Van Zyl – Meaning Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a sluice or water management system in low-lying land, from zijl ‘sluice’, ‘pump’, or a habitational name from places in the provinces of South Holland and Utrecht named with this word.
Willem Willemsz van Zyl
Stamvader in Suid Afrika

Willem arrived in the Cape in 1694 from Amsterdam where he was a gardener. He was the Cape's first a gardner with the VOC and then became a free farmer and owner of Vreed' en Lust, Drakenstein. He eventually served on the heemraad of Drakenstein
He was born circa 1668, in Delft, Netherlands and died circa March 1727
Willem se voorouers
His will was dated 23 June 1722and filed 21 March 1727
Notes:
When he registered his intention to marry, in the Amsterdam Ondertrouwregister, dated 12th Novmeber 1694, he declared that he was from Delft,26 years old and that his parents were dead. His will of 1713, howeverstates that he was then 47 - a 2 year discrepancy.He first appears at the Cape in July 1699 as an under master gardenerin the employ of the Dutch East India Company.
In their joint will of 1713 he and his wife, Christina van Loveren, left to Hendrik Elbertsz, infant son of the deceased Johanna Cok and Gerrit Elbertsz, a share in their estate equal to those of their children, stating that they bequeathed this as grandfather and grandmother (grootvader en grootmoeder).
The children are listed in the order they appear in the Estate Accounts drawn up after the death of Christina van Looveren in 1730.
In addition to the farm Vreed en Lust, they owned two other farms, De Honingh Fonteijn, situated at the Honingbergh and De Leeuwenbank, situated at Vier en Twintig Rivieren, according to the inventory drawn up in 1728. Their house had the normal Voorhuis (main room) with a room on each side, as well as a small room at the back, a gallery (galderij) and the kitchen, as well as a separate Wine Cellar near the house, and a Bake house.
They were obviously pretty well off for their time and place and in this house was listed an enormous amount of furntiture, curtains, linen, china, curtains and goods of all kinds, much of it packed into the lofts above the main rooms.

married 28 November 1694 at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Christina van Loveren circa 1671-1730
children of Willem Willemsz van Zijl and Christina van Loveren
- Willemina van Zijl 1695-1763
born 1695, Haarlem; baptized 21 October 1695, Statie St Anna, Haarlem; died 1 November 1763
married (1) 6 May 1714 Stellenbosch Jan Durand, died circa 1727
married (2) 4 October 1727 Drakenstein Jacobus Louw Pietersz: 1700-before 1778, farmer of De Doornfonteijn, a loan farm on the Klijne Paardeberg - Albertus van Zijl
- Johannes van Zijl born 1700, at the Cape; baptized 4 July 1700, Cape Town
- Hendrina van Zijl born 1701; baptized 30 October 1701, Cape Town
Notes: She is not mentioned in the Estate Accounts drawn up in 1732 after her mother's death, and since only 8 children are mentioned in her father's Estate Accounts of 1728, all 8 of whom are named in the later 1730, accounts, she presumably died before the year 1726 without leaving any heirs. - Gideon van Zijl born 1703; baptized 9 December 1703, Drakenstein
- Pieter van Zijl born 1706; baptized 12 December 1706, Drakenstein
- Hester van Zijl born 1709; baptized 20 April 1709, Stellenbosch
Notes: She was baptised in April 1709 and her sister Christina in September of the same year. married Henrik Nusscher - Christina van Zijl born 1709; baptized 14 September 1709, Stellenbosch
Notes: She and her sister Hester wer both baptised in 1709, Hester in April and she in September. A child, Wilhelm Christiaans Frappé, was baptised at Drakenstein 19th January 1727, witnesses Willem van Zeijl and Christina van Loveren. married Hendrik Frappé - Johanna van Zijl born 1718; baptized 11 December 1718, Drakenstein
Krediet aan http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/louw/I039.html
Die reis na die Kaap

Added note · sourced
According to the published history of the farm Vrede en Lust and Willem's WikiTree profile, Willem (32), Christina (25) and their two toddlers boarded the VOC ship De Drie Croonen, skippered by Jan Speelman, at Texel on 22 September 1698. They sailed in the same fleet of seven ships as the new governor, Willem Adriaan van der Stel (on the Stad Keulen). Twenty-seven people died on the voyage, and they reached the Cape on 23 January 1699. Willem started as deputy chief gardener at the Company's garden at Rustenburg, Rondebosch.[1][2]
The original text above says he arrived in 1694. 1694 is the year of the marriage in Amsterdam; the sources give the arrival as January 1699, which matches the original text's note that he "first appears at the Cape in July 1699".

