See also http://www.stamouers.com/stamouers/surnames-v-z/540-van-heerden-pie...

See http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g9/p9166.htm

and http://www.wireborn.co.za/vhn/index.php

Baptism 1677

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Pieter Willem van Heerden was die stamvader van die van Heerdens. Hy land omstreeks 1701 in die skip "Popkensburg" Was 'n landbouer.

Verwysings:

Geslagregister van Vroeë Kaapse families.CC de Villiers/ Cor Pama

Pieter Willem van Heerden

» omstr. 1683. Aank. 1701 in die skip “Popkensburg”. Landbouer. †Land van Waveren (Wolseley )1763. x 18.9.1708 Magteld van der Merwe, †1765.

Land van Waveren in 1763 later on Wolseley , Piketberg , Ceres , Tulbagh , Vierentwintigrivieren and Tulbagh Road.
So how does someone know it was later Tulbagh 🤔
They don't!

b1 Willem = 22.10.1709 † c. 1767 x 30.4.1730 Martha VAN DER MERWE

b2 Elsje x Willem VAN DER MERWE

b3 Hendrik * c. 1712

b4 Jacob = 14.7.1715, jonk †

b5 Aletta = 8.5.1718 x Paarl 27.2.1735 Christian ERNST

b6 Jacoba (Jabje) = 19.5.1720 x G. VAN DER MERWE

b7 Jacob † c. 1749 x 23.8.1746 Anna JORDAAN

b8 Helena = 27.9.1722 x J.H. STEENKAMP

b9 Sophia = 31.12.1724 x J. JORDAAN

b10 Petrus Johannes = 15.7.1727, jonk †

b11 Petronella = 4.11.1729 x J.S. MOLLER

b12 Maria = 22.11.1733

Arriveer April 1701 per Popkensburgh vanaf Nederland. Van die eerste boere in die Land van Waveren

Arrived April 1701 in Cape Town, South Africa as soldier in the employ of the VOC.

Peter Willems Hendrix
Father's Name Willem Hendrix
Mother's Name Aeltje Hendrix
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 10 Dec 1677
Event Place Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
Note Heerde

Unfortunately below not true as I thought - Phillipp Weyers 2024

The family proginater, Pieter Willemsz van Heerden, was born 10 December 1677 in the town Heerde in Gelderland, a province in the Netherlands. Unfortunately it is not possible to trace him or his ancestors in the Netherlands as the baptism records during the 17th century only reflected the name of the child and first name of the father. He arrived during 1701 in Cape Town. He was 20 years old and was employed as a soldier in the service of the Dutch East Indies Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC). He served his time with the company and became a Vryburger (Free Citizen). Pieter Willemsz quickly became Pieter Willem as he is referred to in all the documents of the time.

Pieter Willem settled on the farm Weltevreden, one of the first farmers In ’T Land van Waveren. He lived there until his death in 1763, aged 86. On 18 September 1708, Pieter Willem married 17-year-old Magtilt van der Merwe, the daughter of Willem Schalkzoon van der Merwe and Elsie Cloete.

Pieter and Elsie had five sons: Willem (born c1709 – died 1769), Hendrik (born c1712 – died young), Jacob (born c 1715 – died young), Jacob (born c 1721 – died 1749), Petrus Johannes (born c1727 – died young). Jacob (c1721) married Anna Jordaan and only had one daughter when he died. The eldest son Willem (c1709) married Martha van der Merwe and they had nine sons and three daughters. They form the nine branches of the van Heerden family in South Africa. All the van Heerdens can trace their roots back to one of the nine sons.

Landbouer

Book of deaths, Land van Waveren - 21 May 1763 - Pieter Willem van Heerden de Oude - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-F3LY?i=426&ca...

Pieter Willemsz van Heerden was gebore 10 Desember 1677 in die dorpie Heerde, gelee in Gelderland - n provinsie van Nederland. Hy vertrek as n 22 jarige uit Vlissingen, Zeeland per skip; die Popkensburg en arriveer aan die Kaap gedurende April 1701.

Hy dien sy vyf jaar uit as soldaat in diens van die Vereenigde Oost-Indisce Compagnie of te wel die VOC, en word n vryburger. Hy vestig hom op sy plaas Weltevren as een van die eerste boere in 'T Land van Waveren . Hy woon hier tot met sy dood in 1763.

Op 18 September 1708 tree Pieter in die hwelik met die 17 jarige Magtilt van der Merwe, die dogter van Willem Schalzoon van der Merwe en Elsie Cloete. Hulle word die stamvader en stammoeder van die van Heerdens in Suid-Afrika.

http://www.vanheerden.com/

Magdalena(Magteld) =1692 †plaas Weltevreden, Land
van Waveren 11.02.1765 : Magteltie met doop van Hendrik in 1713
× 18.09.1708 Stellenbosch met Van Heerden,Pieter Willem *Heerde, Gelderland? 1681 †sy plaas Weltevreden, Land van Waveren 09.06.1763 : aankoms April 1701 op die skip Popkensburgh; een van die eerste boere in die Land van Waveren

http://vandermerwefamilytree.com/af/Extractaf.html

Gelderland Archief