Jan Bruijn van Madagascar1

M, #9278, b. circa 1646
Mother*Eva van Madagascar2 b. c 1638

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited23/12/2016
BirthOrigin*Jan was from Madagascar and may have been born there circa 1646. I have assumed he must have been around 12 or older when offered as surety by his owner Leender Cornelisz: in 1658.3,4 
BaptismJan Bruijn van Madagascar was baptized before 8 April 1663 de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 
(Slave) ShipVoyage In November 1654 the Tulp departed Madagascar enroute to de Caep de Goede Hoop where it docked on 12 December 1654. Among those on board were the slaves Eva van Madagascar, Jan Bruijn van Madagascar, Anthonij van Madagascar and Meijndert van Antongil, the last being the personal slave of Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck.4,5 
Slave TransactionsBetween 12 December 1654 and 1 October 1658 Jan Bruijn van Madagascar was sold by the Company to Leendert Cornelisz:, this transaction is assumed.6
On 1 October 1658 Jan Bruijn van Madagascar, Judas de Wever, Sara de Waster, Pieter Pietersz and Regina van Rapenberg van Guinea were, along with any of their future offspring, put up as security in a skuldbrief by Leendert Cornelisz: in favour of the wife of the commander Maria de la Queillerie. This was for a loan of f 300 at ¾% per month. Cornelisz: as well as all his possessions, were included as security. The payment in the first month was excused, thereafter he was to make monthly payments until the original amount, plus interest, was repaid. Presumably he carried out the agreement, because the skuldbrief was cancelled on 12 November 1658.7,8

Citations

  1. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: Dr Boeseken, in her book Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, Tafelberg, 1777, page 25, states that 'in the Church Books which he started on the 23rd of August 1665, the Rev. Joan van Arckel with great foresight tried to record the names of the children who had been baptised before his arrival by visiting ministers.

    As for the slaves, the first entries were Cornelia and Lijsbeth Arabus. Then followed Heindrick, Pietertje, Reijntje, two Jacobs, an Annetje, Cathalisa, Mary and Lowijs, who had been baptised on the 8th April 1663. Another Mary and Jan Bruijn are registered as children of mixed marriages., 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.).
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.8, 25: It appears from the list of household slaves that the woman Verburgh brought from Madagascar was called Eva. She had a son whose name was Jan Bruyn.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  3. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Dr Boeseken, in her book Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, Tafelberg, 1777, page 9, ascribes Eva van Madagascar as the mother of Jan Bruijn/Bruyn. On page 25, Böeseken states that 'in the Church Books which he started on the 23rd of August 1665, the Rev. Joan van Arckel with great foresight tried to record the names of the children who had been baptised before his arrival by visiting ministers.

    As for the slaves, the first entries were Cornelia and Lijsbeth Arabus. Then followed Heindrick, Pietertje, Reijntje, two Jacobs, an Annetje, Cathalisa, Mary and Lowijs, who had been baptised on the 8th April 1663. Another Mary and Jan Bruijn are registered as children of mixed marriages., 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  4. [S654] Mansell Upham 'What can't be cured, must be endured … Cape of Good Hope - first marriages & baptisms (1652-1665)', 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), January 2012. "12 December 1654:     Tulp ex Madagascar brings: Eva van Madagascar & son Jan Bruijn
    Anthonij Malagasy slave (disappears 12 March 1655)."
  5. [S815] Mansell G. Upham 'Documented Slave Arrivals at the Cape of Good Hope (1652-1677)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014. "12 December 1654: Tulp brings 4 slaves purchased on Madagascar
    Eva van Madagascar & son Jan Bruijn;
    Anthonij van Madagascar     (disappears 12 March 1655)
    Meinjdert van Antongil.     [private slave of Jan van Riebeeck]"
  6. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 1.10.1658 CTD I, p.110
    Leendert Cornelisz van Sevenhuijsen, … sy slawe … Jan Bruijns …. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  7. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", 1.10.1658 CTD I, p.110
    Leendert Cornelisz van Sevenhuijsen, vryburger en houtsaer, skuld Maria de la Quellerije, huisvrou van kommandeur Jan van Riebeecq, bedrag van f 300 wat hy van haar geleen het teen drie-kwart persent per maand, die eerste maand verskoon. Hy beloof om maandeliks te betaal tot die volle bedrag en rente betaal is, en stel as pand homself en al sy besittings, veral sy slawe en slavinne Jan Bruijns, Judas de Wever, Sara de Waster, Tavina van Rapenburg en Pieter Pietersz mel hulle kinders en nog te verwekte kinders. [Kantnota: Op 12. 11.1685 gerojeer.]
  8. [S810] Mansell Upham 'At Earth's Extremest End… Op 't eijnde van de Aerd … The genealogical impact of the 'Angola' & 'Guinea' slaves at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century', 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), August 2014. "Pieter Pietersz: van Guinea aka Pieter Rob appears to be purchased by Thomas Christoffel Muller (from Leipzig) who in turn sells him (12 March 1668) to Hendrik Snijer."
 

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