Willem van Bengale1

M, #15344, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited23/01/2016
BirthOrigin*Willem was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1640. His age is estimated.1 
(Slaves) ShipVoyage On 30 January 1662 the Angelier and Oijevaer departed Batavia enroute to de Caep de Goede Hoop where they docked on 2 April 1662. Among the pasengers on board the vessels were Zacharias Wagenaer, Maria aux Brebis and Maria de Bucquoij. Accompanying Wagenaer were his slaves Anthonij de Later van Japan, Annike van Bengale, Louis van Bengale and Willem van Bengale.2,3,1 
Slave TransactionsWillem van Bengale was sold by Zacharias Wagenaer to Dom:e Joannes de Voogd on 25 September 1666, for Rds 90 or f 180.4,5

Citations

  1. [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First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014. "2 April 1662: Angelier ex Batavia brings 5 personal slaves of Dresden-born Zacharias Wagenaer (1614-1668), the Cape’s 2nd commander (1662-1666):
    Japanese Christian Anthonij de Later van Japan
    his concubine Annica van Bengale
    their son Abraham
    Louis van Bengale &
    Willem van Bengale.    "
  2. [S351] Grahame Naudé, "Dutch East India Company Shipping", Familia (DEIC Shipping) 43 Number 1 (2006): https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/das/detailVoyage/96408
    Number     5498.1
    Name of ship     ANJELIER
    Master     Hans, Barend Barendsz.
    Tonnage     440
    Type of ship     jacht
    Built     1653
    Yard     Hoorn
    Chamber     Amsterdam
    Date of departure     30-01-1662
    Place of departure     Batavia
    Arrival at Cape     02-04-1662
    Departure from Cape     10-04-1662
    Date of arrival at destination     28-07-1662
    Place of arrival     Vlie
    Chamber for which cargo is destined     Amsterdam (83,319)
    Particulars     Second return fleet (5498-5499) under command of Zacharias Wagenaar. After the Cape under command of Johan van der Laan (see above). The ANJELIER was wrecked at Terschelling(?).
    Previous outward voyage     0795.1
    On Board     I     II     III
    Total     208                         . Hereinafter cited as "Dutch East India Company Shipping."
  3. [S654] Mansell Upham 'What can't be cured, must be endured … Cape of Good Hope - first marriages & baptisms (1652-1665)', 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), January 2012. "2 April 1662: Angelier & Oijevaer bring:
    Cape's newly appointed 2nd Commander Zacharias Wagenaer (from Dresden) ex Batavia with wife Maria aux Brebis (from Wesel), stepdaughter Maria de Bucuoij, Widow Coen Verburg & 5 personal slaves."
  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): 25.9.1666     CTD 3, p.109
    Die edelheer Zacharias Wagenaer, kommandeur, verkoop aan Joannes de Voocht, bedienaar van die goddelike Woord, die Bengaalse slaaf Willem vir 90 Rds of f 180. [Geen Onderdom [?] is vermeld. Dit is interessant dat 90 Rds hier as f 180 ligte geld aangegee word in plaas van die gebruiklike f 270. Geen name van getuies word genoem nie en niemand het ook as sodanig geteken nie.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 127. 30.9.1666, III, pp. 109-110: Willem from Bengal, sold by Zacharias Wagenaer to the Rev. Joannes de Voocht for Rds. 90 or f 180.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
 

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