Stamvader Pieter Willemsz van HEERDEN born about 1683 and arrived in South Africa in 1701 on the ship Popkensburgh. He was a farmer and died at Tulbagh in 1763. He married Magteld van der MERWE on 18 September 1708. Magteld died in 1765

CHILDREN
b1 Willem baptised 22 Oct 1709, he died in 1767 X 30 Apr 1730 Martha van der Merwe
b2 Elsje , X Willem van der Merwe
b3 Hendrik born 1712
b4 Jacob baptised 14 Jul 1715 died young
b5 Aletta baptised 8 May 1718, X Paarl 27 Feb 1735 Christian Ernst
b6 Jacoba baptised 19 May 1720, X G van der Merwe
b7 Jacob born c1721 and died 1749, X 23 Aug 1746 Anna Jordaan
b8 Helena baptised 27 Sep 1722 X JH Steenkamp
b9 Sophia baptised 31 Dec 1724, X J Jordaan
b10 Petrus Johannes baptised 15 Jul 1727, died young
b11 Petronella baptised 4 Nov 1729, X JS Moller
b12 Maria baptised 22 Nov 1733

Sources:
Genealogies of old S A Families - de Villiers/Pama - 1981

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Thanks to submission by:
Mark Barker mabarker@mweb.co.za