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Full name:  Rutger Andreas (or Andries) Weerman Lifespan:  1712 Netherlands - 1751 Asia [38] Occupation: N.G. Kerk (Dutch reformed) minister Reverend Weerman was the very first minister of the Swartland / Zwartland (Malmesbury) congregation. Personal Background and Early Life He was born on Monday morning, 25 August 1712, and baptised on 31 August 1712 in the Reformed Church of Denekamp, Netherlands. His father was Rev. Johannes Henricus Weerman (also a minister) and his mother was Aleida Palthen. His wealthy godparents, Land Rentmeester (Land Bailiff/Treasurer) Patthull and his wife (née De Lintels van den Marsch), held him at the font. He was named "Rutger Andreas" directly after his godfather. He registered as a theology student at the University of Groningen on 14 September 1736. VOC Career and Arrival at the Cape On 23 January 1745, he set sail from Enkhuizen, Holland, as an official VOC minister aboard the ship Huis ter Duine ( Huijs ten Duijne ). He was originally b...

Full name: Gerhardus Croeser (sometimes noted as G.C. Croeser) Lifespan: c.1731 Netherlands¹ - 1770 Malmesbury [39] (some sources say he was born in 1720) Occupation: NG Kerk (Dutch Reformed) minister Timeline Biography Family In 1754 he married Geertruijd (or Gertruyd) Sprakel (1724 Netherlands - 1761 Zwartland [37]) in the Netherlands - they had one child. In 1762 he married twice widowed Johanna Christina (Delitschz / Delits) later Swedberg (1725 Cape - ? Cape) - they had three children. Life Born in the Netherlands, he was the son of a Dutch NHK minister. After he completed his theological studies at the University of Groningen, he was admitted as a candidate for the ministry in the Reformed Church in 1753. In the course of that year, Candidate Croeser made himself available for service in the East Indian Church, after which he was called to one of the Cape congregations by the Classis of Amsterdam on 8 January 1754 and ordained as a minister on 1 April. Croeser and his wife arri...