Cape Muster Roll 1698 - Free Men

The muster roll transcribed here is that of the Free Settlers of 1698 from the Cape Archives VC 39, volume 1, pages 178 to 191. No date of compilation is noted. In addition to the head of household, it contains names of wives, and the number of children in the household are also given. The first part is divided into districts, Stellenbosch followed by Drakenstein, however no distinction is made between the inhabitants of Drakenstein and the Cape district. By comparing the names of the inhabitants to those of other years, it can be deduced where the list of inhabitants of the Cape district probably begins. It appears to be at the half way down page 187. The entry at the bottom of page 190 suggests that the first name on the following page should be Theunis, however this not being the case, it should be considered that at least one name on the following page or even a whole page or two were skipped when this copy was made.