Nicolaus Ruts a. 1750 as soldaat v Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt, jagter in 1750, boerkneg 1751-1754, aangesien hy eers laat ontslag gekry het was hy vanaf 1770 tot 1779 kneg van sy vrou † aan die Sneeuberg 25.7.1796 sv Johann Jurgen Ruts en Elisabeth Barbara Agendeler.

ROETS NIKOLAUS (S Ruts). – Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt. Son of Johann Jürgen R. and Elisabeth Barbara Agendeler. Arr. as so., game-hunter 1750, farmhand 1751-54. ~ 4.3.1759 Jacoba Elisabeth Lübbe (Marr. Reg. of Zwartland). 10 children. From 1770-79 loaned to his wife as farmhand. Remarried 19.11.1794 to Jacoba Alida Weydemann, wid. Johann Gottfried Müller of Rabenstein (q.v.). + 25.7.1796 “aan die Sneeuwberg”. (GMR 1750; CJ 1143: 22 and 72; CJ 1144: 10; CJ 1153a: 83; G.R. nr. 784; Test. O.C. 40: 102.)

- Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946)

From Hochstädten in Hesse-Darmstadt - Arrived in 1750, hunter, later builders assistant. Also called Rutz

Stam.Vader. Johann Jurgen Roets en Elxabeth Barbara Agendeler. Aank. Soldaat. 1750 wildjagter, later boukneg; Died 25. 7. 1796 aan de Sneeuwberg

Trou 4.3. 1759 Jacoba Elisabeth Lubbe, xx 19. 1. 1794 Jacoba Alida (Wijdeman)

Children

• 1 . Gerrit Roets c: 2 Nov 1760
• 2. Catharina Elizabeth Roets c: 22 Aug 1762
• 3. Johannes Nicolaas Roets c: 30 Sep 1764
• 4. Barbara Maria Roets c: 11 Oct 1767 in Swartland
• 5. Hendrik Adriaan Roets c: 23 Feb 1769
• 6. Elizabeth Johanna Roets c: 3 Mar 1771
• 7. Johan Jurgen Roets c: 4 Feb 1773
• 8. Nicolaas Jacobus Roets c: 24 Nov 1776 in Tulbach
• 9. Elizabeth Catharina Roets c: 3 Apr 1779
• 10. Cornelia Louisa Roets c: 25 Feb 1781

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His son, Hendrik Adriaan Rütz (Roets) is my second great grandfather from his marriage to Jacoba Elizabeth Lubbe Rütz. Other children are: Birth of Son Gerrit Roets(1760–1761) 02 Nov 1760 • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Birth of Daughter Catharina Elizabeth Roets(1762–1851) 22 Aug 1762 • Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Birth of Son Johannes Nicolaas Roets(1764–1794) 1764 • Graaf Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Johanna Roets(1771–) 1771 • Graaf Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Birth of Son Johann Jürgen Roets (Rütz)(1773–1812) 04 Feb 1773 • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Birth of Son Nicolaas Jacobus Roets(1776–1813) 1776 • Graaff-Reinet, EC, South Africa Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Catharina Roets(1779–1851) 1779 • Graaf Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Birth of Daughter Cornelia Louisa Roets(1781–1840) 1781 • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

ROETS 

Nicolaus Ruts a. 1750 as soldaat v. Hochstädten in HesseDarmstadt, jagter in 1750, boerkneg 1751-1754, aangesien hy eers laat ontslag gekry het was hy vanaf 1770 tot 1779 kneg van sy vrou † aan die Sneeuberg 25.7.1796 s.v. Johann Jurgen Ruts en Elisabeth Barbara Agendeler x Swartland 4.3.1759 Jacoba Elisabeth LUBBE * Tulbagh c. 1744 d.v. Hendrik Lubbe en Catharina van Wyk xx 19.1.1794 Jacoba Alida WEIDEMAN (wed. v. Johann Godfried Müller) ≈ 17.10.1756 d.v. Petrus Andries Wydeman en Johanna Catharina van Wyk (sy xxx Kaapstad 10.5.1801 Marthinus Nicolaas Pilje s.v. Martinus Pilje en Elizabeth Knoetzen)

Baptism of Johan Jurgen Roets: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-2QH=

• Name: Nicolaas Roets
• Sex: Male
• Wife: Jacoba Elizabeth Lubbe
• children: Johan Jurgen Roets
• Other information in the record of Johan Jurgen Roets
• from South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970

Name: Johan Jurgen Roets

•  Event Type:	 Baptism Event Date:	 14 Feb 1773

•  Event Place:	 Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

•  Father's Name:	 Nicolaas Roets

•  Mother's Name:	 Jacoba Elizabeth Lubbe

=Baptism of Elisabeth Johanna Roep= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLS-DZ3

• Name: Jacoba Elisabeth Lubbe
• Sex: Female
• Husband: Nicolaas Roep
• children: Elisabeth Johanna Roep

Other information in the record of Elisabeth Johanna Roep from South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970

Name: Elisabeth Johanna Roep

•  Event Type:	 Baptism Event Date:	 03 Mar 1771

•  Event Place:	 Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

•  Father's Name:	 Nicolaas Roep

•  Mother's Name:	 Jacoba Elisabeth Lubbe