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Pieter Jansz Swanepoel 1678–1758 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jan 1678

Birth Location: Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire

Death Date: 1758

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

Father: Johannes Swanepoel

Mother: Maria Herrebout

Spouse(s): Maria Sachs

Children(s): Pieter Swanepoel, Jan Swanepoel, Jan Swanepoel, Maria Swanepoel, Rosa Swanepoel, Johannes Swanepoel, Jacobus Swanepoel, Hendrik Swanepoel, Abraham Swanepoel

In 1678, Pieter Jansz Swanepoel entered the world in Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire, born to Johannes Swanepoel And Maria Herrebout. Pieter Jansz Swanepoel married Maria Sibilla Sachs, and had children including Abraham Christoffel Swanepoel, Hendrik Swanepoel, Jacobus Swanepoel, Jan Swanepoel, Johannes Swanepoel, Maria Magdalena Swanepoel, Pieter Swanepoel, Rosa Swanepoel. Pieter Jansz Swanepoel passed away in 1758 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1678, Pieter Jansz Swanepoel entered the world in Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire, born to Johannes Swanepoel And Maria Herrebout.
  • Pieter Jansz Swanepoel married Maria Sibilla Sachs, and had children including Abraham Christoffel Swanepoel, Hendrik Swanepoel, Jacobus Swanepoel, Jan Swanepoel, Johannes Swanepoel, Maria Magdalena Swanepoel, Pieter Swanepoel, Rosa Swanepoel.
  • Pieter Jansz Swanepoel passed away in 1758 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Swanepoel
1647–1685
Birth Location: Hooglede, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
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Maria Herrebout
1650–1685
Birth Location: Wes-Vlaandere, Belgium
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Spouses(s)

Maria Sachs
1690–1775
Birth Location: Güsten, Bernburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
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Children(s)

Pieter Swanepoel
1718–1800
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Jan Swanepoel
1713–1714
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
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Jan Swanepoel
1715–1740
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Maria Swanepoel
1720–
Birth Location: South Africa
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Rosa Swanepoel
1721–1767
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Johannes Swanepoel
1723–1790
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Jacobus Swanepoel
1725–1775
Birth Location: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Hendrik Swanepoel
1731–1770
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Abraham Swanepoel
1734–1751
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Pieter Swanepoel's Ancestors

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Pieter Swanepoel
1678–1758
Birth Place: Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Parents
Johannes Swanepoel
1647–1685
Hooglede, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Maria Herrebout
1650–1685
Wes-Vlaandere, Belgium
Grandparents
Pieter Swanepoel
1625–
West Flanders, Belgium
Janneken Volbrecht
1628–
Zuienkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
Georgius Herrebout
1617–1682
Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium
Maria (Van) Hille
1614–1685
Belgium
Great-Grandparents
Jan Swanepoel
1580–1648
Jodaryne Swanepoel
1586–1650
Jan Volbrecht
1595–1670
Mayken Dicx
1600–1670
Charles Hille
–1628
Maria Capoen
1590–1628
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Pieter Swanepoel
–1614
Cathelyne Backere
–1613
Cornelis Dicx
1554–1660
Jan Capoen
1570–
Magdelene Wetsteen
1560–

