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

Joris van Gale¹

M, #16425, b. circa 1673

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Last Edited

17/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Joris was from Galle and was perhaps born there circa 1673. He was said to be 24 years old in 1697.¹

Slave Transactions

On 15 June 1697 Joris van Gale was sold by Marten Schouten to Jan Brink, for Rds. 70.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 178.. 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. 178. 15.6.1697. p. 200: Joris from Gale (24), sold by Maerten Schouten, "keldermeester" of the Jerusalem, to Jan Brink, Free Burgher at the Cape, for Rds. 70.