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

Alexander van Negapatnam¹

M, #16440, b. circa 1672

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Last Edited

03/04/2016

BirthOrigin*

Alexander was from Negapatnam and was perhaps born there circa 1672. He was said to be 25 years old in 1697.¹

Slave Transactions

On 19 June 1697 Anthonij van Negapatnam and Alexander van Negapatnam were sold by Bruijn Jansz to Adriaan Willemsz van Brakel, for Rds. 120.²

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. 19.6.1697, p. 207 (verso): Anthonij (22) and Alexander (25), both from Negapatnam, sold by skipper Bruijn Jansz to Adriaan van Brakel for Rds. 120.