Vertaling van testament van Michiel Muller van Meerkerk in die Land van Keule en Adriana van Rooijen van Cabo de Goede Hoop, 1768.
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In God se naam amen.
Laat dit aan ieder wat dit mag aangaan bekend wees op grond van hierdie openbare dokument, dat vandag die dertigste dag van Juniemaand in die jaar van die geboorte en menswording van ons Heer en Saligmaker Jesus Christus, een duisend sewe honderd agt en sestig, saans om seweuur voor my Johannes Blanckenberg Sekretaris van die Kolonie van Swellendam, in aanwesigheid van die hieronder genoemde getuies, in eie persoon verskyn het, die Heemraad van die hierbo gemelde Kolonie Meneer Michiel Muller van Meerkerk in die land van Keule en Adriana van Rooijen van Cabo de Goede Hoop, egtelieden, wat aan my sekretaris en die getuies bekend is, terwyl die Testateur siek in sy bed lê en die Testatrise gesond van liggaam, gesond van lyf en ledemate is, en terwyl beide volkome by hulle verstand is, soos wat tydens die opstel van hierdie akte geblyk het.
Hulle het vir my te kenne gegee dat hulle op grond van die broosheid van die menslike lewe, asook die onsekere tyd en uur van die sterwe, ‘n besluit geneem het oor die goedere wat hulle as gevolg van die Here se seën verkry het en dat hulle sodanig daaroor beskik soos wat hierna vermeld sal word. Hulle doen dit uit vrye wil, sonder daartoe deur iemand gedwing te wees nie.
Nadat hulle hul Siel en Liggaam op ‘n Christelike wyse in God se beskerming gestel het, verklaar die Testateurs om al die Testamente en Kodisille, wat hulle voor hierdie datum miskien opgestel het, heeltemal te herroep, omdat hulle nie wil dat hierdie dokumente enige regsgeldigheid of betekenis sal besit nie.
Hulle beskik soos volg oor hulle besittings.
Die Testateurs bemaak hulle plaas, wat Vetrivier aan de Seekoegat genoem word, aan hulle seun die burgerkornet Meneer Hillegert Muller, asook die wynvate en brandewynketel vir ‘n bedrag van drieduisend gulden volgens Indiese koers, na die oorlyde van die Testateurs.
Verder, wat betref die keuse van Erfgename, verklaar die Testateurs dat hulle mekaar wedersyds, dit wil sê oor en weer, die langslewende vir die een wat eerste sterf, benoem tot sy of haar enigste universele Erfgenaam of Ergename op grond van ‘n konjugale Liefde en geneentheid.
En dat al die goedere wat die een wat eerste sterf nalaat, sowel roerende as onroerende, aandele en skuldvordeinge, Erfenisse en nalatenskappe, sonder een uitsondering deur die langslewende as onbelaste en eie goed besit kan word, sonder dat iemand daarteen beswaar kan maak, onder voorwaarde dat hy of sy verplig bly
die kind of kinders wat uit die loop van die huwelik moontlik verwek sal word eerlik en Christelik op te voed en te onderhou tot na hul mondingwording trou en volwasse is.
Dan sal aan elk van hulle as ‘n klein genoegdoening die bedrag van twee honderd Rijksdaalders uitbetaal moet word.
Omdat die Testateurs mekaar ook aanstel as Eksekuteur of Eksekutrise van hierdie Testament van hulle, asook as voog of voogdes van die kinders wat agterlaat, so wens hulle dit bowendien dat niemand hom met hul boedel of kinders sal bemoei nie.
Hulle verbied in die opsig uitdruklik die inmenging van alle magistraatspersone en beamptes, (en wel uitdruklik die Here Weesmeester aan die Cabo de Goede Hoop), wat hulle op grond van hulle funksie met hul boedel of kinders sou kon of wil inmeng.
Hierdie agbare persone word egter wel beleefd bedank vir enige ander moeite wat hulle wil onderneem.
In geval van hertrouw sal die langslewende verplig wees om behoorlik verslag te lewer aan die edle here Weesmeesters aan hierdie genoemde Cabo oor die hier bedoelde kinders.
Die Testateurs stel hul seun die burgerkornet Meneer Hillegert Muller en sy skoonseun Stephanus Ferraira aan as toesiende de voogde.
