Pieter Everard

M, #5746, b. circa 1631, d. 15 March 1664
ChartsDescendants of Catharina van Palliacatta

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Last Edited14/01/2016
BirthOrigin*Pieter was from Cruysaart and was perhaps born there circa 1631. This location has note been identified.1 
Lovers*In 1664 Pieter Everard and Catharina van Paliacatta were lovers de Caep de Goede Hoop.2  
Death*He died on 15 March 1664 Cape Town.
 
Inventory*Pieter's estate was inventoried on 17 March 1664.3

Family

Catharina van Paliacatta b. c 1631, d. c Mar 1683
Child
  • Petronella van Bengale+ b. b 6 Sep 1665, d. c Mar 1683; The writer [Mansell Upham], however, suspects that at least Petronella was the unborn child in question mentioned in Pieter Everaerts' will. She appears to have been given a feminised form of her father's name as a first name. and ... Pieter Everaerts from Cruijssaert made provision for the payment of ƒ150 to the unborn child of Catharina from Bengal - if born alive, otherwise the money was to go to his family in the Netherlands - in his will dated 13 March 1664.2
Will* On 15 March 1664 Pieter Everard left a will in which he left f 150 to Catharina van Bengale, that is Catharina van Paliacatta, for the care and maintenance of his unborn child, presumably, Petronella van Bengale.3,4,5
(Testator) SlaveInventory On 17 March 1664, Jan van Bengale may have been the slave described as 1 Indisch slaefjen genaemt Jan in the inventory of Pieter Everard.3 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Pieter Everard was also known as Pieter Everhard.
Pieter Everard was also known as Pieter Everaerts.
5 March 1659, the name of Pieter was written in the record as Pieter Evesaert.1
The name of Pieter appeared as Pieter Everaert in the cited publication(s.)6
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)On 5 March 1659 Pieter Everard was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as a corporal.1
In 1660 Pieter Everard was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as of Cruyssardt, sergeant.6
On 1 March 1661 Pieter Everard was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Cruysaert, sergeant.7
On 1 April 1662 Pieter Everard was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Cruysaerdt, sergeant.8

Citations

  1. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.296.. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
  2. [S400] Mansell Upham, "In Hevigen Woede . . . Earliest recorded female bandiet at the Cape of Good Hope - A Study in Upward Mobility", Capensis (In Hevigen Woede) 3/97, 4/97, Western Cape Branch, Genealogical Society of South Africa, (1997): We first learn of her child-bearing lot when a moribund, but well-connected, Pieter Everaerts from Cruijssaert made provision for the payment of ƒ150 to the unborn child of Catharina from Bengal - if born alive, otherwise the money was to go to his family in the Netherlands - in his will dated 13 March 1664.. Hereinafter cited as "In Hevigen Woede . . ."
  3. [S203] Mansell Upham 'Cape Mothers: Groote Catrijn van Paliacatta (c. 1631-1683), her slave Maria van Bengale & her daughter-in-law Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye (1673-1742)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), October 2014.
  4. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 13.3.1664     CTD 2, p.120
    Die testament van Pieter Evrardt van Cruijsant, vaandrig in die fort. Hy bemaak aan Catharina van Bengale sy ‘te goet gebbende gagie te genieten’ die som van f 150 vir die onderhoud en opvoeding van die jong kind waaraan Catharina binnekort geboorte moet gee; maar ingeval die kind dood gebore ‘oft in het haeren quame te overlijden’, moet die bedrag na sy vriend Jan van Laer van Amsterdam, ‘n soldaat, gaan weens enige dienste aan hom bewys. [Afskrif. Die oorspronklike kladkopie is op p.132.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 126. J 2.3.1664: Unborn child of Catharina from Bengal, to whom Pieter Evrardt left f150 in his will if born alive. Otherwise the money was to go to his family. [DR: Child was most likely Petronella, daughter of Groote Catrijn.]. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  6. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.299.
  7. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.302.
  8. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.305.
 

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