, Ceulen. He married as a catholic Sophia Raedergortz, on 31.5.1650 (Uetz, Ceulen).
This
genealogy is a summary of genealogical research done over a very long period of
time. The bulk of the earlier
information came from CG De Villiers (Geslagregisters
der Oude Kaapsche Families), updated by C. Pama (De Villiers-Pama, Geslagsregister
).
A large addition was made by Heese and Lombaard (SA Genealogies, vol 1)
and this was extended in a few branches by research in the Archives at Cape
Town and Pretoria using the copies of church registers and the Death Notices of
a selected few individuals. The TANAP
program has created a number of databases of transcriptions of MOOC documents
from the
This first page contains the first four generations of Cloetes, and more extensive genealogies can be found by clicking on the indicated names in the e generation.
Enquiries and comments should please be directed to Dan Strydom.
CLOETE - First 4
Generations (Current versions of
webpages: April 2017)
a1 Jacob Cloete (Kloete,Kloote,Kloeten, Klauten), *1630 (Oedt (Uetz), Ceulen) 23.5.1693 (Cape Town; murdered), x (Oedt, Ceulen) 31.5.1650 Sophia Raedergortz (Fytje Raderootjes), 28.5.1665 (Kaap)
b1 Gerrit, *1651 (Europa) 1704 (Stellenbosch),
x (Kaapstad) 26.8.1674 Catharina Harmans (Lodewijks), 1714, van Middelburg
c1 Jacob, =3.11.1675 1713 (pokke-epidemie), x Francina Viljoen, *1689 (Stellenbosch) 1713 (pokke-epidemie),
dv Francois Villion & Cornelia Campenaar
d1 Catharina, =14.9.1704 <1714
d2 Leendert, =15.8.1706
d3 Margaretha, =29.4.1708
d4 Gerrit, =2.3.1710, in 1762 nog 'n beesboer in die Sandveld, x 2.9.1731 Huibrecht Slabbert, *1714 1747 (MOOC8/6.128b), dv Jasper Slabbert & Johanna Myburgh
e1 Francina,
=7.9.1732, x (Kaapstad) 5.5.1748 Hendrik Kruger,
*1725, sv Jacob Kruger & Jannetje
Kemp
e2 Johanna, =25.12.1733 1812 [MOOC8/29.33], x Johannes Jacobus Coetzee,
*16.11.1727 1806, sv Johannes Coetzee & Anna
Elizabeth Pal
e3 Maria Margaretha,
=13.5.1736 4.1822 (Grootkloof, Sandveld),
x 6.1.1754 Jacobus Coetzee, =8.10.1730 1810/6, sv
Johannes Coetzee & Anna Elizabeth Pal
e4 Jacob,
=5.10.1738, x 15.4.1759 Johanna Catharina Kruger, *1742, dv Jacob Kruger &
Christina Strang; xx 13.11.1796 Gerbrechtje
Adriana Lier, dv Jan Joost van Lier & Geertruyd Bronkhorst
e5 Catharina Elisabeth, =13.11.1740, x
(onw) Klaas Barends, "een regte Hottentot"
e6 Jasper,
=14.10.1742, x Flora van de Kaap; xx Kaaitje van de Kaap; verskillende
hottentot vroue
e7 Gerrit,
=31.10.1745 1809 (Slangrivier, Namaqualand, [MOOC8/28.19]), x 1765 Catherina Bezuidenhout, *1743 1766
(verdrink, Gouritzrivier), dv Cornelis Bezuidenhout & Cornelia Botha; xx
7.1.1770 Anna Elisabeth Strydom, *1750 >1815, dv Hendrik Josephus Strydom
& Sara Delport; xxx (onw) Grietje Cloete, Hottentot
