SMIT, Jan

  General Notes:

On 1 October 1696 Jan Smit, on his horse, got in a argument with Jacob Cloete over the right of way. The dispute ended in a fight. Smit drew his dagger, but Cloete clouted Smit with a piece of wood, beat him with his fists and trampled on his chest, shouting: "Lie there you dog!". Within a few days, during which he suffered continual pain in his chest, Jan Smit died. source: De Kaap de Goede Hoop: een Nederlandse vestigingskolonie, 1680-1730. by Ad Biewenga, Amsterdam 199 page 270

Jan married Aryaentje TOL, daughter of Jacob Alewijnsz TOL and Elisabet VAN DER PIET, on 27 Dec 1681 in Delft, Nederland. (Aryaentje TOL was christened on 16 Jul 1656 in Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Netherlands and died after 6 Jun 1722.)