Carl August FREISSLICH was born about 1738 in Poland. He was christened on 11 Dec 1738 in Danzig, Województwo Pomorskie, Polen. He died on 24 Mar 1790 in Cape of Good Hope. He was buried in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.

Carl signed a will on 21 Aug 1770 in Cape of Good Hope.

Voornaam opvarende; Carolus; Patroniem opvarende Augustus; Achternaam opvarende; Freislich 
Herkomst opvarende; Dantzik
Datum indiensttreding; 1758-10-22
Functie bij indiensttreding; Hooploper
Uitleg over functie; helper van de matrozen
Uitgevaren met het schi;p Scholtenburg 
Datum uit dienst; 1790-03-24 
Waar uit dienst; Kaap de Goede Hoop 
Reden uit dienst; Overleden 
Schuldbrief; Ja 
Maandbrief; Nee 
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Bronverwijzing Nummer toegang: 1.04.02,
inventarisnummer: 6370, folionummer: 164

Scheepsnaam Scholtenburg; Kamer Amsterdam; Bestemming Kaap 
Ove_tekst_dasnr_reisnr 3743.2 
Datum afreis; 1758-10-22  Datum aankomst; 1759-03-11
Gegevens bij ING  
Bronverwijzing Nummer toegang: 1.04.02, inventarisnummer: 6370

Carolus Augustus Freislich was born in Danzig and baptised there on 11 December 1738, the son of Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich, a distinguished musical conductor and first organist of the Oberpfarrkirche, and his wife Johanna Justina Louisa. He descended from a respected German musical family; his father having been born at Immanuelborn in the Duchy of Meiningen toward the close of the seventeenth century. Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich established himself as both a composer and performing musician of considerable standing and, while still a young man, received an appointment as Kapellmeister at Sonderhausen before being called to Danzig about 1730.

Carolus Augustus Freislich, [Jnr] entered the service of the Dutch East India Company on 22 October 1758 as a hooploper (assistant to the sailors). At the age of twenty-one he departed from Amsterdam aboard the Scholtenburg, arriving at the Cape of Good Hope on 11 March 1759. Initially employed as a sailor in Company service, Freislich was also trained as a mason and served in that capacity from 1760 to 1762. From 1763 until 1779 he occupied the position of clerk in the artisans’ quarter. After ten years at the Cape, he successfully petitioned for release from his contractual obligations to the Company. In 1780 he obtained his burgher papers and thereafter acted as an authorised representative and agent for various individuals. In 1783 he was appointed as a member of the Lutheran Church Council at the Cape. Freislich remained at the Cape for the remainder of his life and died there on 24 March 1790 while still recorded in Company service. A debt letter (schuldbrief) was noted in his records, although no monthly remittance letter (maandbrief) was recorded.

On 13 October 1765 he married Johanna Margaretha van der Stap, baptised on 12 April 1744, the illegitimate daughter of Jan van der Stap of Utrecht and Johanna Elisabeth van Hoorn, herself the daughter of Robbert Jansz van Hoorn of Bommel. Their marriage was blessed with nine children.

References:

Nationaal Archief (VOC Records), Access No. 1.04.02, Inventory No. 6370, folio 164.
VOC Voyage Records, ship Scholtenburg, Chamber Amsterdam, voyage no. 3743.2.
VOC archival scan
Huygens ING VOC Voyages Database

References:

GMR 1760–1779.
Requesten (Rq.) 1780:52.
Testamenten, CJ 1093:20 and 23.
G.R. No. 129.
“Kulturanteil.”
W. Schmidt, p. 148.
C.C. de Villiers, Geslacht Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien, Vol. I, p. 249.
Staatsarchiv der Freien Stadt Danzig, St.A. 2689.
Kirchenbücher, Evangelische Oberpfarrkirche zu St. Marien, Danzig.

