First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Adam Stenis¹

M, #15739, b. circa 1650

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Last Edited

03/01/2015

Birth*

Adam Stenis was born circa 1650.¹

Slave Transactions

On 13 May 1686 Antonio van Macoua (Macau?), Francesco van Macoua (Macau?) and Ventura van Macoua (Macau?) were sold by Antonio de Sousa to Adam Stenis, for Rds. 50.¹
On 5 June 1686 Antonio van Mombasa and Sebastiaan van Mozambique were sold by Joseph de la Gracia to Adam Stenis, for Rds. 65, together with 30 ounces of amber, 8 or 10 silver knobs for canes, and several spoons.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.146.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.146. 5.6.1686: Antonio from Mambasa (sic) and Sebastiaan from Mozambique, sold together with 30 ounces of amber, 8 or 10 silver knobs for canes and several spoons, by Joseph de la Gracia, Augustinian monk shipwrecked in the Nostra Signora de los Milagros, to Adam Stenis for Rds. 62.