Vreed' en Lust, Drakenstein
Added note · sourced
Vrede en Lust, below the Simonsberg near Simondium in the Drakenstein valley, was granted to the Huguenot Jacques de Savoye in 1688. In 1702 it was bought by Willem van Zyl, whom the estate's own history calls "the first owner who in essence was a farmer"; he and Christina owned it until 1728. The estate's chronology says the vineyard grew from about 8,000 vines in 1702 to 30,000 seven years later.[1][3]
The farm still exists as the Vrede en Lust wine estate (Simondium, between Paarl and Franschhoek), owned today by another family.



Christina van Loveren en Van Loveren-wynplaas
Added note · sourced
Christina van Loveren, Willem's wife and the stammoeder of the van Zyl family in South Africa, was christened in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, on 7 June 1673 and was orphaned young.[1] She brought a bridal chest (kist) of Philippine mahogany with her to the Cape.
That chest was handed down through the generations. Jean van Zyl, a teacher from Ashton and a descendant of Christina, bought it from her aunt for £45. In 1939 she married Hennie Retief, whose farm in the Robertson valley was called Goudmyn F, and because of the chest she persuaded him to rename it Van Loveren in Christina's honour. The Retief family's Van Loveren Family Vineyards still carry the name, and Christina's roughly 300-year-old bridal chest and Bible are on display in the Van Loveren tasting room.[4][5]
So Van Loveren is named after the van Zyl stammoeder, and the connection to the van Zyl family runs through Jean Retief, née van Zyl.


Daar is geen vrylik gelisensieerde foto aanlyn nie. Van Loveren moet toestemming gee vir een van hul foto's, of iemand kan dit by die proelokaal afneem.
van Zijl 1600 to 2026 Gedeeltelik
Bygedra deur Marietta van Zyl. Baie dankie Marietta.
Wys / versteek die stamboom (237 name)
- Willem Corneliszoon Van Zijl (?-?)
- Leuntgen Meesdochter Aeltgen Van Zijl (?-?)
- Willem Dirckse VAN ZUILEN (1620-1680)
- Catharijna Jansz van ZIJL (?-?)
- Willem van ZYL, SV (~1666-1727)
- m. 1694 Christina van ZYL (1673-1728)
- Wilhelmina van ZYL, b1 (1695-1763)
- Albertus van ZYL, b2 (1697-?)
- m. 1729 Martha van ZYL , b9 (1711-?)
- Abraham van ZYL, c1 (1730-?)
- Maria van ZYL, c2 (1733-?)
- Willem van ZYL, c3 (1735-1822)
- m. 1763 Johanna van ZYL (1747-1775)
- Albertus Johannes van ZYL, d1 (1764-?)
- m. 1777 Alida van ZYL (1754-1818)
- Gerrit van ZYL, d2 (1778-?)
- m. 1803 Susanna Maria van ZYL (1786-?)
- Andreas Willem van ZYL, e1 (1805-?)
- m. 1836 Anna Catharina Gysbertha van ZYL (1815-?)
- Alida van Zijl, e2 (1807-1882)
- Jacobus Gerrit DU TOIT (?-?)
- m. 1928 Johannes Carel VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (?-?)
- Willem Albertus van ZYL, e3 (1809-?)
- m. 1841 Jacoba Margaretha van ZYL (1824-?)
