The Wheelan and Lourens families of South Africa:Information about Maria Lourens


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Maria Lourens (daughter of Johann Lorentz and Anna Elizabeth Michiels) was born 18 Oct 1705 in Cape Town, South Africa, and died 1772 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa.She married (1) Jacobus Greeff on 14 Jan 1724/25 in Cape Town, South Africa.She married (2) Andries Harting on 04 Nov 1736.
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b2 Maria (known as Marijntje Rostok; her name was spelt Laurens in 1772) = 18 Oct 1705 + Swellendam 1772 x 14 Jan 1725 Jacobus GREEF, xx 4 Nov 1736 agriculturalist Andries HARTING (also spelt Hatting). She left a substantial estate to her heirs, including the three Blom nieces, and her brother Matthys who received f1000 Indian valuation. The slave Joseph of the Cape was bequeathed to her nephew Hans Jurri Human. She also freed her slave Lena of the Cape and her children upon her death, and ordered that her other slave Rachel of Tarnetaal, on account of her faithful services, not be sold, but be allowed to choose with whom she wished to live.
From the evidence of her will she had no children of her own.
More About Maria Lourens and Jacobus Greeff:
Marriage: 14 Jan 1724/25, Cape Town, South Africa.
More About Maria Lourens and Andries Harting:
Marriage: 04 Nov 1736