Abel Sjoerdts1
M, #13854, b. circa 1630
Last Edited | 11/07/2015 |
BirthOrigin* | Abel was from Seruyssum and may have been born there circa 1630. His age is estimated.2 |
Baptism | Abel Sjoerdts was baptized on 26 October 1656 (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Names in the record, in publications, etc. | 20 March 1656, the name of Abel was written in the record as Abel Syours.2 31 May 1657, the name of Abel was written in the record as Abel Sjours.3 |
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls) | On 20 March 1656 Abel Sjoerdts was enumerated in the muster roll, as a sailor.2 On 31 May 1657 Abel Sjoerdts was enumerated in the muster roll, as a sailor earning f 8 per month.3 On 15 February 1658 Abel Sjoerdts was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as Abel Syours, of Seruyssum, sailor.4 On 5 March 1659 Abel Sjoerdts was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as a sailor.5 |
Citations
- [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. "26 October 1656:
baptism: Abel een bejaert persoon
"Weather as above. The minister [Brockborn] again preaches and baptizes a sailor named Abel Sjoars [Sjoerdts], whose parents were Mennonites and are now dead.?He had always adhered to the Reformed Church, et cetera"." - [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.284-286. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, pp.287-289.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.291.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.295.