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

Jan Dircksz van de Caep^1,2

M, #13919, b. between February 1659 and 25 August 1661

Father*

Mother*

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03/01/2016

Slave Births

Between February 1659 and 25 August 1661, Jan Dircksz van de Caep was born in bondage and was owned by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck de Caep de Goede Hoop, the 'Guinea' slaves arrived in May 1658 - so this child must have been born sometime between early 1659 and August 1661 when he was sold away from his mother.^3,4

Slave Transactions

On 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.^4,5,1

Citations

[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)."
[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.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), 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. [DR: Father was Dircksz - not Jan Dircksz.]. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[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.
[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.