e8 Johannes
Hendrik, =8.12.1747 1807, x 1.11.1772 Margaretha
Rabie, *19.1.1758 (Worcester, Cape) 30.11.1838 (Klipdrift, Camdebo)[KAB 3068/38],
dv Christiaan Rabie & Geertruy
Grobbelaar
d4 xx (onw) Hottentot-vroue, Namakwaland
d5 Jacob, =30.8. 1711 <1714
d6 Francina, =17.6.1713 <1714
c2 Lavina (Veijntie; Louwina), =12.9.1677, x Ferdinand Appel, *1665 1716, sv Jurriaan Jansz
Appel & Jannetje Ferdinandus;
xx 31.1.1717 Claas Jansz Hofland, van Reewyk, Nederland
c3 Coenradus, =3.3.1680 1713 (Pokke-epidemie)
c4 Pieter,
=22.2.1682 1713 (Pokke-epidemie)
c5 Leendert,
=18.11.1685 <1714
c6 Johannes,
=17.8. 1687 1732 (Stellenbosch), Heemraad Stellenbosch, x Anna (Johanna
Hendriksz; Annietje) Olivier, *1691 1716, dv Hendrik Cornelisz Olivier &
Beatrix Gysberta Verwey
d1 Johannes
Hendrik, =17.11.1715, x 2.7.1741 Elsje Myburgh, *1721 1780/8, dv Albert
Lambertsz Myburgh & Elsje van der Merwe; [sy xx Petrus van der Poel,
1788]
c6 xx Petronella van der Merwe, *1692
1717/8, dv Willem Schalk van der Merwe & Elsje Cloete
d2 Gerrit, =25.9.1717 26.4.1798 (Tulbagh), x 12.10.1738 Maria Scheepers, 1743
e1 Johannes, =13.3.1740
e2 Maria, =21.10. 1742 20.3.1804 [TANAP MOOC8/24.12], x Hendrik Mostert, bef 1804, sv Johannes Cornelius Mostert & Elizabeth Numers
e3 Gerrit Coenraad, =12.6.1744
d2 xx 19.4.1744 Anna Catharina Kuun, *1717 1764, dv Hans Kuun & Susanna Putter
e4 Gerrit,
=26.3.1745
e5 Johanna Elisabeth, =27.10.1747, x Adam Keyser, 20.4.1790
(Tulbagh)
e6 Johannes Hendrik, =28.9.1749
e7 Stephanus Abraham, =13.2.1752, x 2.10.1785 Anna Catharina Rabie,
*17.1.1760, dv Christiaan Rabie & Geertruy Grobbelaar
e8 Petronella, *5.11.1752 (Hexrivier;=
12.1.1755) 15.11.1842 (Cradockstraat, Graaff-Reinet)[(88.0.10) KAB 5876], x 21.6.1772 Cornelis van Niekerk, =23.9.1753, sv
Bernhardus van Niekerk & Aletta Hendrina van den Heuvel
e9 Susanna Catharina, =8.1.1758, x 25.4.1779 Johannes Rabie, *1755, sv Christiaan Rabie & Geertruy Grobbelaar
e10 Anna Sophia, =7.5.1761 1798-1804, x 8.4.1798 Andries Hough, *1774, sv Andreas Hauk & Christina van Zyl; [hy xx 23.9.1804 Maria Christina de Wege]
d3 Petronella, =25.9.1717 1745, will filed 1745, [MOOC 165/1739], x (Kaapstad) 13.4.1737 Johannes Cats, v Middelburg, Nedl, mediese dokter; [hy xx 4.12.1746 Catharina Groenewald]
c6 xxx (Stellenbosch) 1.4.1719 Geertruy Pretorius, *1700 (Stellenbosch),
wed v Johannes Wessels, dv Wessel Pretorius & Geertruy Elbers
c7 Sophia (Feijtie),
=21.10.1689, x 29.7.1713 Ernst Mostert, *1689, sv Johannes Cornelius Mostert
& Elizabeth Numers
c8 Gerrit, =22.11.1691 bef 1714
c9 Abraham
c10 Catharina,
=3.8.1698 bef 1747, x 25.6.1717 Hendrik van der
Merwe, *1698 1762, sv Willem Schalk
van der Merwe & Elsje Cloete; [hy xx 26.11,1747 Aletta Keyser; xxx (Paarl) 6.12.1750 Maria
