d.7. Aletta Barendina VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, ged. 14/11/1762

d.7.  Aletta Barendina, ged. 14/11/1762, Malmesbury, oorl. 31/12/1834 (72jr) x 10/06/1781 (19jr) met Melt VAN DER SPUIJ, geb. 03/07/1756, ged. 15/08/1756, Kaapstad, oorl. 06/11/1825, s.v. Marthinus van der Spuy en Maria Petronella Steen.

Aletta Barendina was die dogter van Hendrik van der Westhuizen en Maria Margaretha van Niekerk.

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Aletta Baerendina

Baptised: 1762, 17 November 1762

Father: Hendrik VAN DE WESTHUIJSEN

Mother: Maria Maragritha VAN NIEUWKERKEN

Witnesses: Barent van de Westhuijsen en Aletta Heijns

Additional notes: Den 28 October h.a. nata

EGGSA: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 46. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666

Marthinus van der Spuy’s second child, a son Melt (c2), was born in Cape Town on 03 July 1756. He died on 06 November 1825. He was the first van der Spuy to own the farm Klein Olifantskop, which was acquired from Jacob Eksteen on 11 January 1787. Olifantskop was (is) situated about 50 Km north of Cape Town in an area known as Koeberg. On 10 June 1781 Melt (c2) was married to Aletta Barendina van der Westhuijse. She was christened in 1762 and died on 31 December 1834, nine years after her husband. They had seven children, two daughters and five sons, amongst whom Sybrand Johannes, their fourth child. (Van der Spuy geslagsregister)

1787  Rustenburg, near Stellenbosch, where Pieter Laubscher lived, has been sold by his son to Jacob Eckstein Pieterz for 70 000 gl., half in cash, half after one year. It includes 50 leaguer-casks filled with wine dating back to old mother Conterman's time. Eckstein's own farm was bought at auction for 26 000 gl. by Melt van der Spuij.

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Kinders:

e.1.  Maria Petronella VAN DER SPUY, geb. 25/10/1782, geb. 24/11/1782, oorl.voor 1882 x Albertus Johannes Mijburgh.

e.2  Hendrik Jacobus VAN DER SPUY, geb. 04/01/1785, Koeberg, ged. 30/01/1785,  Swartland, oorl. 12/02/1864, Drakenstein, Paarl.

e.3. Marthinus Petrus VAN DER SPUY, ged. 16/09/1787 x 15/11/1812 mot Aletta Engela Frederica van Niekerk

e.4.  Sybrand Johannes VAN DER SPUY, ged. 01/08/1790, Kaapstad.

e.5. Aletta Barendina VAN DER SPUY, ged. 24/06/1792 x met Thomas Frederik Dreijer

e.6.  Daniël Cornelis VAN DER SPUY, ged. 18/05/1794, boer Hoogebergvallei, Tygerberg x 07/05/1826, Kaapstad met Elisabeth Anna Jacoba de Villiers, geb. 28/12/1794, ged. 25/01/1795, Swartland.  AJDV ook getroud met François Johannes de Necker

e.7. Melt VAN DER SPUY, ged. 19/02/1797 x Elsie Jacoba Mostert