Dreyer Tree » Jacob van Reenen SV/PROG (1703-1764)
Personal data Jacob van Reenen SV/PROG
- He was born on June 7, 1703 in Memel (Klaipėda), Prussia (Germany), Memel (Klaipėda) Holy Roman Empire.
- He died on June 7, 1764 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Daniel von Reenen Rehnen and Catherine Elisabeth Crofki
Household of Jacob van Reenen SV/PROG
(1) He is married to Johanna Siekermans.
They got married on July 1, 1725, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Maria "Marija" Elizabeth Louw.
They got married on October 9, 1757 at de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony (South A, he was 54 years old.
Child(ren):
- Adriaan van Reenen < 1760-????
Notes about Jacob van Reenen SV/PROG
Jacob VAN REENEN (VON RENEN), wat sy van ook “Von Renen” geteken het, is volgens sy testament gebore te Memel aan die Oossee (in Pruise, vandag Rusland), en was die seun van Daniel VAN REENEN en Catharina Elisabeth CROFKI. Hy het in 1721 as adelbors in die Kaap aangekom en het in 1725 burger geword. Jacob van Reenen is as ‘n baie ryk man op 17 Junie 1764 oorlede, en het ‘n boedel van ‘n geskatte 180,000 guldens nagelaat. Op 1 Julie 1725 het hy met Johanna SIEKERMANS van Amsterdam (Nederland) in die huwelik getree (sy was 'n weesmeisie uit Amsterdam). Johanna, gebore in 1703, het as weeskind na Suid-Afrika gekom. Na haar dood, het Jacob op 9 Oktober 1757 met Martha Elisabeth LOUWgetrou. Hy was die vader van nege kinders:
KINDERS:
b1 Jacob (1727), getroud 4.12.1746 met Maria FRANKE; 14 kinders.
b2 Catharina Elisabeth (1729), getroud met Willem VAN SCHOOR.
b3 Daniel (1730), getroud met Catharina Christina BECK op 14.6.1761; hertroud met Johanna Levina COLYN, die weduwee van Johan Nicolaas SCHOT op 15.9.1771; 8 kinders.
b4 Beatrix Cornelia (1731), getroud 10.7.1751 met Diederik WILHELMI, van Stock-holm.
b5 Anna Margaretha (1733), getroud 28.11.1751 met Joachim Jan Lodewijk WERNICH.
b6 Geertruij (1736), getroud met Jan SERRURIER.
b7 Adriaan (1760), getroud 18.4.1779 met Engela VAN NIEKERK; 8 kinders.
b8 Jan (1762).
b9 Maria Jacoba Christina (1764).
VERWYSINGS :
J.H Redelinghuys: Die AFRIKANER FAMILIENAAMBOEK & PERSONALIA (1955)
C.PAMA : Die Groot Afrikaanse Familie-naamboek (1983)
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Historical events
Birthday June 7, 1703
- 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 1703: Source: Wikipedia
- February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Day of marriage October 9, 1757
- The temperature on October 9, 1757 was about 11.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. 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)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
- March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
- May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
- May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
- December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
- December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
Day of death June 7, 1764
- The temperature on June 7, 1764 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen zeer betrokken. 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)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
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- January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
- September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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