Cape Town Marriages 1665 to 1695

The members of the original settlement at the Cape from 1652 onwards were supplied by the Dutch East India Company with a sieketrooster (a lay reader). He held Sunday services where he was allowed to read sermons (but not preach) and to instruct the children in their religion, but not to offer communion, or to marry or baptise. Sieketroosters up to 1665 were Willem Wylant, Pieter van der Staal, Ernestus Back and Jan Jorisz Greef.

Marriages were conducted either by the Commander (civil marriages were part of the normal system in the Netherlands) or by ministers passing on ships calling at the Cape and these latter also conducted any baptisms required.

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List of articles in category Cape Town Marriages 1665 to 1695
Title Author Hits
Cape Town Marriages 1665 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3537
Cape Town Marriages 1666 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3394
Cape Town Marriages 1667 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3388
Cape Town Marriages 1668 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3836
Cape Town Marriages 1669 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3362
Cape Town Marriages 1670 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3572
Cape Town Marriages 1671 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3470
Cape Town Marriages 1672 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4451
Cape Town Marriages 1673 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3456
Cape Town Marriages 1674 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3281
Cape Town Marriages 1675 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3118
Cape Town Marriages 1676 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3943
Cape Town Marriages 1677 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3271
Cape Town Marriages 1678 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3198
Cape Town Marriages 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3414
Cape Town Marriages 1680 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3414
Cape Town Marriages 1681 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3262
Cape Town Marriages 1682 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3301
Cape Town Marriages 1683 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3627
Cape Town Marriages 1684 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3403
Cape Town Marriages 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4185
Cape Town Marriages 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3391
Cape Town Marriages 1687 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3249
Cape Town Marriages 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4268
Cape Town Marriages 1689 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3565
Cape Town Marriages 1690 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4264
Cape Town Marriages 1691 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3797
Cape Town Marriages 1692 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3581
Cape Town Marriages 1693 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3672
Cape Town Marriages 1694 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3332
Cape Town Marriages 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3392

Source: This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 603 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1665-1695, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-1/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).
The marriages cover pages 75 through 91 of this register.

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