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

Hercules First Nation^1,2

M, #18932, b. circa 1685

Father*

Pn First Nation² b. c 1650

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Last Edited

19/01/2018

Birth*

Hercules First Nation was born circa 1685 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.²

Notes

On 15 February 1714 Hercules was made a captain of the 'Hottentots' by Willem Adriaan van der Stel and was identifed as the brother and heir of Hartloop. A mere 60 years after the arrival of the first white settlers, the Khoe and San had been shunted off their lands and deprived of their inherent right to choose their own leaders or follow their own succession customs.²

Citations

I use First Nation as a provenance or surname in the case of Khoe and San individuals whose distinct people I have not identified.
[S562] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, W.A. van der Stel Journal, 1699-1732, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1896), P.258. Scipio Africanus, brother and heir of the late          Hasdrubal.
Hannibal           "            "          Jason.
Hercules           "          "          Hartloop,
Kouga son and heir                "          Kouga, Sr.. Hereinafter cited as W.A. van der Stel Journal 1699-1732.