- Gerrit Aldert van ZYL, f1 (1842-?)
- Janetta Sophia van ZYL (1848-?)
- m. 1897 Maria Helena van ZYL (?-?)
- Willem Albertus (Markoes) van ZYL, g1 (1868-?)
- m. 1892 Hester Elizabeth van ZYL (?-?)
- m. 1924 Susanna Francina Van Wyk van ZYL (?-?)
- Janetta Sophia van ZYL, h1 (1893-?)
- Catharina Johanna Christina KOCH , h2 (1895-?)
- m. 1914 Nicolaas Jacobus KOCH (1890-?)
- Gert Aldert van ZYL, h3 (1898-?)
- Hester Elizabeth van ZYL, h4 (?-?)
- Willem Albertus van ZYL, h5 (1903-?)
- m. 1947 Edna van ZYL (~1913-?)
- Hester Christina van ZYL, g2 (1870-?)
- Jacoba Margaretha Aletta LOUW , g3 (1871-?)
- m. 1892 Rudolf Nicolaas Petrus (wewenaar) LOUW (~1861-?)
- Petrus Benjamin (Tonteldoos) van ZYL, g4 (1873-?)
- m. 1905 Hendrika Charlotte van ZYL (~1888-?)
- Hendrika Charlotte Johanna Schreuder van ZYL, h1 (1907-~1933)
- Janetta Sophia VAN DER MERWE , h2 (1909-?)
- Johannes Hendrik VAN DER MERWE (?-?)
- Janetta Sophia van Zyl (?-1907)
- Willem van Zijl (1814-?)
- Martha Jacoba van Zyl, d3 (1780-?)
- Willem van Zyl, d4 (1781-?)
- m. 1806 Jannetjie VAN ZYL (1784-?)
- Helena Wilhelmina van Taak (?-?)
- m. 1835 Gideon Petrus van Taak, e2 (1810-?)
- Jannetjie STRAUSS (1784-?)
- Sybrand STRAUSS (?-?)
- Alida VAN DER WESTHUIZEN , d6 (1787-?)
- m. 1828 Johannes Carel VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (1806-?)
- Abraham Jacobus van Zyl, d7 (1789-1856)
- m. 1819 Emma Theodora van Zyl (1791-1848)
- Martha Margaretha Elisabeth VAN TAAK , d8 (1795-?)
- m. 1812 Gerrit VAN TAAK (1782-1834)
- Jacomina Hendrina van Zyl (1739-?)
- Jan van Zyl (1741-?)
- Christina van Zyl (1743-1809)
- Hendrik van Zyl (1746-?)
- Cecilia van Zyl (?-?)
- m. 1769 Johannes van Zyl (1743-?)
- Johannes van ZYL, b3 (1700-1742)
- m. 1732 Catherina van ZYL (1712-1742)
- Wilhelm van Zyl (1733-?)
- Jacobus van Zyl (1735-?)
- Christina Van Zijl (1737-?)
- Regina van Zyl (1739-?)
- Hendrina van ZYL, b4 (1701-?)
- Gideon van ZYL, b5 (1703-1750)
- Pieter van ZYL, b6 (1706-1782)
- m. 1734 Hester van ZYL (1712-1801)
- Adriaan (Jacobus) van Zyl, c1 (1735-1777)
- m. 1763 Sara Johanna van Zyl (1743-?)
- Martha Jacomina van Zyl (1772-1839)
- Willem van Zyl, c2 (1736-1769)
- m. 1766 Geertruy van Zyl (?-?)
- Christina Maria VAN WYK , c3 (1738-1788)
- m. 1757 Abraham VAN WYK (?-?)
- Pieter van Zyl, c4 (1739-1739)
- Hester GREEFF , c5 (1741-1789)
- m. 1763 nn GREEFF (?-?)
- Johannes van Zyl (1743-?)
- m. 1769 Cecilia van Zyl (?-?)
- Pieter van Zyl, C7 (1745-?)
- m. 1780 Johanna Maria van Zyl (?-?)
