Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS (1747-????)

Personal data Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS 


Household of Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Johanna Adriana de BEER) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Johanna Adriana de BEER.

They got married on April 10, 1773, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Zacharias PRETORIUS  1776-????
  3. Anna Johanna PRETORIUS  1778-1850 
  5. Johannes PRETORIUS  1781-???? 


(2) He is married to Susanna Elizabeth VILJOEN.

They got married on 1797 ca, he was 50 years old.


Child(ren):



Notes about Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS

Farmer "Driekoppen", Graaff Reinet

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage April 10, 1773

    • The temperature on April 10, 1773 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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)
    • In the year 1773: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
      • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
      • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
      • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
      • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
      • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

    About the surname PRETORIUS


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