Helena van Macassar

F, #9974, b. circa 1665

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1695-1712NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1695-1712
Last Edited01/05/2017
Birth*Helena van Macassar was born circa 1665 in Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, .1,2
 
Marriage De facto* Between 1693 and 1695 Helena van Macassar and Arendt van Mallebaer were in a de facto relationship de Caep de Goede Hoop.3  
MarriageShe married Hendrik Constant van Macasser on 28 May 1708 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.4
 

Family 1
Child

Family 2

Arendt van Mallebaer b. c 1665
Children

Family 3

Hendrik Constant van Macasser b. c 1675
Children
Names in the record, in publications, etc.28 May 1708, the name of Helena was written in the record as Lena Felix van Macasser.5
Slave TransactionsOn 13 April 1690 Helena van Macassar and Arendt van Mallebaer and Infant van Helena van Macassar were sold by Admiral Joan Parvé to Simon van der Stel, for Rds. 140, Hattingh [Foute …] notes there were conditions attached to this transaction, but does not say what they were.6,7
Slaves owned by individualsOn 2 August 1693 Helena van Macassar was owned by Simon van der Stel.8

Citations

  1. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1692
    Den selven Dito (30 November) sijn drie Slavinne kinderen van den Hr. Gouvernr. gedoopt
    ten overstaen vn Christen getuijgen, te weeten, een kint van Susanna van Seilon, genaemt Katie, onder getuijgenisse van Lijsbeth van Macasser. Een kint van Sara van Madegasker, genaemt Joannes, onder getuigenisse van Ariantie van Bengalen. Een kint van Jannetie van Madegasker, genaemt Alexander onder getuijgenisse van Helena van Macasser., 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. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  3. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1693; Den 2 Augusti een kindt gedoopt waer van vader is Arendt van Mallebaer, de moeder Helena van Macassar, tot getuijgen stonden Job van Madegasker, ende Lijsbet van Macasser, sijnde Lijfeigens van den Edr' Heer Gouverneu an unknown person [Simon van der Stel] ende is genaemt Lea
    -------
    ao 1695
    dito (31 Julii) een kind van Arent van Malabar en
    Helena van Macasser gent Emmerentia
    getuijgen Susanna van Malabaar
    alle lijfeijgenen van de Ed Hr Gouver:, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  4. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town), 1695-1712: 28 Meij
    Hendrik Constant van Macasser, met
    Lena Felix van Macasser.
    "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 105, 28 May 1708, marriage entry for Hendrik Constant van Macasser and Lena Felix van Macasser, transcribed by Corney Keller, (24 Mar 2012), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town).
  5. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: "Kerkboek 1695-1712," p. 105, 28 May 1708, marriage entry for Hendrik Constant van Macasser and Lena Felix van Macasser, 24 Mar 2012, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.136. 13.4.1690, pp. 371-373: Aran from Malabar and Helena from Macassar and her infant, sold by Admiral Joan Parvé to Simon van der Stel for Rds. 114 [sic - 140].. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  7. [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): Aran van Malabar, Helena van Macassar (in 13.4.1690) en haar kind word vir 140 Rds. verkoop en nie vir 114 Rds. nie. By elkeen van hierdie transaksies was daar spesifieke voorwaardes genoem wat ook nie in die addendum vermeld word nie!. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
  8. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1693
    Den 2 Augusti een kindt gedoopt waer van vader is
    Arendt van Mallebaer, de moeder Helena van
    Macassar, tot getuijgen stonden Job van Ma[de]
    =gasker, ende Lijsbet van Macasser, sijnde
    Lijfeigens van den Edr' Heer Gouverneu an unknown person
    ende is genamet Lea, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  9. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.136. 13.4.1690, pp. 371-373: Aran from Malabar and Helena from Macassar and her infant, sold by Admiral Joan Parvé to Simon van der Stel for Rds. 114.
  10. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): 1693
    Den 2 Augusti een kindt gedoopt waer van vader is Arendt van Mallebaer, de moeder Helena van Macassar, tot getuijgen stonden Job van Madegasker, ende Lijsbet van Macasser, sijnde Lijfeigens van den Edr' Heer Gouverneu an unknown person [Simon van der Stel] ende is genaemt Lea, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  11. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1695
    dito (31 Julii) een kind van Arent van Malabar en
    Helena van Macasser gent Emmerentia
    getuijgen Susanna van Malabaar
    alle lijfeijgenen van de Ed Hr Gouver:, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  12. [S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. Cape 26 October 1704
    Van Hendrik en Lena, onder getuyge van Magtield van Dieden synde Lyfeiygens vn de Edele Heer Simon van der Stel gent Fredrik.
  13. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "30 Junij
    een slave-kind van den out-gouverneur Simon
    van der Stel, de ouders waren
    Hendrik Constant van Macasser en Lena
    Felix van Macasser; de getuige was [Vrije]
    Francijntje.
    - Helena Barbara
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11116-195029-2; last accessed 11 Apr 2013."
 

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