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

Benjamin Bowker¹

M, #16628, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

24/05/2015

Birth*

Benjamin Bowker was born circa 1665.¹

Occupation*

Between 4 June 1698 and 5 June 1698 Benjamin Bowker was was a bookkeeper on The Rebecca, an English vessel.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.