Jacob Matsen Rootsteen1
M, #7808, b. circa 1656, d. before 3 February 1692
NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695 | NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695 |
Last Edited | 22/01/2016 |
BirthOrigin* | Jacob was from Copenhagen and may have been born there circa 1656.2,3 |
Marriage* | He married Agnietie van der Gragt circa 1685 de Caep de Goede Hoop.3,4,5 |
Death* | He died before 3 February 1692.6 |
Names in the record, in publications, etc. | 28 July 1686, the name of Jacob was written in the record as Jacob Roststern. 3 February 1692, the name of Jacob was written in the record as Jacob Roodsteen.7 |
Baptisms - Witness | Jacob Matsen Rootsteen and Agnietie van der Gragt witnessed the baptism of Margaretha Coetzee on 10 February 1686 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3,8 He and Agnietie van der Gragt, Willem Schalck and Elsie Jacobs witnessed the baptism of Helena van der Merwe on 7 April 1686 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 He and Anna Catharina van Dragen witnessed the baptism of Jacobùs de Lange on 28 July 1686 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3,9 |
Slave Transactions | On 12 April 1687 Titus van Bengale and Lena van Macassar were sold by Johannes de Vlaming to Jacob Matsen Rootsteen, for Rds. 70 each.10,11 On 27 November 1688 Titus van Bengale was sold by Jacob Matsen Rootsteen to Andries Beets, no price is recorded.12 On 12 April 1690 Roupa van Java was sold by Doede van der Gaag to Jacob Matsen Rootsteen, for Rds. 70.13,14 On 13 April 1690 Jacob van Macassar and Alij van Bouton were sold by Admiral Joan Parvé to Jacob Matsen Rootsteen, for Rds. 70 each.15,16 On 1 May 1690 Alij van Bouton was sold by Jacob Matsen Rootsteen to Wijmer Pasman, for Rds. 90.17 On 1 May 1690 Jacob van Macassar was sold by Jacob Matsen Rootsteen to Hendrick Venter, for Rds. 90. I have assumed this to be the same individual purchased by Rootstein from Joan Parvé in April 1690 albeit with a different toponym. Corrections welcome.18 Sometime between 3 February 1692 and 6 July 1710, Lena van Macassar appears to have come into possession of Jacobus de Wet following the death of her first owner at the Cape, Jacob Matsen Rootsteen.19 |
Citations
- [S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. [ao. 1686] den 7. April lena willem schalck en Elsie Jacobs Jacob Matsen Rootsteen en Agnietie van der gragt.
- [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
- [S629] Mansell Upham.
- [S702] Church Registers 1665-1695, VC 603.: "Kerkboek 1665-1695," p. 88, [1692] Den 3 Februarij
sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereenigt
Sr. Albertus Coopman geboortigh van Naerden
jonghman, ende krankbesoeker alhier, met
Juffr. Agnieta van der Graght van Gorcum, wedu
van Jacob Roodsteen., (1980), Cape Town Archives Repository, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town, South Africa, 021-4624050. Hereinafter cited as Church Registers 1665-1695, VC 603. - [S33] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families I A-K (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p. 418. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families I A-K.
- [S702] Church Registers 1665-1695, VC 603.: "Kerkboek 1665-1695," p. 88, 3 Feb 1692, marriage of Albertus Coopman and Agnieta van der Graght, 1980, Cape Town Archives Repository.
- [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1692
Den 3 Februarij
sijn in den huijwelijken staedt vereenigt Sr. Albertus Coopman geboortigh van Naerden
jonghman, ende krankbesoeker alhier, met Juffr. Agnieta van der Graght van Gorcum, wede van Jacob Roodsteeen, 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). - [S153] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 1 A-C, HSRC SA Genealogies (Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research, Division Genealogical Research, Pretoria, 1986, 1989), ISBN 0-620-23962-X, p. 607. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 1.
- [S150] Edited & augmented by GISA Originally compiled by J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 5 L-M, GISA SA Genealogies (Stellenbosch, South Africa: Genealogical Institute of South Africa, 1999), p. 35. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 5 L-M.
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.150. 12.4.1687: Titus from Bengal (23), and Lena from Macassar (13), sold by Johannes de Vlaming, formerly Free Burgher in Batavia, to sub-lieutenant Jacob Martin Rootsteen for Rds. 50 and Rds. 30 respectively. [See Hattingh … next citation]. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
- [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): S. Vermeer (by 14.2.1690) is eintlik Vermey en Jacob Roodsteen moet wees Jacob Rootsteen (in 12.4.1690) [sic - Böeseken did record Rootsteen] en ook nie Rootstein soos in 13.4.1690 vermeld nie. In die betrokke geval is die twee slawe nie saam vir 70 Rds. verkoop nie, maar het elkeen 70 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.153. 27.11.1688, p. 151: Titus from Bengal (26/27), sold by Lieutenant Jacob Rootstein to the free shoemaker Andries Beets. No price mentioned.
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.156. 12.4.1690, pp. 369-370: Roupa from Java (25/26), sold by skipper Doede van der Gaag to Jacon [Jacob] Roodsteen [sic - Rootsteen see Hattingh next citation] for Rds. 70.
- [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Foute en regstellings", S. Vermeer (by 14.2.1690) is eintlik Vermey en Jacob Roodsteen moet wees Jacob Rootsteen (in 12.4.1690) en ook nie Rootstein soos in 13.4.1690 vermeld nie. In die betrokke geval is die twee slawe nie saam vir 70 Rds. verkoop nie, maar het elkeen 70 Rds.
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.156. 13.4.1690, pp. 376-377: Jacob from Macassar (30/31) and Alij from Bouton (25/26), sold by Joan Parvé to J acob Rootstein [Rootsteen] for Rds. 70 [each].
- [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Foute en regstellings", … en ook nie Rootstein soos in 13.4.1690 vermeld nie. In die betrokke geval is die twee slawe nie saam vir 70 Rds. verkoop nie, maar het elkeen 70 Rds. gekos.
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.156. 1.5.1690, pp. 455-456: Arie from Bouton (25/26), sold by Jacob Rootstein to Weimar Pasman for Rds. 90.
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.156. 1.5.1690, pp. 453-454: Jacob from Madagascar (26/27), sold by Jacob Rootstein to Hendrik Venter for Rds. 90.
- [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).