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

Dominicus Barentsz¹

M, #14305, b. circa 1638

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Last Edited

15/03/2015

Birth*

Dominicus Barentsz was born circa 1638.^1,2

Occupation*

On 11 June 1688 Dominicus Barentsz was the skipper of the 't Rad van Avontuur.³

Slave Transactions

On 11 June 1688 Anthony van Bengale was sold by Dominicus Barentsz to Jan Wessels, for Rds. 70.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.153.. 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.153. 11.6.1688, pp. 131-132: Anthony from Bengal (20), sold by Dominicus Barentsz, skipper of 't Rad van Avontuur, to Jan Wessels for Rds. 70.