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Floris van Batavia¹

M, #18684, b. circa 1683

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Last Edited

27/06/2017

BirthOrigin*

Floris was from Batavia and was perhaps born there circa 1683. He was said to be 20 years old in 1703.¹

Baptisms - Witness

Floris van Batavia and Jannetje Rutgertrost witnessed the baptism of Leonora van de Caep on 25 October 1711 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).²

Slave Transactions

On 21 March 1703 Floris van Batavia was sold by Cornelis Kool to Willem ten Damme, for R65.³
I believe that sometime after the death circa 1714 of his owner Willem ten Damme, Floris van Batavia passed into the hands of an unknown individual who took him back to the East, because in 1721 Ten Damme's widow buys him back from the skipper of the Barneveld arriving from Batavia.¹
On 10 April 1721 Floris van Batavia was sold by Arij Bogaardt to Helena Gulix.⁴

Citations

[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). Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[25 October 1711] Een slaavinne-kind van Willem ten Damme; de getuigen Floris van Batavia, en Johanna Anthonisz van de Caap. - Leonora
familysearch.org."
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence IDNO:       1959
Slaves First Name:       Floris
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Batavia
Day Of Sale:       21
Month Of Sale:       3
Year Of Sale:       1703
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Classical
Continental Origin Code:       Indonesian Archipelago
Slaves Age:       20
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       65
Sellers Last Name:       Kool
Sellers First Name:       Cornelis
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Transit-at sea
Sellers Occupation:       Skipper
Buyers Last Name:       Ten Damme
Buyers First Name:       Willem
Buyers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Table valley
Buyers Occupation:       upper-master
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence IDNO:       2917
Slaves First Name:       Floris
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Batavia
Day Of Sale:       10
Month Of Sale:       4
Year Of Sale:       1721
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Classical
Continental Origin Code:       Indonesian Archipelago
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       80
Sellers Last Name:       Bogaardt
Sellers First Name:       Arij
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Transit-at sea
Sellers Occupation:       Skipper
Buyers Last Name:       Gulick
Buyers First Name:       Helena
Buyers Civil Status:       burgher
Buyers Gender:       Female
Buyers Domicile:       Cape district
Buyers Occupation:       widow
Comments And References:       Damme Te
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis.