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: 3427
Cape Town Marriages 1666 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3291
Cape Town Marriages 1667 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3281
Cape Town Marriages 1668 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3713
Cape Town Marriages 1669 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3249
Cape Town Marriages 1670 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3457
Cape Town Marriages 1671 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3354
Cape Town Marriages 1672 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4309
Cape Town Marriages 1673 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3345
Cape Town Marriages 1674 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3161
Cape Town Marriages 1675 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3001
Cape Town Marriages 1676 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3813
Cape Town Marriages 1677 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3168
Cape Town Marriages 1678 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3090
Cape Town Marriages 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3304
Cape Town Marriages 1680 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3310
Cape Town Marriages 1681 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3161
Cape Town Marriages 1682 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3179
Cape Town Marriages 1683 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3521
Cape Town Marriages 1684 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3295
Cape Town Marriages 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4053
Cape Town Marriages 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3281
Cape Town Marriages 1687 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3148
Cape Town Marriages 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4103
Cape Town Marriages 1689 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3451
Cape Town Marriages 1690 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 4098
Cape Town Marriages 1691 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3679
Cape Town Marriages 1692 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3475
Cape Town Marriages 1693 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3553
Cape Town Marriages 1694 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3217
Cape Town Marriages 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball and Corney Keller Hits: 3275

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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