Jacob Cloete

Born: 1625, Cologne, Noordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Marriage (1): Sophia Raderootjes
Died: 23 May 1693, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa aged 68

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Sophia Raderootjes

Elsje Jacoba Cloete+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

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And

http://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Cloete/6000000001423954088?through=6000000001423938332

bullet Death Notes:

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And

http://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Cloete/6000000001423954088?through=6000000001423938332
He was murdered! He was hit three times on the head and stabbed twice in the chest.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. CLOETE JACOB (S of his sons Kloote, Kloete, Kloeten). - Cologne. Arr. 1652 (?), burgher 10.8.1657, got a farm on the Liesbeeck River 10.10.1657. Repatriated 1671, returned to the Cape as corporal, murdered 23.5.1693. (Entrance in Journal of 23.5.1693: "Deesen avond tusschen 8 à 9 uuren is niet verre vant casteel en by't vleeschhuys vermoort Jacob Cloeten, corporaal in dienst der E. Compagnie, d'oudste van Comp's dienaaren als hebbende den grondslag deser colonic helpen leggen, en zynde geweest d'eerste vryman, dog naderhand wederom in Comp's dienst gekeerd . . men vond hem deerlyk mishandeld met drie houwen int hoofd en twee steken in de borst, alle vyf doodelyk, behalven nog 25 mindere quetsuuren, leggende in syn bloed gewenteld met zyn degen op syde en in de scheide, soodat hy verraderlyk aangetast most zyn, als hy anders nog rap ter been en soo dispoost als een jongman van 25 jaren en onverzaagt was") Cloete was married to Fytje (Sophia) Raderootjes of "Uts int land van Keulen", i.e. probably Uesz in the Eifel. 4 children: Elsje, Gerrit (both born in Germany), Catharina, bapt. 4.4.1660 (Spoelstra, I, p. 14), Coenraad, bapt. 23.4.1663 (ibid., p. 23). Catharina was married 28.1.1680 to the burgher Jan van Brienen (S in CJ 1124: 151), and died 9.7.1702 (CJ 1164: 67). For the other children see G.R. nr. 78. (Leibbrandt, Letters, pp. 264 and 319; CJ 230, p. 311; G.R. nr. 78.)

Immigration: 1652 Kaap DE Goede Hoop

Event: Vryburger 8 Oct 1657 Kaap DE Goede Hoop

• Web Based Info. http://www.geni.com/list?focus_id=6000000007989107338&group=immediate_family

Jacob married Sophia Raderootjes. (Sophia Raderootjes was born about 1628 in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany and died in 1665 in , Cape Province, South Africa.)

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