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

Thomas van Batavia¹

M, #16591, b. circa 1670

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Last Edited

23/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Thomas was from Batavia and was perhaps born there circa 1670. He was said to be 28 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

On 21 April 1698 Thomas van Batavia was sold by Henning Hüsing to Johann Lorenz, for Rds. 150, Theunis Dirks van Schalkwijk stood surety.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. 21.4.1698: Thomas from Batavia (28), sold by Henning Hüsing to the free blacksmith Jan Louwrens for Rds. 150. Theunisz Dircx van Schalkwijck stood surety.