Claes Mallebaar
M, #11207, b. circa 1670, d. after 1747
Names in the record, in publications, etc. | An unknown date , the name of Claes was written in the record as Claas van Malabar. |
Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status | Claes Mallebaar became a burgher in 1723, in Dutch vryburgher or vrijburgher, initially a status in which a soldier or other employee of the VOC was released from their contractual obligations to the VOC and permitted to farm, become a tradesman, or work for others. Subsequently some individuals, including the Huguenot refugees, were brought to the Cape specifically to farm and were burghers from the time of their arrival Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Citations
- [S463] Mansell Upham, "Johannes Claasen", October 2000 (Cape Town, South Africa). This short register was prepared for Delia Robertson by Mansell Upham in March 2006.. Hereinafter cited as "Johannes Claasen."
- [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
- [S463] Mansell Upham, "Johannes Claasen", This short register was prepared for Delia Robertson by Mansell Upham in March 2006., Claas van Malabar / Claas Mallebaar
A freed slave from the Coast of Malabar on the Indian sub-continent; Free burger at Drakenstein; died on his farm Vlakkeland post 1747. married (1) 15 June 1721
Helena van Timor (she was already mother to 2 other children by different fathers)
married (2) ? de facto, Constantia van Bengale.
- [S463] Mansell Upham, "Johannes Claasen", This short register was prepared for Delia Robertson by Mansell Upham in March 2006., Claas van Malabar / Claas Mallebaar . . . married (2) ? de facto, Constantia van Bengale.