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

Jan de Wit¹

M, #15976, b. circa 1650

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Last Edited

12/01/2017

Birth*

Jan de Wit was born circa 1650.^1,2

Occupation*

On 28 May 1693 Jan de Wit was a ship's captain.³

Notes

Jan de Wit and Jan de Wit These are unlikely to be the same individual.

Slave Transactions

On 28 May 1693 Sara van Malabar and Lijsje van Bengale were sold by Jan de Wit to Cornelis Jansz Simons, for Rds. 30 and Rds. 50 respectively.³
On 29 May 1693 Francis van Bengale was sold by Jan de Wit to Christiaan Freser, for Rds. 100.⁴

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. 28.5.1693, p. 334: Sara from Malabar (16/17), and Lijsje from Bengal (10/11), sold by Captain Jan de Wit to C. J. Simons for Rds. 30 and Rds. 50 respectively.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.163. 29.5.1693, p. 336: Francis from Bengal (22/23), sold by Jan de With to Christiaen Freserfor Rds. 100.