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

Maurits van Poelsere¹

M, #16221, b. circa 1680

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Last Edited

09/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Maurits was said to be from Peolsere a location I have not yet identified, if indeed it existed circa 1680. He was said to be 16 years old in 1696.¹

Slave Transactions

On 19 January 1696 Maurits van Poelsere was sold by Christiaen van Alst to Claas Cornellisen van de Caep, for Rds. 95.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.171-172.. 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.171. 19.1.1696, p. 14: Maurits from Poelsere (16), sold by Christiaen van Alst to C1aes Cornelis for Rds. 95.