Adriaan van Wyk (1701-1771)
25 December 1701 – 1771 · historical
Names
- Baptismal name
- Adrianus
- Given
- Adriaan
- Surname
- van Wyk
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Married
- Sara Fourie (1705-c.1771)
- Children
- Susanna van Wyk, Louis van Wyk (1726-1805)
A life in the record
- 25 December 1701 born Born
- 1771 died Died
Stories
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[17 Sep 2026] Added as the parent who joins Louis van WykH (PER-002072, L26L-HYH) and his sister Susanna van WykH (PER-000748, K4JF-V2G), the link at the head of S050, and because both are direct lines of this family. [TREE] 1701-1771, married Sara FourieH (PER-002075). De Villiers (SRC-656, Deel 3, van WIJK p. ~624): 'Adrianus, gedoopt 25 December 1701, gehuwd met Sara FourieH', son of Arie (Adriaan) van Wijk of Amsterdam, burger of Stellenbosch. He and Sara FourieH stood godparents at the Paarl baptism of their grandson Louis on 9 May 1755 (SRC-657). No FamilySearch id in the family-tree export.
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