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Johannes Jan Pretorius 1711–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Mar 1711

Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 4 July 1778

Death Location: Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa

Father: Johannes Pretorius

Mother: Helena Vosloo

Spouse(s): Johanna Bezuidenhout

Children(s): Mathys Pretorius, Anna Busson, Willem Pretorius, Wynand Pretorius, Gerbrecht Pretorius, Jacobus Pretorius, Marthinus Pretorius, Magdalena Horn, Johannes Pretorius, Gerhardus Pretorius, Cornelis Pretorius, Johannes Pretorius, Marthinus Pretorius, Hilletje PRETORIUS

The story of Johannes Jan Pretorius began in 1711 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Johannes Jan Pretorius married Johanna Jannetie Bezuidenhout, and had children including Anna Dorothea Pretorius Du Busson, Cornelis Jacobus Pretorius, Gerbrecht Christina Pretorius, Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius, Hilletje Magdalena Pretorius, Jacobus Cornelis Pretorius, Joannes Pretorius, Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius, Johannes Pretorius, Magdalena Pretorius Horn, Magdalena Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, Mathys Van As Pretorius, Willem Andries Pretorius, Wynand Pretorius. Johannes Jan Pretorius passed away in 1778 in Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Johannes Jan Pretorius began in 1711 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.
  • Johannes Jan Pretorius married Johanna Jannetie Bezuidenhout, and had children including Anna Dorothea Pretorius Du Busson, Cornelis Jacobus Pretorius, Gerbrecht Christina Pretorius, Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius, Hilletje Magdalena Pretorius, Jacobus Cornelis Pretorius, Joannes Pretorius, Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius, Johannes Pretorius, Magdalena Pretorius Horn, Magdalena Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, Mathys Van As Pretorius, Willem Andries Pretorius, Wynand Pretorius.
  • Johannes Jan Pretorius passed away in 1778 in Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Pretorius
1680–1732
Birth Location: Western Cape, South Africa
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Helena Vosloo
1696–1731
Birth Location: Swellendam, Cape Colony, Afrique du Sud
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Spouses(s)

Johanna Bezuidenhout
1717–1787
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
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Children(s)

Mathys Pretorius
1749–1800
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
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Anna Busson
1754–1787
Birth Location: Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
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Willem Pretorius
1760–
Birth Location: –
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Wynand Pretorius
1741–
Birth Location: –
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Gerbrecht Pretorius
1752–1804
Birth Location: –
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Jacobus Pretorius
1756–1827
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Marthinus Pretorius
1747–1831
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa
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Magdalena Horn
1745–
Birth Location: CAP, RSA
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Johannes Pretorius
1738–1786
Birth Location: –
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Gerhardus Pretorius
1743–1786
Birth Location: –
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Cornelis Pretorius
1765–
Birth Location: –
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Johannes Pretorius
1767–1824
Birth Location: –
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Marthinus Pretorius
1747–1831
Birth Location: Land van Waveren (Tulbagh), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Hilletje PRETORIUS
1772–
Birth Location: –
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Johannes Pretorius's Ancestors

Self
Johannes Pretorius
1711–1778
Birth Place: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Parents
Johannes Lodewijck Pretorius
1680–1732
Western Cape, South Africa
Helena Vosloo
1696–1731
Swellendam, Cape Colony, Afrique du Sud
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johannes Pretorius's Descendants

1.
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Johannes (Jan) Pretorius (10 Mar 1711–4 July 1778) m. Johanna ((Jannetie)) Bezuidenhout (1 Nov 1717–10 Mar 1787)
  1. 1. Mathys (Van As) Pretorius 1749–1800 m. Maria (Elizabeth de) Beer 1754–1853
    1. 1. Marthinus (Gerhardus) Pretorius 1790–1875 m. Louisa (Catharina Johanna) Fourie 1793–1873
      1. 1. Johannes (Lodewikus) Pretorius 1820–1887 m. Johanna (Magdalena Susanna) Jordaan 1823–1887
        1. 1. Johannes (Lodewikus) Pretorius 1848–1917 m. Helena (Elizabeth) Smit 1855–
        2. 2. Johanna (Magdalena Susanna) Pretorius 1881–
        3. 3. Martinus (Gerhardus) Pretorius 1845–1875
        4. 4. Johanna (Louisa) Pretorius 1869–
        5. 5. Wynand (Albertus) Pretorius 1865–1954
        6. 6. Petrus (Willem) Pretorius 1856–1891
        7. 7. Barend (Samuel Christoffel) Pretorius 1860–1917
        8. 8. David (Daniel) Pretorius 1863–1920
        9. 9. Joseph (Erasmus) Pretorius 1854–
        10. 10. Mathys (Van As) Pretorius 1858–1889
        11. 11. Gerhardus (Jacobus) Pretorius 1846–1901
        12. 12. Carl (Frederick) Pretorius 1852–1899
      2. 2. Maria (Elizabeth) Pretorius 1823–1858
      3. 3. Louisa (Johanna Catharina) Pretorius 1826–1854
      4. 4. Susanna (Johanna Dorothea) Pretorius 1830–1878
      5. 5. Mathys (Van As) Pretorius 1812–1838
      6. 6. Anna (Francina) Pretorius 1818–
    2. 2. Judick (Petronella) Pretorius 1770–1775
    3. 3. Christiaan (Gerbrecht) PRETORIUS 1784–
    4. 4. Jan (Daniel) Pretorius 1787–1788
    5. 5. Johannes (Lodewyk) Pretorius 1773–
    6. 6. Hilletjie (Magdalena) Pretorius 1782–1832
    7. 7. Johanna (Adriana) Pretorius 1780–1825
    8. 8. Johanna ((Anna) Christina Christina Pretorius) b3c1d6e6 1784–1852
    9. 9. Johannes (Lodewyk (Lodewicus)) Pretorius 1773–
    10. 10. Samuel (Zacharias) Pretorius 1787–1868
    11. 11. Judith (Petronella) Pretorius 1792–
    12. 12. Maria (Elizabeth) Pretorius 1775–1872
    13. 13. Anna (Elizabeth) Pretorius 1801–
    14. 14. Wynand (Arnoldus) Pretorius 1785–
    15. 15. Matthys (Jacobus) Pretorius 1777–1845
    16. 16. Christina (Gerbrecht) Pretorius 1784–1852
  2. 2. Anna (Dorothea (Pretorius) Du) Busson 1754–1787
  3. 3. Willem (Andries) Pretorius 1760–
  4. 4. Wynand Pretorius 1741–
  5. 5. Gerbrecht (Christina) Pretorius 1752–1804
  6. 6. Jacobus (Cornelis) Pretorius 1756–1827
  7. 7. Marthinus (Wessel) Pretorius 1747–1831
  8. 8. Magdalena ((Pretorius)) Horn 1745–
  9. 9. Johannes (Lodewyk) Pretorius 1738–1786
  10. 10. Gerhardus (Petrus) Pretorius 1743–1786
  11. 11. Cornelis (Jacobus) Pretorius 1765–
  12. 12. Johannes Pretorius 1767–1824
  13. 13. Marthinus (Wessels) Pretorius 1747–1831
  14. 14. Hilletje (Magdalena) PRETORIUS 1772–

Johannes Pretorius's Timeline

3 Records

1711
10 Mar 1711
Birth of Johannes Jan Pretorius in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
1737
10 Mar 1737
Age 26
Johannes Jan Pretorius was married in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
1778
4 July 1778
Age 67
Death of Johannes Jan Pretorius in Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1711
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1737
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 July 1778
    Event Place: Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
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