Dirk van Guinea1

M, #13906, b. circa 1628

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Last Edited02/01/2016
Birth*Dirk van Guinea was born circa 1628 in Guinea.2,3
 

Family

Anna van Guinea b. c 1647
Child
Slave TransactionsOn 25 August 1661 Jan Dircksz van de Caep was sold by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, to Abraham Gabbema de Caep de Goede Hoop, he would have been less than 3 years old and was sold away from his mother Anna van Guinea and his father Dirk van Guinea.4,5,6
Slaves owned by individualsBetween 6 May 1658 and 18 September 1659 Dirk van Guinea and Deuxsous van Guinea were owned by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck.1

Citations

  1. [S676] Attestation, C2391; Council of Policy, 4 September1652-6 February 1660, Western Cape Archives and Records Service as transcribed and annotated by Mansell Upham, Cape Archives (CA): C 2391 (Council of Policy: Attestations 4 September 1652- 6 February 1660)

    [pp. 86-87] [pp. 119-120] transcribed by Mansell Upham



    87

    Wij ondergeschreven certificeren dat den Commande:[u]r Jan van Riebeeck met onse kennisse ende wetenschap van d’e:[dele] Comp:[agi]e heeft gecoght 4 Guinees slaven ende 2 d:[it]o slavinnen neffens oock 3 Angoolse slaven ende 4 dito slavinnen conform ‘t geboeckte inde negotieboecken onder dato ultima April,10 Maij ende ul:[tima] Xb:[e]r 1658 sijnde te samen, 13 stux lijfeijgenen van welcke voorsz: 6 Guineese slaven dito Commande:[u]r d’e:[dele] Comp:[agni]e heeft verder gelevert 3 stux ende in mangerlinge daer tegen weder gevenen 3 Angoolse te weten 2 jongens genaemt Tomas Keuken ende Claes Kelder met een jongen slaventien genaempt Marij Pekenijn Item verruijlt een paer ander Guineese slaven aen de vrij saldanhavaerders tegen 2 Angoolse jongens vandeselve genaempt Jan Meeuw ende Jackie Joij mitsgaders gecogt van Casper Brinckman een Guinees slaef sulx hij hier ‘t 14 stux gefoedt door van hem een ouloopen sij onder volgens dien jegenwoordigt op dato noch heeft 13 stux soo Guinees als Angools, namentl:[ijc]k

                                  Guinees
    Dirck ende Dirckie            


                                  Angools
    Hier onder heeft den Commandeur een Angools tegen een Madagascarsz slavin die per abujis onder d’Angoolse na Bat:a[via] gesonden is
                                  
    Mathijs en: Marselij [Claesje?]
    Domingo en: Francyn
    Tomas Keuken ende Marij
    Klaes Kelder
    Jan Meeu     en: Marij Pekenijn
    Jackie Joij
    Ouwe Jan     en Isabel

    Meijndert van Antongil                becoming van den Coopman Cops

    Marij van Bengale [Maria da Costa[:ITAL          door Jacob Reijniersz op Batavia laten                                    coopen aen de heer gesonden

    Domingo.
  2. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  3. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 125: 18.9.1659, I p. 127: "Oude Hans and Jajenne" both from Guinea, belonging to Jan van Riebeeck, are exchanged by him for Jackie Joy and Jan Meeuw from Angola, respectively 12 and 13 years old, who had been the property of Thomas Muller and Jochem Elbertsz.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  4. [S676] Attestation, C2391; Council of Policy, 4 September1652-6 February 1660, Western Cape Archives and Records Service as transcribed and annotated by Mansell Upham, 7 May 1662:
    Departure: Van Riebeeck & family leave Cape for Batavia.
    Abraham Gabbema buys:
    Maaij Ansela van Bnegale
    Marij van de Caep
    Jan Dircksz van de Caep.
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.125: 25.8.1661, I, p. 277: Jan Dircksz. child of Jan Dircksz from Guinea and Houwj from Guinea, sold by Jan van Riebeeck to Abraham Gabbema. Age and price not mentioned in the document.
  6. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 25.8.1661      CTD I, p.277 [Verlore.]
    Jan van Riebeeck, kommandeur, verkoop aan Abraham Gabbema, fiskaal, die slafie Jan Dircksz hier gebore van sy Guineese slawe Dirck en Houwj. [Geen ouderdom of bedrag vermeld. Die moeder se naam kan ook Houwi wees.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  7. [S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. 7 May 1662:
    Departure: Van Riebeeck & family leave Cape for Batavia.
    Abraham Gabbema buys:
    Maaij Ansela van Bnegale
    Marij van de Caep
    Jan Dircksz van de Caep.
 

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