Tick]
b2 Elsje, *1655 (Europa), x (Kaapstad) 9.9.1668
Willem Schalk van der Merwe, *1643 12.7.1716, sv Schalk Willems van der
Merwe; will 1696
b3 Catharina, =4.4.1660 9.7.1702, x 28.1.1680 Jan van Brienen
b4 Coenraad, abt 1703 (Drakenstein), x
26.7.1693 Martha (Maritje) Verschuur, 1702 (Drakenstein), dv Hendrik
Gysbertsz Verschuur & Geesje Visser
c1 Hendrik, =25.11.1696
c2 Jacobus,
=14.6.1699, x 19.7.1722 Sibella Pasman,
wed v Johannes Albertus Loubser; will filed 1757
[MOOC 103/1731]
d1 Jacobus Coenraad, =28.11.1723
d2 Hendrik, =9.12.1725, x 3.6.1753 Hester Anna Lourens, *1731, dv Pieter Lourens & Catharina van der Bijl
e1 Jacob, =14.7.1754 1789, verdrink te Zandvlie
e2 Pieter, =18.7.1756 1787, x 12.9.1779 Catharina Christina Scheller, *8.1757 (Cape Town) 17.3.1835 (Leeuwenhof)[(76.8) KAB 760/35], dv Jan Scheller & Gesina Franke; [sy xx 22.5.1791 Majoor Johannes Zorn v Kempen]
e3 Hendrik, =30.7.1758, eienaar van Groot Constantia, 29.9.1818, x (Stellenbosch) 9.7.1780 Anna Catharina Scheller, *1.6.1760 26.5.1834 (Langstraat, Kaapstad)[(73.11.25) KAB 107/34], dv Sebastiaan Valentyn Scheller & Gesina Franck
e4 Johan Gerard, =20.7.1760 1805
e5 Roedolph, =9.5.1762 1816, x (Stellenbosch) 8.2.1784 Johanna Catharina van Brakel
e6 Pieter Lourens, =15.1.1764 6.3.1837 (Rustenburg, Rondebosch)[(73.2.2) KAB 2060], Member of Council, x 26.8.1787 Maria Catharina van Reenen, *1768 25.6.1852 (Church Square)[(84) KAB 1494/52], dv Daniel van Reenen & Catharina Beck
e7 Sibella, =9.2.1766
e8 Dirk, =20.9.1767 (Stellenbosch; getuies: Jacob Eksteen, Hester Catharina Brandt) 26.2.1833, x 4.8.1792 Sophia Margaretha Myburgh, *1776, dv Philip Albert Myburgh & Hester Anna van der Byl; xx (Stellenbosch) 18.5.1800 Anna Elizabeth van der Byl, *1779 (Stellenbosch) 19.4.1865 (Stellenbosch)[(86) KAB 1781/65], dv Andries Christoffel van der Byl & Maria van Dyk
e9 Ryk Arnoldus Mauritius, *13.7.1769 (=23.7.1769 Stellenbosch) 1.12.1836 (Klein Constantia)[KAB 1916/1836], x 19.5.1793 Rykje Catharina Fischer, *1770 20.4.1837 (Klein Constantia)[KAB 2111½], dv Johannes Joachim Heinrich Fischer & Alida Johanna Heufke; laat geen kinders
e10 Catharina, =9.3.1772 (Stellenbosch) 26.3.1830 , x Reynier Beck, *1769, sv Jacobus Hendricus Beck & Elizabeth Jacoba le Febre;[hulle is doopgetuies te Kaapstad 9.9.1798
e11 Jacobus Coenraad, =6.2.1774 (Stellenbosch), x Florentina Catharina Beatrix Spielman; hulle is in 1802 doopgetuies te Kaapstad, emigreer na Nederland; hulle kom met attestasie vanaf Dintker gedateer 20.9.1802
d3 Sophia, =30.5.1728, x 16.3.1749 Petrus Michiel Eksteen;[sy is as weduwee in 1802 doopgetuie te Kaapstad)
Page constructed by
Page last updated: April 6, 2017
Back to Dan Strydom Home Page.