6. Jacob NAUDE (born 29 August, 1696)

Jacob NAUDE went to Holland, and took service as a midshipman (adelbors) on the ship Abbekerk.

Germany at that time consisted of a conglomeration of small states, left in a poor economic condition by the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). Consequently, many Germans were drawn West by the wealth of the Netherlands, finding employment with the Dutch East India Company.

From a linguistic point of view, there was not much difference between German and Dutch, especially with regard to the regional dialects of the Lowlands. In addition, both the Germans and the Dutch were Protestants.

Jacob arrived at the Cape in 1718. On arrival, he left the Company's service and became a schoolteacher at Drakenstein.

Here he met the twice-widowed Susanne TAILLEFERT, whom he was later to marry.

There are two lines of Naudes in South Africa: one  is descended from the marriage of Jacob and Suzanne, and the second from Phillip Jacob Naude
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