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

Silvia van Bengale^1,2

F, #16742, b. circa 1693

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Last Edited

27/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Silvia was from and was perhaps born there circa 1693. She was said to be 6 years old in 1699.¹

Slave Transactions

On 11 May 1699 Coridon van Bengale and Silvia van Bengale were sold by Jan Dircks de Beer to Willem Adriaan van der Stel, for Rds. 20 each.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 189-190.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), Sequence IDNO:       1507
Slaves First Name:       Sylvia
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Bengal
Day Of Sale:       11
Month Of Sale:       5
Year Of Sale:       1699
Type Of Name:       Classical
Continental Origin Code:       Indian Sub Continent
Slaves Age:       6
Slaves Gender:       Female
Price In Rixdollars:       20
Sellers Last Name:       de Beer
Sellers First Name:       Jan Dirk
Sellers Civil Status:       burgher
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Table valley
Sellers Occupation:       Speculator
Buyers Last Name:       Van der Stel
Buyers First Name:       Willem Adriaan
Buyers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Table valley
Buyers Occupation:       governor
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 189. 11.5.1699: Coridon (5) and Silvia (6), sold by Jan Dircx de Beer to Willem Adriaan van der Stel for Rds. 20 each.