- Floris van Zyl, c8 (1747-?)
- Gerrit van Zyl, c9 (1748-?)
- m. 1775 Maria van Zyl (1742-?)
- Aldert van Zyl, c10 (1750-?)
- m. 1774 Maatjie van Zyl (1757-1827)
- Pieter Adriaan van Zyl (?-?)
- Hester van Zyl, d1 (1775-?)
- Dirk van Zyl, d2 (1777-?)
- Johanna van Zyl, d3 (1780-?)
- Maatjie Elizabeth Nel , d4 (1788-1807)
- m. 1804 Elias Albertus Nel (?-?)
- Christina Margaretha van Zyl, d5 (1792-?)
- Aldert Heremias Cornelis van Zyl, d6 (1795-?)
- Pieter Adriaan van Zyl (1798-?)
- Gideon van Zyl, c11 (1753-1825)
- m. 1776 Anna Maria van Zyl
- Albertus van Zyl, c12 (1755-?)
- m. 1780 Cornelia Geertruida van ZYL (1760-?)
- Martha van Zyl (1781-?)
- Albertus Petrus van Zyl (1784-?)
- Sara Johanna van Zyl (1786-?)
- Cornelia Geertruida van Zyl (1810-?)
- Daniel Lambrechts van Zyl (1825-?)
- Petrus Gideon van Zyl (1829-?)
- Anna Sophia van Zyl (1792-1824)
- Albertus Jacobus van Zyl (1809-?)
- Rachel Maria Margaretha van Zyl (1813-?)
- Martha Sophia van Zyl (1816-?)
- Johannes Petrus van Zyl (1821-?)
- Willem Johannes Gerrit van Zyl (1786-?)
- Pieter Gideon van ZYL, d4 (1786-1862)
- m. 1809 Maria Magdalena van ZYL (1791-1862)
- Reynier Willem van ZYL, e1 (1811-~1885)
- m. 1839 Hilletje Maria VAN ZYL (1818-?)
- Pieter Gideon VAN ZYL, f2 (1842-?)
- m. 1864 Sara Jacoba Debora ZYL van , f3 (1846-1901)
- Renier Willem VAN ZYL (~1864-?)
- Helletjie Maria Niewoudt (~1867-?)
- George Sebastiaan ZYL van, I (1872-1933)
- Elizabeth Jacoba Van Zyl (1872-1962)
- Elizabeth Jacoba Van Zyl (?-?)
- Roedolf Johannes Koekoemoer (?-?)
- Ockert Cornelius VAN ZYL (1897-1944)
- Anna Sophia VAN ZYL (1902-1977)
- Pieter Gideon VAN ZYL (1930-2009)
- Clara Isabella VAN ZYL (1932-2009)
- FREVRIER
- FREVRIER
- VIKTOR
- Daniel Johannes VIKTOR
- POTGIETER
- DOUBELL
- Pieter Gideon VAN ZYL (?-?)
