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Persoonlijke gegevens Jacobus "Stijn" Steyn b1 

• Roepnaam is Stijn.
• Hij is geboren rond 29 augustus 1683Cape Town, Cape, South Africa.

  {geni:event_description} Note by LC 'Chris' Steyn: I dated his birth at 'about 29 August 1683' simply to show in Geni that he was born before he was baptized.

• Hij is gedoopt op 29 augustus 1683 in NG KerkCape Town, South Africa.

  {geni:event_description} From the transcription of the Cape Town Baptisms 1683:
  
  Den 29 dito (August)
  Jacob
  de moeder Maria Lossee
  juffrou Koon (getuige)
  
  Source: Cape Archives Verbatim Copies VC 603, Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk, baptisms 1665 to 1696.
  
  VC 603 is a photocopy made during the 1980s of the original, made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town repository and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).
  
  The original register is now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1 1/1.
  
  The transcription was originally made in 2006 by Richard Ball. Corrections were received from Delia Robertson and Alwyn Smit and Corney Keller had now completely revised and amended the original transcript (February 2012).
  
  Taken from http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town-ngk-1665-to-1695/53-cape-town-baptisms-1683

• Beroep: .

  {geni:job_title} Farmer/butcher

• Hij is overleden rond 1752 in Cape, South Africa.

  {geni:event_description} In 1752 his name still appeared in the 'Monsterrol' and in 1753 no more. Source: Article by John Muir in Die Huisgenoot.

• Hij is begraven rond 1752South Africa.
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 3 juni 2015.

Gezin van Jacobus "Stijn" Steyn b1

Hij is getrouwd met Maria Potgieter.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 24 oktober 1706 te Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.

Kind(eren):

1. Maria Steyn  < 1707-< 1724 
2. Douwe Steyn  ± 1709-± 1777
3. Hermanus ‎ Steyn  < 1711-± 1795
4. Sibella Steyn  < 1714-± 1719
5. Emerentia Steyn  1717-± 1762 
6. Jacobus Steyn  ± 1719-± 1723
7. Sibella Steyn  ± 1719-????
8. Jacobus Steyn  ± 1723-1801
9. Paulus Steyn  ± 1724-????
10. Maria Steyn  ± 1727-± 1776 
11. Anna Steyn  ± 1729-????

Notities over Jacobus "Stijn" Steyn b1

Ancestral File Number: b1

AKA: Stein Steyn

{geni:occupation} Farmer/butcher

{geni:about_me} Jacobus Steyn b1 About version 20140708

'''Brief summary: '''

Parents: Unknown father X Maria Losëe. Two theories about his father. First: Probably Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn SV. Second and possible: Some other person.

Birth: Cabo (dist of Cape Town), South Africa before 29 August 1683. He was born before his mother married Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn in 1685.

Baptism: NG Kerk Cape Town, South Africa 29 August 1683.

X Stellenbosch 24 October 1706 Maria Potgieter *bef.31 August 1687 ≈31 August 1687

They had 11 children:

c1 Maria ≈14 August 1707

c2 Douwe ≈27 January 1709

c3 Hermanus ≈12 July 1711

c4 Sibella ≈7 October 1714; died young

c5 Emerentia ≈21 March 1717

c6 Jacobus ≈15 October 1719; twins with c7; died young

c7 Sibella ≈15 October 1719; twins with c6

c8 Jacobus ≈25 April 1723

c9 Paulus ≈1 October 1724

c10 Maria ≈21 September 1727

c11 Anna ≈21 August 1729

The two main Steyn branches come from c3 Hermanus and c8 Jacobus

'''NOTE: '''

Reliable dates of birth of his children are found in recent publications only. Older publications about the Steyn family tree have big mix-ups.

'''Other information'''

Jacobus was still alive in 1733 as he and his wife were listed in the Monsterrol 1733:
''''t Caabse District 'Jacobus Stijn & Maria Potgieter''''

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'''Genealogical DNA Test will resolve the questions about the biological father of Jacobus Steyn'''

Jacobus is the biological progenitor (stamvader) of the largest Steyn family in South Africa. He officially became part of the family of Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn in 1685 age 2 when Douwe married his mother.
No-one is exactly sure who his father was. Throughout his lifetime he used the surname Steijn and is mentioned in the will of Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn as the ‘voorzoon’ (son born before marriage) of Maria Losëe but treated as the son of Douwe.

There has also been some speculation that his father might have been the father of Alexandrina (Sandrina) Maxwell, whose husband is thought to have bought Maria as slave.

If enough STEYN descendants have their genealogical DNA tested with http://www.familytreedna.com/ or a similar company, we will not only be able to trace our common ancestry, but we might also be able to discover who the biological father of Jacobus was. Until now that has been a mystery, but with genealogical DNA testing, we might be able to solve the puzzle since the number of males in the Cape at the time were very limited.

So: if at all possible, please do the test with familytreedna

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Owned the property 'Welgemeend' which is where Kamp Street is in Cape Town now.

Was a butcher and brewer of brandy.

He was a free burgher.

De la Fontaine describes him as a poor man.

{geni:marriage_order} 1

Sy van was eintlik GERBRANDS maar hy neem later die van STEYN aan.
Sy stiefpa, Douw, was van Noordhoorn, Duitsland. Noordhoorn is geleë in die Groningen provinsie, suid-wes van die stad Groningen. Die Potgieterfamilie het daar op 'n plaas gewoon met die families Steyn en Prinsloo as bure. Harmen POTGIETER (stamvader) was dan ook 'n lewenslange vriend van Douw Gerbrand Steyn. Sy dogter, Maria, het later met Jacobus Steyn, die aangenome seun van Douw getrou en so die stammoeder van die Steyns in Suid-Afrika geword.

Jacobus is inderwaarheid die stamvader van hierdie tak van die Steyn familie in Suid-Afrika. Sy moeder is van onbekende herkoms en het hom reeds as kind gehad voordat sy met Douw getrou het in 1685. Jacobus het later die Steyn van aangeneem. Jacobus was 'n vryburger en later vryslagter. De la Fonteine beskryf hom in 1732 as 'n arm man. Sy stiefvader kom omstreeks 1672 van Leeuwarden na die Kaap as messelaar in diens van die HOIK en word in 1686 die opsigter van die kerkhof van Stellenbosch.
CHRISTENING: = 1683

Owned Welgemeend, Kamp street, Cape Town. Also owned brandy licence. Adopted name Steyn. Born in slavery.

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