Individual Details
Willem Stolts van die Kaap
(Abt 1692 - )
In sommige bronne verskyn Willem Stolts se ouers as Godfried Stolts en Esther du Buisson. Godfried en Esther het egter net 'n wyle aan die Kaap vertoef en is daarna terug Zeeland toe.
In sy Bydraes tot die Genealogie van Ou Afrikaanse Families (1958), skryf J. Hoge op p133:
Stolts, Willem: Geen seun van Gottfried Stolts nie, maar 'n vrygegewe slaaf van Christina Christoffels de Bruyn, wed. Jan Botma. (MOOC 7/3:122; CJ 3076:217, CJ 3077:166).
(en dan volg 'n lys van sy dogters en hulle eggenote).
Hy herhaal homself in Personalia, p 415 (onder die inskrywing vir Stolz, Gottfried):
Willem Stolz, who is mentioned in G.R. nr. 924 as the son of Gottfried Stolz, was an emancipated slave. (Test. O.C. 3:122; CJ 1203: 217; CJ1204:166.)
Dan nog bietjie oor Godfried Stolts:
Requesten (Memorials), Vol III:1027i
1715-1716:
Stols, Godfried: arrived in 1712 in the "Rensduyn" as corporal; had been allowed to come here to prosecute his action against Michiel Ley and Joh. Phyffert. His wife is mentioned as Esther du Buson, widow of the late Jan Hendrikse Carnak, formerly chief surgeon at the Cape. She was now residing at Arnemuyden in Zealand. (No. 25. 9th December. 21st January.)
Lyk inderdaag moeilik vir Esther om kinders aan die Kaap te kry as sy in Zeeland woon.
Dan ook: vol iii:1037a
Stolts, Godfried: ex-corporal; married the widow Hendrik Carnack; was permitted to come to the Cape, as "adelborst", to prosecute his case against the heirs of the late burgher Michiel Ley; asks for a passage hom. See 1720 Nos. 65, 76 and 87 (No. 64?)
Daar is nog 'n soortgelyke inskrywing wat noem dat hulle 'n "amicable settlement" bereik het.
In die 1990-artikel in Familia, skryf Margaret Cairns:
Preserved material reveals that Willem was born a slave, probably in the Stellenbosch district about 1692 [3]. His parentage and the details of his early life have not been established except that at some period, even possibly from birth, he had become the slave of Jan Botma (1670-1719) and his wife, Christina de Bruyn. The couple farmed in the Stellenbosch area on various properties registered in the Botma nam with Welgevallen Botma's final home. [4] After the death of her husband Christina moved to Cape Town where she purchased De Schotsche Kloof on the slopes of Lion's Head in 1723 and died there about a year later.[5]
Her several wills provide most interesting reading, in particular on 'Willem van die Caap', as he was initially styled. Late in the same document he became 'Willem Stolts van die Caap' [6]. Not only did the will give Willem his freedom but also, he, together with Pieter van Bengalend and Christina Pieterse van die Kaap was bequeathed a wagon 8 oxen and 2 fish nets in order to earn a living.[7]
...
3. C.J. 2601 no 8 - 30/9/1722.
4. Botma is my van. F.J.Botma private publication, 1990.
5. MOOC 8/4 nos 121, 121 [sic], April/May 1724.
6. J. 2602 no. 11 - 14/7/1723
7. Ibid.
In sy Bydraes tot die Genealogie van Ou Afrikaanse Families (1958), skryf J. Hoge op p133:
Stolts, Willem: Geen seun van Gottfried Stolts nie, maar 'n vrygegewe slaaf van Christina Christoffels de Bruyn, wed. Jan Botma. (MOOC 7/3:122; CJ 3076:217, CJ 3077:166).
(en dan volg 'n lys van sy dogters en hulle eggenote).
Hy herhaal homself in Personalia, p 415 (onder die inskrywing vir Stolz, Gottfried):
Willem Stolz, who is mentioned in G.R. nr. 924 as the son of Gottfried Stolz, was an emancipated slave. (Test. O.C. 3:122; CJ 1203: 217; CJ1204:166.)
Dan nog bietjie oor Godfried Stolts:
Requesten (Memorials), Vol III:1027i
1715-1716:
Stols, Godfried: arrived in 1712 in the "Rensduyn" as corporal; had been allowed to come here to prosecute his action against Michiel Ley and Joh. Phyffert. His wife is mentioned as Esther du Buson, widow of the late Jan Hendrikse Carnak, formerly chief surgeon at the Cape. She was now residing at Arnemuyden in Zealand. (No. 25. 9th December. 21st January.)
Lyk inderdaag moeilik vir Esther om kinders aan die Kaap te kry as sy in Zeeland woon.
Dan ook: vol iii:1037a
Stolts, Godfried: ex-corporal; married the widow Hendrik Carnack; was permitted to come to the Cape, as "adelborst", to prosecute his case against the heirs of the late burgher Michiel Ley; asks for a passage hom. See 1720 Nos. 65, 76 and 87 (No. 64?)
Daar is nog 'n soortgelyke inskrywing wat noem dat hulle 'n "amicable settlement" bereik het.
In die 1990-artikel in Familia, skryf Margaret Cairns:
Preserved material reveals that Willem was born a slave, probably in the Stellenbosch district about 1692 [3]. His parentage and the details of his early life have not been established except that at some period, even possibly from birth, he had become the slave of Jan Botma (1670-1719) and his wife, Christina de Bruyn. The couple farmed in the Stellenbosch area on various properties registered in the Botma nam with Welgevallen Botma's final home. [4] After the death of her husband Christina moved to Cape Town where she purchased De Schotsche Kloof on the slopes of Lion's Head in 1723 and died there about a year later.[5]
Her several wills provide most interesting reading, in particular on 'Willem van die Caap', as he was initially styled. Late in the same document he became 'Willem Stolts van die Caap' [6]. Not only did the will give Willem his freedom but also, he, together with Pieter van Bengalend and Christina Pieterse van die Kaap was bequeathed a wagon 8 oxen and 2 fish nets in order to earn a living.[7]
...
3. C.J. 2601 no 8 - 30/9/1722.
4. Botma is my van. F.J.Botma private publication, 1990.
5. MOOC 8/4 nos 121, 121 [sic], April/May 1724.
6. J. 2602 no. 11 - 14/7/1723
7. Ibid.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1692 | Kaapstad, Wes-Kaap, Suid-Afrika | |||
| Marriage | 15 May 1735 | Suid Afrika, Kaap - Anna van Beulen |
Families
| Spouse | Anna van Beulen (1714 - ) |
| Child | Christina Stolts (1736 - ) |
| Child | Gabriel Stolts c2 (1738 - 1795) |
| Child | Catharina Stolts (1740 - ) |
| Child | Petronella Stolts (1742 - ) |
| Child | Willem Stolts (1744 - ) |
| Child | Anna Stoltz (1746 - ) |
| Child | Johannes Stolts (1748 - ) |