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: 5437
Cape Town Marriages 1666 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5333
Cape Town Marriages 1667 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5398
Cape Town Marriages 1668 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5924
Cape Town Marriages 1669 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5296
Cape Town Marriages 1670 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5951
Cape Town Marriages 1671 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5515
Cape Town Marriages 1672 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6576
Cape Town Marriages 1673 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5503
Cape Town Marriages 1674 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5334
Cape Town Marriages 1675 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5060
Cape Town Marriages 1676 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6518
Cape Town Marriages 1677 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5252
Cape Town Marriages 1678 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5214
Cape Town Marriages 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5428
Cape Town Marriages 1680 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5409
Cape Town Marriages 1681 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5103
Cape Town Marriages 1682 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5574
Cape Town Marriages 1683 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5742
Cape Town Marriages 1684 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5446
Cape Town Marriages 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6768
Cape Town Marriages 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5360
Cape Town Marriages 1687 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5140
Cape Town Marriages 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6727
Cape Town Marriages 1689 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5631
Cape Town Marriages 1690 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6940
Cape Town Marriages 1691 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 6016
Cape Town Marriages 1692 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5620
Cape Town Marriages 1693 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5792
Cape Town Marriages 1694 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5286
Cape Town Marriages 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 5539

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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