Helm, Heinrich Carl Jacob (Rev. ) ^{2 3}

   Another name for Heinrich was Helm, Henry.

  General Notes:

Heinrich had studied Theology against his parents wishes at the Rijks-Universtiteit. He was later the Chaplain of the Dutch Fleet for a short while, before going to London and joining the London Missionary Society. He left Portsmouth on the 5th June 1811 aboard the ship the "Lady BARLOW, and arrived in Simons Town on the 13th September 1811. Between 1811-1827 he was a Missionary in Pella, Steinkopf and Griqualand. In 1827 he was transferred to Zuurbraak as head of the Caledon Institute of London Missionary Society. ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Historical. ⁴ The family were prosperous sugar refiners in Schleswig Holstein and could afford to send their son to the aristocratic Berlin University. Here Heinrich formed the strongest religious convictions and declared his intention to become a missionary, much to his father's displeasure.

• Historical, 20 Mar1848, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. He suffered an "untimely" death from a chronic pulmonary infection, and was laid to rest in an unmarked grave near Pacalt the first missionary of the settlement there.
I.F.Du Preez includes a picture of a Memorial Stone set up by the Congregation at Zuurbraak and the Inscription reads as follows:- "In memory of Henry Helm for 37 years Missionary of the London Missionary Society in South Africa and for 20 years the faithful and beloved Minister of the Congregation and Overseer of the Institution at Zuurbraak. Died on the 20 March 1848 at the age of 68 years."

• Historical. ⁵ See Photos attached indicating an extract from the Anotated Register of Missionaries held in the London Missionary Society Archives with the Society for Oriental and African Studies, King's College, London.

• Historical, 1702. Delia Robertson in an e-mail dated 5 May 2007 gives a the source of a baptism of a Hendrik HELM on the 24 Sep 1702 in Stellenbosch witnessed by Hans Jacob Conterman, which is further sourced to Ball Family Records at "http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/roberts/1098 html"
This is a much earlier date than the HELM family recorded herein and we have no further information about him thus far.

• Alt Birth, 1780. ⁴ source quotes an alternative birthplace as Schwerin Macklenbure

• Alt Birth, Mar 22, 1780. ⁴ From this source he was born in Schwerin in Mecklenburg, Germany, and one account mentions that his parents were Danish.

• Occupation, Abt 1810. ⁴ After studying at the Berlin University, he left for London where he studied and was ordained in the Lutheran Church, after which he joined the London Missionary Socoety (L.M.S.)

• Emigration, 1811. ⁴ He sailed for South Africa on the 21 Jun 1811 and arriving there on 13 Sep 1811

• Occupation, 1811. ⁴ He left Cape Town in Dec 1811 and arrived at Captain Kok's kraal, Silver Fountain on 7 Apr 1812. Silver Fountain was sacked by Jager Africana, a refugee from colonial justice, and the missionaries moved to Pella on the Orange. Heinrich was removed with Mr. Sass to Bethesda also on the Orange river, arriving there on 20 Nov 1813.
On Mr. Jansz's death in 1815 (at Klaarwater?) he supplied the vacancy at Griquatown where he laboured from 1815 until August 1824.
He removed to Bethelsdorp and remained there till 4 Jul 1827

• Occupation, Abt 1813, Griquastad, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ^{6 4 7} He joined William ANDERSON at Klaarwater and was much encouragement to him. He came with 2 sons and later there were 4 more 2 of whom married ANDERSON's daughters. The two men toiled together for 5 years thus forming the beginning of a great missionary dynasty together in Southern Africa.

• Occupation, Abt 1814, Zuurbraak, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ^{6 7} He was an early Missionary at the Caledon Institute In Zuurbraak, Cape
In KAB MOOC 6/9/45 Ref 9583 DN he was stated to be the Superindant of the Missionary Institution at Zuurbraak, District Swellendam

• Historical, 1820. ⁴ In Karel Schoeman's journal (1801-1821) he notes that the Andersons finally left the Helms at Klaarwater on 22 Feb 1820.

• Historical, 1827. ⁴ The mission at Zuurbraak suffered a severe setback as a consequence of mismanagement by a missionary Ziedenfaden (married to one of Johanna Schonken's sisiters) and no work was done there for years until , in 1827 the Governor (at the Cape) agreed to Dr. Philip's suggestion that Heinrich Helm be appointed there. Incredibly, the parsonage there would be occupied by him and his descendants for 115 years.

Heinrich married Johanna Charlotte White on Jun 5, 1811 in England.¹ (Johanna Charlotte White was born on Jan 30, 1788 in London, England,^{1 2} died on Jan 20, 1841 in Zuurbraak, Cape Colony, Southern Africa ^{1 2 4} and was buried in Zuurbraak, Cape Colony, Southern Africa.)