Van alles wat hiervoor genoem is, verklaar die Testateurs dat dit hul laaste en uiterste wil is, met die verlange dat dit regskrag en regsgeldigheid sal besit as Testament, Kodisil of as ‘n ander tipe document wat op die beste wyse regsgeldigheid sal kan besit, ook indien enkele noodsaaklike plegtighede agterweë gebly het, wat hiermee as opgeneem geag word, in hierdie opsig word die regtersa gesmeek tot uiterste toegeeflikheid.
Verder is deur die Testateurs aan my, Sekretaris, betuig dat hulle geen tweeduisend Guldens besit nie.
Aldus getuig op die woonplaas van die Testateurs op Jaar, Maand, dag en uur soos hierbo vermeld, in de teenwoordigheid van die Heemraad Meneer Danie du Plessies en die burger Johannes Gous, wat versoek is as bona fide getuies op te tree.
Hulle en die Testateurs en ek, Sekretaris, het die minuut mede-onderteken / soos hieronder / soos wat ek getuig / was onderteken
J Blanckenberg Sekretaris
Vertoon aan die weeskamer aan die Cabo de Goede Hoop 8.7Anno 1768
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J Blanckenberg
Sekretaris
Thursday, August 7, 2008
South Africa - here to stay
Muller Family History in South Africa
Hillegert Muller (born 1695) married Margaretha Albertha (born 1695) about 1718. They lived in Merscheid in Keulen, Germany.
They had one son, Antonie Michiel Muller (born in 1719 in Kuilsland, Holland) who arrived in South Africa in 1735. He became a soldier, and in 1745 a free burgher. On the 4th of May 1746 he married Adriana van Rooyen (born 1728, daughter of Gerrit and Jacomina van Deventer) in Roodezand, Tulbagh. He passed away on 19 July 1768 on his farm Zeekoeigat, Swellendam.
His second son, Cornelius Johannes Muller (born 10 Sept 1748) married Suzanna Elizabeth (daughter of Ignatio Leopold Ferreira and Martha Terblanche) on 18 March 1770. They named their second son Ignatius Johannes.
{Ignatio Leopold Ferreira was born in 1696 in Lissabon, Portugal. He traveled as a sailor on the warship Sarpine from Portugal to Japan. Around the Cape of Storms on 16/17 June 1722, his ship sank and he arrived in Cape Town. He stayed and became a soldier in the service of the Holland's Oos-Indiesche Kompanje. He married Martha Terblanche on 6 November 1735. She was the daughter of Ettiene Terblanche and Martha le Febre (married on the 3rd of December 1713}
Ignatius Johannes Muller was baptized 23 October 1772 in Uitenhage. He took part in the Grosvenor Expedition of 1790/1. On 4 October 1792 he married Margaretha Louisa van Niekerk (1763 - 1822), daughter of Petrus van Niekerk and Maria Taillefer (widow of Ignatius Marthinus Ferreira). He participated in the frontier wars of 1799 - 1802 and 1811 - 12. During 1803 he accompanied J C L Alberti on the negotiations with the Xhosas. That same year he became the field cornet of the Lower Sondag's River ward. When the Drostdy was build at Uitenhage in 1805 he became the heemraad. Later he was appointed field commandant of Uitenhage.He was given the Farm “Klaaskraal” for his contribution in the wars. In November 1915 he took over the duties of the landdrost. The judges of the circuit court commended him. As a widower he married Isabella Elizabeth Vogel (1782 - 21.11.1834), daughter of Jan Christiaan and Jacomina (Potgieter) Vogel. He died 20 September 1834 in the Uitenhage district. They had three sons and three daughters.
His second child Cornelis Johannis Muller (oldest son) was born on 21 November 1795. He married Susanna Magdelina Botha.
His son Ignatius Johannes was born 15 September 1820. He married Hester Johanna Vermaak (*12.5.1826, baptized 25.6.1826, died 06.09.1885) in Uitenhage on 3 December 1844. She was the daughter of Jacobus Stephanus Vermaak and Aletta Jacomina Potgieter. They had six children. Ignatius died at the age of 44.
Their second child (oldest son), Cornelius Johannes Michael Muller was born on the farm Elandsriver in the Uitenhage district in 1847. He became a transport driver and transported goods from Port Elizabeth to the Kimberley diamond mines. He married Louisa Josina Terblanche (born 14 August 1846, baptized 29 November 1946) on 5th March 1877. They were both 29 when they got married. Her parents were Hendrik Jacob Terblanche and Louisa Josina Hartman (they got married in 1842). Cornelius' and Josina's children were born along the way as they transported goods to the diamond fields in Kimberley. They later settled on the farm Elandsheuwel in the Klerksdorp district. Cornelius died 12 February 1910 and Louisa died at the ripe old age of 85.
