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

Cornelis Boesem¹

M, #16586, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

23/05/2015

Birth*

Cornelis Boesem was born circa 1665.¹

Occupation*

On 18 April 1698 Cornelis Boesem was was the skipper of the Berket or Berkel, a vessel of the return fleet.¹

Slave Transactions

On 18 April 1698 Thomas van de Kust Coromandel was sold by Cornelis Boesem to Johannes Pfeiffer, for Rds. 70.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 184.. 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. 184. 18.4.1698: Thomas from the Coast (20), sold by CorneIis Boesem, skipper of the Berket, to Johannes Phijffer for Rds. 70.