Willem Adolph Kriege (second oldest son of Johan Henrich Kriege and Anna Mechtild Noordbeck) was one of these people. He left his country of birth on the ship “Het Vaderland Getrouw” and arrived in South Africa in 1721. He worked for the Dutch East India Company as groomsman until 1724. On 20 December 1724, he signed a contract with Jacob de Villiers (a farmer at Bosch-en-Dal in Franschhoek) to work on the farm. On 11 December 1729 he married Johanna de Villiers, daughter of Jacob de Villiers. He received citizenship from Governor Jan de la Fontaine in 1731.
