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Pasqual van Batavia¹

M, #15906, b. circa 1673

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Last Edited

25/12/2015

BirthOrigin*

Pasqual was f rom Batavia and was perhaps born there circa 1673. He was said to be 19 years old in 1692.¹

Slave Transactions

On 19 June 1692 Pasqual van Batavia was sold on behalf of Susanna Baptista, the widow of Henning Simons, by Jacob Witboom to Jan Dircks de Beer, for Rds. 60.^2,3,4

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.160.. 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.160. 19.6.1692, pp. 95-96: Pasqual from Batavia (19), sold by Jacob Witboom on behalf of Susanna Baptista, the widow of Henning Simons, for Rds. 150 [sic].
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), Sequence IDNO:       0804
Slaves First Name:       Pasqual
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Batavia
Day Of Sale:       19
Month Of Sale:       6
Year Of Sale:       1692
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Facetious
Continental Origin Code:       Indonesian Archipelago
Slaves Age:       19
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       150 [sic]
Sellers Last Name:       Witboom
Sellers First Name:       Jacob
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Batavia
Sellers Occupation:       Clerk
Buyers Last Name:       de Beer
Buyers First Name:       Jan Dirk
Buyers Civil Status:       Councillor
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Cape district
Buyers Occupation:       farmer
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): En Pasqual van Batavia word nie op 19.6.1692 vir 150 Rds. verkoop nie, maar slegs vir 60 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."