Dina van Couchin

F, #6965, b. circa 1657

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Last Edited26/03/2016
Birth*Dina van Couchin was born circa 1657 in Couchin.1
 
BaptismDina van Couchin was baptized on 1 February 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. She was baptised together with her four children.2,3 
Marriage*She married Jan Luy van Ceylon on 28 March 1688 (Cape Town).4,1
 

Family

Jan Luy van Ceylon b. c 1650
Children
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Dina van Couchin was also known as Dina van Coyling.5
7 May 1676, the name of Dina was written in the record as Diana van Couchin.6,7
28 March 1688, the name of Dina was written in the record as Dina van Coelang.
24 October 1692, the name of Dina was written in the record as Dijna Jans.8
Baptisms - WitnessDina van Couchin and Cornelis Joosten van Daalen witnessed the baptism of Cornelia NN on 24 October 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.9,8
She and Cornelis Joosten van Daalen witnessed the baptism of Joost NN on 24 October 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.9,8
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon witnessed the baptism of Maria Coetzee on 20 January 1704 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
She witnessed the baptism of Christiaan NN on 30 November 1710 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)In 1685 Dina van Couchin and Jan Luy van Ceylon were enumerated in the muster roll Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.12
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1685 Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop, along with one daughter who would have been Maria and two sons. It seems that one would have been Casper Janse who from the record was older than his brothers; and, either Antonij or Hendrik.13
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the muster roll of 1688 Stellenbosch along with their unnamed children who would have been Maria, Casper Janse, Antonij and Hendrik.12
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1692 Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop. In this opgaaf, Jan Luij and Dina van Hoysang are enumerated without children.14
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1695 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.15
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the muster roll of 1695, when they appeared in the muster roll of free people for Stellenbosch, along with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.16
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1700. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.15
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1702 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.15
She and Jan Luy van Ceylon appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1705 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with one son, who would have been Antonij.15
1709 Jan Luy van Ceylon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in Stellenbosch Dina van Couchin.15
1712 Jan Luy van Ceylon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in Stellenbosch Dina van Couchin.15
Slave TransactionsOn 7 May 1676 Dina van Couchin was sold by Jan Jacobsz Sloopen to an unknown person de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds 40. She was sold as Diana van Couchin, and no other candidate for this transaction has been identified.1,6
Slave EmancipationsDina van Couchin and Jan Luy van Ceylon were emancipated before 1685 when they appeared in the opgaafrol of free people for Stellenbosch; along with their daughter Maria; and two of their sons Casper Janse, Antonij and Hendrik. None of the children were named in the muster rolls or opgaafrollen, but based on other records, it is clear these are their offsping.12

Citations

  1. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Lorna:
    28.3.1688 trou "Johannes van Ceylon, vrijborger aan Stellenbos jonghman met Dina van Coelang" (sic). Daar is geen dokumentasie vir hulle vrystelling nie, maar 7.5.1676 verkoop die skipper van die Sparendam, Jan Jacobsz Sloopen, vir Diana van Couchin, 19 jaar oud, teen Rds 40 aan 'n onbekende persoon. (Sien Boeseken se `Slaves and Free Blacks p.132). Johannes van Ceylon en sy vennoot Marquardt van Ceylon het op Weltevreden (Nectar) geboer in die Jonkershoek. Sien J.L. Hattingh se `Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 -1720' p. 31-40. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Den 1 Febrij. de volgende zijn aan Stellenbos gedoopt
    [Ao. 1688]. Den 1 Febr:ij [1688] is gedoopt een beiaarde door Belijdenisse [erased zijnde de] en is genaamt Dina, 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.).
  3. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, . . . bejaard . . .
    Lorna:
    28.3.1688 trou `Johannes van Ceylon, vrijborger aan Stellenbos jonghman met Dina van Coelang' (sic). Daar is geen dokumentasie vir hulle vrystelling nie, maar 7.5.1676 verkoop die skipper van die Sparendam, Jan Jacobsz Sloopen, vir Diana van Couchin, 19 jaar oud, teen Rds 40 aan 'n onbekende persoon. (Sien Boeseken se `Slaves and Free Blacks p.132). Johannes van Ceylon en sy vennoot Marquardt van Ceylon het op Weltevreden (Nectar) geboer in die Jonkershoek. Sien J.L. Hattingh se "Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 -1720" p. 31-40.
  4. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: Ao 1688
    eodem dito [Den 28 Marti']
    Johannes van Ceijlon vrijborger aan Stellenbos
    Jonghman ende Dina van Coelang:, 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 (Mar).
  5. [S379] Delia Robertson, translator, Cape Melting Pot - the role and status of the mixed population at the Cape, 1652-1795 (Johannesburg, South Africa: Delia Robertson, 2005) Translated from Groep Sonder Grense, Die Rol en Status van die Gemengde Bevolking aan die Kaap 1652-1795, by H.F. Heese, M.A., PH.D . Hereinafter cited as Cape Melting Pot.
  6. [S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 7.5.1676          [Verlore]
    Skipper Jan Jacobsz Slooper verkoop die slavin Diana van Couchin, 19 jaar oud, vir 40 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  7. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 132. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  8. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1692
    Den 24 Dito (October) sijn twee slavinne kinderen gedoopt aen Stellenbosch
    ten overstaen als getuijgen, Cornelis Joosten, ende
    Dijna Jans, waer van het eene is genaemt Joost, ende
    het ander Cornelia, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  9. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Gedoop op Stellenbosch slavinne kint.
  10. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Maria, de moeder Lijsbet Lowis, getuygen Jan van Ceylon, en Diana, den 20 Janry 1704.
  11. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Christiaan, lyfeigen van Andries Cornelisse van Tondern, getùygen Diana vroùw van Jan van Ceilon 30 9br 1710.
  12. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720, Wes-Kaaplandse Instituut vir Historiese Navorsing, Tygerberg, Cape Town, (1981) 0-909075-65-4 "Jan van Ceylon en Dina se name word vir die eerste keer in 1685 in die Kaapse monsterrol verstrek en toe het hulle alreeds drie kinders gehad. Sedert 1688 word daar vier kinders aangegee soos hy ook in Desember 1692 verklaar het toe hy daarvan aangekla was dat by wederregtelik gaan jag het."
  13. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Jan (Luij) van Ceylon en Di(a)na."
  14. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Tabel III: As Jan Luij en Dina van Hoysang. Laas-genoemde se naam kom onder verskillende spellings en benamings voor."
  15. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720.
  16. [S532] Website The Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA branch (http://www.eggsa.org/) "http://www.eggsa.org/transcriptions/monsterrollen/1695/…, last accessed on 13 June 2011: Jan van Ceijlon & Dina van Ceijleran 2 k."
  17. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
 

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