Octavius van Macassar1

M, #8379, b. circa 1665

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1695-1712NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1695-1712
Last Edited20/01/2019
Birth*Octavius van Macassar may have been born circa 1665 Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, .2 
BaptismOctavius van Macassar was baptized on 22 September 1686 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3 
MarriageHe married Elizabeth van Bouton on 22 February 1711 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.4,5
 
(Exile) ShipVoyage On 23 December 1680 the Blauwe Hulk departed Batavia enroute to the Cape where it arrived on 30 April 1681. Among those on board were the politically exiled Macassarese prince Dain Majampa Singara and Rervat van Macassar a knecht of the deceased Carre Roepa. There is a note attached to the record of Daim Manjampa which may perhaps have named Octavius van Macassar as Ostagisch. Also exiled in this group were Jacob van Macassar, Fransiscus van Malabar, Soeta Wanga NN and Wira van Java.6,7 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Octavius van Macassar was also known as Octavius.3
20 April 1692, the name of Octavius was written in the record as Octavio van Macasser.2
6 October 1700, the name of Octavius was written in the record as Octavia van Macassar.8
22 February 1711, the name of Octavius was written in the record as Octavi van Macasser.9
Baptisms - WitnessOctavius van Macassar and Moses van Bengalen witnessed the baptism of Secilia van de Caep on 20 April 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
He and Moses van Bengalen witnessed the baptism of Christina van de Caep on 20 April 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
He and Moses van Bengalen witnessed the baptism of Jimtie NN on 1 June 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
He and Moses van Bengalen witnessed the baptism of Daniel NN on 1 June 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
He and Moses van Bengalen witnessed the baptism of David NN on 1 June 1692 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
He and Elizabeth van Bouton witnessed the baptism of Elisabeth van der Caep on 25 December 1701 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).12
He and Catrina van de Caab witnessed the baptism of Juliana van de Caep on 4 February 1703 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).13
He and Sara van Macassar witnessed the baptism of Magdalena van de Caep on 13 June 1706 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).14
He and Elizabeth van Bouton witnessed the baptism of Amelia Carelse van de Caep on 5 February 1713 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.15,16
Slave TransactionsBetween 16 October 1697 and 19 October 1697 Isaac van der Kust Coromandel was sold by Frederik Meyer to Octavius van Macassar, for Rds. 70.17
On 19 October 1697 Paris van Malabar was sold by Simon van der Stel to Octavius van Macassar, for Rds. 50.18
Sijtje van Macassar, a slave, was was placed on loan from Jan Holtsmit, in service to Octavius van Macassar on 27 February 1698 de Caep de Goede Hoop.19,20
On 6 January 1700 Willem van Balij was sold by Octavius van Macassar to Intje Poetje, for Rds. 50.21
On 6 October 1700 Titus van Bengale was sold by Octavius van Macassar to Jacob van der Kust Coromandel, for Rds. 63.22,8

