b1 JOHANNES BRANCH

Excellent research into this branch has been undertaken by J.H. van Rensburg Die Rietvleiers: Die Familiegeskiedenis van 'n Tak van die van Rensburg Familie

Johannes was the eldest child born to Claas and Aletta Jansz: van Rensburg. He was baptised in the Stellenbosch church on 7 July 1709. The witnesses at this rite of passage was not one of the van der Merwe family members, rather they were Gerrit and Johanna (nee Rynick) Basson. Refer to the article on Claas Jansz for speculation on their connection.

Johannes was not the eldest child in the household, since Alleta had two surviving children from her first marriage to Marthinus van Staden, namely Marthinus and Maria van Staden.

Johannes was twenty one years old when his mother passed away on 30 September 1729. With the death of both his parents, the Weeskamer made him the custodian of his brothers Willem and Claas. His half brother Marthinus van Staden was married to Catharina Botha. She had a younger sister Anna Margaretha Botha who became the wife of Johannes on 27 August 1730, the ceremony was conducted at the church at Cape Town. These Botha girls grandfather Christoffel Snyman was the son of a soldier Hans Christoffel Snijman and the slave woman Catharina van Bengale (also known as Groote Catrijn) => Christoffel Snyman => Elsie Snyman => Anna Margaretha Botha.

They had five son and the book Rietvleiers gives an account of each of these sons: Nicolaas, Jacobus, Johannes Frederik. Hendrik Christoffel, Marthinus Philippus.

Johannes obtained on 21 October 1732 the loan farm Twee Kuylen (this is in the Eastern Cape near Vals rivier, today it is just north of the town Albertinia) which use to belong to his half brother Marthinus van Staden. This farm would eventually go to his son Marthinus Philippus. Johannes also obtained the loan farm Valsche Rivier, this farm he made to his son Nicolaas in 1765. Johannes also obtained the loan farm Middeldrift in 1756, this farm also know as Hartebeestekraal was left in Johannes will to his son Johannes Frederik

His wife Anna Margaretha Botha passed away on 1 October 1765 according to the church records. Johannes † in the mid seventeen seventies.

Mainly based on Pama and de Villiers: Geslagregister van die Ou Kaapse Families N-Z

b1 JOHANNES, ~ Stellenbosch 7 Jul 1709, † c 1775, X Cape Town 27 Aug 1730 Anna Margaretha Botha ~ 5 Jan 1716 (d.o. Jacobus Botha & Elsie Snyman) † 1765

c1 Nicolaas ~ Paarl 22 Jun 1731, X Stellenbsoch 11 Nov 1753 Alberta van Rooyen (d.o. Cornelis van Rooyen and Jacomina van Deventer (Gerritsz))

---d1 Johannes ~ Tulbagh 25 Dec 1754

---d2 Jacquemina ~ Tulbagh 7 Apr 1756, X Paarl 8 November 1771 Johan Nicolaas Willem Barkhuyzen

---d3 Anna Margaretha ~ Stellenbosch 25 Dec 1757, married 11 April 1779 Nicolaas Jacobus Oosthuyzen (s.o. Gerhardus Oosthuisen & Magdalena Neef)

---d4 Hendrik ~ Stellenbosch 4 Nov 1758 † Oct 1828, married Cape Town 21 Apr 1782 Susanna Josina Scheepers ~ 31 January 1768 (d.o. Stephanus Scheepers & Maria van Vuuren) , XX Cape Town 2 Sept 1804 Martha Magdalena Scheepers wid Gerhardus Oosthuysen (d.o. Gerrit Scheepers & Susanna Elisabeth van Leeuwen) He was burger commandant. He had 15 children

------e1 Maria Elisabeth ~ 14 Mar 1784, X Cape Town 23 Nov 1800 Stephanus Bekker ~ 8 Aug 1779 (s.o. Marthinus Bekker & Catharina Elisabeth Klopper)

