Person:Guillaume Du Toit (1)

Guillaume du Toit arrived in the Cape in 1686 on the ship Vrijheit with his brother Francois.

He lived with Sara and her daughter Johanna before her marriage to Andre Gauch on a farm accross the Berg river. There was a lot of San and Koikoi settlements in this vicinity and cattle was stolen from the family on a regular basis. Many times Guillaume and his neighbours had to chase after the thieves. To cover more ground they often split into two groups persuing the cattle thieves into the mountains. Whoever arrived first at certain bush had to sound the trumpet. This became known as 'Trompettersbos'. Because the du Toits brothers were the first to enter into Du Toits kloof this was later named after them.

Guillaume played a major part in the local community. Hew was a strong opponent of the corrupt after van der Stel. He and his brother played a role in the uprising that occured after Governor van der Stel listened to the complaints of Adam Tas. They were fined and banished to Mauritius for 5 years. He and seven other burghers however fled to Vier-en-Twintig Riviere.

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