Born in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop
Ancestors 
Son of Michiel Smuts
and Gertruida Johanna (de Kock) Smuts
Brother of
Martinus Smuts, Maria Elisabeth (Smuts) Stadler, Aletta Geertruida Smuts, Josias Smuts, Geertruida Anna Smuts, Hermanis Thobias (Smits) Smuts, Daniel Jacobus Smuts and Cornelia Sophia (Smuts) Van Der Poel
Husband of
Maria Magdalena (van der Byl) Smuts
— married
19 Jul 1812 in Cape Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Michiel Smuts, Anna Catharina Smuts, Alettha Geertrúida (Smuts) van Aarde, Gertruida Anna (Smuts) Smit and Martinus Smuts
Died
at age 60
in Riebeek-Kasteel, Malmesbury, Cape Colony
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Biography
Birth
Baptism
- Date: 6 Jul 1788[2]
- Place: Swartland, Cape [Colony][2]
- [2]Kinders
- Hermanis Thobias en
- Megiel Niecolaas
- Geboore de 7 Jùnij
- Gedoopt de 6 Jülij
- Vader Megiel Smits
- Moeder Geertrùyda Anna de Kok
- Getùijge Niecolaas Willem Loùbzer en
- Anna Catrina Mostert Tobias Smits
- Geertrùyda Mostert
Marriage
Death
- Date: 18 Oct 1848 [1][4]
- Place: Riebeeck West [1] Boplaas, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony [1] / Riebeek-Kasteel, Cape Colony[4]
- Death Notice of Michiel Nicolaas Smuts [4] contains details of his children, parents, dates of birth and death and wife's name.
- Michiel Nicolaas Smuts, born in Cape of Good Hope, son of Michiel Smuts and Gertruida Anna De Kock (both deceased), aged 60 years, 4 months, 11 days, an "agriculturalist", married to the undersigning Maria Magdalena van der Byl, on 18 October 1848, at his residence called "Ongegund", in Riebeek-Kasteel in the division of Malmesbury.
- He left moveable and immoveable property.
- The listed children are:
- The following majors:
- Michiel Smuts
- Anna Catharina Smuts married to Jan Adam de Kock
- Aletta Gertruida Smuts married to Jacked van Aarde
- Gertruida Anna Smuts married to Hendrik Jan Smits or Smuts
- Maria Magdalena Smuts married to Jan Basson Nel
- Marthinus Smuts
- Pieter van der Byl Smuts
- and the following minors:
- Hester Anna Smuts born 16 ?month/ ?Nov 1828
- Josias Smuts born 12 Feb 1830
- Daniel Jacobus Smuts born 18 Feb 1832
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Oct 3, 2012 by G Westbrook.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Baptism Record: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-LQ7Q-M?cc=1478678 : 2 June 2023), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. Added by Riël Smit on 2023-08-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Marriage Record: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-61Q3-QTN?cc=1392488&wc=M646-36D%3A13850901%2C13850902%2C29682001%2C29689201 : 12 January 2022), South Africa > Cape > Swartland > Marriages 1748-1839 > image 61 of 110; Citing Genealogiese Instituut van Suid-Afrika (Genealogical Institute of South Africa), Stellenbosch. Added by Riël Smit on 2023-08-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Death Notice: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MS87-1?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 27 April 2020), 007844937 > image 1276 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa." Seen and entered by Anton Bergh on Nov 16, 2020
- WikiTree profile Smuts-58 created through the import of de Villiers.ged on Oct 3, 2012 by G Westbrook.
- WikiTree profile Smuts-53 created through the import of de Villiers.ged on Oct 3, 2012 by G Westbrook.
- Source: Author: Michelle Niederheitmann Title: MichellePache Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Page: Michiel Nicolaas Smuts
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michiel Nicolaas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michiel Nicolaas:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Olga (Lochner-Steenkamp) Birch 
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Categories: The Dutch Cape Colony 1652-1806 | Cape of Good Hope Ready | Swartland District, Dutch Cape Colony
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Ten children, the last born in 1832. No Jacobus Abraham born 1845.
According to an Ahnentafel of J.C. Smuts of undisclosed unknown provenance, placed on
http://www.e-family.co.za/Meintjes/Smuts.htm
by Keith Meintjes and recently mentioned on SAGenealogie by Jan van Jaarsveld, Jacobus Abraham is in fact the grandson of Michiel Nicolaas via the latter's eldest son Michiel.