Petronella van Bengale1

F, #5748, b. before 6 September 1665, d. circa March 1683
Father-Candidate*Pieter Everard b. c 1631, d. 15 Mar 1664; 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
Mother*Catharina van Paliacatta4,5 b. c 1631, d. c Mar 1683
Step-fatherAnthonij Jansz van Bengale3 b. c 1646, d. b 17 Dec 1682
ChartsDescendants of Catharina van Palliacatta

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited04/01/2016
Slave Birth - Company OwnedPetronella van Bengale was born in bondage before 6 September 1665 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), de Caep de Goede Hoop Petronella van Bengale.4
BaptismPetronella van Bengale was baptized on 6 September 1665 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.4,6
Lovers*Circa December 1681 Petronella van Bengale and Willem Janssen were lovers de Caep de Goede Hoop.7,8  
Death*She died circa March 1683 de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
 

Family

Willem Janssen b. c 1654
Child
(Child) 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.6,10,11
Names in the record, in publications, etc.13 December 1682, the name of Petronella was written in the record as Petronella.12
NotesOn 20 April 1683 Elisabeth van Angola was most likely the woman compensated from the estate of Anthonij Jansz van Bengale for nine days of care for his moribund step-daughter Petronella van Bengale.13

Citations

  1. [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. "She becomes known subsequently as Petronella van Bengale, after her stepfather, and Petronella schoondogter van Antony van Bengale."
  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. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: den 13 December Petronella
    Willem Jansen corprael: en Petronella schoondogter van Antony van Bengale
    Catharina Wa[gen]makers    , transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
  4. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Noch van de Slavinnen kinderen der Ed. Oostjndesche
    Compangie,
    de Moeder Catharina, diens kind is genaamt Petronella
    de moeder Helena, diens kindt Joannes
    de moeder Lisabeth, diens kind Anthonij
    de moeder Catharina, diens kind Anthonij
    de moeder Francyn, diens kind Pietertje
    de moeder Ciciliaa, diens kind [Floor]ci [sic Flanci]
    de moeder [H]oddo [sic Koddo], diens kinderen Maria, Derkje
    een slavinne zoon van W.Mostaart diens naam Sabba, het kind Dirik, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  5. [S400] Mansell Upham, "In Hevigen Woede . . .", 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. . . . We do know for certain, however, that Petronella was indeed Groote Catrijn's daughter. This is corroborated in later records.
  6. [S203] Mansell Upham 'UL14 Cape Mothers', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713),.
  7. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): den 13 December Petronella
    Willem Jansen corprael: en Petronella schoondogter van Antony van Bengale
    Catharina Wagenmakers, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  8. [S203] Mansell Upham 'UL14 Cape Mothers', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "Willem Jansen corporael en Petronella voordogter van Antony van Bengale ... Catharina Wagenmakers."
  9. [S400] Mansell Upham, "In Hevigen Woede . . .", Everaerts' posthumously born daughter, baptised Petronella, survived but died in childbirth in 1682 after giving birth to a baby daughter also called Petronella fathered by a soldier..
  10. [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)."
  11. [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.
  12. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): den 13 December Petronella
    Willem Jansen corprael: en Petronella schoondogter van Antony van B[.water]
    Catharina Wagenmakers    , 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  13. [S203] Mansell Upham 'UL14 Cape Mothers', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "20 April 1683:
    Ick ondergeschreven Lijsbeth van Angola bekenne ontfangen te hebben van Roelof Backer Secretaris van de Weescamer de somma van negen gulden voor negen dagen oppassen by de dogter [Petronella van Bengale] ten tuysen van Anthonie van Bengale.
    In ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop Adij 20 April 1683
    Dit is het X merck van
    Lijsbeth van Angola."
 

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