Pieter Claasen1

M, #16582, b. circa 1665

Copyright / Terms of Use Notice


The material on this website is subject to copyright.
Facts (names, dates, and places) are not copyright. You are free to transcribe them but not cut and paste into your data provided you use the correct attribution and citation.
I have created the narratives, sentences, and citations; they are copyright and may not be used.
You may not add them to your genealogy, your personal documents, your tree on Ancestry, nor in the data or profile sections on Geni, nor anywhere else.
Many of the images are also copyright. You may not copy them without the consent of the copyright holders.
You must use the correct attribution and citation, viz.: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. Here you add the page URL.

Last Edited25/05/2015
BirthOrigin*Pieter was from Dithmarschen and was perhaps born there circa 1665. His age is estimated.1 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.8 May 1698, the name of Pieter was written in the record as Pieter Claas.2
Slave TransactionsOn 25 March 1698 Francis van Malabar was sold by Samuel Elsevier to Pieter Claasen, for Rds. 60. I have assumed this to be the same individual purchased by Elsevier as Francis of unknown provenance in January 1698.3
On 8 May 1698 Claas van Malabar was sold by Leendert van Deijl to Pieter Claasen, for Rds. 50.2
On 23 January 1699 Class van Trancquebare was sold by Andreas Frorop to Pieter Claas, for Rds. 50.4
On 7 April 1699 Francis van Malabar was sold by Pieter Claas to Jan Le Roùx, for f 190, Cape valuation.5
On 21 May 1699 Leander van Malabar was sold by Cornelis Wyllemse to Pieter Claas, for Rds. 40.6

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 185. 8.5.1698: Claas from Malabar (20), sold by Leendert van Deijl to Pieter Claas for Rds. 50.
  3. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 183. 25.3.1698: Francois from an unknown origin (26), sold by Samuel Elsevier to Pieter Classen for Rds. 60.
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 186. 23.1.1699' Class from Trancquebare (12), sold by Andreas Frorop to Pieter Claas van Ditmarssen for Rds. 50.
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 189. 7.4.1699: Francis from Malabar (30), sold by Pieter Claas, a Free Burgher, to Jan le Roux, for f 190, Cape valuation.
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 189. 21.5.1699: Leander from Malabar (13), sold by Cornelis WiIlemsz (signature Wyllemse), ship's carpenter of the Nieuwland, to Pieter Claasz for Rds. 40.
 

Bookmark and Share