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Fortuijn van Bougis¹

M, #17604, b. circa 1710

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Last Edited

16/05/2016

Birth*

Fortuijn van Bougis was born circa 1710.²

(Slave3) Will

On 24 January 1727, Jonker van Macassar 'appeared' before the Secretaris or Secretary of the Council of Policy, Daniel Thiebault, to execute his will with the assistance of a Portuguese interpreter. This assistance may have been accorded to him due to his royal status. He was in fact ill and confined to bed, so the official would have come to him. However, there is nothing in the record which indicates the will was ever probated. There are several edits in the original will. He is described as a Vrij gegeevene Leijffeijgen known to the Secretaris. His de facto wife Rosetta van Java named on this occasion as Rosetta van Java, is first described as sijne Concubine, this is deleted and substuted with de vrijswartinne. To her he bequeaths the slave Alexander van Couchin and stipulates that this bequest cannot be contested. To their son and daughter Jacob Jansen and Johanna Jonker, he leaves the slave September van Manda. A comment describing Jacob as door een ander persoon geprocreeert was crossed out, but at his 1730 baptism Jacob is described as halfslag, indicating his father was white and that he was therefor not the biological son of the prince. To his other son and daughter Jacob Jansen and Johanna Jonker, he bequeaths the slaves Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis. All of the slaves were to remain with his de facto wife until the children attained their majority. Rosetta van Java also inherited the residue of his estate except for Rds 50 given to Jacob to assist in raising the other children to majority.

Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)

April 1720 Jonker van Macassar and Rosetta van Java were enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in the Cape District, along with two sons, presumably Adolph Jonker and Jacob Jansen. This opgaaf while dated April 1720, was identified as that for 1719. Recorded with them were two male slaves, who may have been any of the following November of Origin Unknown, Leander van Malabar, Alexander van Couchin, September van Manda, Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis. All of these individuals appear variously in the record connected to one or both of the principles.³
1721 Jonker van Macassar and Rosetta van Java were enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in the, along with two sons, presumably Adolph Jonker and Jacob Jansen. Recorded with them were two male slaves, who may have been any of the following November of Origin Unknown, Leander van Malabar, Alexander van Couchin, September van Manda, Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis. All of these individuals appear variously in the record connected to one or both of the principles.⁴
1724 Jonker van Macassar and Rosetta van Java were enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in the Cape District, along with two sons, presumably Adolph Jonker and Jacob Jansen; and three daughters, two of whom were most likely Johanna Jonker and Catharina van de Caep. There was time between the 1721 and 1724 opgaafrollen for the birth of three daughters, one of whom would have died post 1724 (based on subsequent enumerations). Recorded with them were three male slaves, the first would have been Leander van Malabar. The other two may have been any of the following November of Origin Unknown, Alexander van Couchin, September van Manda, Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis.⁵
1725 Jonker van Macassar and Rosetta van Java were enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in the Cape District, along with two sons, presumably Adolph Jonker and Jacob Jansen; and two daughters, most likely Johanna Jonker and Catharina van de Caep. It is worth noting that a year earlier the couple had been enumerated with 3 daughters, one of whom now seems to have died. Recorded with them were four male slaves, who would have been Alexander van Couchin, September van Manda, Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis. All of these individuals appear variously in the record connected to one or both of the principles.⁶
1731 Jonker van Macassar and Rosetta van Java were enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in the, along with two sons, presumably Johannis van de Caep and Adriaan van der Caep. Recorded with them were two male slaves, who would have been one of the following individuals Alexander van Couchin, Cassamie of Origin Unknown and Fortuijn van Bougis. All of these individuals appear variously in the record connected to one or both of the principles. Significantly, Willem Duijsert, recorded as Willem Duytsers is living with the family. Is he perhaps their servant kindly taken in and allowed to run his 150 sheep on the family's lands due to a longstanding friendship? Duijsert and Jonker van Macassar, who on that occasion was recorded as Sriyay Moeda, were among those whom, in 1706, signed in support of Willem Adriaan van der Stel.⁷

