Dreyer Tree » Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG (1669-1716)

Personal data Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG 


Household of Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG

He is married to Anna Groot Henningh van Bengale.

They got married on February 5, 1713 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, he was 44 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Michiel Bok  1702-1737 
  2. Catharina Bok  1705-1767
  3. Anna Bok  1708-1788 
  4. Christian Bok  1714-????
  5. Clara /Bok Bock  1716-1797


Notes about Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG

Christiaan BOK was from Wolfenbütel, North Germany. He was 27 and a soldier when he arrived at the Cape in 1696. He came out with Geringer and they became business partners. He had the following children with ex-slave Anna van BENGALalso known as Anna GROOTHENNING. She and her child Anna was baptised 1 January 1713. They got married 5 February 1713.

Anna Groothenning came as a slave from Bengale and became the slave of the baker Hans Casper Geringer. Geringer had a child out of wedlock with Anna, this child was born in 1703 and was called Maria Groothenning / Maria Bock/ Maria van die Kaap. In 1709 Anna Groothenning and her four children Michiel, Maria, Catharina and Johanna were manumitted 27 August 1709 by Geringer.

Anna Groothenning and her childrenwere baptised on 1 January 1713 in Cape Town. Geringer and Christaan Bok were business partners.

Children:

b1 Michiel Bok baptised 17 March 1702, X 2 July 1719 Elisabeth vander Poel

Maria born 1703, her father was Geringer. Maria herself had an illegitimate son by Nicolaas Bruyns. She later married Thomas Eysman

b2 Catharina born 1705, married at age 13 on 27 February 1718 Estiene Gous.

b3 Johanna born 1708 (later known as Anna), when she was fourteen years old she married Andries Bester on 13 February 1724, thus becoming the stammoeder of the Bester family

b4 Christiaan baptised 8 July 1714 never married

b5 Clara born in 1716, at age 15 she married 4 February 1731 Johan Jurgen Fuchs (also known asVos), XX 1 August 1756 Gideon Slabbert

Bok died in 1716. Anna Groothenning had also children with Hans Caspar Geringer, a girl named Maria. Geringer passed away in 1719.

Anna then had an affair with Jacob Marik, she had a son who was born 6 March 1718 named Jacob baptised 6 March 1718. Marik and Geringer had some legal cases against one another.

Verwysings:

M Cairns, "Geringer and Bok - A Genealogical Jig-Saw" Familia XIII, 1976, no 2

André Bester: "Stamboom van Cornelius Johannes Bester 1874-1918) Familia 1997 no 1

Lombard and Heese

 

 

Saamgestel deur:

AM van Rensburg

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Christiaan Joshua Bok

Christiaan Joshua Bok
1669-1716

1713

Anna Groot Henningh van Bengale
1672-1719

Michiel Bok
1702-1737
Catharina Bok
1705-1767
Anna Bok
1708-1788
Christian Bok
1714-????
Clara /Bok Bock
1716-1797
Jacob Bok

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Historical events

Day of marriage February 5, 1713

  • The temperature on February 5, 1713 was about 5.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
    • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
    • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
    • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
    • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
    • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

About the surname Bok

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Bok.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Bok.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Bok.

The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I2520.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Christiaan Joshua Bok SV/PROG (1669-1716)".