Ignatius Johannes Jakobus Muller, eldest son of Cornelius and Josina, was born 13 January 1879. He was born on the way to Kimberley and baptized in Middelburg (Cape Province) on 25 May 1879. His brother Peter John was also born along the way and was baptized in Kimberley. Both brothers fought in the Boer war as Cape Rebels. Natie (Ignatius) was one of Paul Kruger's bodyguards. After the war both worked for the Railways. Later Natie became a farmer. Peter John became the mayor of Klerksdorp in 1955. Natie married Hester Maria Naude in 1913 (born 22 September 1892, daughter of Burgert and Emmerentia Naude from Ventersdorp). He died at the ripe age of 86 years and 6 months.
Ignatius Johannes (Ike) was born on the 4th of November 1919 in Klerksdorp. He was the only son and got married at the age of 29 to Engela Wilhelmina (Greyling) from Winsorten. As a young man he worked on the mines, which he disliked tremendously. He liked rugby and played for Klerdorp's team as scrumhalf. He farmed near Kimberley but droughts forced him to sell out they moved to Pretoria in 1966. There he worked for the government. He died in a car accident on 13 March 1970. Engela Wilhelmina was born on 3 July 1922. When she was 13 her mother died and she took the household over. When she married my father she stayed a housewife. She died after a short sickbed 24 October 1989. All three children survived them. My mother, Engela Wilhelmina, was the second youngest of 9 children. Her parents Carl David Greyling and Christina Johanna Susanna (Pretorius) lived in Delportshoop. Carl was born 26 November 1877 in Ladybrand in the Free State. He was baptized in the Reformed church of Postmansburg when he was 7 years old. He became a delver on the diggings near Kimberley. During 1947 when King George visited South Africa, he gave him a diamond the size of a dove's egg. He was thanked from the palace by letter. His wife Christina was born 23 February 1877 in Fauresmith in the Free State. She was baptized within a week of Peter John Muller in the same church in Kimberley. Carl's ancestor was Johann Greyling from Linz in Sakse (Germany). hann arrived here in 1725 as a soldier. He later became a builder.
Ike and Dingie had three children, Christina, Ignatius Johannes Jacobus (Igno) and Carl, the youngest.
I was born 26 December 1955 in Jan Kempdorp, Cape Provice. I married Marthie Neethling on the 15th of November 1986 in Pretoria. We have 3 children. Ben-David was born on 4 August 1988. Mieneke was born on the 8th of October 1990 and Carla on 21st of June 1993.
Hillegert Muller (born 1695) married Margaretha Albertha (born 1695) about 1718. They lived in Merscheid in Keulen, Germany.
They had one son, Antonie Michiel Muller (born in 1719 in Kuilsland, Holland) who arrived in South Africa in 1735. He became a soldier, and in 1745 a free burgher. On the 4th of May 1746 he married Adriana van Rooyen (born 1728, daughter of Gerrit and Jacomina van Deventer) in Roodezand, Tulbagh. He passed away on 19 July 1768 on his farm Zeekoeigat, Swellendam.
His second son, Cornelius Johannes Muller (born 10 Sept 1748) married Suzanna Elizabeth (daughter of Ignatio Leopold Ferreira and Martha Terblanche) on 18 March 1770. They named their second son Ignatius Johannes.
{Ignatio Leopold Ferreira was born in 1696 in Lissabon, Portugal. He traveled as a sailor on the warship Sarpine from Portugal to Japan. Around the Cape of Storms on 16/17 June 1722, his ship sank and he arrived in Cape Town. He stayed and became a soldier in the service of the Holland's Oos-Indiesche Kompanje. He married Martha Terblanche on 6 November 1735. She was the daughter of Ettiene Terblanche and Martha le Febre (married on the 3rd of December 1713}
Ignatius Johannes Muller was baptized 23 October 1772 in Uitenhage. He took part in the Grosvenor Expedition of 1790/1. On 4 October 1792 he married Margaretha Louisa van Niekerk (1763 - 1822), daughter of Petrus van Niekerk and Maria Taillefer (widow of Ignatius Marthinus Ferreira). He participated in the frontier wars of 1799 - 1802 and 1811 - 12. During 1803 he accompanied J C L Alberti on the negotiations with the Xhosas. That same year he became the field cornet of the Lower Sondag's River ward. When the Drostdy was build at Uitenhage in 1805 he became the heemraad. Later he was appointed field commandant of Uitenhage.He was given the Farm “Klaaskraal” for his contribution in the wars. In November 1915 he took over the duties of the landdrost. The judges of the circuit court commended him. As a widower he married Isabella Elizabeth Vogel (1782 - 21.11.1834), daughter of Jan Christiaan and Jacomina (Potgieter) Vogel. He died 20 September 1834 in the Uitenhage district. They had three sons and three daughters.
