Jan van Tarnaten
M, #7670, b. circa 1660
NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695 | NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1665-1695 |
Last Edited | 02/01/2014 |
Birth* | Jan van Tarnaten was born circa 1660.1 |
Marriage* | He married Magdalena van Bengalen on 9 September 1687 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status | Jan van Tarnaten became a burgher on 9 September 1687, in Dutch vryburgher or vrijburgher, initially a status in which a soldier or other employee of the VOC was released from their contractual obligations to the VOC and permitted to farm, become a tradesman, or work for others. Subsequently some individuals, including the Huguenot refugees, were brought to the Cape specifically to farm and were burghers from the time of their arrival de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Citations
- [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1687
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Jan van Tarnaten vrijborger ter deser plaatse Jong[man] met Magdalena van Bengalen Jongedochter, 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).