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Christiaan Jörg¹

M, #14380, b. circa 1648

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Last Edited

13/03/2015

BirthOrigin*

Christiaan was perhaps from Denmark and may have been born there circa 1648.¹

Occupation*

On 3 February 1688 Christiaan Jörg was the first mate of the Danish ship Antoinette.²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

3 February 1688, the name of Christiaan was written in the record as Christiaan Juriaense.³

Slave Transactions

On 3 February 1688 Aron van der Kust Coromandel, Bastiaan van der Kust Coromandel and Titus van der Kust Coromandel and Maria van der Kust Coromandel were sold by Christiaan Jörg to Cornelis Linnes, for Rds. 40, Rds. 40, Rds. 40 and Rds. 46 respectively.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.151.. 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.151. 3.2.1688, pp. 31-32: Aron from Coromandel (30), Bastiaan from Coromandel (14), Titus from Coromandel (20), and Maria from CoromandeI (10), sold by Christiaan Juriaense (signature Jörg), first mate of the Danish ship Antoinette, to Cornelis Theunis for Rds. 40, Rds. 40, Rds. 40 and Rds. 46 respectively. [DR: In Changing Hands, Robert Shell notes that the purchaser in this transaction was Cornelis Linnes. I have been unable to identify the Cornelis Theunis referred to by Anna Böeseken, and until evidence to contrary surfaces, have assumed Shell to be correct.]
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.151. 3.2.1688, pp. 31-32: ...and Maria from CoromandeI (10), sold by Christiaan Juriaense (signature Jörg),...
pp.71-72 The first mate of the Antoinette, Christiaan Jörg, according to his signature,... and footnote 83: The officials translated most foreign names into Dutch. Thus Christian Jörg is called Christiaan Juriaense in the deed of sale.