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Vincent Paets¹

M, #14322, b. circa 1638

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Last Edited

15/03/2015

Birth*

Vincent Paets was born circa 1638.^1,2

Occupation*

On 24 April 1688 Vincent Paets was was Rear-Admiral of the return fleet and sailing on the Sion. He had previously been ambassador to the Emperor of China and a member of the Council of Justive in Batavia.³

Slave Transactions

On 24 April 1688 Aron van der Kust Coromandel was sold by Vincent Paets to Jan Wessels, for Rds. 65 on condition that Aron would not be taken to Batavia. If Wessels wished he could sell Aron to Wouter Valckenier at the same price.⁴

Slave Emancipations

On 26 April 1688 Small d'Akosa was emancipated by Vincent Paets. He had inherited Small from the estate of Adam van Lok.⁵

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. 24.4.1688, ...Vincent Paets, Rear-Admiral on the return fleet and sailing on the Sion,...
p.83. ...Vincent Paets who passed the Cape on a vessel called Sion and who had been a member of the Council of Justice in Batavia and an ambassador to the Emperor of China.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.153. 24.4.1688, pp. 102-103: Aron from the Coast (22), sold for Rds. 65 by Vincent Paets, Rear-Admiral on the return fleet and sailing on the Sion, to Jan Wessels on condition that this slave was not to be taken to Batavia. If he wished, he could sell the slave to Wouter Valckenier for the same price.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.153. 26.4.1688: Small d'Akosa (20), manumitted by Vincent Paets, who had inherited this slave from the estate of Adam van Lok.