Magdalena van de Caep1

F, #9814, b. before 3 December 1690
Mother*Fatima van Madagascar1 b. c 1677

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited05/08/2017
Slave Birth - Company OwnedMagdalena van de Caep was born in bondage before 3 December 1690 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), Slave Lodge, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Magdalena van de Caep.1
BaptismMagdalena van de Caep was baptized on 3 December 1690 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town). The baptism was witnessed by H. Capt Willem Padt and Andrijs de Man.1 
RacialDesignation* On 3 December 1690 Magdalena van de Caep was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning the father was most probably white. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.2 

Citations

  1. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1690
    Den selfsden dito [3 December] van de Edl. Comps' slavinne kinderen gedoopt, ten over staen van Sr. Andrijs de Man, Secunda persoon, ende den E: Capt' Willem Padt getuijgen van Comps' weegen,
    een kindt van Maria van de Caep genaemt Cecilia halfslagh
    een kindt van Cornelia van Madagasker genaemt Leendert - halfslagh
    een kindt van Fatima van Madagasker genaemt Magdalena - halfslagh
    een kindt van Enfutie Aet van Madagasker genaemt Willem swart
    een kindt Samapol van Madagasker genaemt Susanna swart
    een kint van Mento van Madagasker genaemt Cornelis, swart
    een kint van Cecilia van Madagasker genaemt Jannetsie swart
    een kindt van Jannetie van de Caep genaemt Gerrit swart
    een kindt van Sara van Madagasker genaemt Joannes swart
    [My thanks to Mansell Upham for correcting 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.).
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
 

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