Charles Marais 3rd - Direct Ancestor (9 Generations)
Born : 1695 - Paarl Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa
Died: Dec 30th 1767 Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa
Parents: Charles Marais and Anne Marais (bor des Ruelles)
Siblings: Anne, Catharina, Daniel, Jean, Etienne, Debora, Anna-Margareth, Maria, Jacques, Hester and Izaak.
Wife: Maria Pretorius (born Rossouw)
Maria was married to Lodewyk Pretorius in 1712 they had 3 Children
Maria Pretorius - 1714
Johanna Pretorius -
Johannes Lodewicus Pretroirs - 1717
Lodewyk Pretorius died in 1718 and Maria then married Charles Marais they had 7 children together
Children: Charles, Magdelena, Pieter, Danie, Johannes, Stephanus and Anna
Charles Marais in 1730 was a corporal in the Local militia.
Through marrying Maria Roussouw he became the owner of "Rust en Werk" in Daljosafat, origionally owned by Roussouw's first husband, Lodewyk Pretorius.
SYNOPSIS for Maria Marais (Previously Pretorius / Born Rossouw)
Maria "Maria Pretorius" Pretorius / Marais, A1b2
(born Rossouw), 1693 - 1766
Maria Pretorius / Marais, A1b2 (born Rossouw) was born in
1693, in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, to Pierre Rousseau and Anne Rossouw
(born Retief).
Pierre was born in 1666, in Blois Mer, France.
Anne was born in 1671, in Blois, Frankryk, Orleanais,
France, Blois, Orleanais, France.
Maria was baptized in 1693, in Paarl.
She had 12 siblings: Pierre (Pieter) Rossouw, Elisabeth du
Toit (born Rossouw), Anna Hugo /Blignaut (born Roussouw), Madeleine du Plessis
(born Rossouw), Martha du Toit (born Rossouw), Pierre Rossouw, Gabriel Rossouw,
Aletta Marais b2c2 (born Rossouw), Hester Roussouw, Daniel Rossouw, Andries
Rossouw and Regina Rossouw.
Maria married Lodewijk Pretotius on December 12 1711, at age
18 in [1711] 13 ditto [xbr] Ludevicus Pretorius jongman met Maria Rousseaux van
Cabo jonge dr. Stellenbosch..
Lodewijk was born in 1688, in Cape Town, Cape Town, Western
Cape, South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
His occupations were Landbouwer and Farmer.
They had 3 children: Anna Theron (born Pretotius), Maria
Theron (born Pretotius) and Johannes Lodewikus Pretotius.
Maria married Charles Marais (born Marais, b2c1) circa 1720,
at age 27 in Drakenstein, Suid Afrika, Kaap, Drakenstein, Kaap.
Charles was born in 1695, in Paarl, Drakenstein, Caap de
Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika.
His occupation was Farmer- Rust en Werk in Daljosafat.
They had 7 children: Charles Marais, Magdalena Theron (born
Marais), Pieter Marais, Daniel Marais, Pieter Marais, Johannes Stephanus Marais
and Anna Marais.
Maria passed away in November 1766, at age 73 in Rust en
Vrede, Dal Josaphat, Kaap.
Scandal:
Charles Marais is mentioned in a court case in 1733 when a young Worker "Gerrit Coetzee" was arrested for Sodemy on the farm "Rust en Werk" owned by Charles Marais at that time.
Which you can read about in this article: JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sodomy, Race and Respectability in Stellenbosch and
Drakenstein, 1689 — 1762: The Story of a Family, Loosely Defined
SUSAN NEWTON-KING
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