He married 1 October 1775 at Swartland Hilletje Geertruida Mostert who was baptized 29 June 1755 at Swartland, the daughter of Jan Mostert and Anna van der Westhuizen farmers at Twee Kuijlen, Swartland. She died after January 1810.
Jan Hendrik Rust made two voyages as an employee of the VOC, first on 31 Dec 1771 on the Groenendaal to the Cape and back to the Netherlands. On 14 Dec 1773 he sailed again as a Jongmatroos on the Botland and left the ship at the Cape, where he became a member of the Swartland congregation in December 1773.
When he made his will on the 1st March 1794 he was described as being sick in body, and he presumably died not long afterwards, for the will was filed 2nd July of the same year. In this will he stated that his parents were no longer living.
witnesses: Johan: Mostert en zijne huisvrouw Anna van de Westhuizen.
witnesses: Pieter Mostert en zijne vrouw Sus[ann]a Basson.
witnesses: Pieter Mostert en zijne vrouw Susanna Engela Basson.
witnesses: Hendrik Mostert en Maria Magdalena van der Bijl.
witnesses: Hendrik Mostert en Alettha Cathriena Smit en Jacobus Smit en Alettha Maria Mostert.
Inventories of the Orphan Chamber of the Cape of Good Hope by the TEPC team of transcribers and editors - transcribed from the documents in the Cape Archives.