Dreyer Tree » Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn" SV/PROG (1631-1701)

Personal data Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn" SV/PROG 


Household of Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn" SV/PROG

He is married to Maria Lozee vd Caap.

They got married on August 19, 1685 at Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 54 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacobus Steyn  1683-1732 
  2. Antie Steijn  1692-1760 


Notes about Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn" SV/PROG

 


In February 1683 a farm was assigned to Douwe Gerbrants Steyn in Stellenbosch. After about 4 years in 1687 he sold this farm to Van den Brink. Thirteen years later in 1710 this farm acquired the name Oude Molen. Its location was as follows:


    ibertas of Jan Corneliz (from Oud-Beyerland)>normal; padding-left: 10px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Between 1692 and 1694 Steyn was the owner of Rustenburg, nowadays known as Stellenrust on the way between the present Stellenbosch and Strand.


    Douw het 'n kind gehad in Amsterdam voordat hy na die Kaap gekom het: 
    Age Douwez Stein, hierdie kind het die boedel van Douw ontvang.


    Jacobus Steyn was sy stiefseun hier in die Kaap, die meeste Steyn afstammelinge kom van hom, maar ons is nie seker wie sy vader was nie. Jacobus was die kind van Maria, maar hy kon dalk die buite eglike kind gewees het tussen Douw en die slavin Maria. Jacobus het getrou op 4 Oktober 1706 met Maria Potgieter.


    Douw en Maria het een kind saamgehad gehad wat ons van weet definitief:
    Anna gedoop 24 Augustus 1692, X Marthinus Prins


     


     

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn"

Arie Steyn
1604-1660

Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn "Steijn"
1631-1701

1685

Maria Lozee vd Caap
< 1666-1743

Jacobus Steyn
1683-1732
Antie Steijn
1692-1760

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Historical events

Birthday January 23, 1631

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1631: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
    • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
    • May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
    • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
    • September 17 » Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
    • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

Day of marriage August 19, 1685

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1685: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
    • February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
    • May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
    • June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
    • July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

Day of death February 27, 1701

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
    • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
    • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
    • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
    • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
    • October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.


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