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

Willem van der Steeg¹

M, #15193, b. circa 1650

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Last Edited

28/12/2014

Birth*

Willem van der Steeg was born circa 1650.¹

Occupation*

Willem van der Steeg was chief steward of the Coevorden on 21 March 1685.²

Slave Transactions

On 21 March 1685 Anthonij van der Kust Malabar was sold by Willem van der Steeg to Willem ten Damme, for Rds. 65.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 142.. 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. 142. 21.3.1685, p. 26: Anthonij Casta from Malabar (18), sold by Willem van der Steeg, chief steward of the Coevorden, to Willem ten Damme for Rds. 65.