His second child Cornelis Johannis Muller (oldest son) was born on 21 November 1795. He married Susanna Magdelina Botha.
His son Ignatius Johannes was born 15 September 1820. He married Hester Johanna Vermaak (*12.5.1826, baptized 25.6.1826, died 06.09.1885) in Uitenhage on 3 December 1844. She was the daughter of Jacobus Stephanus Vermaak and Aletta Jacomina Potgieter. They had six children. Ignatius died at the age of 44.
Their second child (oldest son), Cornelius Johannes Michael Muller was born on the farm Elandsriver in the Uitenhage district in 1847. He became a transport driver and transported goods from Port Elizabeth to the Kimberley diamond mines. He married Louisa Josina Terblanche (born 14 August 1846, baptized 29 November 1946) on 5th March 1877. They were both 29 when they got married. Her parents were Hendrik Jacob Terblanche and Louisa Josina Hartman (they got married in 1842). Cornelius' and Josina's children were born along the way as they transported goods to the diamond fields in Kimberley. They later settled on the farm Elandsheuwel in the Klerksdorp district. Cornelius died 12 February 1910 and Louisa died at the ripe old age of 85.
Ignatius Johannes Jakobus Muller, eldest son of Cornelius and Josina, was born 13 January 1879. He was born on the way to Kimberley and baptized in Middelburg (Cape Province) on 25 May 1879. His brother Peter John was also born along the way and was baptized in Kimberley. Both brothers fought in the Boer war as Cape Rebels. Natie (Ignatius) was one of Paul Kruger's bodyguards. After the war both worked for the Railways. Later Natie became a farmer. Peter John became the mayor of Klerksdorp in 1955. Natie married Hester Maria Naude in 1913 (born 22 September 1892, daughter of Burgert and Emmerentia Naude from Ventersdorp). He died at the ripe age of 86 years and 6 months.
Ignatius Johannes (Ike) was born on the 4th of November 1919 in Klerksdorp. He was the only son and got married at the age of 29 to Engela Wilhelmina (Greyling) from Winsorten. As a young man he worked on the mines, which he disliked tremendously. He liked rugby and played for Klerdorp's team as scrumhalf. He farmed near Kimberley but droughts forced him to sell out they moved to Pretoria in 1966. There he worked for the government. He died in a car accident on 13 March 1970. Engela Wilhelmina was born on 3 July 1922. When she was 13 her mother died and she took the household over. When she married my father she stayed a housewife. She died after a short sickbed 24 October 1989. All three children survived them. My mother, Engela Wilhelmina, was the second youngest of 9 children. Her parents Carl David Greyling and Christina Johanna Susanna (Pretorius) lived in Delportshoop. Carl was born 26 November 1877 in Ladybrand in the Free State. He was baptized in the Reformed church of Postmansburg when he was 7 years old. He became a delver on the diggings near Kimberley. During 1947 when King George visited South Africa, he gave him a diamond the size of a dove's egg. He was thanked from the palace by letter. His wife Christina was born 23 February 1877 in Fauresmith in the Free State. She was baptized within a week of Peter John Muller in the same church in Kimberley. Carl's ancestor was Johann Greyling from Linz in Sakse (Germany). hann arrived here in 1725 as a soldier. He later became a builder.
Ike and Dingie had three children, Christina, Ignatius Johannes Jacobus (Igno) and Carl, the youngest.
I was born 26 December 1955 in Jan Kempdorp, Cape Provice. I married Marthie Neethling on the 15th of November 1986 in Pretoria. We have 3 children. Ben-David was born on 4 August 1988. Mieneke was born on the 8th of October 1990 and Carla on 21st of June 1993.
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