Johannes Knoop

Johannes was born about 1776 and his baptism took place on June 26th, 1776 in Cape Town.  Johannes' father was Georg Knoop and his mother was Gesina Maartens.  His maternal grandparents were Lourens Maartens and Martha Visser. He had three brothers named Lodewijk, Christiaan and Marthinus.  He was the oldest of the four children. He had a half-brother named Johan.