↑ «i»Surname derived from a place in Hesse, Germany. Stamvader is Johan(n) Jacob Breytenbach from Breytenbach in Wurzburg, Germany. Arrived in the Cape in 1738 as a soldier. Citizen in 1747. Lived later on in the Swellendam district. Married to Maria Botha, widow of Pieter Bezuidenhout, on 3 December 1741. Remarried on 5 October 1749 with Gerbrecht Bezuidenhout (14 children from the marriage).«/i»