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

Ditlof Croes¹

M, #16412, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

16/05/2015

Birth*

Ditlof Croes was born circa 1665.¹

Occupation*

On 11 June 1697 Ditlof Croes was a first mate on the Drie Croonen, a vessel of the return fleet.¹

Slave Transactions

On 11 June 1697 Andries van Bengale was sold by Ditlof Croes to Hendrick Snewindt, for Rds. 45.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 177.. 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. 177. 11.6.1697, p. 196: Andries from Bengal (27), sold by Ditlof Croes, first mate of the Drie Croonen, to Hendrik Sneewint for Rds. 45.