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

Joan de Clerk¹

M, #16190, b. circa 1655

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Last Edited

04/05/2015

Birth*

Joan de Clerk was born circa 1655.^2,3

Occupation*

On 21 May 1695 Joan de Clerk was the captain of the Foulcon.²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

21 May 1695, the name of Joan was written in the record as Joan de Klerck.²

Slave Transactions

On 21 May 1695 Cezar van Bengale on behalf of Joan de Klerck by Thomas Evans to Jan Feuber, for Rds. 50.⁴
On 24 May 1695 Petro van Bengale was sold on behalf of Joan de Clerk by Thomas Evans to Jan Feuber, for Rds. 70.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.170. 24.5.1695, p.126 (verso): Petro from Bengal (12), sold by Thomas Evans on behalf of Joan de Klerck (signature Clerk), the captain of the Foulcon, to Jan Feuber for Rds. 70.. 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.170.
[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.170. 21.5.1695. p. 125: Cezar from Bengal (8/9), sold by Thomas Evans on behalf of Joan de Klerck, the captain of the Foulcon, to Jan Feuber, Free Burgher at the Cape, for Rds. 50.