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

Martha van Bengale¹

F, #16616, b. circa 1684

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Last Edited

23/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Martha was from the Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1684. She was said to be 14 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

On 8 May 1698 Martha van Bengale was sold by William Erle to Maria Everts, for Rds. 60.²

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. 8.5.1698: Martha from Bengal (14), sold by William Erie to Maria Everts, "vrijswartin", for 60 Rds.