Zuid-Afrika
Mike Bezuidenhoudt meldde: ´Wat weet jy van Posthumusse in
Suid-Afrika? Hier is 'n hele paar met daardie van. In Kaapstad is
daar sewe inskrywings, in Johannesburg nege (volgens die telefoonboek). Ek
meen daar is seker so vyftig families in totaal. Daar is natuurlik heelwat
Suid-Afrikaners van Nederlandse oorsprong hier - die meeste tussen 1642 en 1670
hier aangekom.
Groete
Mike Bezuidenhoudt´
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In de Boerenoorlog (1899–1902) vocht in de eenheid (commando) onder leiding van Hans Lötter ook een Posthumus mee: (4) JJ Posthumus, Cradock.

(Bron foto / Source Photograph: www.lotter.co.za)
Meer over Posthumus en Zuid-Afrika National Archives and Records Service (NARS)
Engeland
´Hi, My name is Roger - Ik
Vonen England, I have always been puzzled by the origin of the name, Niet
Nederlands spreke! ( I understood some)
Best Wishes
Roger Posthumus.´
Captain P.B. Posthumus Horton,
61st Foot, killed at Salamanca, 22nd July 1812.
Op: British army officer casualties 3
Posthumus HILL
Op: Sandie's family history en
Posthumus HILL.. an unusual first name. How did he come by it?
From: EricJohnsonWRG@aol.com
Subject: POSTHUMUS BUSH ?
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004
This might seem at first like a fairly stupid question but has anyone any
knowledge of a POSTHUMUS BUSH from the Bradford on Avon area?
Op: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L Archives
Sir Posthumus
Sr Thomas Posthumus Hoby. [wapen] Argent 3 bottoms gules, in dexter chief a crescent gules for
difference. Brother of Sir Edward, Constable of Queenborough.
Archaeologia Cantiana
Vol. 58 - 1945 page 24
COATS OF ARMS IN QUEENBOROUGH CASTLE. By B. H. D’Elboux, M.C., M.A., F.S.A.
Over zijn vader: Sir Thomas Hoby David
Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History.
Watson. Henry, of Newtonkine, West Riding, Yorkshire
Examination by Sir Thomas Posthumus of Henry Watson as to the whereabouts of his brother John who is accused
of horse theft 1638.
De bron hiervan op internet 'http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/services/library/collections/manuscripts/manuscripts_w_html'
is verdwenen.
Sir John Sydenham, 1st Bart of Brimpton (d 1642)
m. (1638) Anne Hare (dau of Sir John Hare of Stow Bardolph)
(i) Sir John Posthumus Sydenham, 2nd Bart of Brimpton (b 1642, d 1696)
m1. Elizabeth Poulett (dsps, dau of John Poulett, Lord)
Bron / source: 'http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ss4tz/sydenham2.htm#link1'
2. Lady Mary Herbert, mar. as his second wife Sir John Posthumus Sydenham, 2nd Bt. MP, of Brympton, co. Somerset, and had issue
Bron / source: 'http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Pembroke1551.htm'
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Fathergone Dinley.
Fathergone was born in Boston on the 25th of 10th month (December — Thanks, Lori!), 1638.* He was, obviously, a posthumous child.
His baptismal record calls him "Fathergone son of William Dyneley our gone brother" (see Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and
Deaths 1630-1699, published by the Boston Record Commissioners in 1883, pg. 7).
*Note: I am not quite sure how to interpret the First Church's use of month names. Since they were still using the Julian calendar,
the first day of the year would have been Lady Day (March 25th), but I'm not sure which month is "1st month." March? April? If anyone
is more knowledgeable about this issue, please help me out. For now, I'll just quote the original dating system so I don't misinterpret it.
Bron: Vast Public Indifference
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Posthumus Ditchfield
There's a chance that
Posthumus Ditchfield
is a designation rather than a name. Sometimes, birth records will say "Stillborn" where a first name would usually appear and it is possible that
"Posthumus" might appear in place of an as yet unnamed posthumous baby's given name. However, I have never seen a live birth recorded without giving
the baby's name. I think that Posthumus Ditchfield, son of Thomas and Anne Ditchfield (b. August, 1645 in Boston), may have been his real name — an
unusual, but not a unique name.
Bron: