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Personal data Adolph ",Abdullah" (Adolph ",Abdullah") Jonker 


Household of Adolph ",Abdullah" (Adolph ",Abdullah") Jonker

He is married to Maria Petronella Langeveld.

They got married on June 26, 1740 at Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika.


Child(ren):

  1. Adriaan Jonker  1741-1753
  2. Adolph Jonker  1743-1777 
  3. Pieter Jonker  1745-1799
  4. Johanna Jonker  < 1747-????
  5. Johannes Jonker  1749-????
  6. Jacobus Jonker  1750-????
  7. Adriaan Jonker  1753-???? 
  9. Michiel Jonker  1758-1793 
  10. Johannes Jonker  < 1760-± 1803 


Notes about Adolph ",Abdullah" (Adolph ",Abdullah") Jonker

 


According to Dr. Jonker the earliest document mentioning Adolph Jonker appears to be a record of his confirmation in the Dutch Reformed Church, the “Groote Kerk” in Drakenstein (Paarl) on 10/7/1734. This implies that he must have been baptised previously, but he could find no evidence of this having happened at the Cape. Unfortunately there is also no record of him arriving by ship either, but based on his Christianity, German features of the seal that he used, and his social standing in the community, Dr Jonker considers it most likely that he originated from Germany.


On 16/10/1734, Adolph Jonker became a “burger” of Drakenstein. Six years later on 26/6/1740, he married Maria Petronella Langeveld, daughter of Pieter Pietersz Langeveld and Cornelia Jacobs, in the “Groote Kerk”. She was born around 1722 in the Cape and died on 4/1/1773 in Drakenstein.


Adolph must have been quite well-off, since he signed numerous documents as witness or sponsor to have slaves freed. He must have been reasonably wealthy to have been permitted to be a sponsor.


On 16/5/1745 both Adolph Jonker and German Andreas Seitz applied for the position as sexton of the Drakenstein congregation. Adolph was selected. On 20/6/1745 he was appointed both as sexton of thechurch, and as teacher in the state school, even though Seitz was already a registered teacher. Now Adolph also became one of the few registered teachers permitted to teach in public schools. There were only six – four in the Cape, one in Drakenstein and one in Stellenbosch.


Adolph taught for nearly 17 years until 5/5/1762 when he retired as teacher. Apparently few teachers held their positions this long in those days and as soon as he had left, the church had problemswith the new teacher. He continued to be sexton though until his death in 1779. It seems he gave up teaching in order to become a farmer. He had acquired various pieces of land and seemed to start farming on a large scale. Between 1752 and 1779 he owned 3 pieces of ground in the heart of Drakenstein, with a combined value of 7000 Guldens. He also owned many cattle and goats and had 10 000 vines growing on one farm.


Adolph was also well-read. Although books were scarce in those days, he owned a small library of 20 books on a variety of subjects as well as 2 Bibles. He was an excellent teacher, a very religiousman, a loyal friend, caring towards others less fortunate than himself, and a supporter of the abolition of slavery. He died in 1779 in Drakenstein.


References and Sources:


PAMA & HEESE/LOMBARD


HF Heese, Groep Sonder Grense


R Elphick, H Giliomee, The Shaping of South African Society


Dr. A.H. Jonker, "Die stamvader Adolph Jonker", Familia, 1965 no 2


Cornelis Pama, 'Die wapens van die ou Afrikaanse families', AA Balkema, Cape Town, 1959,

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Adolph ",Abdullah" Jonker

Adolph ",Abdullah" Jonker
± 1708-1779

1740

Maria Petronella Langeveld
< 1719-1773

Adriaan Jonker
1741-1753
Adolph Jonker
1743-1777
Pieter Jonker
1745-1799
Johanna Jonker
< 1747-????
Johannes Jonker
1749-????
Jacobus Jonker
1750-????
Adriaan Jonker
1753-????
Daniel Johannes Jonker
1755-????
Michiel Jonker
1758-1793
Johannes Jonker
< 1760-± 1803

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Historical events

Day of marriage June 26, 1740

  • The temperature on June 26, 1740 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1740: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
    • June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
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    • August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
    • October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
    • October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Day of death March 30, 1779

  • The temperature on March 30, 1779 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
    • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
    • June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
    • June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
    • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
    • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.


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