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

Jester Origin Unknown¹

M, #16627, b. circa 1678

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Last Edited

24/05/2015

Birth*

Jester Origin Unknown was born circa 1678, he was said to be 20 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

Between 4 June 1698 and 5 June 1698 Jester Origin Unknown was sold by Benjamin Bowker to Cornelis Botma, for Rds. 50.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 185.. 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. 185.· .. 6.1698: Jester (20), sold by Benjamin Bowker of The Rebecca to Cornelis Botma for Rds. 50.