Nikolaas Oortmans1

M, #13844, b. before 1 April 1660
Father*Adam Oortmans2 b. c 1635
Mother*Petronella de la Court2 b. c 1635

Copyright / Terms of Use Notice


The material on this website is subject to copyright.
Facts (names, dates, and places) are not copyright. You are free to transcribe them but not cut and paste into your data provided you use the correct attribution and citation.
I have created the narratives, sentences, and citations; they are copyright and may not be used.
You may not add them to your genealogy, your personal documents, your tree on Ancestry, nor in the data or profile sections on Geni, nor anywhere else.
Many of the images are also copyright. You may not copy them without the consent of the copyright holders.
You must use the correct attribution and citation, viz.: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. Here you add the page URL.

NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1695-1712NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1695-1712
Last Edited23/07/2018
Birth*Nikolaas Oortmans was born before 1 April 1660 in Amsterdam, Nederland.3,1
 
BaptismNikolaas Oortmans was baptized on 1 April 1660 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, Amsterdam.3 
Marriage*He married Johanna Rosendal, daughter of Jacob Cornelisz van Rosendael and Catharina van den Bergh, on 25 October 1699 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.4,5,1
 

Family

Johanna Rosendal b. b 22 Mar 1668
Child
University*Nikolaas Oortmans studied law between 1681 and 1684 Leiden, .6 
Occupation* In 1684 Nikolaas Oortmans was the manager of The Swan brewery with his mother.7 
Arrival* In 1698, Nikolaas Oortmans arrived at the Cape, following a request from either on board the or.8 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.25 October 1699, the name of Nikolaas was written in the record as Nicolaus Oortman.9
26 March 1702, the name of Nikolaas was written in the record as Nicolaus Oortman.10
Baptisms - WitnessNikolaas Oortmans and Anna van Schalckwyck witnessed the baptism of Hendrikus Vermeij on 22 February 1705 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).11
He and Anna van Schalckwyck witnessed the baptism of Elisabeth Swellengrebel on 22 February 1705 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).12
Slave TransactionsOn 12 March 1699 Jantjie van Bengale was gifted by Jacob van Hoorn, to Nicolaus Oortman, for uit sonderlike redes en by maniere van vereringe. Jantije was to serve Oortman for as long as Oortman wished it, and was to be treated in den Christelijke betamende wijse. Furthermore if Oortman left the Cape, Jantije was to be freed before he left. In the event of Oortman's death, Van Hoorn granted Jantije his freedom in advance; and Oortman was never to sell him to anyone else.13,14
On 24 January 1701 Adolph van Madagascar was sold by Nikolaas Oortmans to Christoffel Snijman, for Rds 75.15

Citations

  1. [S654] Mansell Upham 'What can't be cured, must be endured … Cape of Good Hope - first marriages & baptisms (1652-1665)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), January 2012. "marries (2) 25 October 1699 Nikolaas Oortmans (from Amsterdam)."
  2. [S877] E-mail from Margreet van der Hut to FFY Project, dated 2 Augst 2016 "He was born 30 juli 1660. Son ofPetronella de la Court and Adam Oortmans from Amsterdam."
  3. [S877] E-mail from Margreet van der Hut to FFY Project, 2 Augst 2016 "I'm afraid I made a mistake with the date Nicolaes Oortmans was baptized. It must be 1 april 1660.
    He was born 30 juli 1660. Son ofPetronella de la Court and Adam Oortmans from Amsterdam."
  4. [S717] NGK G 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk - First Marriage Register at the Cape, 1665-1712: 25 October 1699:
    Nicolaus Oortman, jongman geboortig van Amsterdam
    met
    Johanna Rosendaael geboortig van de Caap, wed. Fredericus Russouw, as transcribed and annotated by Mansell Upham, (10 September 2012), Personal Library. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk - First Marriages.
  5. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town), 1695-1712: "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 94, 25 Octob: 1699
    Nicolaus Oortman geboortig van Amsterdam jongman met Johanna Rosendaal geboortig vande Caab wed:e wylen Fredricus Russouw, transcribed by Corney Keller, (24 Mar 2012), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town).
  6. [S877] E-mail from Margreet van der Hut to FFY Project, 2 Augst 2016 "Studied law in Leiden 1681-1684."
  7. [S877] E-mail from Margreet van der Hut to FFY Project, 2 Augst 2016 "After his father died in 1684 he took command of brewery The Swan with his mother."
  8. [S877] E-mail from Margreet van der Hut to FFY Project, 2 Augst 2016 "In 1698 he went to the Cape because Van der Stel had asked him."
  9. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 94, 25 Oct 1699, marriage entry for Nicolaus Oortman and Johanna Rosendaal, 24 Mar 2012, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  10. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 26 Mart: [1702] | van Nicolaus Oortman en Johanna Rosendaal, onder getuygen van Willem Oortman en Petronella de la Court gent: - Adam, (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).
  11. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [22 Feb:r 1705] van Steven Vermeij en Aletta van Nes onder getuygen van
    Nicolaas Oortmans en Anna Schalwyk gent: - Hendrikus, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  12. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [22 Feb:r 1705] van Johannes Swellingrebel en Johanna Cruse, onder getuyge van Willem Corsenaar en Elisabeth [Crawelz], gent - Elisabeth, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  13. [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): Nog ‘n geval waar Böeseken lelik kleigetrap het, is die een wat op bladsy 188 van die addendum vermeld word:

