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Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo

F, #9649, b. before 1 August 1688

Mother*

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695

Last Edited

10/08/2017

Slave Birth - Company Owned

Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo was born in bondage before 1 August 1688 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), Slave Lodge, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo.¹

Baptism

Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo was baptized on 1 August 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Luitnt' Dominiqu Paque de Schavonnes and Andrijs de Man.¹

Family

Child

Susanna van de Caep van Helena b. b 7 Nov 1700; This relationship is assumed. Helena was alive in the 1693 census of the Slave Lodge, and I have not identified another woman who fits the chronological profile to be a first-time mother in 1700, which I believe to be the case. It was not uncommon for very young women, who likely had just entered puberty to become pregnant³

CensusLodge1693*

1693 Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo was enumerated on the census of the Slave Lodge, she was said to be the creole daughter of Vali Tombi [sic] and a child in school.²

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 7 November 1700 Helena van de Caep van Wolletombo and Susanna van de Caep van Helena were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.³

Citations

[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: [Ao. 1688]
naarvolgende kinderen uijt de Slave logie gedoopt ten
overstaan van Mons:[eignieu]rs De Man en Cap:[teijn] Dom:[inicus] De Schavonnes
als getuijgen van [s vonijes] wegen.
Een kind van Cicilia en is genaamdt Constantia
een kind van Maria haar kindt is genaamdt Pieter
een kindt van Mijtzele en is genaamt Catarina
een kint van Kallehijzang en is genaamd Jan
een kindt van Somesie en is genaamdt Marretie
een kind van Wolletombo en is genaamdt Helena
een kindt van Warie en is genaamdt Eva
een kindt van Armosije en is genaamdt Claas
een kindt van Calmeronde en is genaamt Catrijn
een kind waar van de moeder Dood is en is genaamt Anna[My thanks to Mansell Upham for correcting the transcription of this group of baptisms.], 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.).
[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), Sequence No:       1693-313
First Name Of Slave:       Helena
Birth Status:       Creole
Continent:       Africa-Cape
Descent Classification:       Halfslag="half-breed
Gender:       Female
Age Category:       Child
Location Or Domicile:       Cape Town: Skool
Status:       Slave
Occupation:       Scholar
Relations Within Census:       dogter
Relations Name:       Vali Tombi
Archives And Document:       Algemene Rijksarchief: VOC 4030
Document Name:       Generale Opneeming
Date:       1693-01-01
Page Number:       367. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).