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Willem NN

M, #7970, b. before 25 October 1665

Mother*

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695

Last Edited

26/09/2010

Slave Birth - Company Owned

Willem NN was born in bondage before 25 October 1665 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) Willem NN.¹

Baptism

Willem NN was baptized on 25 October 1665 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Citations

[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Noch een zoon, is genaamt Willem de moeder Vlessijk.

An assumption of slave status has been made regarding this mother and son based on the previous entry in the source document which reads: den 25 Octob is gedoopt van E: Comp. Slavinne . . ., 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.).