Jan Thomas(1) Martens

Martens J Thomas d.1877

Jan was born in 1800 in Cape of Good Hope and his baptism took place on September 28th, 1800 in Graaff Reinet.  Jan's father was Jacobus Martens and his mother was Maria Magdalena Joubert.  His paternal grandparents were Joachim Heinrich Martens and Jacomina van den Berg; his maternal grandparents were Josua Joachim Joubert and Maria Magdalena van der Berg. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Jacobus, Jozua, Jacobus, Hendrik, Nicolaas, Maria, Jacomina, Anna, Johanna and Anna.  He was the sixth oldest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 77 on February 20th, 1877 in NearTable Mountain, Natal.  He was buried in Doornhoek.

• General Notes

  Voortrekker
  Lived in Agter Sneeuberg before Trek.
  Started Trek between May 1838 and April 1941 according to Jan C Visagie. According to other sources it would have been the earlier date as some sources list him as being in Natal by 1839. Family sources give date as 1836.
  Tant Hettie notes;
  Moves from Graaff Reinet 1836. Got 6000 acres on "Table Mountain".
  
  Donor: Voortrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 1936; 4ff.              
  SUMMARY   +    Miscellaneous items: card in memory of Voortrekker  Jan Martens, died 1877-02-20; Bochompoel versus Bochompaal, a poem by TJA Mare.   
  
  Was op Boedrivier Du Toit p. 74
  ook JT JUNIOR - SAME REFERENCE.
  DU TOIT, A.G. en L. STEENKAMP (reds), Bloedrivierse Eeufeesgedenkboek. Pietermaritzburg 1838
  Additional references Lys 47, 2/4/1840: Lys 48, 4/4/1841, no 41; J Opgaafrol Somerset, Agter Sneeugerg 1825 no 145, KAB, de V, pp149, 156; GAFN, pp 83, 340; Manuaskrip van Dr. J.A. Heese, RGN library.
  They were in Natal in 1836/9
  My info ex Hettie = 1836 to Pmb
  (=Hettie)They lived on DOORNHOEK)
  Gets 6000 acres @ Table Mountain
  16 children
  Doorn Hoek granted to Jan Thomas in 1847
  Refer also to http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/portal/witnesshistory/custom_modules/Supplement_PDFs/William_Hursthouse's_Pietermaritzburg_Journal.pdf
  
  This journal gives views of William Hurst and describes hunting party and visit to Doornhoek abt 1848. Also meniotns and provides picture of Table Mountain near Doornhoek.

Details of Jan's family with Anna Maria Isabella Coetzee