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: 3628
Cape Town Marriages 1666 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3507
Cape Town Marriages 1667 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3478
Cape Town Marriages 1668 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3953
Cape Town Marriages 1669 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3450
Cape Town Marriages 1670 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3667
Cape Town Marriages 1671 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3560
Cape Town Marriages 1672 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4566
Cape Town Marriages 1673 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3558
Cape Town Marriages 1674 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3375
Cape Town Marriages 1675 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3205
Cape Town Marriages 1676 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4053
Cape Town Marriages 1677 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3352
Cape Town Marriages 1678 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3290
Cape Town Marriages 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3506
Cape Town Marriages 1680 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3508
Cape Town Marriages 1681 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3341
Cape Town Marriages 1682 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3409
Cape Town Marriages 1683 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3718
Cape Town Marriages 1684 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3499
Cape Town Marriages 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4309
Cape Town Marriages 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3473
Cape Town Marriages 1687 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3343
Cape Town Marriages 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4385
Cape Town Marriages 1689 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3657
Cape Town Marriages 1690 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4382
Cape Town Marriages 1691 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3905
Cape Town Marriages 1692 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3670
Cape Town Marriages 1693 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3778
Cape Town Marriages 1694 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3422
Cape Town Marriages 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3475

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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