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Johannes or Jan Potgieter 1722–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 MAR 1722

Birth Location: Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 1768

Death Location: Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Father: Johannes Potgieter

Mother: Clara Herbst

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Johannes or Jan Potgieter was born in 1722 in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of Johannes Harmensz Potgieter And Clara Herbst. Johannes or Jan Potgieter passed away in 1768 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Johannes or Jan Potgieter was born in 1722 in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of Johannes Harmensz Potgieter And Clara Herbst.
  • Johannes or Jan Potgieter passed away in 1768 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

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Johannes Potgieter's Ancestors

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Johannes Potgieter
1722–1768
Birth Place: Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Johannes Harmensz Potgieter
1674–1733
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Clara Herbst
1686–1714
Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Harmen (Jansz) Potgieter
1635–1707
Nordhorn, Gütersloh, Kreis Wiedenbrück, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
Isabella Fredericks
1652–1711
Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Jan Potgieter
1610–1635
Schwenne Lodden
1610–1635
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nesen Pottgeter
1587–1667
Tryne Arents
1585–1610

Johannes Potgieter's Timeline

3 Records

1722
1 MAR 1722
Birth of Johannes or Jan Potgieter in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1722
18 MAR 1722
Johannes or Jan Potgieter was christened in Drakenstein, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
Drakenstein, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1768
1768
Age 46
Death of Johannes or Jan Potgieter in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 MAR 1722
    Event Place: Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 18 MAR 1722
    Event Place: Drakenstein, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

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