Pieter Swanepoel's Descendants

1.
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Pieter (Jansz) Swanepoel (26 Jan 1678–1758) m. Maria (Sibilla) Sachs (1690–Abt 1775)
  1. 1. Pieter Swanepoel 1718–1800 m. Martha (Elisabeth) Botha 1726–1809
    1. 1. Maria (Sibilla) Swanepoel 1765–1843 m. Cornelis (Jacobus) Coetzee 1760–1842
      1. 1. Anna (Maria Isabella) Coetzee 1808–1879 m. Jan (Thomas) Martens 1800–1877
        1. 1. Maria (Isabella Magdalena) Maartens 1830–1884 m. Charles Liversage 1833–1906
        2. 2. Martha (Johanna Elizabeth) Martens 1832–1890 m. Johann (Heinrich) Ries 1822–1894
        3. 3. Cornelis (Jacobus) Martens 1834–1909 m. Victoria Liversage 1840–1914
        4. 4. Jacobus (Cornelis) Martens 1824–1892 m. Margaretha (Susanna) Cloete 1823–1893
        5. 5. Maria (Marthina Magdalena) Maartens 1825–1826
        6. 6. Anna (Cornelia Maria) Martens 1827–1861 m. Jan (Abraham) Joubert 1809–1880
        7. 7. Jan (Thomas) Martens 1829–1910 m. Anna (Catarina Elisabeth) Pretorius 1839–1883 m. Cornelia (Hendrina) Bester 1839–1884 m. Sarah (Elisabeth Van) Niekerk 1839–1898
        8. 8. Maria (Sybella Magdalina) Martens 1836–
        9. 9. Elizabetta (Catharina Johanna) Martens 1838–
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Maria Cornelia Jacoba) Martens 1840–1866 m. Jacobus (Joshua Francis) Martens 1841–1915
        11. 11. Josia (Laurens Francois) Martens 1844–1897 m. Elisabeth (Maria Hendrika) Martens 1839–1903
        12. 12. Johannes (Hendrik) Maartens 1846–
        13. 13. Hendrik (Jacobus Phillipus) Martens 1847–1935 m. Elizabeth (Anne) Magnus 1852–1932
        14. 14. Johannes (Stephanus Pieter) Martens 1849–
        15. 15. Geertruida (Christina) Maartens 1852–
      2. 2. Dirk (Jacobus) Coetzee 1784–1808 m. Maria (Magdalena) Badenhorst 1787–1838
      3. 3. Martha (Elisabeth) Coetzee 1787– m. Hendrik Badenhorst 1781–1819
      4. 4. Johannes (Cornelis) Coetzee 1788–1858 m. Christina (Geertruyda) Badenhorst 1792–1871
      5. 5. Pieter (Hendrik) Coetzee 1791–1892 m. Martha (Johanna Margaretha) Swanepoel 1794–1812 m. Johanna (Adriana) Koekemoer 1796–1832 m. Francina (Catharina Elizabeth) Goedhals 1811–1892
      6. 6. Cornelius (Gerhardus Jacobus) Coetzee 1794–1843 m. Anna (Elisabeth) Strydom 1788–
      7. 7. Jan (Andries) Coetzee 1796–1819 m. Aletta (Johanna) Erasmus 1797–1866
      8. 8. Stephanus (Hermanus) Coetzee 1798– m. Hendrina (Margarita De) Beer 1815–1892
      9. 9. Ockert (Jacobus) Coetzee 1800–1877 m. Hester (Adriana De) Beer 1811–
      10. 10. Cornelis (Jacobus Gerhardus) Coetzee 1802–
      11. 11. Jacobus (Gerhardus) Coetzee 1803–
      12. 12. Dirk (Jacobus) Coetzee 1814–
    2. 2. Jan (Andries) Swanepoel 1747–1791 m. Maria Roux 1754–1795
      1. 1. Anthony (Edward) Swanepoel 1784– m. Louisa (Jacoba) Roux 1791–
        1. 1. Daniel (Johannes Jacobus) Swanepoel 1816– m. Susanna (Maria Margaretha Van) Deventer 1808– m. Maria (Susanna DE) BOD 1828–
        2. 2. Anna (Susanna) Swanepoel 1812–
        3. 3. Jan (Andries) SWANEPOEL 1814–1891 m. Maria (Catharina) Steyn 1820–1863 m. Johanna (Christina van der) Merwe 1845–
