Barend Waendersz1

M, #13934, b. circa 1630, d. 1661

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Last Edited10/09/2015
BirthOrigin*Barend was from Varick and was perhaps born there circa 1630. The date is estimated.2,1 
Death*He died in 1661, he was recorded among the deceased freeman in 1661.3
 
(Passenger) ShipVoyage On 16 April 1658 the Nieupoort departed Texel enroute to (Cape Town) where it docked on 25 July 1658. Among those on board was Barend Waendersz.4 
Misc* On 19 December 1660 de Caep de Goede Hoop Barend Waendersz was asked by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck if he had been intimate with any female slaves who were consequently with child. At first he denied it, but when Van Riebeeck assured him it was to the benefit of the Company, he acknowledged that it was indeed the case. The child[ren] was/were not identified.5 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.The name of Barend appeared as Barent Waenders in the cited publication(s.)2
The name of Barend appeared as Barent Waender in the cited publication(s.)3
Vrijbriewen and Burgher StatusOn 1 November 1658, Barend Waendersz was granted a vrijbrief or letter of freedom which released him from his contractual obligations to the VOC and accorded him the status of vrijburgher or free burgher. He was recorded as a cadet at the Fort.6

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. "19 December 1660:     Barent Waendersz: (from Varich) … vryman alhier aan gemelte Caap [unidentified]."
  2. [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.267.. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
  3. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.311. Barent Waender, of Varick, freeman, arrived in the yacht Nieupoort in 1658.
  4. [S406] H.B. Thom, editor, Journal of Jan van Riebeeck Vol III 1659-1662 translated by J. Smuts from the original Dutch, (Cape Town, Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1954), Appendix: x. July 25. The flute Nieupoort, Skipper Fred. Hermansz of Enckhuysen, from Texel 16th April ; 175 men, 20 sick.. Hereinafter cited as Journal of Jan van Riebeeck Vol III 1659-1662.
  5. [S654] Mansell Upham 'UL01 What can't be cured, must be endured …', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713),.
  6. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.267. Barent Waenders, of Varick, cadet at the Fort. Granted 1st November, 1658.
 

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