------e2 Nicolaas ~ Tulbagh 16 Jun 1786, X Feb 1809 Hester Petronella Prinsloo

---------f1 Hendrik Christoffel ~ 2 Dec 1810

---------f2 Nicolaas Marthinus ~ 2 Dec 1810

------e3 Susanna Josina ~ 16 Mar 1788

------e4 Stephanus Johannes ~ 13 Jun 1790, X Aletta Elizabet Nel (he survived Zulu attack on Rensburgkop)

---------f1 Stephanis Johannes * 27 Jan 1839, ~ Pietermartizburg 17 Jun 1841

---------f2 Nicolaas Martinis * 22 Dec 1840, ~ Pietermartizburg 17 Jun 1841

---------f3 Hendrik Christoffel * 2 Sept 1842, ~ Pietermartizburg 20 Feb 1843

---------f4 Joachim Petrus * 16 Apr 1844, ~ Pietermartizburg 23 Feb 1845

------e5 Hendrik Christoffel ~ 29 Jan 1792, X Graaf Reinet 26 Jan 1817 Gesina Josina van Rensburg ~ 10 Oct 1801 (d.o. Johannes Lodewyk van Rensburg & Anna Jacoba Maree) (he survived Zulu attack on Rensburgkop)

---------f1 Hendrik Christoffel * 19 Sep 1819, ~ Beaufort West 5 Dec 1819, † Zoutpansberg 1866, X 1840 Anna Gertruida Cecilia Combrink * 10 Dec 1825, ~ Uitenhage 13 Jan 1826, † Kafferskraal, Rustenburg 25 Feb 1861 (d.o. Michiel Combrink & Maria Elizabeth Petronella Grobler)

------------g1 Hendrik Christoffel * 21 Jul 1841, ~ Pietermaritzburg 8 March 1842, † Boschfontein, Zoutpansberg 4 Jun 1909. Commandant of Zoutpansberg during Anglo-Boer War, X Schoemansdal 5 Nov 1861 Cornelia Visser * 11 Sept 1843, ~ NHK Potchefstroom 3 Jun 1844, † Southern Rhodesia 27 Oct 1928 (d.o. Johannes Petrus Visser & Johanna Christina Carolina van der Merwe)

---------------h1 Johanna Christina Carolina Janse * 1862, × Theunis Marthinus Snyman, * Rustenburg 1859, † at his home Pietersburg 71 years 9 Jul 1930. Farm Dieplaagte, Pietersburg (s.o. Petrus Johannes Snyman & Petronella Margaretha Robbertse)

---------------h2 Hendrik Christoffel * 1864

---------------h3 Cornelia Hendrika * 1866, X David Johannes de Vaal

---------------h4 Maria Elizabeth * 1868, X Paul Jacobus Frederick Roos

---------------h5 Catharina Jacoba * 1870, X Carel Christoffel Lodewicus Erasmus

---------------h6 Anna Gertruida Cecilia * 1872, X Johannes Jacobus Nicolaas van Aswegen

---------------h7 Petrus Johannes * 1874 subdistrict Marabastad, dist Zoutpansberg, X Zagrya du Preez wid of Gerbrand Hugo van Douw

--------------- h8 Gezina Josina * 1876, X John Gordon Fogwell

---------------h9 Hendrik Lodewyk Floris * 1878

------------g2 Maria Elisabetta * 20 Jun 1845

------------g3 Johannes Lodewyk * 1847

------------g4 Migiel Petrus * 27 Aug 1847

------------g5 Gesie Josiena * 2 Nov 1852

------------g6 Jan Hendrik * 20 Jun1855

------------g7 Nicolaas Petrus * 3 Jun 1858

---------f2 Anna Jacoba * 3 Feb 1822, ~ Beaufort-Wes 18 Jun 1822

------e6 Lucas Willem ~ 28 Sep 1794, X 1813 Susanna Elizabeth Oosthuizen ~ 9 Jun 1799 (d.o. Gerhardus Oosthuyzen & Martha Magdalena Scheepers) (he survived Zulu attack on Rensburgkop)