Citations

  1. [S674] Mansell Upham 'Who is Jannetje Rutgertroost? A genealogical investigation into the origins of a Cape of Good Hope-born mesties woman variously found in the records as: Jannetie / Jannetie Hans:/Hanse: Rutgertroost', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), April 2012. "Octavius / Octavio van Macassar ..."
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1692
    Den selfde Dito (20 April) sijn gedoopt twee slave kinderen van de Ede. Heer
    Gouverneur welke tot getuijge stonden de twee, Octovi[u ]
    van Macasser, Moses van Bangalen, ende Christenen, ende sijn
    genaemt de eene Secilia, de andere Christina., 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. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Ao' 1686
    eodem dito (22 September) Octavius, vry dienaer van de Ed[ele] Comp[agnie] - bejaerde, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  4. [S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. 22 February 1711:
    Octari van Macasser222
    en
    Elizabeth van Bouton.
  5. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town), 1695-1712: 22 Februarij
    Octavi van Macasser, en Elizabeth
    van Bouton.
    "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 107, 22 Feb 1711, marriage entry for Octavi van Macasser and Elizabeth van Bouton, transcribed by Corney Keller, (24 Mar 2012), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town).
  6. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), citing C.501, Letters despatched p.508, Sep 5, 1686 … List … de … Macasarschen Princen. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  7. [S351] Grahame Naudé, "Dutch East India Company Shipping", Familia (DEIC Shipping) 43 Number 1 (2006): Details of voyage 5746.2 from Batavia
    Number     5746.2
    Name of ship     BLAUWE HULK
    Master     Laman, Jan Jansz.
    Tonnage     744
    Type of ship     pinas
    Built     1673
    Yard     Enkhuizen
    Chamber     Hoorn
    Date of departure     23-12-1680
    Place of departure     Batavia
    Arrival at Cape     04-04-1681
    Departure from Cape     30-04-1681
    Date of arrival at destination     1681
    Place of arrival     
    Chamber for which cargo is destined     Hoorn (245,825)
    Enkhuizen (242,970)
    Particulars     Second return fleet (5746-5748) under command of Huibert Barendsz. Gruit aboard the EILAND MAURITIUS (5747). The 15 passengers aboard the BLAUWE HULK included 11 imprisoned criminals.
    Previous outward voyage     1336.2
    On Board     I     II     III
    Seafarers     94                         
    Soldiers     29                         
    Passengers     15. Hereinafter cited as "Dutch East India Company Shipping."
  8. [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): Terwyl die addendum praat van "Octavius van Macassar" (6.10.1700) staan in die oorspronklike akte net Octavia.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
  9. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 107, 22 Feb 1711, marriage entry for Octavi van Macasser and Elizabeth van Bouton, 24 Mar 2012, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  10. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1692
    Den selfde Dito (20 April) sijn gedoopt twee slave kinderen van de Ede. Heer
    Gouverneur welke tot getuijge stonden de twee, Octovi[u ]
    van Macasser, Moses van Bangalen, ende Christenen, ende sijn
    genaemt de eene Secilia, de andere Christina., 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  11. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1692
    Den j Junius sijn dire slavinne kinderen ten H:Doop gepre=
    =senteert, genamet J[emtie], Daniel, David onder getui=
    genisse van Moses ende Octovio beide gedoopte
    Christenen, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  12. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[25 Dec: 1701] een kind van Adam van de Caab en Louise van Mad: onder getuyge van
    Octavi van Macasser, en Elisabeth van Bouton, gent. — Elisabeth. Slaeven van d oud Heer [Simon van der Stel]
    https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WPC."
  13. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[4 Febr: 1703] van Moses van Bengale en Tamara van Madag: onder getuygen van Octavio van Macc: en Catrina vande Caab, gent. — Juliana
    https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WPC."
  14. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[13 Junij 1706] Een slaven kind gedoopt van d' [Edele] Heer goeverneur W.A. vander Stel waar vande vader Jacobus vande Caab en Cicilia van Bengale, ondr getuyge van Octavi van Macasser en Sara van Batavia, gent. - Magdalena
    familysearch.org."
  15. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[1713] 5. Februarij. Gedoopt eend kind van Carel van Bengaalen, en Mouta van Madagscar, lijfeijgenes van den [opheeden?] Oud-Gouverneur Simon van der Stel: de getuigens waarden Octavio van Macasser, en anna Elizabeth van Bouton. Amilia
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…."
  16. [S629] Mansell Upham.
  17. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 180. ...10.1697, p. 264: Isaac from the Coast Coromandel (30), sold by Frederick Meyer to Octavio from Macassar for Rds. 70.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  18. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 180. 19.10.1697. p. 264 (verso): Paris from Malabar (26), sold by Simon van der Stel to Octavio from Macassar for Rds. 50.
  19. [S674] Mansell Upham 'Uprooted Lives 30 Jannetje Rutgertroost', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "On 27 February 1698 she is given in loan to free-black [sic], Octavia [sic] van Macassar, by Holsmit, who is about to return to Patria. He promises to return Zijtje to the heirs of her former master, the late Francicus Villerius, should they come to the Cape to claim her."
  20. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 182. 27.2.1698: Zijtje from Macassar, who was about 20 in 1690, now given in loan to the Free Black, Octavia from Maeassar, by Jan Holtsmit, who was about to return to Patria. Octavia promised to return Zijtje to the heirs of her former master, the late skipper Franciscus Villcrius, should they come to the Cape to claim her. See also 25.5.1690.
  21. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 190. 6.1.1700: Willem from Balij (16), sold by the Free Black Octavio to the Free Black Hentje Poetje for Rds. 50.
  22. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 194. 6.10.1700: Titus from Bengal (27/28), sold by Octavius [sic] from Macassar to the Free Black Jacob from the Coast Coromandel for Rds. 63.
 

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