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Persoonlijke gegevens Hermanus (de Oude) Steyn 

• Hij is geboren op 12 juli 1711 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Hij is gedoopt op 12 juli 1711 in South Africa.
• Beroep: Boer.
• Hij is overleden in het jaar 1795 in Cape Town, South Africa, hij was toen 83 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Jacobus Steyn en Maria Potgieter

Gezin van Hermanus (de Oude) Steyn

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Martha Potgieter.

Zij zijn getrouwd.

Kind(eren):

1. Hans Jurgen Steyn  1740-1803
2. Jacobus Arnoldus Steyn  1742-< 1762
3. Hermanus Steyn  1743-1804 
4. Maria Johanna Steyn  1745-1782
5. Douw Gerbrand Steyn  1747-1790
6. Douw Gerbrand Steyn  1747-???? 
7. Cornelia Steyn  1749-???? 
8. Sibella Steyn  1750-???? 
9. Daniel Steyn  1752-1824
10. Jan Steyn  1753-????
11. Petrus Paulus Steyn  1755-1826
12. Theunis Lodewyk Steyn  1758-1783
13. Frederik Theodorus Steyn  1759-1783
14. Jacobus Arnoldus Steyn  1762-1802

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Petronella Kemp.

Zij zijn getrouwd

Kind(eren):

1. Johannes Steyn  1732-????
2. Petronella Steyn  1733-????
3. Sibella Steyn  1735-????

Notities over Hermanus (de Oude) Steyn

FATHER OF PRESIDENT HERMANUS STEYN - SWELLENDAM

2ND GREAT GRAND FATHER OF PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER

2 ND GREAT GRANDUNCLE OF PRESIDENT M T STEYN

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Hermanus d'Oude was the father of President Hermanus Steyn (Hermanus d'Jonge) of the Swellendamse Republiek. He was also the 2nd Great Grand Father of President Paul Kruger, as well as the Great Granduncle of President M T Steyn.

Married Petronella Kemp 1731 in Cape Town. She died after the birth of their third child.

Married Martha Potgieter 26 April 1739. Had 13 children with her.

Was a farmer in the Drakenstein district near Paarl.

Rented two farms: 't Voorhuis and Bruintjes. Bruintjes was at the Breede river - he made brandy there and he cultivated grain from 1743.

­1743.02.03 word eienaar van die leenplaas ``de Bruintjies Rivier over de Berg'', later Bruintjiesrivier. Die naam is ontleen aan een van hul ou perde met die naam 'Bruintjie' - source http://members.aol.com/kmeintjes/Genealogy/FWdeKlerk.htm

1746: became a member of the heemraad of Swellendam. He became a prominent member of society there and was repeatedly elected as member in the course of the next forty years.

1760: bought the farm Combuys at the Cango river.

1763: bought the farm Voorhuis at the Breede river - made brandy there too.

Later on he was known as Hermanus d'Oude to distinguish him from his son, Hermanus d'Jonge.

Key figure in the rebellion in Swellendam in 1795 who declared the independent Republic of Swellendam at the time.

Hermanus d'Oude and Martha left the following farms in the Swellendam disctrict to their sons in the testament dated c. 1790:

- Bruintjiesfontein on the Klip river with blacksmith's shop

- Bruintjiesrivier on the Breede river with vessels and two brandy kettles (farmed here from 1743 with grain)

- 't Voorhuis on the Breede river with vessels and brandy kettle etc (first rented it, thenhe became the owner in 1762)

In 1999, the Voorhuis farm is still owned by the Steyn family after nine generations. His son Petrus Paulus became the sole owner. The old farm house was destroyed by fire in abt 1914. Douw Steyn (1845-1926) did some repairs to the ruins and used it as an ironsmith workshop. The wine cellar remained until the nineteen thirties when it was destroyed.

SOURCE: Die families van Ou Swellendam Deel 1 Steyn

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On 3 Feb 1743 Hermanus became the owner of the loan farm "De Bruintjies Rivier over de Berg". The name is derived from one of their old horses with the name of Bruintjies. (See article in Huisgenoot - "Die Man Van Bruintjesrivier"). Hermanus was the father of President Hermanus Steyn of the Swellendamse Republiek. He was also the 2nd Great Grand Father of President Paul Kruger, as well as the Great Granduncle of President M T Steyn.

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