Symon Jansz: In 't Velt1
M, #17066, b. circa 1630, d. 1659
BirthOrigin* | Symon was from Dordrecht and was perhaps born there circa 1630.1 |
Death* | He died in 1659, he was recorded among the Deceased Freemen in 1659. He had been employed by the Amsterdam Chamber.2 |
(Passenger) ShipVoyage | On 24 December 1656 the Venenberg departed Vlie enroute to (Cape Town) where it docked on 22 April 1657. Among those on board was Symon Jansz: In 't Velt.3,4 |
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls) | On 15 December 1657 Symon Jansz: In 't Velt was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as an arquebusier.5 On 15 February 1658 Pieter Visagie, Jacob Theunisz, Frans Gerritsz van den Uijthoorn and Symon Jansz: In 't Velt were enumerated in the muster roll, among the freemen, as Visagie's Company and owners.6 |
Citations
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.265.. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.309. Syrnon Jansz: In 't Velt, free burgher, also murdered by the Hottentoos; arrived in the flute Venenburgh in 1657 (of the Amsterdam Chamber).
- [S351] Grahame Naudé, "Dutch East India Company Shipping", Familia (DEIC Shipping) 43 Number 1 (2006): Details of voyage 0866.1 from Vlie to Batavia
Number 0866.1
Name of ship VENENBURG
Master Juriaansz., Hendrik
Tonnage 703
Type of ship fluit
Built 1656
Yard Amsterdam
Chamber Amsterdam
Date of departure 24-12-1656
Place of departure Vlie
Arrival at Cape 22-04-1657
Departure from Cape 02-05-1657
Date of arrival at destination 29-06-1657
Place of arrival Batavia
Particulars
Next homeward voyage 5490.1
On Board I II III IV V VI
Seafarers 172 2 9 8 5 166
Soldiers 72 0 6 3 1 68
Passengers 1 0 0 0 0 1. Hereinafter cited as "Dutch East India Company Shipping."
- [S406] H.B. Thom, editor, Journal of Jan van Riebeeck Vol III 1659-1662 translated by J. Smuts from the original Dutch, (Cape Town, Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1954), Appendix:viii. April 21. The flute Venenburgh, of Amsterdam, Skipper Hendrik Juriaenszen, 245 men; from the Vlie 24th December, 1657; 2 dead, crew fairly well.. Hereinafter cited as Journal of Jan van Riebeeck Vol III 1659-1662.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.265. As above to:- Symon Jansz: In 't Velt, of Dordrecht, arquebusier, d.d. 15th December, 1657.
- [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.294.