Sijbrand Abbema1
M, #15334, b. 1637, d. 1684
Father* | PN Abbema2 b. c 1600 |
Birth* | Sijbrand Abbema was born in 1637.1 |
Death* | He died in 1684.1 |
(Owner) ShipVoyage | On 18 November 1669 the Amersfoort, and other ships of the return fleet, departed Batavia enroute to the Cape where they docked on 9 February 1670. Among those who arrived was VOC Commissioner Sijbrand Abbema who brought with him four private slaves, who at present remain to be identified.3,4 |
Citations
- [S203] Mansell Upham 'Cape Mothers: Groote Catrijn van Paliacatta (c. 1631-1683), her slave Maria van Bengale & her daughter-in-law Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye (1673-1742)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), October 2014. "He marries (1stly) in the Netherlands Haasje Berkmans: (1610-1663), and marries (2ndly) at Batavia Elisabeth Abbema (widow of Simon Jansz: Cos).11 M.E. van Opstall, Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek (SABW), vol. III, pp. 575-576."
- [S203] Mansell Upham 'UL14 Cape Mothers', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), " Maetsuijcker`s 2nd wife's brother Sijbrand Abbema (1637-1684) (from Vianen [Duchy of Vianen]) will visit the Cape (9 February-14 March 1670), again from (May-July 1674) and as commissioner (20 February-27 March 1680)."
- [S351] Grahame Naudé, "Dutch East India Company Shipping", Familia (DEIC Shipping) 43 Number 1 (2006). Hereinafter cited as "Dutch East India Company Shipping."
- [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First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014. "9 February 1670: VOC commissioner Sijbrand Abbema visits Cape in Return Fleet bringing at least 4 private slaves."