Nicolaas Casparus Willemse

Nicolaas was born about 1777 and his baptism took place on May 17th, 1777 in Stellenbosch.

• Birth Notes

  "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFRB-1PD : accessed 10 Nov 2012), Beatrix Maartens in entry for Casparus Andries Willemse, 1788.

Nicolaas' father was Nicolaas Casparus WILLEMSE  and his mother was Beatrix Maartens.  His maternal grandparents were Lourens Maartens and Martha Visser. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Casparus, Johannes, Johanna, Mattheus and Maria.  He was the oldest of the six children. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Christiaan, Johan, Hermanus, Anna and Beatrix.