Jantje van Bengale1

M, #15328, b. circa 1654

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Last Edited22/01/2016
BirthOrigin*Jantje was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1654. He was said to be 11 years old in 1665.1 
Duplicate?*It is possible that Jantje van Batavia and Jantje van Bengale are the same individual. Jantje van Batavia was around 22/23 when he was emancipated in 1688. Jantje van 'Bengale' does not appear again in the record after his sale to Klinckenberg in 1665 and would also have been 22/23 in 1668. 
(Slaves) ShipVoyage On 23 December 1661 the Prinses Royael, Marseveen and De Vogel Phoenicx, ships of the return fleet, departed Batavia enroute to the Cape where they docked on 15 March 1662. Arriving on board the Prinses Royaal were the slaves Catharina van Malabar and Pieter van Ceylon. The Marseveen carried 15 slaves namely: Baddou van Bali, Jeronimus van Coromandel, Matthijs van Coromandel, Jantje van Bengale, Adriaen van Bengale, Gratia d' Costa, Paulo van Malabar, Catharina van Bengale, Jacob Cornelisse van Colombo, Jan Luy van Ceylon, Ventura van Ceylon, Pai Marquart van Ceylon, Florinda van Jafnapatnam and Helena van Malabar.2 
Slave TransactionsOn 11 August 1665 Jantje van Bengale was sold by Zacharias Wagenaer on behalf of his step-daughter, Maria de Bucquoij, to Pieter Klinckenbergh, for f 100.3,4

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 126: 11.8.1665, II, p. 268: Jantje from Bengal (11), sold by Zacharias Wagenaer on behalf of Maria Verburg to Pieter van Clinckenberg for f100.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S815] Mansell G. Upham 'Documented Slave Arrivals at the Cape of Good Hope (1652-1677)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014. "15 March 1662: Return Fleet (Marseveen, Phoenix, Prinses Royaal) ex Batavia brings
    17 unnamed Asian slaves (Malabar, Ceylon, Coromandel / Bengal and Bali) (mostly soon sold privately)):
    Prinses Royaal brings 2 private slaves:
    Catharina van Batavia [Catharina van Malabar / Bengale (born c. 1637)?] sold (3 April 1662) sent by Jacob Does in Batavia with merchant Gillis Nonnemans sailing on Princess Royaal to hand over to Jochem Blanck (from Lübeck) at the Cape;
    Pieter van Ceylon sold (28 March 1662) by Jacob Does to Jochem Blanck (from Lübeck) for 50.00;
    Marserveeren brings 15 slaves:
    Baddou / Barru van Bali
    Maria van Bali
    Jeronimus van Coromandel
    Matthijs van Coromandel
    Jan (Jantje) van Bengale
    Adriaen (Arie) van Bengale
    Gratia d’Costa
    Paul(o) van Malabar
    Catharina van Bengale (born c. 1651)
    Helena van Malabar
    Jacob Cornelisse: van Colombo / Malabar / Bengale
    Jan Luij / Leeuw van Ceylon
    Ventura van Ceylon
    Marquart [Pai] van Ceylon
    Florinda van Jafnapatnam.    "
  3. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 126: 11.8.1665, II, p. 268: Jantje from Bengal (11), sold by Zacharias Wagenaer on behalf of Maria Verburg to Pieter van Clinckenberg for f 100.
  4. [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): 11.8.1665     CTD 2, p.267
    Die edele heer Zacharias kommandeur, verkoop namens sy dogter Maria Verburgh aan mons. Pieter van Clinckenbergh, opper-chirurgijn, die Bengaalse jongetjie Jantie, 11 jaar, vir f 100.. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
 

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