Casper Janse

M, #8528, b. between 1680 and 1688
Father*Jan Luy van Ceylon1 b. c 1650
Mother*Dina van Couchin1 b. c 1657
ChartsDescendants of Lijsbeth Sanders

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732
Last Edited23/07/2014
Birth*Casper Janse was born between 1680 and 1688 in de Caep de Goede Hoop, This estimate is based the muster rolls (monsterollen) and opgaafrollen (tax rolls) for the period 1682 and the baptism in 1688 of Dina van Cochin and her four children, Maria, Kasper Jans, Hendrick, and Antonij. Jan (Luij) van Ceylon and Dina van Cochin first appear in the Opgaafrol of 1685 as the partners of Marquart (Paij) van Ceylon when, according to Hattingh they owned patches of land in the Stellenbosch district. Jan Luij and Dina van Cochin are recorded with two sons and a daughter, all were unnamed but the daughter would have been Maria. Given the pattern of maternal reproduction in the period, it is likely the children were born approximately two years apart, suggesting that Dina van Cochin would have born her first child in about 1680.1,2
 
BaptismCasper Janse was baptized on 1 February 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Elisabeth Nieumeyer and Jan Mostert. He was one of four siblings baptised on the same date, along with their mother, Dina van Couchin.3,1 
Marriage*He married Anna Louisz, daughter of Louis van Bengale and Lijsbeth Sanders, on 11 April 1706 de Caep de Goede Hoop.4
 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.1 February 1688, the name of Casper was written in the record as Kasper Jans.5
Baptisms - WitnessCasper Janse and Anna Maria Dominicus witnessed the baptism of Jacoba Coetsee on 3 February 1709 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.6,7
He and Anna Louisz witnessed the baptism of Elisabeth Potgieter on 31 March 1709 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).8
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)Casper Janse may have been one of the unnamed children mentioned in the muster roll of 1685 in the household of Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1685 Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop, along with one daughter who would have been Maria and two sons. It seems that one would have been Casper Janse who from the record was older than his brothers; and, either Antonij or Hendrik.10
He, Maria, Antonij and Hendrik would have been the unnamed children who appeared on the muster roll of 1688 in the household of Dina van Couchin and Jan Luy van Ceylon Stellenbosch.9
In 1695 Casper Janse was enumerated in the muster roll Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop, It seems clear from this that Casper Jans was by this time living independently of his parents and siblings.11
Slave EmancipationsDina van Couchin and Jan Luy van Ceylon were emancipated before 1685 when they appeared in the opgaafrol of free people for Stellenbosch; along with their daughter Maria; and two of their sons Casper Janse. None of the children were named in the muster rolls or opgaafrollen, but based on other records, it is clear these are their offsping.9

Citations

  1. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  2. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720, Wes-Kaaplandse Instituut vir Historiese Navorsing, Tygerberg, Cape Town, (1981) 0-909075-65-4.
  3. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Den 1 Febrij. de volgende zijn aan Stellenbos gedoopt
    [Ao. 1688]. eodem [1 Feb] haar kinderen het eerste is genaamt Kasper Jans, den [2de - inserted] Maria waar van getuijgen zijn Jan Mostaart ende Lijsbet Nieumeijer zijn Huijsvrouw, 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.).
  4. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Lorna:
    Sy was Anna =1.4.1685 d/v Louis van Bengale en Maria van de Caep [DR: Anna's mother was Lijsbeth Sanders]; x 11.4.1706 Casper Janse s/v Jan van Ceylon en Dina van Cochin; xx 15.4.1714 Jacques Potje van Moskroon. Anna was Lysbet se halfsuster.
  5. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): [Ao. 1688]
    eodem [1 Feb] haar [Dina] kindren. het eerste is genaamt Kasper Jans [ene] Maria
    waar van getuigen sijn Jan Mostaart ende Lijsbet Nieumeijer zine huijsvrou., 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  6. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "do. [1709: 3 Febrùarij] van Hans Jùurrien van Saltsbùrg en Eliszabeth Laùrensz. de Getùigen Caspar Jansz. en Anna Maria de Meinekes.
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…."
  7. [S326] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die Blanke Nageslag van Louis van Bengale en Lijsbeth van die Kaap", Kronos (Die Blanke nageslag . . .) 1 (1979). Hereinafter cited as "Die Blanke nageslag."
  8. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): D:o (31 Mar) van Jan Harmensz Potgieter, en Clara Harst; de getuigen Caspar Jansz, en Anna Louisz. - Elizabeth, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
  9. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Jan van Ceylon en Dina se name word vir die eerste keer in 1685 in die Kaapse monsterrol verstrek en toe het hulle alreeds drie kinders gehad. Sedert 1688 word daar vier kinders aangegee soos hy ook in Desember 1692 verklaar het toe hy daarvan aangekla was dat by wederregtelik gaan jag het."
  10. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Jan (Luij) van Ceylon en Di(a)na."
  11. [S532] Website The Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA branch (http://www.eggsa.org/) "http://www.eggsa.org/transcriptions/monsterrollen/1695/…, last accessed on 13 June 2011: Caspaar Jansz van de Caab."
 

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