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

Jan van de Kust¹

M, #16710, b. circa 1661

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Last Edited

28/03/2016

Birth*

Jan van de Kust was born circa 1661, he was said to be 38 years old in 1699.¹

Marriage De facto*

Circa 1704 Jan van de Kust and Martha van Jambi were in a de facto relationship. This relationship is assumed. The couple arrived at the Cape and were each purchased by Samuel Elsevier within two months of each other.²

Family

Martha van Jambi b. c 1669

Child

Juliana van de Caep b. b 16 Nov 1704; I have assumed this to be father and daughter given that he arrived at the Cape and was purchased by Samuel Elsevier a couple of months prior to Martha van Jambi²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

16 November 1704, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan van Mannaar.³

Slave Transactions

On 14 March 1699 Jan van de Kust was sold on behalf of Abigael Hijkman by Alexander Hendricksz: to Samuel Elsevier, for Rds. 60.⁴

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 188.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[16 Nov: 1704] van Jan van Mannaar, en Marta van Janbie [Jambi], onder getuijgen van Domingo van Bengale, en Sara van Maccasser, lijfygens van d' heer Samuel Elzevier, gen[aem]t. — Juliana
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[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[16 Nov: 1704] … Jan van Mannaar, …."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 188. 14.3.1699: Jan from the Coast (38), sold by Alexander Hendrickx, returning to the Netherlands on the Vosmaer, on behalf of Abigael Hijkman (the widow of Pieter Vermeer) in Batavia, to Samuel Elsevier for Rds. 60.