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

Alexander van Ternate¹

M, #14842, b. circa 1683

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Last Edited

08/03/2013

Birth*

Alexander van Ternate was born circa 1683 in Ternate.¹

Crime and related

On 18 September 1733 Gerrit Jacobsz: Coetzee asked to make another confession in which he implicated Alexander van Ternate both as an instigator and co-perpetrator. The Council decided to investigate the allegations but on 22 September ordered Gerrit's execution to be carried out the next day. Subsequent investigations cleared Alexander van Ternate.²

Slaves owned by individuals

In 1733 Alexander van Ternate was owned by Maria van Hoeven.¹

Citations

[S723] Susan Newton-King, "Die Blanke Nageslag van Louis van Bengale en Lijsbeth van die Kaap", Kronos (Sodomy, race and respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689-1762: the story of a family, loosely defined.) 1 (2007): Alexander (who was about 50 years old and came from the island of Ternate).... Hereinafter cited as "Sodomy, race and respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689-1762: the story of a family, loosely defined."
[S723] Susan Newton-King, "Sodomy, race and respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689-1762: the story of a family, loosely defined.", This was not quite the end, however. In what may have been a last desperate attempt to save himself, or to gain more time, or alternately an attempt to purge his soul before death, Coetsé told his captors on the morning of his execution (Friday 18 September ) that he wished to make a further confession. ... The Council also decided not to further postpone the execution of Gerrit Coetsé. The sentence was to be carried out immediately.