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

Sophia van Madagascar¹

F, #15767, b. 1670/71

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Last Edited

23/03/2015

BirthOrigin*

Sophia was from Madagascar and perhaps born there in 1670/71.¹

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

24 September 1692, the name of Sophia was written in the record as Sophie van Madagascar.²

Slave Transactions

On 26 April 1686 Sophia van Madagascar was sold by William Deeron to Gottfried Meyhuysen, for Rds. 50.³
On 24 September 1692 Sophia van Madagascar was sold by Gottfried Meyhuysen to Didelhof Bibout, for Rds. 100.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.145.. 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.161.24.9.1692, pp. 162-163: Sophie from Madagascar (19/20), sold by Godfried Meyhuysen to Didlof Bibou for Rds. 100.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.145. 26.4.1686: Sophia from Madagascar (15/16), sold by Will Deeron to Godfried Meijhuijsen for Rds. 50.