Matthijs van Java1

M, #13863, b. 1654/55

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Last Edited16/03/2015
Birth*Matthijs van Java was born in 1654/55 in Java.1,2
 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.25 October 1689, the name of Matthijs was written in the record as Matthijs van Malabar.3,1
Slave TransactionsOn 24 May 1687 Matthijs van Java was sold by Adriaan Willemsz van Brakel to Louis van Bengale de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds. 35.4,2
On 25 October 1689 Matthijs van Java was sold by Louis van Bengale to Abraham Hartogh de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds. 30.3,5

Citations

  1. [S658] Mansell Upham 'Made or Marred by Time - the Other Armozijn & two enslaved Arabian 'princesses' at the Cape of Good Hope (1656)', 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), March 2012. "He owned the following slaves:
    Anthonij van Coromandel; Matthijs van Java / Malabar ; and, Titus van Sambou / Macassar)."
  2. [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), Slaves First Name:       Matthijs     
    Presumed Place Of Origin:       Van Java     
    Day Of Sale:       24     
    Month Of Sale:       5     
    Year Of Sale:       1687     
    Type Of Name:       Christian     
    Continental Origin Code:       Indonesian Archipelago     
    Slaves Age:       28     
    Slaves Gender:       Male     
    Price In Rixdollars:       35     
    Sellers Last Name:       Van Brakel     
    Sellers First Name:       Adriaan     
    Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  3. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Slaves First Name:       Matthijs     
    Presumed Place Of Origin:       Van Malabar     
    Day Of Sale:       25     
    Month Of Sale:       10     
    Year Of Sale:       1689     
    Type Of Name:       Christian     
    Continental Origin Code:       Indian Sub Continent     
    Slaves Age:       34     
    Slaves Gender:       Male     
    Price In Rixdollars:       30     
    Sellers Last Name:       Van Bengal     
    Sellers First Name:       Louis     
    Sellers Civil Status:       freeblack     
    Sellers Gender:       Male     
    Sellers Domicile:       Stellenbosch district     
    Sellers Occupation:       Farmer     
    Buyers Last Name:       Hartog     
    Buyers First Name:       Abraham     
    Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee.
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.150. 24.5.1687: Matthijs from Java (27/28), sold by Adriaan van Brakel to Louis from Bengal for Rds. 35.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 140. 25.l0.1689, pp. 282-283: Matthijs from Malabar (33/34), sold by Louis from Bengal, "swarte landbouwer", to Abraham de Hartogh for Rds. 30.
 

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