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

Pieter van Helena van de Caep¹

M, #19306, b. before 16 May 1701

Mother*

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Last Edited

08/01/2022

Birth*

Pieter van Helena van de Caep was born before 16 May 1701 at Slave Lodge in (Cape Town).¹

Baptism

Pieter van Helena van de Caep was baptized on 16 May 1701 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).¹

Slave Emancipations

On 17 May 1731 Arnoldus Coevoet and Pieter van Helena van de Caep were emancipated by the Company, in terms of a Resolution adopted by the Council of Policy which noted they were both baptised, spoke der Nederduijtsche taal and were men in good standing and sufficiently skilled to live and work among the free population. As was customary, they were required to give the Company a slave each in compensation, and this they did, the slaves being Makontje van Rio de la Goa and Masinga van Rio de la Goa.²

Citations

[S751] VC 605 (NGK G1-8/2), Company Slave Baptisms, 1696-1712: 16 Maij 1701
Een Kind van Helena vande Caab genaamt Pieter, [Halfslag]
Van Lysbet vande Caab gen[aam]t Johanna Heels[lag], transcribed by Mansell Upham. Hereinafter cited as Company Slave Baptisms.
[S788] Webpage Tanap (http://databases.tanap.net/) "Reference code: C. 88, pp. 2-7.
Donderdag den 17 Maij 1731, voormiddags."