---------f1 Hendrik Nicolaas * 1 May 1815, ~ Graaf Reinet 27 Jul 1816, X Somerset East 6 Oct 1834 Anna Petronella du Plessis

------------g2 Johannes Andries * 20 Oct 1836, ~ Cradock 19 May 1839

------------g3 Johanna Petronella * 7 Aug 1841, ~ Pietermaritzburg 8 March 1842

------------g4 Hendrik Nicolaas * 2 Jan 1844, ~ Potchefstroom 8 Jun 1844

------------g5 Gerhardus Jacobus * 12 Jun 1846, ~ Potchefsroom 19 Apr 1848

---------f2 Martha Magdalena * 27 Jul 1819, ~ Beaufort West 24 Oct 1819, X Jacobus Johannes Botha

---------f3 Lukas Willem * 25 Aug 1838, ~ Pietermaritzburg 8 March 1842

------e7 Susanna Josina * 19 May 1796, ~ Graaff Reinet 26 Nov 1797, X Graaf Reinet 4 Sept 1814 Nicolaas Martinus van Rensburg

------e8 Aletta Sophia ~ 22 Jun 1800, X Swellendam 17 Apr Johan Nicolaas Willem Barkhuyzen

------e9 Sara Johanna Catharina ~ 25 Aug 1804, X Joachim Frederik Mentz * Paarl 27 Dec 1799, † 1842 murdered by Africans (s.o. Hendrik Mentz & Maria Johanna de Villiers)

------e10 Martha Magdalena ~ 27 Oct 1805

------e11 Hester Anthoinetta * Beaufort West, ~ Graaff Reinet 27 Dec 1807, † her farm Klein Leeuwfontein, dist Bedford 56 years 9 months on 25 Apr 1864, X Christoffel Jacobus Goosen * Cradock dist, ~ 4 March 1804, † his farm Kleine Leeuwfontein, dist Bedford 78 years on 4 Apr 1881 ( s.o. Gerrit Goosen & Catharina Maria Botha)

------e12 Johan Gerhardus ~ Tulbagh 30 May 1813

------e13 Stephanis Hendrik, X 2 Sep 1832 Anna Maria M. Kruger

---------f4 Hendrik Stephanis * 7 Aug 1841, ~ 8 March 1842

------e15 Willem Cornelis * Uitenhage 16 May 1818, ~ Beaufort West 2 Feb 1819, † Kafferskraal, Rustenburg 13 Aug 1865, reburied Helde Akker, Pretoria on 17 Aug 1974 X 1838 Elizabeth Maria Jacoba du Plessis, * 31 Oct 1819, † 6 Aug 1895 (d.o. Johannes Andries du Plessis & Johanna du Toit). (he survived Zulu attack on Rensburgkop) He was President of ZAR 1862 -1863

---------f1 Hendrik Nicolaas * 1839, ~ Glen Lynden 6 Jun 1841

---------f2 Johannes Andries * 1841

---------f3 Willem Cornelis * 1843

---------f4 Petrus Stephanus * 6 Sep 1846

---------f5 Johanna Petronella * 1847

---------f6 Lucas Willem Cornelis * 11 July 1848, X Petronella Johanna de Jager

------e16 Elisabeth Susanna * 2 Jan 1821, ~ Beaufort West 15 Jan 1821

------e1 Nicolaas ~ Paarl 11 Dec 1788, + Poortjie OFS 12 May 1863, X Hester Susanna Catharina Fourie ~ 11 Apr 1806

---------f1 Maria Maagdalena Isabella * 24 Oct 1823, ~ Swellendam 2 May 1824, X Riversdal 6 Mar 1843 Cornelis Johannes Roelfsen

---------f2 Nicolaas Albertus * 13 Mar 1825, ~ Swellendam 19 Aug 1825, + Hagelfontein Colesberg 24 Jul 1897, X Mosselbaai 13 May 1850 Margaretha Isabella Rautenbach * 28 Aug 1832, ~ George 27 Jan 1833, + 15 Aug 1915

