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Personal data Pieter G van der Byl b1 

• He was born in the year 1660 in Overschie, Holland.
• He was christened on January 1, 1661 in Overschie, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Alternative: He was christened on January 1, 1661 in Overschie, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Alternative: He was christened on January 1, 1661 in Overschie, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• He was baptized on January 1, 1661 in Overschie, Rotterdam, Nederland.
• He died on October 9, 1723, he was 63 years oldStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
• A child of Gerhard Pieterszoon /van der Byl SV and Sophia /van den Tempel SM
• This information was last updated on November 1, 2014.

Household of Pieter G van der Byl b1

(1) He is married to Anna Sophia Bosch.

They got married on August 29, 1688 at Cape Town, he was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Geertruida van der Bijl  1689-1765 
2. Emma Martha van der Bijl  1693-± 1728 
3. Sophia van der Byl  1699-????
4. Maria Sophia van der Byl  1701-± 1728 

(2) He is married to Hester Terwinkel.

They got married on December 1, 1702 at Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa, he was 42 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Anna van der Byl  1703-1752 
2. Gerrit van der Byl  1704-1767 
3. Lambertus van der Byl  ± 1706-????
4. Rykje /van der Bijl SM  1708-1781 
5. Catharina van der Byl  1710-1738 
6. Pieter van der Byl  < 1714-???? 

Notes about Pieter G van der Byl b1

farmer and heemraad Van der B. came to the Cape with his mother shortly after 1 668. At first he lived with his parents on asmall farm of t hirteen morgen called Varietas in Table Valley, at the foo t of the Windberg, but in April 1680 his fathermoved to Stellenbosch. On 29.8.1688 Van der B. married Anna Sophia B osch (26.6.1672- 17.3.1701) in Cape Town and the young coup le went to live on the farm Vredenburgh, where Van der B.' s father was farming. In 1692 Van der B. was granted thefa rm 'Babylon's Toren', but after his father's death in 1698 ret urned to settle on Vredenburgh which consisted of fifty-tw o morgen, 141 square roods, on the northern bank of the Eer ste River, just west of Libertas. When his first wife die d hemarried Hester ter Winkel. (1702) In 1704 he was granted a third farm, Vijffontein (later Kla vervalleij), consisting of sixty morgen and 500 roods. He a lso owned a stand in Cape Town, No. 6 in block D, on the Ee rste Bergdwars Street which hesold in 1715 and a year late r bought a farm from a certain Barend Lubbe. It comprised thirty-eig ht morgen and was only a few kilometres from Vredenburgh. S hortly before his death he also bought the farm De Voorspoe d (sixty morgen in size) atRiebeeck's Kasteel. Apart from his farming interests Van der B. began to play a n important role in the community. in 1687 his name was men tioned as ensign of the Stellenbosch Dragoons and in 1695 h e acted as lieutenant of a company of freeburghers from Drakenstein. He became heemraad for the first time in 1695 , being recorded as such with some interruption in the docu ments of the Company until 1720. He served the Church a s a deacon from 1697 onwards, from 1702 until his death.i n September 1719 he was given the honour of laying the cornerstone of t he first church in Stellenbosch. Van der B. played an important part in the struggle agains t W.A. van der Stel and his officials; as he was a neighbou r of Adam Tas, Vander B.s name occurs repetedly in the lat ter's diary. In 1706 he, Jan van Meerland, Henning Husing, Ferdinandus Appel were exciled to the netherlands, where th ey submitted a petition to the Seventeen. This led to the r ecall of the Governor andsome of his friends. During van d er B.'s absence in the netherlands his wife hester continue d the battle against Johannes Starrenburg(h), who was a friend o f the Van der Stel's, and on 18.9.1706 she and the wife o f Wessel Pretorius demonstatedagainst Starrenburg(h) in pu blic. By July the following year Van der B. and his fello w exciles had returned to their country in triumph. There were three sons and seven daughters of Van der B.'s t wo marriages. Two of the sons, gerrit andPieter, ahd desce ndants. Pieter's sons all died bachelors, however, so tha t when Van der B. died Gerrit was the sole ancestor of th e Van der Bijl family in south Africa. A.J. Boeseken Dictionary of South African Biography Vol IV FarmedBabylons Toren, Drakenstein and Vredenburg, Stellenb osch.

