He makes his will, and says where he is from
1722 · family
[SRC-100] CJ 2601. Reported to describe him as of WEERL - most likely WERL in Westphalia, which would make the stamvader a GERMAN rather than a Hollander and would overturn the WOERDEN in the muster index. It is his own account of himself, which no clerk's entry can match. The same year his youngest son Jacobus was baptised at Drakenstein, 22 November 1722 - a man in his fifties with a new infant, setting his affairs down. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS DOCUMENT [TO VERIFY]; it is the single most valuable outstanding lookup in the project.
Who is on record here
Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.
Sources
- Will of Jan Oosthuysen, 1722 CJ 2601
Told in
- evidence The muster roll