------------g1 Nicolaas Albertus * 5 Aug 1851, ~ Mosselbaai 14 Dec 1851, + Rietfontein Colesberg 2 Jun 1918, X Philippolos 7 Apr 1875 Anna Margaretha Adriana van Schalkwyk * 28 Aug 1855, + 31 May 1919

---------------h1 Anna Margaretha Adriana * 8 Apr 1877,

------e2 Gerbrecht Elizabeth ~ 28 Nov 1790

------e3 Johannes Jacobus ~ 23 Jan 1793, X Cape Town 3 Apr 1819 Jacomina Stoffelina Snyman, ~ 30 Apr 1799 (d.o. Jesaias Reynier Snyman & Emerentia Meyer)

---------f1 Nicolaas Jacobus ~ 6 Feb 1819

---------f2 Jesaias Reynier ~ 5 Jun 1821

---------f3 Amerentia Margaretha ~ 25 Dec 1822

---------f4 Susanna Cornelia * Mosselbaai 1835, † Eensgevonden, Kroonstad 64 years oon 8 May 1899, X Johannes Theodorus Ferreira * Mosselbaai 7 Feb 1837, ~ George 27 Jul 1837, † Eensgevonden, Kroonstad 66 years, 6 months 24 days

---------f5 Petronella Maria * Mosselbaai 1840, † Paardevalley, Hoopstad 75 years 6 months on 21 Jan 1915, X Hendrik Petrus Ferreira * Mosselbaai 19 March 1835, ~ George 20 Apr 1835, † on Paardevlei, Hoopstad 72 years 5 Months on 1 Sept 1906 (s.o. Johannes Theodorus Ferreira & Hendrika Petronella Barnard)

------e4 Cornelis Josephus ~ 20 Apr 1794, X 1 Jan 1820 Susanna Elisabeth Lombard ~ 14 Sept 1794 (d.o. Daniel Benjamin Lombard & Margaretha Isabella van Rensburg)

---------f1 Nicolaas ~ 3 Jun 1821

---------f2 Margaretha Isabella ~ 23 March 1823

------e5 Anna Catharina Johanna ~ 24 Apr 1797, X Jacob Johannes Pienaar ~ 13 March 1799 (s.o. Jacob Pienaar & Sara Maryna Strydom), XX Winburg 4 Jun 1862 Johannes Jurie de Jager, ~ Swellendam 1 Jun 1798, † Bethlehem 17 May 1867 (d.o. Christiaan de Jager & Catharina Steyn)

------e6 Alberta ~ 7 Apr 1799, X Swellendam 3 Jun 1821 Christoffel Snyman ~ 5 Nov 1797, † Philippolis 93 year 8 months and 15 days on 29 March 1890, XX Johanna Jacoba Kirsten (s.o. Jesaias Reynier Snyman & Emerentia Meyer)

------e7 Frederik ~ 4 Sept 1808

------e8 Hendrik ~ 12 Nov 1809

------e9 Gerhardus Johannes ~ 13 Dec 1812

------e10 Reynier ~ 14 Apr 1814

------e11 Clasina Petronella ~ 6 Oct 1816

------e12 Coenraad Jacobus ~ 28 Mar 1819

------e1 Nicolaas ~ 31 Jan 1796

------e2 Gerbrecht Maria Johanna ~ 2 Apr 1797

------e3 Alberta ~ 28 Sep 1800, X 1 Aug 1817 Nicolaas Benjamin van Rensburg, ~ 24 Jan 1795 (s.o. Nicolaas J van Rensburg and Maria Grobbelaar)

------e4 Hester Geertruy ~ 15 Mar 1803, † Ladysmith Natal, X Swellendam 9 Jan 1825 Thomas Richard Dannhauser * 14 Jun 1801, ~ 9 Nov 1801, † Ladysmith (s.o. Georg Frederik Dannhauser & Johanna Catharina Brits)

