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

Jan Hendrik Voogt¹

M, #16379, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited

30/08/2015

Birth*

Jan Hendrik Voogt was born circa 1640 in Lubeck, was from.^1,2

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

The name of Jan appeared as Jan Vooght in the cited publication(s.)²

Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)

In 1660 Jan Hendrik Voogt was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as of Lubeck, cadet.²

Slave Transactions

On 22 May 1697 Bastiaan van Bengale was sold by Jan Buys to Jan Hendrik Voogt, for Rds. 90.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 176.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.299.. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 176. 22.5.1697, p. 171: Bastiaan from Bengal (20), sold by Jan Buys, sailing on the return vessel Zion, to Jan Hendrik Voogt for Rds. 90.