De Villiers and Bantjes
Summary compiled by Pieter HJ Krynauw ＊1945 and Antoinette van Reenen, née Krynauw, of the “Krynauw Family” by DW Krynauw, born 1908, as well as other sources. It outlines the de Villiers and Bantjes ancestry up to connection with the Beaufort West Krynauws, sixth generation. Anna Maria Retief de Villiers ﹡1863 was married to Pieter HJ Krynauw ﹡1861. Her mother was Maria Bantjes
＊Born, ~ Baptized, x Married, † Deceased
De Villiers family
a. Pierre de Villiers ﹡1657 ✝ 1720
x Elizabeth Taillefer (＊1674 ✝ 1735)
Arrived 6 May 1689 in the Cape from La Rochelle, France.
With 2 brothers Abraham and Jacob
7 children- Jean below the 2nd child
b2. Jean de Villiers (Jan), ~28 June 1699 ✝ 1744
x Hester Melius (＊29/1/1713 ✝ 1747 ) x 7 Aug 1735
6 children- David the 4th child
c4. David de Villiers ~ 23 May 1740 ✝ 1812
x Maria Magdalena du Toit x 16 January 1743
12 children- Petrus Francois the 4th child
d4. Petrus Francois de Villiers ~13 March 1768 ✝ 9/10/1837
x Maria Rousseau ( ＊29/12/1765 ✝ 1814)
Petrus Francois de Villiers’ maternal grandfather and grandmother were Pieter du Toit and Elizabeth Rousseau.
Petrus’ wife Maria’s grandparents were Pierre Rousseau and Maria Retief. Pierre Rousseau and Elizabeth Rousseau were brother and sister.
Pierre Rousseau, Elizabeth Rousseau and Aletta Rousseau were the children of the ancestors Pierre Rousseau and Anne Retief, the sister of Anna Susanna Retief’s ancestor Francois Retief, x with Maria Muoy.
8 children – David Hendrik, the eldest
e1. David Hendrik de Villiers ~ 21 October 1787 ✝ 1848
x Anna Susanna Retief ~ 27 January 1788
Anna Susanna Retief’s grandmother was Anna Marais, the daughter of Daniël Marais x with Aletta Rousseau.
David and his wife moved from Durbanville and settled in Beaufort West district.
11 children- Gideon Jacobus was the youngest child
f1.Pieter Francois, 13 February 1808
f2. David Daniël, 20 August 1809
f3. Maria Elizabeth, 4 August 1811 x Schabort. Lived in Durbanville
f4. Anna Magdalena, 1 August 1813.
f5. Pieter Gideon Retief, 19 May 1816.
f6. Anna Elizabeth, 3 December 1818.
f7. David Jacobus, 10 December 1820.
f8. Johanna Hermina, x Charles Pritchard.
f9. Daniël Gabriël, x Meintjes and after her death with a maid Meiring of Worcester.
f10. Francois Johannes.
f11. Gideon Jacobus,~ 7 September 1828
f11. Gideon Jacobus de Villiers ~ 7 September 1828 ✝1876
x Maria Christina Bantjes ( ＊6 Apr 1830, Caledon ✝ 31 Jan 1870, ✝ Beaufort West)
x 15 Jan 1857
Daughter of Johan Frederick Theobald Bantjes and Gezina Hendrina Dina Mostert.
Gideon Jacobus was the owner of the farms Harmutspoort and Drie Koppen, situated on the Nuweveld Mountains in the Beaufort West district.
Gideon and Maria were both buried at Harmutspoort in a stone-built tomb.
Children:
g1. David Johannes Bantjes. Lived in the Boland
g2. Jan Frederick Hendrik Mostert de Villiers x Annie Buys. They farmed on the farm Matjiesfontein, Beaufort West district. After their death, the son, Pieter Buys de Villiers, inherited the farm
Jan and Annie had 13 children. The youngest son David was a brilliant student (Stellenbosch and Oxford) and was a living Professor at the University of Pretoria.
g3. Jacobus Gideon Retief x with a maid Vivier. They farmed on the farm Modderdrift and also had a few houses in the town that he rented out. The farm was sold when their son Wynand went to live in the town.
g4. Gesiena Hendrika (Aunt Jessie) x with Edward Melville. Later with her daughter, Mrs Budd, in Sea Point.
