Johan Christoffel Meyer

Johan was born about 1770 and his baptism took place on November 4th, 1770 in Stellenbosch.  Johan's father was Hendrik Meyer and his mother was Beatrix Maartens.  His maternal grandparents were Lourens Maartens and Martha Visser. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Christiaan, Hermanus, Anna and Beatrix.  He was the third oldest of the five children. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Hendrik, Nicolaas, Casparus, Johannes, Anna, Johanna, Mattheus and Maria.