Carl married Johanna Margaretha VAN DER STAP daughter of Jan VAN DER STAP [ the alleged father] and Johanna VAN HOORN on 13 Oct 1765 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. Johanna was born before 1744 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 12 Apr 1744 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died on 21 Nov 1805 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. She was buried in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.

Johanna was born out of wedlock.

Carl and Johanna had the following children:

1. Johanna Elisabeth FREISLICH was born about 1766 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 3 Aug 1766 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Nicolaas Esselaar & Johanna Elisabeth van Hoorn.

2. Johannes Petrus FREISLICH was born about 1767 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 2 Oct 1767 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. He died on 11 Sep 1805 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. He was buried in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Freislich & Petronella Esler.
Johannes was an Elder in the Lutheran Church of Cape Town.

Johannes married Anna Maria MINNE daughter of Johannes MINNE and Geertruyd KLUYSMAN on 5 Aug 1787 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. Anna was born about 1769 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 30 Jul 1769 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died on 29 Aug 1805 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. She was buried in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Jacobus Kluysman & Anna Elisabeth Kluysman.

3. Johannes Christianus FREISLICH was born about 1769 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 4 Jun 1769 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. He died on 20 Jun 1770 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. He was buried in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Christianus Mohrheim & Hennrietta Sophia Louisa Mohrheim.

4. Jacoba Petronella FREISLICH was born about Oct 1770 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 21 Oct 1770 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died on 13 Aug 1814 in Cape of Good Hope, at the age of 43yrs 10 mnths. She was buried in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johan Christian Bremicher [Bremicker Bremeke, Brenneke, Brenniker] & Jacoba Petronella Vastenouw.

Murdered - her body was found in a well in the yard of their residence, & a proclamation issued by Lord Charles Somerset (on 19 Aug 1814), offering a reward for information about the crime 19 August 1814. By Lord Charles Somerset. Offering rewards for discovery of murderer of T. J. de Necker’s wife.

Jacoba married Francois Johannes DE NECKER son of Adriaan DE NECKER and Maria Dorothea TRUTER on 2 Feb 1789 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. Francois was born about 1766 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 12 Oct 1766 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johan Andreas Truter, Johannes Thictor Eldersen, Petronella Jacoba de Necker.

Commisssioner of Civil and Marriage Affairs

5. Carolus Augustus FREISLICH was born about 1772 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 19 Jul 1772 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope.

Carolus married Elizabeth Geertuyda MINNE daughter of Johannes MINNE and Geertruij KLUIJSMAN on 3 Jul 1791 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. Eliabeth was born in 1762 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 19 Dec 1762 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died in 1809.

Christening witnesses; Frans Bouman & Geertruij Willemse.

6. Johanna Justina Louisa FREISLICH was born about 1773 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 9 Jan 1774 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died in Cape of Good Hope. She was buried in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Gerhardus Edler & Johanna Justina Louisa Zeijtsen.

7. Johannes Gerhardus FREISLICH was born about 1776 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 10 Mar 1776 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. He died before 1863 in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Combrink & Johanna Elizabeth Esler.

Johannes married Sara Gesina SCHIERHOUT daughter of Gerrit SCHIERHOUT and Johanna Alletta KROMHOUT on 10 Aug 1800 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. Sara was born about 1774 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 7 Aug 1774 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died on 5 May 1863 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, 10 Wale Street, at the age of 89yrs 10mths. She was buried in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Adrianus Schierhout, Hendrik Fredrik Kromhout, Fredrica Helena Schierhout, Lutje Kemp.

8. Dorothea Constantia FREISLICH was born about 1777 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 7 Sep 1777 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. She died in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johan Christiaan Marheim & Dorothea Constantia Freislich.

9. Johannes Christianus FREISLICH was born about 1779 in Cape of Good Hope. He was christened on 16 Jul 1779 in Cape Town Neder Geref Church, Cape of Good Hope. He died in Cape of Good Hope.

Christening witnesses; Johannes Petrus Freischlich & Johanna Elisabeth Freischlich.