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Laurens Witboom¹

M, #15987, b. circa 1660

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Last Edited

16/05/2015

Birth*

Laurens Witboom was born circa 1660.^1,2

Occupation*

On 4 June 1697 Laurens Witboom was a VOC employee sailing on the Bant(ham.)³

Slave Transactions

On 6 July 1693 Scipio van Batavia was sold by Laurens Witboom to Claas Hendricksz Diepenouwe, for Rds. 36.⁴
On 4 June 1697 Flores van Gerontale from the estate of Pieter de Rande by Laurens Witboom and Johan Willaars to Johannes Cleijn, for an unknown sum.³
On 23 November 1697 Andries van Bengale was sold on behalf of Laurens Witboom by Johannes Cleijn to Christian Elers, for Rds. 65.⁵

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. 177. 4.6.1697, p. 178 (verso): Flares from Gerontale (-), sold by Laurens Witboom and Johan Willaars, sailing on the Bentham and Cattendijck, ex the estate of Pieter de Rande to Johannes Cleijn.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.163. 6.7.1693, p. 354: Scipio from Batavia (13/14), sold by Laurens Witboom to Claas Hendricx Diepenauw for Rds. 36.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 181. 23.11.1697, p. 272 (verso); Andries from Bengal (20), sold by Johannes Clijn, (signature Clein) assistant, on behalf of Lourens Witboom, first mate of the Bantham, to Christiaen Elers for Rds. 65.