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Bron: Tengelin Web Site D.A.U Graf Jacob Van Renen (Von Rhenen), b. in Memel, Prussia. Came to South Africa as ‘adelbors’ (Cadet for East India Company) onboard the "Astrea" from Holland 1703 - 1764 ---- Father: Daniël VON RHENEN Mother: Catharina Elisabeth CROFKI Marriage 1 Johanna SIEKERMANS b: 1703 in Amsterdam, Holland Married: 1 Jul 1725 in Cape Town Children Jacob VAN RENEN b: 1727 Catharina Elizabeth VAN RENEN b: 1729 Daniël VAN RENEN b: 1730 Beatrix Cornelia VAN RENEN b: 1731 Anna Margaretha VAN RENEN b: 1733 Geertruyda VAN RENEN b: 1736 Marriage 2 Maria Elizabeth LOUW b: 1728 Married: 9 Oct 1757 Children Adriaan VAN RENEN b: 1760 Jan VAN RENEN b: 1762 Maria Jacoba Christina VAN RENEN b: 10 Jun 1764 "The 'stamvader' of the van Renen/Reenen family in South Africa was Graaf Jacob von Renen. He was from Memel a coastal town in Prussia (today Lithuania). It is told that the Graaf was forced to flee from his country after fighting a duel, which was forbidden in those times. To make matters worse his opponent died. His financial affairs were also not quite in order when he fled his homeland. He gave 'Power of Attorney' dated 11 February to Juriaan Westerman of Amsterdam. He had the right to receive certain monies that were owed to him (Jacob). He moves to the Netherlands where he sailed with the ship 'Astrea' to the Cape from Goree in Zeeland on 18 October 1721. The ship anchored off Robben Island on 25 Feb 1722. He landed at the Cape of Good Hope on Thursday 5 March. Had the rank of adelhorst in the regiment of Cocchius between 1721 -1725, one higher than private. In 1724 he is appointed as a 'seelsnyer (segelslager) in the service of the V.O.C. He became a 'Vryburger' in early 1725. On 5 February 1726 he is promoted to the rank of corporal in the Burgerkrysraad in the place of Jacob van Bochem who was promoted to sergant. On 20 January 1729 he is promoted to sergant and on the 30 August 1732 he is appointed as Brandmeester. On 14 December 1734 is Marthinus Heems and Jacob van Renen 'geeligeert tot Commissarissen van Civile en Huwelike Saken'. The President of the college was Ryk Tulbach. On 8 April 1743, Jacob van Renen is choosen as a member of the 'Weeskamer' and was generally known as the 'Oude Weesmeester'. An inventory drawn up on his first wifes death in 1755 showed the estate as being valued at 60617 Rds, a huge sum for those days. Not only did he farm but speculated in property, rented out houses, had interests in the supply meat and wine to the Company.. He also was a moneylender. Its no wonder that he became one of the most prosperous men in the Colony. Farm Properties he bought and sold. Langverwacht (T1715), aan die kloof van Stellenbosch - ongeveerdrie kilometer oos van die huidige dorp Kuilsrivier. 11 January 1726 Velthuizen - net noord van Wynberg De Bosch Heuvel - die geskiedkundige plaas teen Wynbergheuwel wat eens aan Jan van Riebeeck behoort het. Bought 17 Feb 1758 for 4000 gulden, sold 13 Sept 1758 for 6000 gulden. 2000 gulden profit in 6 months. Goedgeloof naby WittebomePaardevlei in die Hottentotsholland De Voorzorg in die Goudini distrik He had another twenty six properties registered in his name in the vacinity of the Cape. He was a rich man when he died, his estate was valued at 180,000 gulden. [Graaf] Jacobus Von Rhenen (known as Jacob Van Reenen) was born in Memel, East Prussia in 1703. His parents were Daniel Von Rhenen & Catharina Elisabeth Crofki. His brother, Daniel, who was Burgermeester Von Altenburg of Prussia owned large estates on the Rhine. It is believed that from 1721-1725, Jacobus was in the Service of the Dutch East India Company. In October 1721 he sailed from Goree in Seeland aboard the 'Astrea', arriving at the Cape in February 1722. In 1724 Jacobus joined the cocchius regiment and in 1725 he became a free citizen