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

Andries van de Caep van Eva¹

M, #18751, b. 4 January 1699

Mother*

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Last Edited

22/07/2017

RacialDesignation*

On 4 January 1699 Andries van de Caep van Eva was described as heelslag, a racial tag meaning both parents were African. 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

Baptisms

Andries van de Caep van Eva was baptized on 4 January 1699 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).²

Slave Births

Before 4 January 1699, Andries van de Caep van Eva was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 4 January 1699 Eva van de Caep and Andries van de Caep van Eva were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.¹

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "4 Jan: 1699
een kint van
Voangie van Madag: gent. Hans Jurie, [halfslag]
Vololong van Madagas: gent. Willem, [Heelslag]
Eva vande Caep gent. Andries, [Heelslag]
Susanna van Madag: gent. Michiel, [Heelslag]
familysearch.org."