Douwe Gerbens/Gerbrand STEYN

• Name	Douwe Gerbens/Gerbrand STEYN  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Douwe Gerbrandt Steijn's stepson (or perhaps biological son), Jacobus (whose mother is Maria Lozee) took on the surname Steijn. Jacobus was baptised in 1683 (according to De Villiers) or 1685 (according to Heese). If he was indeed baptised in 1685, there is a possibility that Douwe was his father and that it was a forced marriage. Jacobus Steijn married Marrietjie Pottegieter, or Maria Potgieter, or Maria Hermanz Potgieter on 1706.10.04. Douwe probably was her godfather. ===== Master mason and land surveyor in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Sent to the Cape to oversee the building of the new Castle. His old friend from the Netherlands, Harmen Jansz Potgieter. Source: Village Life
  Person ID	I1759	LC Joubert
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Maria LOZEE,   b. Abt 1655, Cape
  Children	1. Jacobus STEYN,   b. Abt 1683  [Adopted]
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S376] WWW - http://www.steyn.pro/, (Steyn). [S768] MAGAZINE - Hermanus Steyn, The reluctant president., Annalize Mouton, (Village Life magazine, Dec 2006 edition, nr 21, pg 32.).