        4. 4. Maria (Johanna) Swanepoel 1817– m. Pieter (Christoffel) Swanepoel 1811–1858 m. PETRUS (ERNST) SWART 1837–
        5. 5. Louiza (Jacoba) Swanepoel 1822– m. Jacob (Hendrik Jeremias Van) Eeden 1816–
        6. 6. Hester (Johanna) Swanepoel 1825– m. Bernardus (Stephanus) Ackerman 1775–
        7. 7. Anthonie (Eduard Wessels) Swanepoel 1828–
        8. 8. Anna (Susanna) Swanepoel 1832–
        9. 9. Martha (Johanna) Swanepoel 1832–
        10. 10. Pieter (Eduard) Swanepoel 1835–
        11. 11. Willem (Adolph Christoffel) Swanepoel 1837– m. Susara (Johanna Van) Dyk 1835–
      2. 2. Martha (Elisabeth) Swanepoel 1779–1840 m. Pieter Swanepoel 1774–1853 m. Jacobus Swanepoel 1755–
        1. 1. Susanna (Catharina) Swanepoel 1807– m. Emmanuel (Jacobus de) Bod 1781–1850 m. Michael Murphy 1807–1853
        2. 2. Maria (Magdalena) Swanepoel 1796–1825 m. Francois (Philippus du) Toit 1793–1825 m. Petrus (Jacobus du) Toit 1793–
        3. 3. Martha (Elizabeth) Swanepoel 1798– m. Gerrit (Jacobus) Moller 1786–1820 m. Philippus (Johannes) Fouché 1801–
        4. 4. Petronella (Johanna) Swanepoel 1800–1865 m. Johannes (Stephanus) Marais 1793–1859
        5. 5. Pieter (Andries) Swanepoel 1801–1854 m. Elisabeth (Alida) Pretorius 1801–1872
        6. 6. Maria (Susanna) Swanepoel 1804–1881 m. Johannes (Godfried) Bruwer 1803–1858
        7. 7. Adriaan (Johannes) Swanepoel 1808–
        8. 8. Martha (Aletta) Swanepoel 1809–1847 m. Cornelis (Petrus) Spamer 1812–1886
        9. 9. Jan (Jacobus) Swanepoel 1812–1824
        10. 10. Daniel (Christoffel) Swanepoel 1814–
        11. 11. Maria Swanepoel 1816–
      3. 3. Esther Swanepoel 1775– m. Joseph Fourie 1769–1850
      4. 4. Pieter (Andries) Swanepoel 1776–1855 m. Maria (Elisabeth) Malan 1774–1807 m. Cornelia (Zacharia Geertruida Van) Emmenes 1795–
      5. 5. Jan (Hendrik) Swanepoel 1778–1844 m. Magdalena (Susana) Roux 1782–
      6. 6. Johannes (Jacobus) Swanepoel 1783–1849 m. Martha (Magdalena Margaretha) Delport 1803–1876
      7. 7. Anna (Aletta) Swanepoel 1785–
      8. 8. Willem (Christoffel) Swanepoel 1787–1861 m. Alida (van den) Berg 1783–1855 m. Elsje (Maria) Lombard 1807–1879
      9. 9. Roelof (Johannes Willem) Swanepoel 1789–
    3. 3. Pieter Swanepoel 1743–1790 m. Martha Jacobs 1750– m. Johanna (Margaretha) Hanekom 1752–
      1. 1. Pieter Swanepoel 1774–1853 m. Martha (Elisabeth) Swanepoel 1779–1840 m. Susanna (Catharina) Burger 1821–1864
      2. 2. Maria (Elizabeth) Swanepoel 1772–1834 m. Pieter (Andries) Hanekom 1765–1817
      3. 3. Petrus (Johannes) Swanepoel 1773–
      4. 4. Daniel (Johannes) Swanepoel 1776– m. Johanna (Wilhelmina) Buitendag 1780–
      5. 5. Johannes (Jechemus) Swanepoel 1780– m. Catharina (Margaretha de) Beer 1787–
    4. 4. Willem Swanepoel 1744–
    5. 5. Frederik Swanepoel 1750–
    6. 6. Jacobus Swanepoel 1753–
    7. 7. Johannes (Jochemus) Swanepoel 1755–1817 m. Cecilia (Anna) Coetzee 1762–1836
    8. 8. Willem (Barend) Swanepoel 1758–1838 m. Anna Fourie 1762–1817
