Elisabeth Marcusz1

F, #9451, b. 7 April 1680
Mother*Maria van Bengale2 b. c 1660

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited12/01/2017
BaptismCandidate*Elisabeth Marcusz may be the individual who was baptized on 7 April 1680 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.2 
Concubine* Circa January 1700 Elisabeth Marcusz was the concubine of Christoffel Armbrecht de Caep de Goede Hoop.3
 
Marriage De facto* Between 1707 and 1709 Elisabeth Marcusz and Daniel Meerkens were in a de facto relationship; during this period they had two children.4 
Marriage*She married Pieter Knurf in 1711/12 de Caep de Goede Hoop; during this period they had one child.4
 
Concubine Circa June 1702 Elisabeth Marcusz was the concubine of Dirk Janse de Graaf de Caep de Goede Hoop.5
 

Family 1

Christoffel Armbrecht b. c 1675
Child

Family 2

Dirk Janse de Graaf b. c 1680
Children

Family 3

Daniel Meerkens b. c 1680
Children

Family 4

Pieter Knurf b. c 1680
Child
Names in the record, in publications, etc.3 October 1700, the name of Elisabeth was written in the record as Elysabeth Markense.6
Baptisms - WitnessElisabeth Marcusz and Cornelis van der Laan witnessed the baptism of Cornelis Vermeulen on 12 August 1708 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.7,8
She and Domingo van Bengale witnessed the baptism of Nicolaas Jansz on 12 July 1711 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.9,10
Slave BirthsBefore 7 April 1680, Elisabeth Marcusz was born in bondage and was owned by Anthonij Jansz van Bengale de Caep de Goede Hoop.2
Slave TransactionsCirca 1681 Maria van Bengale and Elisabeth Marcusz were sold by Anthonij Jansz van Bengale to Hans Rutger Trost, this transaction is assumed.11

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. "Maria baptizes a daughter Elisabeth [Elisabeth Marcusz:?] (7 April 1680)'."
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: ao 1680
    den 7 April Elisabet
    de moeder Mary een slave van Antonij van Bengale
    de peet dar van was Catharina Anthonii, 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. [S204] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946), p.9; ARMBRECHT, CHRISTOFFEL .-"Bonville" (i .e. corrupted form of "Bodenwiler" = Badenweiler ?). Mentioned 1700 till 1708. (Defence of W. A. van der Stel, pp. 117, 138; GMR 1708.) One son, Wilhelmus (3.10.1700), by Elisabeth Markense.. Hereinafter cited as Personalia.
  4. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town), (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).
  5. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "The couple baptises two children, Johanna Elisabeth on 4 Feb 1703, and Dirkje on 7 Dec 1704."
  6. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "...Elysabeth Markense..."
  7. [S674] Mansell Upham 'Uprooted Lives 30 Jannetje Rutgertroost', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "12 d[it]o [augustus] [1708]     van Dirk Cornelisz [Vermeulen] en Jannetje Hans; de getuigen Cornelis van der Laan , met Elisabeth Marcusz          Cornelis."
  8. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): D:o [12 Augustij 1708] van Dirk Cornelisz, en Jannetje Hans; de getuigen Cornelis van der Laan, met Elizabeth Marcusz. - Cornelis, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  9. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): D:o [12 Julij 1711] van Dominicus Jansz van Amsterd: en Cornelia van de Caap; de getuigen Domingo van Bengaalen, en Elizabeth Marcusz. - Nicolaas, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  10. [S674] Mansell Upham 'Uprooted Lives 30 Jannetje Rutgertroost', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "Nicolaas baptized Cape 12 July 1711 (father: Dominicus Jansz van Amsterdam) (mother: Cornelia van de Caap) (witnesses: Domingo van Bengalen & Elisabeth Marcusz)."
  11. [S203] Mansell Upham 'Cape Mothers: Groote Catrijn van Paliacatta (c. 1631-1683), her slave Maria van Bengale & her daughter-in-law Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye (1673-1742)', 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), October 2014. "Circumstantial evidence points to this slave family passing to the free-burgher Hans Rutgert Trost (from Erbervelt / Herbervelt)."
  12. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[1700] 3 Octob: van Christoffel Armregt & Elysabeth Markense gen[aem]t - Wilhelmus; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/… - last accessed 12 May 2012."
  13. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[1703]; eodem die [4 Febr:]; van Dirk Janse de Graaf en Elisabeth [family name deleted] Marxse, onder getuygen van Jan Harmentz, en Lucretia van Bengale, gen:t Johanna Elisabeth;
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11116-195251-6 - last accessed 13 May 2012."
  14. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[1704]; 7 Dec: Dirk Janse de Graaf en Elizabet Markùsz onder getuyge van Emanùel van Maccasser en Sytje van Macasser. Gen[aem]t - Dirkje; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/… - last accessed 13 May 2012."
 

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