g5. Anna Maria Retief de Villiers ＊ 20 October 1863 was on 24 May 1886 x with Pieter Hendrik Johannes Krynauw ＊ 26 June 1861.
g6. The youngest sister was Maria Johanna, x with Stephanus Johannes Krynauw
Bantjes family tree
a. Jan Geert Bantjes (Gerritse and Geertse) The ancestor, ＊ 24 Jan 1734 ✝ 1782, Paarl
Came to the Cape from Winschoten, Groningen, Holland on board Stadwijk in 1755
x (a1)Hilletjie Agnita Jacobs ( 17 March 1760) x 5 March 1758
one son born- Jan Gerritze Bantjes ~ 18 March 1759, Paarl. He was the grandfather of Voortrekker writer Jan Gerritze ＊ 1817 ✝ 1887
xx (a2) Engela Petronella Hartogh (✝ 7 Jul 1764) xx 26 Oct 1760
Two sons- Hendrik Gerrit ~ 1761 and Gerrit ~ 1763
xxx (a3) on 7 April 1765 Hendrina Cornelia Calitz.
Daughter of Matthias (or Mattheus) Calitz – originally probably Gallitz, in 1743 x Petronella van Eeden. Matthias Calitz came to the Cape from Rheinsburg, Germany in 1734. Hendrina’s parents were the ancestors of the Calitz family in South Africa.
Petronella’s ancestors were Jan Janse van Eeden who came to the Cape from Oldenburg in 1662. His wife was Maria Russar of Blois, France x on 13 July 1688. Their son Frederick ＊1694 x Hendrina Stevens, who came to the Cape with her parents from the Netherlands. Their daughter, Petronella was the wife of Calitz and their daughter Hendrina Cornelia x Jan Geert Bantjes.
Five children were born to the Calitz marriage. Mattheijs was their second child
a3b2. Mattheijs Christiaan Bantjes, ＊ 4 Feb 1768, ~ 1 May 1768 ✝ 1830
x 24 June 1792 Catharine Dorothea Droskie (~ 8 March 1761). Her father was Gottfried Droskie who came to the Cape with his parents from Koningsbergen. He was transferred to Batavia, but returned to the Cape in 1749. On 29 May 1757 x Aletta van Staden. Their daughter Catharina Dorothea x 1 December 1781 with Johan Frederich Hesse and after his death xx Matthys Christiaan Bantjes.
Children: 10. Johan (Jan) was their 3rd child
c3. Johan Frederick Theobald Bantjes (Jan), ~21 February 1796
x Gezina Hendrina Dina Mostert ＊19 Nov 1795 ✝ 1822
Children: 10. Maria Christina was their 9th child
d9. Maria Christina Bantjes ＊6 Apr 1830 Caledon ✝ 31 Jan 1870, ✝ Beaufort West
x Gideon Jacobus de Villiers x 15 Jan 1857
Son of David Hendrik de Villiers (~ 1787 ✝ 1848) and Anna Susanna Retief ~ 1788
Gideon Jacobus was the owner of the farms Harmutspoort and Drie Koppen, located on the Nuweveld Mountains in the Beaufort West district.
Gideon and Maria were both buried at Harmutspoort in a tomb built with stones.
Children: 6
e1. David Johannes Bantjes. Lived in the Boland
e2. Jan Frederick Hendrik Mostert de Villiers x Annie Buys. They farmed on the farm Matjiesfontein, Beaufort West district. After their death, the son, Pieter Buys de Villiers, inherited the farm
Jan and Annie had 13 children. The youngest son David was a brilliant student (Stellenbosch and Oxford) and was a living Professor at the University of Pretoria.
e3. Jacobus Gideon Retief x with a girl Vivier. They farmed on the farm Modderdrift and also had a few houses in the town that he rented out. The farm was sold when their son Wynand went to live in the town.
e4. Gesiena Hendrika (Aunt Jessie) x with Edward Melville. Later with her daughter, Mrs Budd, in Sea Point.
e5. Anna Maria Retief de Villiers ＊ 20 October 1863 was on 24 May 1886 x with Pieter Hendrik Johannes Krynauw ＊ 26 June 1861.
e6. Maria Johanna. x with Stephanus Johannes Krynauw