    9. 9. Abraham (Christoffel) Swanepoel 1760– m. Geertruij Bronkhorst 1762–1822 m. Johanna (Maria) Botha 1767–1823
    10. 10. Catharina Swanepoel 1762– m. Mattys (Johannes de) Beer 1756–1837
    11. 11. Hendrik (Jacobus) Swanepoel 1770– m. Isabella (Jacoba) Esterhuijsen 1771–1800 m. Maria (Jacoba) Smit 1785–
  2. 2. Jan Swanepoel 1713–1714
  3. 3. Jan Swanepoel 1715–1740 m. Margareta Pyl 1710–1775
  4. 4. Maria (Magdalena) Swanepoel 1720–
  5. 5. Rosa Swanepoel 1721–1767 m. Johannes (Henricus) Conradie 1710–1776
    1. 1. Frederik (Hendrik) Conradie 1740–1807 m. Elisabeth Rossouw 1746–1806
      1. 1. Gabriel (Bartholomeus) Conradie 1783– m. Anna (Elisabeth van) Zyl 1783–1839
      2. 2. Petrus (Gabriel) Conradie 1774–1817 m. Petronella (Maria) Joubert 1779–1808 m. Hendrina (Cecilia) Victor 1793–
        1. 1. Pieter (Gabriel) Conradie 1804–1892 m. Maria (Elizabeth Van) Deventer 1810–1857
        2. 2. Jacobus (Francois) Conradie 1796–1842 m. Anna (Cecelia van) Zyl 1800–1864
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Maria Johanna) Conradie 1796–1825 m. Charles (Francois) Haasbroek 1792–1835
        4. 4. Sara (Susanna) Conradie 1799–1843 m. Petrus (Stephanus de) Wit 1795–1843
        5. 5. Martha (Maria Jacoba) Conradie 1801–1880 m. Johannes (Antonie de) Wit 1791–1856
        6. 6. Frederik (Hendrik) Conradie 1802–1860 m. Cornelia (Elizabeth Van) Zijl 1805–1868
        7. 7. Gideon (Jacobus) Conradie 1805–1887 m. Cornelia (Maria) Haasbroek 1809–1877
        8. 8. Johannes (Stephanus) Conradie 1807–
      3. 3. Anna (Maria) Conradie 1765–1786 m. Willem Nel 1763–
      4. 4. Anna (Maria) Conradie 1765– m. Willem Nel 1763–
      5. 5. Johannes (Hendrik) Conradie 1767–1804 m. Hester Moller 1766–1827
      6. 6. Rachel (Catharina) Conradie 1771– m. Hendrik (Van) Heerden 1768–1816
      7. 7. Frederik (Hendrik) Conradie –1828 m. Anna (Maria) Conradie 1781–
      8. 8. Daniel (Jacobus) Conradie 1779– m. Magdalena (Cornelia) Joubert 1788–
      9. 9. Francois (Wilhelmus) Conradie 1781– m. Catharina (Maria) Conradie 1784–1854 m. Maria (Barbara De) Kock 1825–1890
      10. 10. Jacobus (Daniel) Conradie 1785– m. Maria (Elisabeth) Mosel 1790–1817 m. Sarah (Susannah Petronella) Kriel 1803–1833
      11. 11. Hendrik (Izaak) Conradie 1789–
    2. 2. Pieter Conradi 1744–1820 m. Catharina (Maria) Viljoen 1751–
    3. 3. Johannes (Hendrik) Conradie 1747–1796 m. Jacomina (van) Deventer 1751–1819
      1. 1. Catharina (Maria) Conradie 1784–1854 m. Francois (Wilhelmus) Conradie 1781–
      2. 2. Rosa (Hermina) Conradie 1773–1831 m. Louis Jordaan 1766–1843
        1. 1. Christina (Johanna) Jordaan 1803–1864 m. Frederik (Jacobus Van) Zyl 1802–1879
        2. 2. Jacomina (Elizabeth) Jordaan 1791–1861 m. Barend (Barthlomeus) Burger 1786–1858
        3. 3. Johannes (Lodewicus) Jordaan 1794–1884 m. Margaretha (Johanna Sophia De) Kock 1798–1876
        4. 4. Johannes (Hendrik) Jordaan 1796–1860 m. Gertruida (Susanna Petronella Johanna) Badenhorst 1806–1860
        5. 5. Louis (Jacobus) Jordaan 1798– m. Jacomina (Hermina Le) Roux 1804– m. Hesther (Magdalena) Kriel 1807–
