Joan van Tayouan1

M, #13751, b. circa 1654

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Last Edited05/03/2016
BirthOrigin*Joan may have been from Tayouan and perhaps born there circa 1654. The VOC had a fort at Tayouan [Taiwan] known as Fort Zeelandia. He was 20 when sold as a slave in 1674.2,1 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.The name of Joan appeared as Joan van Sayoon in the cited publication(s.)3
Slave TransactionsJoan van Tayouan and Claes Kath van Bengale were sold by Lazarus Wichelhuijlsen, to Wouter Mostert on 19 May 1674 de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds 180.4,5,6

Citations

  1. [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), Slaves First Name:       Joan     
    Presumed Place Of Origin:       Van Taiwan     
    Day Of Sale:       19     
    Month Of Sale:       5     
    Year Of Sale:       1674     
    Slaves Age:       22     
    Slaves Gender:       Male     . Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 130, 19.05.1674, VI, p.111 : Claas from Bengal (20) and Joan from Sayoon [probably Tayouan on the island of Taiwan] sold by Lazarus Wiegelhuijsen [Wichelhuijlsen] to Wouter Mostaert for Rds. 180.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  3. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 130, 19.05.1674, VI, p.111 : Claas from Bengal (20) and Joan from Sayoon [sic - Tayaan] [probably Tayouan on the island of Taiwan, the home of the VOC Fort Zeelandia] sold by Lazarus Wiegelhuijsen [Wichelhuijlsen] to Wouter Mostaert for Rds. 180.
  4. [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): 19.5.1674     CTD 6, p. 111
    Lazarus Wichelhuijsen, boekhouer in diens, verkoop aan Wouter Mostert twee lyfeies Claas van Bengale, 20 jaar oud, en Joan van Tayaan [Taiwan], 22 jaar, vir 180 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 130, 19.05.1674, VI, p.111 : Claas from Bengal (20) and Joan from Sayoon (22), sold by Lazarus Wiegelhuijsen to Wouter Mostaert for Rds. 180.
  6. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands.
 

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