Catryn van de Caep van Lysbet1

F, #18748, b. 7 September 1698
Mother*Elisabeth van de Caep b. b 27 Feb 1686; This mother-child relationship is assumed because Elisabeth fits the profile being fully African, born at the Cape and in the correct age bracket. She subsequently baptises a son, Pieter Klaas, who is also identifed thusly in the 1714 census of the slave lodge1

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Last Edited21/07/2017
RacialDesignation* On 7 September 1698 Catryn van de Caep van Lysbet was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning she was mixed race, i.e. the father would most likely have been white. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.1 
BaptismsCatryn van de Caep van Lysbet was baptized on 7 September 1698 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2
Slave BirthsBefore 7 September 1698, Catryn van de Caep van Lysbet was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.1
Slaves Owned by the CompanyOn 7 September 1698 Elisabeth van de Caep and Catryn van de Caep van Lysbet were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.1

Citations

  1. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
  2. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "5 Octob:r 1698
    een kint
    van Lysbet vande Caep gent. Catryn, [Halfslag]
    van Mammingen van Madag: gent. Andries [Heelslag]
    familysearch.org."
 

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