Lijsje van Madagascar1

F, #13716, b. circa 1668

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Last Edited16/10/2017
BirthOrigin*Lijsje was from Madagascar and perhaps born there circa 1668.1,2 

Family 1

Pieter van Madagascar b. c 1665
Child

Family 2
Children
Slave TransactionsLijsje van Madagascar may be the slave sold by Adriaen van Asperen, to Theunis Dircksen Schalckwyck on 12 January 1678, for Rds. 18.3,4
Slave EmancipationsLijsje van Madagascar was emancipated with her children Isaac Pieters, Diana van de Caep and Susanna van de Caep by Leendert Jansz van Gijselen, on 28 August 1690, in terms of his will.5,6
Slaves owned by individualsBefore 28 August 1690 Lijsje van Madagascar was owned by Leendert Jansz van Gijselen.5

Citations

  1. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720, Wes-Kaaplandse Instituut vir Historiese Navorsing, Tygerberg, Cape Town, (1981) 0-909075-65-4 "In die daaropvolgende ondervraging deur landdros Nicolaas van der Heuvel het Pietersz te kenne gegee dat hy reeds 29 jaar oud was en dat hy as kind vrygestel is by die afsterwe van Leendert van Gijselen. Laasgenoemde het inderdaad op 28 Augustus 1690 vir Lijsje van Madagaskar met haar drie kinders, Isaq, Diana en Susanna begunstig."
  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. [S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 12.1.1678               TS 3, p.g.
    Adriaen van Asperen, skipper van die jag Voorhout, verkoop aan Theunis Dircksz van Schalkwijk, vryburger alhier, die slavinnetjie Lijsje van Madagaskar vir 18 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.135. 12.1.1678: Lijsje from Madagascar sold by skipper Adriaan van Asperen to Theunis van Schalkwijk for Rds. 28.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  5. [S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Laasgenoemde het inderdaad op 28 Augustus 1690 vir Lijsje van Madagaskar met haar drie kinders, Isaq, Diana en Susanna begunstig. Dieselfde dag is ook uit sy boedel 'n slaaf met die naam Pieter van Madagaskar (25) verkoop wat waarskynlik die vader van hierdie drie kinders kon gewees het, aangesien Isaac inderdaad as 'n "swart" jong bestempel is."
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.157. 28.8.1690, pp. 22-23: Lijsje from Madagascar is freed, together with her three children Isaq, Diana and Susanna, in accordance with the will of the late Leendert van Gijselen.
 

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