Citations

[S863] Will of Jonker van Macassar of Cape Town, 24 January 1727, CA and MOOC, CJ2604 and 7/4, no. 33. Proved in the CA and Master of the Orphan Chamber, never (Western Cape Archives and Records Service).
[S863] Will of Jonker van Macassar "...Van nieuws disponeerende, soo verclaarde den Comp:[aran]t voor af te legateeren, maken ende te bespreeken aan [deleted — sijne Concubine] de vrijswartinne Rosetta van Java, een slaave jonge gen:[aam]t Alexander van Couchin, /: sonder dat hier tegens eenige oppositie van iemand zal mogen geschieden, omme met den selven naa zijn Comp:[aran]ts ov:[er]leijden te doen en handelen als met haar Vrije eijgen goed sonder Contradictie van iemand ter weereld.
Wijders betuijgde den Comp:[aran]t meede voor af te legateeren ende te bespreeken aan Zijne kinderen [deleted but underlined in dots — voorsz:[eijde] Concubine] [inserted — Rosetta] verwekt met naamen Jacob / [deleted — deese door een ander persoon geprocreeert] / en Jamela, een slave jongen gen:[aam]t September [deleted — per] [inserted — mitsg at an unknown age d:[e]rs] aan Adul Jolle, en Raja [inserted — t` zamen] een slaave Jongen met naam Cassamie, welke [inserted — slaaven] nogtans met en benevens een Slaave jongen gen:[aam]t Fortuijn van bougis /: die nooijt sal moogen Verkogt worden maar geduurende Zijne leeven onder haar Rosetta en sijne Comp:[aran]ts kinderen [inserted but deleted sal][inserted — moeten woonen], :/ [deleted — sullen moeten verbleijven / en onder haere opsigte van den Comp:[aran]ts Concubine Rosetta van Java voorn[oemd]e] [inserted — en] soo lange sullen moeten verblijven, tot dat de geZegde kinderen tot mondige Jaaren ofte andere geaprobeerde Staate sull[inserted — en] gekomen zijn, als wanneer ieder Zijn aanbedeelde slaav [inserted onverhindert] sal moogen naar sig neemen, sonder dat deselve kinderen eenige verdere preetentie op den boedel sullen moogen maken. ..."
[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), 1719 Census of Cape, Stellenbosch and Drakenstein
Householder Last Name:           MacAsser Van
Householder First Name:          Jonker
District:                    Cape District
Comment:               Freeblack
Spouse Surname:               Caap van der
Spouse First Name:               Rosetta
Free Males:               1
Free Females:               1
Free Sons:               2
Free Daughters:               0
Knechts:                    0
Male Adult Slaves:               2
Female Adult Slaves:          0
Male Slave Boys:               0
Female Slave Girls:               0
Horses:                    0
Cattle:                    0
Sheep:                    0
Pigs:                    0
Vines:                    0
Leggers Of Wine:               0
Barley Sown:               0
Barley Reaped:               0
Oats Sown Muids:               0
Oats Reaped Muids:          0
Rye Sown:               0
Rye Reaped:               0
Sabres:                    1
Carbines:                    1
Pistols:                    0
All Slaves:               2
Sequence Number In Original IDNO:     0334
Source:                    Opgaafrolle KA 4060 (April 1720)
Source Location:               Cape Town Archives. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S761] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1721, Cape Archive Depot, 0336 Macassar V VS Jonker 112 2 K
0336B Java V VS Rosetta K. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S860] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1721, Cape Archive Depot, 0324A MACASSAR VAN VS [Vrijswart] JONKER 1 [Male] 1 [Female] 2 [Sons] 3 [Daughters] 3 [Slaves]
0324B MACASSAR VAN VS [Vrijswart] ROSETTA. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S864] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1721, Cape Archive Depot, 0396 Macassar v VS Jonker 1122 (1 man, 1 woman, 2 sons, 2 daughters) 4 (slaves) K
0396B Macassar v VS Rosetta K. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S865] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1731, Cape Archive Depot, 0333 Macassar van BS [VS?] Jonker 1 (male) 1 (woman) 2 (sons?) 2 (slaves) 1 1 K
0333B Macassar van VS Rosetta K
0333 Duytsers Willem 1 (male) 1 (slave) 150 (sheep?) 1 1 K. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.