- Pieter Frederik (Frik) van ZYL, I (1909-1980)
- m. 1933 Hester Margaretha (Meidjie) Van Zyl (1911-1976)
- George Sebastiaan (Org) van ZYL, II (1934-2001)
- m. 1958 Elizabeth Petronella (Bettie) Van Zyl (1935-1979)
- Pieter Frederick (Piet) VAN ZYL, II (1958-2013)
- m. 1979 Marietjie Van Zyl (~1960-2013)
- Tiaan VAN ZYL
- Eloise Viljoen (1979-)
- Johan Viljoen
- Kayla Viljoen
- Megan Viljoen
- Moller VAN ZYL (1989-)
- m. 1994 Marieta Van Zyl (1968-)
- Pieter Frederick (PF) VAN ZYL, III (2005-)
- George Louw van ZYL (1959-)
- m. 1980 Marietta Louisa ZYL van (1956-)
- Berdine Magdalena Marè (1976-)
- m. 2000 Phillipus Jacobus Petrus (Kobus) Marè (1969-)
- Maretha Marè (2002-)
- Phillip George Marè (2004-)
- Louw VAN ZYL (1981-)
- m. 2007 Bianca Van Zyl (1983-)
- Luwan VAN ZYL (2008-)
- Pieter Louis VAN ZYL (1984-)
- m. 2012 Ashlynn Chantelle Van Zyl (~1992-)
- Dennis Sebastiaan VAN ZYL (1963-)
- m. 1981 Elize Van Zyl (1962-)
- Dennis VAN ZYL, II (1981-)
- Mariska Wiese (1982-)
- Kayla Miancke VAN ZYL (2011-)
- Werner VAN ZYL (1986-)
- Elzette VAN ZYL (1995-)
- m. 1992 Christine Van Zyl (1964-)
- Mara Krauze (1966-)
- m. 1988 Hennie Krauze (1964-)
- Elizma Krauze (1991-)
- Melanie Krauze (1995-)
- Samual Alfred Joseph (Sampie) VAN ZYL (1972-~2007)
- Elmarie Van Zyl
- Melinda Van Zyl
- Adam Johannes VAN ZYL (1936-)
- Juliana Van Zyl (1937-1981)
- Pieter Frederik (Piet) VAN ZYL (1959-)
- m. 1987 Elizabeth Hendrina Van Zyl (1959-)
- Jenkin VAN ZYL (1993-)
- Elmarie Mcewan (1960-)
- Pieter Mcewan
- Grace Mcewan (~2005-)
- Dirk VAN ZYL (1963-)
- Amanda Van Zyl
- Karien VAN ZYL (~1991-)
- Adam VAN ZYL (~1994-)
- Zanele VAN ZYL
- Margaretha (Griet) Kearns (1966-)
- Bob Kearns (?-?)
- Gena Marais (~1988-)
- Julia Kearns (~1997-)
- Robert Kearns (~2002-)
- Gesina Cornelia (Sienie) Van Zyl (1945-)
- Pieter Frederick (Piet) VAN ZYL (1938-)
- Isa VAN ZYL
- Hester Margaretha (Meisie) Slater (1941-2009)
- William Slater
- Anthony Slater
- Michiel David (Giel) VAN ZYL (1947-)
- Elizabeth Jacoba (Bettie) Nehls (1949-)
- Guenther Gerhard Willi Nehls (?-?)
- Renee Nehls (1976-)
- (Unknown)
- Connor
- Chris van Rensburg
- Sara Jacoba Debora Niewoudt (1913-2003)
- Gideon NIEUWOUDT (1929-?)
- Aletta Catharina Martha NIEUWOUDT (?-?)
- Georg(e) Sebastiaan NIEUWOUDT (?-?)
- George Sebastiaan (Groot Org) VAN ZYL (?-?)
- Sannie VAN ZYL (?-?)
- Jacoba Maria Francina MALAN (~1879-?)
- Pieter Gideon VAN ZYL (~1887-~1902)
- Sara Jacoba Debora KOTZE (?-?)
- Albertus Petrus van ZYL (1813-?)
- Anna Maria VAN ZYL (1815-1889)
- m. 1839 Gideon Pieter VAN ZYL, e4 (1813-1897)
- Gertuida Cornelia Geertruida van ZYL (1817-?)
- Maria Johanna van ZYL (?-?)
- Johannes van Zijl, d5 (1790-?)
- m. 1813 Geertruida Cecilia van Zijl (1790-?)
- Christina van Zyl, b8 (1709-?)
- Hester van Zyl, b7 (1709-1738)
- m. 1723 Hendrik Nusser (1696-1733)
- m. 1733 BERNHARD Schmidt (?-?)
- Johanna Hendrina Christina van Zyl, b9 (1718-1738)
- Albertus Van Zijl (?-?)
- Cornelis Van Zijl (?-?)
Die inkepings (wie kind van wie is) het verlore gegaan toe die ou webwerf afgebreek het; die name staan in die oorspronklike volgorde.
