Stellenbosch

My greatest meal was in Stellenbosch at the Vergenoegd Estate in a restaurant called Pomegranate.

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For the Church in Stellenbosch prior to 1730, see Ad Biewinga, "Kerk," Chap. 4 and "Gemeente," Chap. 5 in De Kaap de Goede Hoop: Een Nederlandse vestigingskolonie, 1680 – 1730 (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Prometheus and Bert Bakker, 1999). back

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The second was created in Stellenbosch in 1686 and the third in Paarl/Drakenstein in 1691.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

The first landdrost, or magistrate, was appointed to serve in Stellenbosch in 1679.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

The social network that sustained these early land claims and supported subsequent expansion from the Olifants River Valley into the mountains had important roots in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

Note 15: Catharina Margaretha married Albert Myburgh, son of a Cape Town burgher, himself a burgher in Stellenbosch, and the younger brother of Johannes Albertus, who established the Myburgh dynasty at Meerlust farm. back

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Brand had a farm on the Berg River, so he did not have to drive his herd all the way back to Cape Town, but Munnik did not register any grazing land near the Cedarberg, so either he planned to resell the animals in Stellenbosch or deliver many of them directly for slaughter, since his land was unlikely to support so large a flock.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

18Despite its limitations as a thoroughfare, the Kloof was the only means of traversing the imposing mountain range that divided the more developed districts of the Cape and Stellenbosch from the eastern frontier regions known generally as the "Overberg," or "over the mountain."

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Throughout the eighteenth century the Olifants River was under the jurisdiction of the landdrost in Stellenbosch. back

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

It appears that the couple moved to the Piketberg region the previous year, when Gerrit took up the permit on the farm. 29 Prior to 1741, the van Wyks were registered in Stellenbosch.

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008