Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Marthinus was born on July 27th, 1822 and his baptism took place on September 1st, 1822 in Graaff Reinet.  Marthinus' father was Henning Petrus Pretorius (Nicolaas) and his mother was Johanna Christina Vorster.  His paternal grandparents were Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and Susanna Elizabeth Viljoen. He had six brothers and a sister, named Barend, Henning, Hendrik, Andries, Johannes, Jacobus and Johanna.  He was the oldest of the eight children. He had six half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Albertus, Diederik, Christiaan, Johannes, Ignaas, Koert, Martha and Susanna.  He died at the age of 41 on January 5th, 1864 in Silkaatsnek.