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Fytjen NN

F, #8078, b. circa 1650

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695

Last Edited

15/08/2010

Birth*

Fytjen NN was born circa 1650.¹

Baptisms - Witness

Fytjen NN and Nicolaas NN witnessed the baptism of Jan Job van de Caep on 23 March 1670 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 23 March 1670 Fytjen NN may have been a slave owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape. This theory is based on the fact that at the time, children born to slaves owned by the VOC were required to be baptised; on the fact that the child's mother is only referred to in his baptism record with the toponym van Bengale; and, on the informal way of identifying the witnesses by first name only.¹

Citations

[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Anno 1670
Den 23 Maart
een soontje van Sara van Bengalen wiert genaamt Jan Job, tot getuygen stonden Nicolaas en Fytjen, 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.).