Barbara / Barbere Conterman Otto, b2 SM

Judi Marais-Meyer register MRIN 522

Michiel was a sailor in 1714. He was made superintendent of the Woodcutters, behind the

Steenbergen Mountains of the Western Cape. The Dutch East Indian Company released him from contractual service responsibilities in 1719 upon completion the obligatory five years of service. He married Barbara Conterman on 19 NOV 1719. No children were born from this marriage. Through his second marriage to Anna Margaretha Siek on 1 MAR 1723, widow of Barend Gildenhuyzen, he became the owner of a fourth-part of the 'Vergelegen' farm, on which the house stood. Anna was the daughter of Johann SIEK and Geertruyd HELM.

MAR 1695 in Cape Town.4 She † about 1751.

Michiel Otto...

was a sailor in 1714. Michiel was made superintendent of the Woodcutters, behind the Steenbergen Mountains of the Western Cape and was released from contractual service responsibilities to the Dutch East Indian Company in 1719. Upon completing the obligatory five years of service, he married Barbara CONTERMAN on 19 November 1719. No children were born from this marriage. Through his second marriage to Anna Margaretha SIEK on 1 March 1723, widow of Barend Gildenhuyzen, he became the owner of one-fourth of the "Vergelegen" farm, on which the house and buildings stood. This farm originally belonged to Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and is a South African heritage site. The estate is located about half a mile beyond the eastern extremity of the urban area of Somerset-West, Western Cape.

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