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

Jan de Souza¹

M, #12287, b. circa 1650

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Last Edited

11/09/2016

Birth*

Jan de Souza was born circa 1650.^1,2

Baptism

Jan de Souza was baptized on 5 August 1696 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town). this was an adult baptism.³

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

5 August 1696, the name of Jan was written in the record as Johannes de Souza.⁴

Slave Transactions

On 3 March 1691 Jan Horl van Bengale was sold by Berndt Burcherdt to Jan de Souza, for Rds. 12.⁵

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.
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 5 Aug: 1696. gedoopt na voorgaende geloofs belydenis Johannes de Souza - Johannes de Souza, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): ... Johannes de Souza, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.159. 3.3.1692, pp. 356-357: Jan Horl from Bengal (14/15), sold by the free blacksmith, Bernt Borchard, to Jan de Souza for Rds. 12.