of the Cape. In that same year married Johanna Siekermans, an orphan, from Amsterdam. Johanna, three of her daughters and their husbands and a grandson, died in 1755 during the devastating smallpox epidemic which claimed many lives at the Cape. Jacobus and Johanna had six children:Jacobus (Jacob) 1727-1793; married Maria Franke Catharina Elisabeth (1729-1755); married Willem Van Schoor Daniel (1730-1776);m1-Catharina Christina Beck; m2-Johanna Levina ColynBeatrix Cornelia (1731-1755); married Diedrick WilhelmiAnna Margaretha (1733-1755); married Joachim Jan Lodewyk WernichGeertruy(da) (1736-?); married Jan (Johan) SerrurierJacobus married his second wife, Maria Elizabeth Louw, in 1757 and had a further three children:Adriaan (1760-?); married Engela van NiekerkJan (1762-1764)Maria Jacoba Christina (1764-?) Jacobus owned large estates at the Cape and in 1742 the family acquired meat and wine contracts with the Dutch East India Company. His descendants were ranked among the most outstanding farmers and agriculturalists of the early Cape Dutch settlement and owned vast areas of land in the colony. Jacobus's eldest son, Jacob the younger (1727-1793), was a Burgher Councillor and as leader of the 'Kaapse Patriot' was one of the delegates who went to Holland in 1779 to lay the burghers' grievances before the Council of Seventeen in Amsterdam. He owned the farm 'Welgelegen' at Mowbray. In 1746, in Cape Town, Jacob married Maria Franke. They had nine sons and five daughters. Three of their sons, Johannes Gysbertus, Jacob and Sebastiaan Valentyn, farmed in partnership until 1795. The South African wool industry was largely promoted by their experiments in cross-breeding the indigenous Cape sheep with Spanish merinos. Another son, Dirk Gysbert, who had farmed with his brothers since 1792, owned the brewery at Newlands and the farm 'Rhenoster Fontein' at the mouth of the Breede River where he established a dairy and cheese factory. Jacob's younger brother, Daniel (1730-1776), married Catharina Christina Beck who died in 1771. Daniel married his second wife, Johanna Levina Colyn, a widow in 1773. His eldest son, Jacob, was educated in England and many of his descendants served with the British armed forces in India. My great-grandmother, Sophie Becker,was born in South Africa in 1848 and died in Australia in 1936. Her mother, Aletta Hillegonda Van Reenen was a great-great-grandaughter of [Graaf] Jacobus. Aletta married Carl Johannes (known as Henry) Becker who was born in South Africa in 1826 and died in England in 1881. Henry's parents were Charles Arnulph Ettienne (known as Karel Arnoldus) Becker (1790-1844) & Johanna Elizabeth Scholtz. His grand-parents were Jean Becker & Catharine Greiner of Wolmunster in France. -------------------- (divon lan:) from "Genealogies of old S.A. families": Aank. 1721, adelborst. Burger 1725. Hy was 'n ryk man en by sy dood is sy boedel op 180,000 gulden geskat From MOOC8/11.45a (full document attached). sijnde die uit het eerste bed den burger lieutenant mons:r Jacob van Renen de jonge 't kind van Catharina van Renen, door haar in huwelijk verwekt bij wijlen den burger Lieutenant mons:r Willem van Schoor in naame Jan van Schoor Jacob Hendrik Wilhelmij bij plaatsvullinge van desselfs moeder Beatrix Cornelia van Renen, gehuwt geweest met den van hier naar Stokholm gerepatrieerden burger Diederick Wilhelmij Magdalena Elisabeth Wernich bij repreesentatie van wijlen haar moeder Anna Margaretha van Renen huijsvrouw van den oud burgercommissaris van Huwelijx Saaken, mons:r Joachim Johan Lodewijk Wernich Juff:w Geertruijd van Renen huijsvrouw van den oud Burgerraad s:r Jan Serrurier en Daniel van Renen Adriaan van Renen en ook voorts uijt het laatste huwelijk 8) het kind door de bovengen:e juff:w weduwe op den 10:e deeser ter weereld gebragt, en bij den H: doop gen:t Maria Jacoba Christina van Reenen