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

Jan Speelman¹

M, #14272, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited

16/03/2015

Birth*

Jan Speelman was born circa 1640.^1,2

Occupation*

On 12 April 1689 Jan Speelman was the skipper of De Schelde.³

Slave Transactions

On 12 April 1689 Cupido van Macassar was sold by Jan Speelman to Cornelis Pietersz Linnes, for Rds. 60.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.154.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.154. 12.4.1689, pp. 198-199: Cupido from Macassar (20), sold by Jan Speelman, skipper of De Schelde, to Cornelis Pietersz Linnes for Rds. 60.