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

Simon Witboom

M, #16854, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

29/05/2015

Birth*

Simon Witboom was born circa 1665.

Occupation*

On 19 July 1700 Simon Witboom was a first mate on the Huys te Bijweg.

Slave Transactions

On 19 July 1700 Titus van Bengale was sold by Simon Witboom to Jacobus de Wet, for Rds. 60.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 193. 19.7.1700: Titus from Bengal (24), sold by Simon Witboom, first mate of the Huys te Bijweg, to Jacobus de Wet, the official in charge of the cellars, for Rds.60.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.