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

Pieter van Madagascar¹

M, #13717, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

26/10/2014

Birth*

Pieter van Madagascar was born circa 1665 in Madagascar.^2,1

Family

Lijsje van Madagascar b. c 1668

Child

Isaac Pieters+ b. c 1684; candidate relationship, offered with a view toward further discovery in the record.¹

Slave Transactions

Pieter van Madagascar was sold from the estate of Leendert Jansz van Gijselen, to Guillaume Heems on 28 August 1690 de Caep de Goede Hoop.^1,3

Citations

[S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720, Wes-Kaaplandse Instituut vir Historiese Navorsing, Tygerberg, Cape Town, (1981) 0-909075-65-4 "Laasgenoemde het inderdaad op 28 Augustus 1690 vir Lijsje van Madagaskar met haar drie kinders, Isaq, Diana en Susanna begunstig. Dieselfde dag is ook uit sy boedel 'n slaaf met die naam Pieter van Madagaskar (25) verkoop wat waarskynlik die vader van hierdie drie kinders kon gewees het, aangesien Isaac inderdaad as 'n "swart" jong bestempel is."
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007). Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.