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

Matthias van Madagascar¹

M, #14563, b. circa 1672

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Last Edited

08/01/2015

BirthOrigin*

Matthias was from Madagascar and perhaps born there circa 1672.¹

Slave Transactions

On 29 January 1687 Matthias van Madagascar and Marcus van Madagascar were sold by Hubert Hoffen to Hans Jürgen Grimp, for Rds. 60.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.149.. 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.149. 29.1.1687: Matthias and Marcus (15 and 12 respectively), sold by Hubert Hoffen, first mate of the Jambi to Hans Jurgen Grimp for Rds. 60.