Joris van Cochin1

M, #15319, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited03/01/2016
BirthOrigin*Joris was from Cochin and may have been born there circa 1640.2 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Between 12 March 1661 and 24 June 1662, the name of Joris was written in the record as Joris van Couchin.3,4
Slave TransactionsOn 12 March 1661 Joris van Cochin was sold by Dirck de Knibber to Roeloff de Man, De Knibber was enroute to Patria, and Joris van Cochin was clearly his personal slave whom he would buy back a year later.2,5
On 24 June 1662 Joris van Cochin was sold by Roeloff de Man to Dirck de Knibber, De Knibber was returning to the East from a year's break in Patria and wanted his personal slave back.6,4

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 125. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 125. 12.3.1661, I, p. 281: Joris from Cochin, sold by Dirck de Knibber, vice-admiral of the return fleet to the junior merchant, the official Roelof de Man.
  3. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): … die slaaf Joris van Couchin …. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  4. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", 24.6.1662     CTD 1, p.297
    Roeloff de Man, onderkoopman en tweede in gesag van die fort verkoop aan Dirck de Knibber, skipper op die skip Walcheren, die slaaf Joris van Couchin. [Geen ouderdom of bedrag vermeld.]
  5. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", 12.3.1661     CTD I. p. 281
    Dirck de Knibber, vise-kommandeur van die retoervloot , verkoop aan Roeloff de Man, onderkoopman van die fort, die slaaf Joris van Couchin wat hy uit Indie gebring het [Geen ouderdom of bedrag vermeld.].
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 125. 24.6.1662, 1, p. 297: Joris from Cochin, bought back by his former master
    Dirck de Knibber on his way to the East from Roelof de Man, to whom he
    had sold this slave on his way to the Netherlands on the 12th of March 1661.
 

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