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

Carel van Batavia¹

M, #16562, b. circa 1672

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Last Edited

22/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Carel was from Batavia and was perhaps born there circa 1672. He was said to be 26 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

On 6 April 1698 Carel van Batavia was sold by Frederik Meyer to Steven Vermey, for f 400.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 183.. 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. 183. 6.3.1698: Care1 from Batavia (26), sold by Frederick Meijer to Steven Vermey for f 400.