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

Theophilus Benedictus¹

M, #12143, b. circa 1660

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Last Edited

21/03/2015

Birth*

Theophilus Benedictus was born circa 1660.^1,2

Occupation*

On 14 May 1692 Theophilus Benedictus was the steward on the Spierdijk.³

Slave Transactions

On 14 May 1692 Jacob van Malabar was sold by Theophilus Benedictus to Hendrik Barent Oldenlandt, for Rds. 50.³

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.159. 14.5.1692, pp. 16-17: Jacob from Malabar (18/19), sold by Theophilus Benedictus, steward of the Spierdijk, to Hendrik Barend Oldenland for Rds. 50.