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Joan van Couwenburg¹

M, #15445, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited

24/01/2016

Birth*

Joan van Couwenburg was born circa 1640.^1,2

Occupation*

On 28 May 1669 Joan van Couwenburg was an onderkoopman or junior merchant on the Alphen, which had arrived from Amsterdam on 18 May, and departed for Batavia on 2 June 1668.¹

Slave Transactions

On 28 May 1669 Anna van Bengale was sold by Luitenant Johannes Coon to Joan van Couwenburg, for Rds 80 without any reservasies, i.e. conditions. She would have accompanied her new owner to Batavia on the Alphen which departed the Cape on 2 June 1668.³

Citations

[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): 28.5.1669 CTD 3, p.324
Johannes Coon, luitenant, verkoop die slavin Anna van Bengale aan Joan van Couwenburg, onderkoopman op die skip Alphen vir 80 Rds sonder enige ‘reservasies’.
Die edel heer Rijckloff van Goens die jonge, admiraal van die aanwesige vier Ceylonse ret oerskepe en op die skip De Logge [Kogge?] wat op vertrek staan na Patria, verkoop aan die provisionele luitenant Johannes Coon die slavin Anna van Bengale, wat swanger is, op die voorwaarde dat as sy met die kraam te sterwe kom net die helfte, 35 Rds, anders moet 70 Rds of f 210 aan kommandeur Jacob Borghorst oorhandig word.. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", 28.5.1669 CTD 3, p.324
Johannes Coon, luitenant, verkoop die slavin Anna van Bengale aan Joan van Couwenburg, onderkoopman op die skip Alphen vir 80 Rds sonder enige ‘reservasies’.