    “11.3.1699: Jantje from Bengal (13), a gift from Jacob van Hoorn, who was sailing on the Ylpendam, to Adriaan Cortman, on condition that Cortman does not sell Jantje and that he stipulates in his will that she is to be freed on his death”.

    In die eerste plek behoort die datum die 12de te lees. Tweedens was die naam van die slaaf volgens die document Jantije en ‘n lid van die manlike geslag. Derdens was Jacob van Hoorn ‘n koopman op die skip en nie maar net ‘n reisiger nie. In die vierde plek was die naam van die ontvanger van die slaaf Adriaan Oortman en nie Cortman nie. Die slaaf word ook “uit sonderlike redes en by maniere van vereringe” aan hom geskenk. Die oordrag geskied op die voorwaarde dat die slaaf vir Oortman moes dien vir solank as wat dit Oortman mag geval, mits Oortman, en dit verswyg Böeseken se weergawe, “in sijn gemoede ook gehouden blijft lopende de tijt synes Slaaffachtige dienst, het goede besten beyde aan lichaamen de ziele, aan de genoemde Jantije van Bengale, op den Christelijke betamende wijse” betoon. Van Hoorn bepaal ook nog verder dat indien Oortman dalk ooit eendag die Kaap wil verlaat hy eers sal sorg sat die slaaf vrygestel is. Vir ingeval Oortman dalk te sterwe so kom alvorens hy die geleentheid gehad het om vir Jantije betyds vry te stel, gaan Van Hoorn in die betrokke akte voort, verklaar hy Jantije ook sommer by voorbaat vry. Tereg was Oortman nie veronderstel om hom ooit aan iemand anders te verkoop nie.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
  14. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 188. 11.3.1699: Jantje from Bengal (13), a gift from Jacob [sic. Joan] van Hoorn, who was sailing on the Ylpendam, to Adriaan Cortman [sic. Nicholas Oortman], on condition that Cortman does not sell Jantje and that he stipulates in his will that she is to be freed on his death.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  15. [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), Sequence IDNO:       1756     
    Slaves First Name:       Adolph     
    Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Madagascar     
    Day Of Sale:       24     
    Month Of Sale:       1     
    Year Of Sale:       1701     
    Type Of Name:       Christian     
    Continental Origin Code:       Mada&Mau     
    Slaves Age:       43     
    Slaves Gender:       Male     
    Price In Rixdollars:       75     
    Sellers Last Name:       Oortman     
    Sellers First Name:       Nicolaas     
    Sellers Civil Status:       burgher     
    Sellers Gender:       Male     
    Sellers Domicile:       Cape district     
    Sellers Occupation:       Farmer     
    Buyers Last Name:       Snijman     
    Buyers First Name:       Christoffel     
    Buyers Civil Status:       burgher     
    Buyers Gender:       Male     
    Buyers Domicile:       Drakenstein district     
    Buyers Occupation:       farmer     
    Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  16. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 26 Mart: [1702]. | van Nicolaus Oortman en Johanna
    Rosendaal, onder getuygen van Willem Oortman en Petronella de la Court gent: - Adam, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
 

Bookmark and Share