farmer and heemraad Van der B. came to the Cape with his mother shortly after 1 668. At first he lived with his parents on asmall farm of t hirteen morgen called Varietas in Table Valley, at the foo t of the Windberg, but in April 1680 his fathermoved to Stellenbosch. On 29.8.1688 Van der B. married Anna Sophia B osch (26.6.1672- 17.3.1701) in Cape Town and the young coup le went to live on the farm Vredenburgh, where Van der B.' s father was farming. In 1692 Van der B. was granted thefa rm 'Babylon's Toren', but after his father's death in 1698 ret urned to settle on Vredenburgh which consisted of fifty-tw o morgen, 141 square roods, on the northern bank of the Eer ste River, just west of Libertas. When his first wife die d hemarried Hester ter Winkel. (1702) In 1704 he was granted a third farm, Vijffontein (later Kla vervalleij), consisting of sixty morgen and 500 roods. He a lso owned a stand in Cape Town, No. 6 in block D, on the Ee rste Bergdwars Street which hesold in 1715 and a year late r bought a farm from a certain Barend Lubbe. It comprised thirty-eig ht morgen and was only a few kilometres from Vredenburgh. S hortly before his death he also bought the farm De Voorspoe d (sixty morgen in size) atRiebeeck's Kasteel. Apart from his farming interests Van der B. began to play a n important role in the community. in 1687 his name was men tioned as ensign of the Stellenbosch Dragoons and in 1695 h e acted as lieutenant of a company of freeburghers from Drakenstein. He became heemraad for the first time in 1695 , being recorded as such with some interruption in the docu ments of the Company until 1720. He served the Church a s a deacon from 1697 onwards, from 1702 until his death.i n September 1719 he was given the honour of laying the cornerstone of t he first church in Stellenbosch. Van der B. played an important part in the struggle agains t W.A. van der Stel and his officials; as he was a neighbou r of Adam Tas, Vander B.s name occurs repetedly in the lat ter's diary. In 1706 he, Jan van Meerland, Henning Husing, Ferdinandus Appel were exciled to the netherlands, where th ey submitted a petition to the Seventeen. This led to the r ecall of the Governor andsome of his friends. During van d er B.'s absence in the netherlands his wife hester continue d the battle against Johannes Starrenburg(h), who was a friend o f the Van der Stel's, and on 18.9.1706 she and the wife o f Wessel Pretorius demonstatedagainst Starrenburg(h) in pu blic. By July the following year Van der B. and his fello w exciles had returned to their country in triumph. There were three sons and seven daughters of Van der B.'s t wo marriages. Two of the sons, gerrit andPieter, ahd desce ndants. Pieter's sons all died bachelors, however, so tha t when Van der B. died Gerrit was the sole ancestor of th e Van der Bijl family in south Africa. A.J. Boeseken Dictionary of South African Biography Vol IV FarmedBabylons Toren, Drakenstein and Vredenburg, Stellenb osch.

farmer and heemraad Van der B. came to the Cape with his mother shortly after 1 668. At first he lived with his parents on asmall farm of t hirteen morgen called Varietas in Table Valley, at the foo t of the Windberg, but in April 1680 his fathermoved to Stellenbosch. On 29.8.1688 Van der B. married Anna Sophia B osch (26.6.1672- 17.3.1701) in Cape Town and the young coup le went to live on the farm Vredenburgh, where Van der B.' s father was farming. In 1692 Van der B. was granted thefa rm 'Babylon's Toren', but after his father's death in 1698 ret urned to settle on Vredenburgh which consisted of fifty-tw o morgen, 141 square roods, on the northern bank of the Eer ste River, just west of Libertas. When his first wife die d hemarried Hester ter Winkel. (1702) In 1704 he was granted a third farm, Vijffontein (later Kla vervalleij), consisting of sixty morgen and 500 roods. He a lso owned a stand in Cape Town, No. 6 in block D, on the Ee rste Bergdwars Street which hesold in 1715 and a year late r bought a farm from a certain Barend Lubbe. It comprised thirty-eig ht morgen and was only a few kilometres from Vredenburgh. S hortly before his death he also bought the farm De Voorspoe d (sixty morgen in size) atRiebeeck's Kasteel. Apart from his farming interests Van der B. began to play a n important role in the community. in 1687 his name was men tioned as ensign of the Stellenbosch Dragoons and in 1695 h e acted as lieutenant of a company of freeburghers from Drakenstein. He became heemraad for the first time in 1695 , being recorded as such with some interruption in the docu ments of the Company until 1720. He served the Church a s a deacon from 1697 onwards, from 1702 until his death.i n September 1719 he was given the honour of laying the cornerstone of t he first church in Stellenbosch. Van der B. played an important part in the struggle agains t W.A. van der Stel and his officials; as he was a neighbou r of Adam Tas, Vander B.s name occurs repetedly in the lat ter's diary. In 1706 he, Jan van Meerland, Henning Husing, Ferdinandus Appel were exciled to the netherlands, where th ey submitted a petition to the Seventeen. This led to the r ecall of the Governor andsome of his friends. During van d er B.'s absence in the netherlands his wife hester continue d the battle against Johannes Starrenburg(h), who was a friend o f the Van der Stel's, and on 18.9.1706 she and the wife o f Wessel Pretorius demonstatedagainst Starrenburg(h) in pu blic. By July the following year Van der B. and his fello w exciles had returned to their country in triumph. There were three sons and seven daughters of Van der B.'s t wo marriages. Two of the sons, gerrit andPieter, ahd desce ndants. Pieter's sons all died bachelors, however, so tha t when Van der B. died Gerrit was the sole ancestor of th e Van der Bijl family in south Africa. A.J. Boeseken Dictionary of South African Biography Vol IV FarmedBabylons Toren, Drakenstein and Vredenburg, Stellenb osch.

{geni:about_me} First owner of Babylonstoren - see http://www.babylonstoren.com/about/the-years

{geni:marriage_order} 1

boer Babylons Toren, Drakenstein en Vredenburg, Stellenbosch

Boer op Babylons Toren, Drakenstein en Vredenburg, Stellenbosch.

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