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

Jacob van Amerongen¹

M, #15963, b. circa 1660

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Last Edited

25/03/2015

Birth*

Jacob van Amerongen was born circa 1660.^1,2

Occupation*

On 19 May 1692 Jacob van Amerongen was a first mate on the Berkel.³

Slave Transactions

On 19 May 1693 Claas van Bengale was sold by Jacob van Amerongen to Johan Mijndertze Kruijwagen, for Rds. 70.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.163.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.163. 19.5.1693: Claas from Bengal (17/18), sold by Jacob van Amerongen, first mate of the Berkel, to Jan Meijndertsz Cruywagen for Rds. 70.