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Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS

Male 1747 - 1831  (~ 84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS was christened on 12 Feb 1747 in Tulbagh; died on 29 Sep 1831 in Graaff-Reinet.

    Marthinus married Johanna Adriana de BEER on 10 Apr 1773. Johanna (daughter of Zacharias de BEER and Anna PRETORIUS) was christened on 11 Jul 1751 in Stellenbosch; died about 1796. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Anna Johanna PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1778 in Graaff Reinet; was christened on 1 Nov 1778 in Tulbagh; died on 9 Oct 1850 in Cradock..

    Marthinus married Susanna Elizabeth VILJOEN on 12 Nov 1797. Susanna (daughter of Johannes Hercules VILJOEN and Anna Cornelia VENTER) was born on 17 Apr 1767; died in in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Henning Petrus Nicolaas PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 18 Aug 1800 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 27 Jun 1865 in Harrismith, Free State.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anna Johanna PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marthinus1) was born on 27 May 1778 in Graaff Reinet; was christened on 1 Nov 1778 in Tulbagh; died on 9 Oct 1850 in Cradock..

    Anna married Johannes Lodewicus PRETORIUS on 14 Apr 1793. Johannes (son of Willem Jacobus PRETORIUS and Engela Elisabeth SMIT) was born on 24 Feb 1775 in Graaff Reinet; was christened on 20 Apr 1775 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 14 Dec 1838 in Cradock.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Willem Jacobus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1796 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 16 Jul 1868 in Cradock.
    2. 5. Jacobus Willem Marthinus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 1812 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 1 Dec 1870 in Orange River.
    3. 6. Andries Petrus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1822 in Cradock; was christened on 6 Jul 1822 in Cradock.; died on 13 Feb 1898 in Hofmeyer.

  2. 3.  Henning Petrus Nicolaas PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marthinus1) was christened on 18 Aug 1800 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 27 Jun 1865 in Harrismith, Free State.

    Henning married Johanna Christina VORSTER on 6 May 1821 in Cradock. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Henning Petrus Albertus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Aug 1831 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 12 Sep 1900 in Pretoria, Transvaal.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Willem Jacobus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 25 Apr 1796 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 16 Jul 1868 in Cradock.

    Willem married Catharina Maria Magdalena MARAIS on 8 Jan 1815 in Graaff-Reinet. Catharina was born on 24 Nov 1795; died on 28 Jul 1865 in Cradock. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Johannes Lodewikus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1815 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 15 Sep 1890 in Tarkastad.

  2. 5.  Jacobus Willem Marthinus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 28 Aug 1812 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 1 Dec 1870 in Orange River.

    Jacobus married Aletta Sophia van HEERDEN on 6 Nov 1831 in Cradock. Aletta died on 3 Jul 1864. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. Zacharias Francois PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1847 in Cradock; died on 28 Feb 1908 in Cradock.

  3. 6.  Andries Petrus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 25 May 1822 in Cradock; was christened on 6 Jul 1822 in Cradock.; died on 13 Feb 1898 in Hofmeyer.

    Andries married Magdalena Aletta van HEERDEN on 29 Oct 1840. Magdalena (daughter of Philippus Lodewickus van HEERDEN and Elizabeth Hendrina du PLESSIS) was born on 4 Feb 1825 in Cradock; was christened on 4 Apr 1825 in Cradock.; died on 18 Jul 1857 in Cradock.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Andries Petrus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1845 in Hofmeyer; was christened on 10 Aug 1845 in Cradock.; died on 1 Mar 1927 in Hofmeyer..

  4. 7.  Henning Petrus Albertus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henning2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 6 Aug 1831 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 12 Sep 1900 in Pretoria, Transvaal.

    Henning married Danielina Fredrika Jacoba STEYN on 25 Nov 1852 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal. Danielina was born in Mar 1834 in Swellendam; died on 8 Oct 1913 in Pretoria, Transvaal. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Debora Johanna PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Oct 1864 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal.
    2. 12. Elizabeth Magdalena PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1867 in Pretoria, Transvaal.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes Lodewikus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (4.Willem3, 2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 3 Oct 1815 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 15 Sep 1890 in Tarkastad.

    Johannes married Hester Maria van HEERDEN on 4 May 1834 in Cradock. Hester was born on 3 May 1820; died on 28 Jul 1874. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Catharina Maria Magdalena PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1838 in Cradock; died about 1903 in Tarka.

  2. 9.  Zacharias Francois PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacobus3, 2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 30 Aug 1847 in Cradock; died on 28 Feb 1908 in Cradock.

    Zacharias married Susanna Petronella ERASMUS on 21 Oct 1869 in Somerset East. Susanna was born on 12 Mar 1851; died on 25 May 1922 in Cradock. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Jacobus Willem Francois PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1871 in Queenstown, E Cape; died on 29 Jan 1915 in Hofmeyer, E Cape.

  3. 10.  Andries Petrus PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (6.Andries3, 2.Anna2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 26 Jun 1845 in Hofmeyer; was christened on 10 Aug 1845 in Cradock.; died on 1 Mar 1927 in Hofmeyer..

    Andries married Adriana Rosina MULLER on 16 Apr 1866 in Cradock. Adriana (daughter of Cornelis Johannes MULLER and Maria Magdalena LANGE) was born on 11 Mar 1850 in Hofmeyer; died on 5 Sep 1921 in Hofmeyer.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Maria Magdalena PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 16. Magdalena Aetta Maria PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 17. Cornelius Johannes PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 18. Andries Petrus PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1927.
    5. 19. Martha Maria PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 20. Thomas Ignatius Muller PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 21. Adriana Rosina PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 22. Cornelia Maria Johanna PRETORIUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1871 in Middelburg (Cape); was christened on 5 Nov 1871 in Middelburg (Cape); died on 3 Oct 1955 in Colesburg.

  4. 11.  Debora Johanna PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Henning3, 3.Henning2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 24 Oct 1864 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal.

    Debora married Willem Johannes GROENEWALD on 5 Sep 1883 in Pretoria, Transvaal. (son of Hendrik Jacobus GROENEWALD and Anna Johanna Dorothea Jacomina DIQUE) [Group Sheet]


  5. 12.  Elizabeth Magdalena PRETORIUS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Henning3, 3.Henning2, 1.Marthinus1) was born on 23 Jun 1867 in Pretoria, Transvaal.

    Elizabeth married Hendrik Jacobus GROENEWALD on 14 Apr 1885 in Pretoria, Transvaal. Hendrik (son of Hendrik Jacobus GROENEWALD and Anna Johanna Dorothea Jacomina DIQUE) was born on 10 Jul 1858; died on 1 Jun 1898 in Transvaal. [Group Sheet]




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