First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Gerhard Drijver¹

M, #12048, b. circa 1655

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Last Edited

22/03/2015

Birth*

Gerhard Drijver was born circa 1655.^1,2

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

17 June 1692, the name of Gerhard was written in the record as Gerart Drijver.³

Slave Transactions

On 3 June 1692 Jan van Macassar was sold by Gerhard Drijver to Cornelis Stevens Botma, for Rds. 70.⁴
On 17 June 1692 Gerhard Drijver sold Lijsbeth van Tonkin to Andrijs de Man, for Rds. 100. He was returning to Europe on the Schoondijk.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.159.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.160. 17.6.1692, p. 78: Lijsbeth from Tonkin (18/19), sold by Gerhard (signature Gerart) Drijver, sailing on the Schoondijk, to Andries de Man for Rds. 100.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.159. 3.6.1692, pp. 37-38: Jan from Macassar (18/19), sold by Gerhard Drijver, sailing on the Schoondijk, to Cornelis Stevensz Botma for Rds. 70.