        6. 6. David (Daniel Gideon) Jordaan 1800–1849 m. Hester (Magdalena) Verreyne 1804–1880
        7. 7. Catharina (Jacomina Elisabeth) Jordaan 1805–1861
        8. 8. Hester (Catharina) Jordaan 1805–1871 m. Gabriel (Le) Roux 1801–1871
        9. 9. Alewyn (Petrus) Jordaan 1807– m. Martha (Johanna) Victor 1814–1846 m. Johanna (Petronella) Drotsky 1829– m. Anna (Susanna van) Deventer 1810–1885
        10. 10. Hendrik (Jacobus) Jordaan 1809–1843
        11. 11. Hester (Christina Maria) Jordaan 1809–
        12. 12. Maria (Elisabeth) Jordaan 1809– m. Gabriel (Jacobus Le) Roux 1806–
        13. 13. Rosa (Hermina) Jordaan 1813–1911 m. Abraham (Petrus van) Schalkwyk 1808–1859
        14. 14. Martha (Susanna) Jordaan 1815– m. Johannes (Lodewicus) Verreyne 1807–
      3. 3. Hester (Elizabeth) Conradie 1777–1851 m. Abraham (Le) Roux 1775–
      4. 4. Johannes (Hendrik) Conradie 1783– m. Cornelia (Catharina Elizabeth) Jonker 1785–
      5. 5. Jacob (Fredrik) Conradie 1786–1854 m. Susanna (Elisabeth De) Kok 1804–1879
      6. 6. Jacobus (Louis) Conradie 1788–1854 m. Martha (Johanna) Roux 1796–1854
      7. 7. Jacomina (Maria Johanna) Conradie 1792–
    4. 4. Maria (Sibella) Conradie 1751–
    5. 5. Jacobus Conradie 1752–1824 m. Elsje (Sophia Janse van) Rensburg 1761–1806 m. Maria (Elizabeth) Hauman 1754–1839
    6. 6. Hermina Conradie 1754–1829 m. Jacobus (Petrus) Viljoen 1753–1796
    7. 7. Maria (Johanna) Conradie 1758–1837 m. Nicolaas (Janse van) Rensburg 1751–1785 m. Willem (Jacobus Van Der) Vyver 1762–1822
  6. 6. Johannes Swanepoel 1723–1790 m. Dina Britz 1726–1826
  7. 7. Jacobus Swanepoel 1725–1775 m. Susanna (Katharina) Rabie 1728–1764 m. Francina Vosloo 1728–1775
  8. 8. Hendrik Swanepoel 1731–1770 m. Judith (Van) Eeden 1735–1772
  9. 9. Abraham (Christoffel) Swanepoel 1734–1751

Pieter Swanepoel's Timeline

4 Records

1678
26 Jan 1678
Birth of Pieter Jansz Swanepoel in Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
1678
30 Jan 1678
Pieter Jansz Swanepoel was christened in Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
1758
1758
Age 80
Death of Pieter Jansz Swanepoel in Plaas, Nieuwmunster, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Plaas, Nieuwmunster, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1758
1758
Age 80
Burial of Pieter Jansz Swanepoel in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jan 1678
    Event Place: Nieumunster, Brugge, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 17 Jun 2025), entry for Pieter Jansz Swanepoel, person ID LH7K-56V.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1678
    Event Place: Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 17 Jun 2025), entry for Pieter Jansz Swanepoel, person ID LH7K-56V.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Plaas, Nieuwmunster, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 17 Jun 2025), entry for Pieter Jansz Swanepoel, person ID LH7K-56V.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 17 Jun 2025), entry for Pieter Jansz Swanepoel, person ID LH7K-56V.
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