------e5 Anna Margaretha ~ 16 Jun 1806

------e6 Johannes Jacob ~ 30 Sep 1808

------e7 Reynier Douw Lodewyk ~ 12 Nov 1809

------e8 Josephus Cornelis * 30 Jan 1815, ~ 30 Jan 1815, X 1833 Johanna Carolina Cronje, * 13 Jan 1814, ~ 17 Apr 1814 (d.o. Pieter Cronje & Elisabeth de Jager), XX 1850 Marthina Johanna Margaretha Scheepers, ~ 6 NOv 1809, † 24 Apr 1874 (d.o. Jan Marthinus Scheepers & Magdalena Landman)

---------f1 Elizabeth Maria Catharina * 12 Jun 1835, † 7 Oct 1886, X Carel Pieter Landman * 13 Oct 1828, ~ 15 Feb 1829 (s.o. Carel Pieter Landman & Agatha Jacomina Meyer)

---------f2 Hester Gertruida * 1836, † 13 Jun 1897, X 1853 Jacobus Lodewikus Botha * 28 Nov 1829, ~ Swellendam 28 Apr 1830 (s.o. Louis Jesayas Botha & Elsie Susanna Muller)

---------f3 Renier Nicolaas * 1836 and † 5 May 1920, X Ladysmith 6 May 1861 Johanna Catharina van der Westhuyzen * 11 Jun 1845, ~ Pietermaritzburg 6 Jul 1845 (d.o. Johannes van der Westhuyzen & Anna Susanna Naude)

------------g1 Johanna Carolina * 12 Apr 1867, ~ Ladysmith 21 Jul 1867, † 7 Feb 1925, X 1880 Barend Petrus Uys, * 1854 Kapkamma, Heidleberg, Cape, † 26 Jul 1916 (member of Ermelo Commando and POW in Anglo- Boer War ( s.o. Dirk Cornelis Uys & Judith Magdalena Uys)

---------f4 Pieter * 13 Feb 1841, ~ Weenen 23 May 1841, † 8 Dec 1912

---------f5 Johanna Caroliena * 12 Jul 1843, ~ Pietermaritzburg 27 Aug 1843, † 24 Oct 1875, X Ladysmith 1 March 1858 Izaak Johannes van Rooyen, * 25 Feb 1831, † 25 Oct 1910 (s.o. Dirk van Rooyen & Marthina Johanna Margaretha Scheepers)

---------f6 Anna Margaretha Catrina * 12 Dec 1844, ~ Weenen 20 jul 1845

---------f7 Josephus Cornelis Thomas * 19 Sept 1846, ~ Winburg 31 Dec 1848

---------f8 Nicolaas * 7 Oct 1851, ~ Pietermaritzburg 11 Apr 1852, † 12 Sept 1918, X Weenen 26 March 1871 Anna Margaretha Susanna Boshof * 23 Apr 1854, ~ Pietermaritzburg 7 Aug 1854 (d.o. Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof & Anna Margaretha Dannhauser)

------------g1 Anna Margaretha * 25 Aug 1872, ~ Ladysmith 24 Nov 1872, † 25 Jul 1947, X Newcastle 3 Nov 1890 Johannes Hendrik Lodewyk van der Westhuizen * 10 Sept 1861, ~ Ladysmith 20 Apr 1862, † 20 Jun 1944 ( s.o. Petrus Johannes van der Westhuizen & Johanna Martiena Jacoba Oosthuizen)

------e9 Francina Louisa ~ 13 Apr 1817, X F.J.J. van Niekerk

------e10 Elisabeth Sophia Angenessa ~ 21 Apr 1819, X 2 Jul 1836 Gerhardus Albertus van Niekerk, ~ 5 Jul 1818 (s.o. ALbertus Bernhardus van Niekerk & Cornelia Johanna Klynsmit)

------e11 Johannes Frederik ~ 13 Aug 1820

------e12 Susanna Maria ~ 24 Mar 1822

---d8 Alberta ~ 30 Dec 1770, X 18 Nov 1787 Hendrik Oosthuyzen, ~ 27 APr 1760 (s.o. Gerhardus Oosthuisen & Magdalena Neef)