Catharina van Bengale1
F, #15350, b. circa 1640
Last Edited | 23/11/2014 |
Birth* | Catharina van Bengale was born circa 1640 in Bengal.1 |
(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.1 |
Citations
- [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First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014.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."