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Carel de Mervelje¹

M, #14490, b. circa 1650

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Last Edited

14/01/2015

Birth*

Carel de Mervelje was born circa 1650.¹

Occupation*

On 16 April 1687 Carel de Mervelje was the skipper of the Oosterland.²

Slave Transactions

On 16 April 1687 Jason van Malabar and Evert van Macassar were sold by Carel de Mervelje to Jan Dircks de Beer, for Rds. 50 each.²
On 16 April 1687 Aron van Cochin was sold by Carel de Mervelje to Jan Dircks de Beer, for Rds. 45.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.150-151. 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.150. 16.4.1687: Jason from Malabar (21 and Evert from Macassar (25/26) sold
by Carel de Mervelje, skipper of the Oosterland, to Jan Dircx de Beer for
Rds. 50 each.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.150. 16.4.1687: Aran of Cochin sold by Carel de Mervelje to Jan Dircx de Beer for Rds.45.