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

Jan Bitter¹

M, #14349, b. circa 1638

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Last Edited

13/03/2015

Birth*

Jan Bitter was born circa 1638.¹

Occupation*

On 16 April 1688 Jan Bitter was the skipper of the Courtgene.²

Slave Transactions

On 16 April 1688 Aaron van der Kust Coromandel was sold by Jan Bitter to Guillaume Heems, for Rds. 65 on condition that Aaron not be returned to Batavia.³
On 16 April 1688 Abraham van Malabar was sold by Jan Bitter to Hendrick Cornelis, for Rds. 50.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.152.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.152. 16.4.1688, pp. 85-86: Abraham from Malabar (23), sold by Jan Bitter, skipper of the Courtgene, to Hendrick Cornelis, Free Burgher from Stellenbosch, for Rds. 50.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.152. 16.4.1688, pp. 82-83: Aaron from the Coast (23), sold by Mr. Jan Bitter to Guilliam Eems for Rds. 65 on condition that Aaron may not be taken back to Batavia.