First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Child 1 of Coridon van der wes Kust¹

?, #11421, b. circa 1680

Father*

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22/03/2015

Birth*

Child 1 of Coridon van der wes Kust was born circa 1680.^1,2

Slave Emancipations

On 3 June 1692 Coridon van der wes Kust purchased his freedom and that of his unnamed children, Child 1 of Coridon van der wes Kust and Child 2 of Coridon van der wes Kust, from Jacob Havemeester, for Rds. 150.^3,4

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.160.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.160. 3.6.1692, pp. 41-42: Coridon from the West Coast freed by Jacob Havemeester. For the freedom of his two children he paid Rds. 150.
[S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): Coridon van die Weskus word wel op 3.6.1692 vrygestel, dog die gedeelte: “For the freedom of his two children he paid Rds. 150” is egter nie heeltemal ‘n getroue weergawe van wat in die document staan nie, want hy betaal dit vir hom en sy twee kinders saam.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."