Johannes was die seun van Nicolaas van der Westhuizen en Christina Joachimina Hermanisina Kruger.
DG: Johannes van der Westhuizen en Helletje Botes
Sy naam kom voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1835.
Die gemeente Tulbagh is in 1743 gestig, kort na ’n besoek aan die Kaap van baron Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, goewerneur van Nederlands-Indië. Op sy reis deur die kolonie gaan die verwaarloosde toestand van die godsdiens en die onderwys van die lidmate van die verafgeleë dele van die destydse gemeentes Stellenbosch en Drakenstein hom so ter harte, dat hy by die Here Sewentien en die Politieke Raad ernstig daarop aandring dat twee nuwe gemeentes gestig word. So kom dan hierdie gemeente tot stand en kort daarna die gemeente Zwartland. Volgens die notule is die eerste grense as volg vasgestel: “Van de Koopmansrivier tot beneden de onder kant van de Bergrivier, de Picquetbergen, de Oliphantsrivier en over het gebergte tot geheel beneden aan de Mosselbaay, so verre de jurisdictie van de E. Comp. strekt.” Sestig jaar lank dra die gemeente die naam “Roodezandskerk in ‘t Land van Waveren” Roodezand waarskynlik weens die kleur van die grond en Waveren na ’n vername Amsterdamse familie. In 1804, toe die distrik Stellenbosch in twee verdeel word en die noordelike een ter ere van goewerneur Ryk Tulbagh die naam Tulbagh kry, word die naam van die gemeente ook verander tot Tulbagh. Die eerste predikant was ds. Arnoldus Mauritius Meiring, wat op 28 Maart 1743 met die skip Adrichem uit Nederland aan die Kaap land. Op 16 September 1743 hou hy sy eerste diens in die Land van Waveren en doop vier kinders by daardie geleentheid. Vir die eerste eeu van sy bestaan word die gemeente agtereenvolgens deur agt predikante bedien. (https://www.gemeentegeskiedenis.co.za/ng-gemeente-tulbagh/)
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A HISTORY OF
THE XHOSA OF THE NORTHERN CAPE 1795 – 1879 BY ELISABETH ANDERSON. Submitted to
satisfy the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of
History at the University
of Cape Town MARCH 1985
The Xhosa settlement on the Zak River had always been a good jumping off point for trade with the Colony, and had become a refuge for colonial deserters. Now it became a hive of activity, and Danster escorted Coenraad Buys to the Orange River in 1814, from where they threatened the LMS station at Toverberg (Colesberg), and several Griqua villages. The Griqua fear of attack since 1813 was reasonable in the light of this behaviour, and the subsequent support by the Zak River Xhosa for the Hartenaars in the 1814-1815 rebellion against established Griqua authority. Danster formed alliances with white farmers too, in many instances acting as a guide to trade in the north. Field-Cornet Jan van der Westhuisen of Tulbagh was implicated in a deal whereby in exchange for trading introductions beyond the Orange, he gave Danster ammunition. Similar deals were made, mostly with those Boers who, banished after the Slachtersnek rebellion, had settled in the Nieuweveld, and in this way Danster built up a good supply of illicit arms. He used his allies to good effect. In June 1817 Field-Cornet Jan van der Westhuisen complained to Landdrost Fischer that Gola and his men had not only attacked and stolen everything from Danster's people, (unlikely when superiority of weapons clearly lay in Danster's hands), but were conspiring to attack the colonists as well. He fuelled Boer fears further by announcing that Gola had stolen his cattle too. Aware that they had Fischer's tacit approval, these depredations were sufficient excuse for Danster and van der Westhuisen to rally their men: they attacked Gola in December, inflicting severe loss of life and gathering considerable booty in the form of cattle. The outbreak of hostilities in 1818 had coincided with a period of drought. There were good rains in 1824, and the picture presented to George Thompson when he visited the area in that year was one of tranquillity. The numbers on Pramberg had increased to 40 families who were considered peaceable and thrifty, had 1 100 cattle and 21 000 sheep, and lived in apparent harmony with their neighbours. Meanwhile, Danster and his forces had managed to elude Stockenstrom's commando in 1818. There is some evidence that they were not seriously pursued, and that the commando was wary of Danster's armed might. Once the fighting was over he returned to the Zak River, leader of an increasingly mixed band. This fracas in 1818 gave the final impetus to the Governor's plans for the formation of a sub-district between Tulbagh and Graaff-Reinet. Fischer and Stockenstrom decided that its centre should be the farm, Hooyvlakte, at the base of the Nieuweveld mountains, and the new district, Beaufort, was proclaimed in 1818. Jan van der Westhuisen's ward fell within its confines, and as it was placed under the jurisdiction of Graaff-Reinet, Stockenstrom could, at last, tighten up border discipline. (https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/26614/thesis_hum_1985_anderson_elisabeth_dell.pdf?sequence=1)
The Xhosa settlement on the Zak River had always been a good jumping off point for trade with the Colony, and had become a refuge for colonial deserters. Now it became a hive of activity, and Danster escorted Coenraad Buys to the Orange River in 1814, from where they threatened the LMS station at Toverberg (Colesberg), and several Griqua villages. The Griqua fear of attack since 1813 was reasonable in the light of this behaviour, and the subsequent support by the Zak River Xhosa for the Hartenaars in the 1814-1815 rebellion against established Griqua authority. Danster formed alliances with white farmers too, in many instances acting as a guide to trade in the north. Field-Cornet Jan van der Westhuisen of Tulbagh was implicated in a deal whereby in exchange for trading introductions beyond the Orange, he gave Danster ammunition. Similar deals were made, mostly with those Boers who, banished after the Slachtersnek rebellion, had settled in the Nieuweveld, and in this way Danster built up a good supply of illicit arms. He used his allies to good effect. In June 1817 Field-Cornet Jan van der Westhuisen complained to Landdrost Fischer that Gola and his men had not only attacked and stolen everything from Danster's people, (unlikely when superiority of weapons clearly lay in Danster's hands), but were conspiring to attack the colonists as well. He fuelled Boer fears further by announcing that Gola had stolen his cattle too. Aware that they had Fischer's tacit approval, these depredations were sufficient excuse for Danster and van der Westhuisen to rally their men: they attacked Gola in December, inflicting severe loss of life and gathering considerable booty in the form of cattle. The outbreak of hostilities in 1818 had coincided with a period of drought. There were good rains in 1824, and the picture presented to George Thompson when he visited the area in that year was one of tranquillity. The numbers on Pramberg had increased to 40 families who were considered peaceable and thrifty, had 1 100 cattle and 21 000 sheep, and lived in apparent harmony with their neighbours. Meanwhile, Danster and his forces had managed to elude Stockenstrom's commando in 1818. There is some evidence that they were not seriously pursued, and that the commando was wary of Danster's armed might. Once the fighting was over he returned to the Zak River, leader of an increasingly mixed band. This fracas in 1818 gave the final impetus to the Governor's plans for the formation of a sub-district between Tulbagh and Graaff-Reinet. Fischer and Stockenstrom decided that its centre should be the farm, Hooyvlakte, at the base of the Nieuweveld mountains, and the new district, Beaufort, was proclaimed in 1818. Jan van der Westhuisen's ward fell within its confines, and as it was placed under the jurisdiction of Graaff-Reinet, Stockenstrom could, at last, tighten up border discipline. (https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/26614/thesis_hum_1985_anderson_elisabeth_dell.pdf?sequence=1)