Jacobus Albertus van Zyl
Gebore tussen 1865 en 1880 - Vrystaat
Data verskaf deur Ruan van Zyl
Stam lyn bevat
Carlo Angelo Antonio van Zyl, gebore 13 Oktober 1940 te Bloemfontein
Carlo Angelo Antonio van Zyl, gebore 28 September 1911 te Klokelaan/Ladybrand
Izak Johannes van Zyl
Izak Johannes van Zyl (b1885, Winburg, Freestate-d1974 Utrecht, KZN (dates and locations are slightly uncertain) that was married to Willem Jurgens Beyers (Ouma Willie J) (b1888-d1958).
Stuur asb nog inligting as u het.
Versoek deur Johann Grobler - johann@dowhatyoulove.co.za
I'm desperately looking for info regarding my great grandfather and where he fits into the Van Zyl family tree. I've tried many places without success.
Jacobus Marthinus van Zijl
Jacobus Marthinus van Zijl
(His kids were born with surname van Zyl)
Born 25/12/1894 – 16/04/1962
He was married to Isabella Jacoba de Beer born 23/07/1897 – 03/09/1962
They have 8 kids who live (they all died there are no one I can ask)
All I know is that the singers Herby and Spence van Zyl was my mother’s niece children. She was also married to a van Zyl (I suppose her father was my grandfather’s brother (I have a family photo but nobody knew some of them on the photo)
Contact person Dimitrie Combrink (dimitrie@vodamail.co.za) My ma was Jacobus Marthinus van Zijl se jongste dogter (Isabella Jacoba van Zyl)
Oupa J M van Zyl het in 1933 gewoon saam met sy familie in die Springbokvlakte (Groblerdsal omgewing)
Oupa en ouma het 'n plaas gekoop in Cullinan distrik by sy oudste seun se vrou se ouers - Twee fontein hy het geboer met grondbone - hy het die plaas vir n fiets verruil en het Pretoria Noord toe getrek n huis in Wolmer gekoop en werk gekry by Onderstepoort - hy het met fiets werk toe gery
Hy het n suster ek het n foto van haar en haar man niemand weet wat is hul name - hul verskyn saam op die foto
Faan van Zyl
Stephanus Johannes van Zyl (Faan) en Hester Sophia van Zyl het op Brits geboer op 'n plaas by name Zandfontein, teen die Krokodil Rivier.
Gebore 19 September 1910 Oorlede November 1984.
Sover ek weet het Faan van Graaf Reinett gekom as jong man en hom op Brits gevestig.
Daar het hulle geboer op die plaas Zandfontien, naby de Kroon.
Hy het na die afsterwe van sy vrou Hester sy plaas verkoop en afgetree.
Hy het by sy dogters gewoon in Pretoria tot en met sy afsterwe.
Ek is sy kleinseun en ek onthou hom as 'n hardwerkende regop man wat snags opgestaan het en sy tabak stoomkamers self gaan stook het met kole.
Dit is dit, en sy geliefde pyp, wat uiteindelik tot sy long kwaal gelei het wat hom sy lewe gekos het.
Hy en Hester het ses kinders grootgemaak.
Hulle was:
- Koos (Jaocbus Johannes) van Zyl - oorlede 2013
- Hetta (Hester Sophia) van Zyl - nou Boshoff
- Andries van Zyl
- Fanie (Stephanus Johannes) van Zyl - oorlede 2015
- Hannatjie van Zyl - getroud met Kerneels Boshoff - oorlede 2014
- Sampie van Zyl
Help ons die stamboom aanvul
Hier kan elke kind se familie fotos plaas en ietsie skryf.
As jy 'n bydrae kan maak met inligting oor die van Zyl's se stamboom, moet jy asb die skakel volg om te registreer as 'n bydraer van inligting.
Jy sal dan "posts" kan plaas met fotos en leers.
Groete
Steven
[Konsep: die ou WordPress-registrasieskakel bestaan nie meer nie. Hier kom die nuwe foto-oplaaibladsy.]