Nathaniel West1

M, #14027, b. circa 1630

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Last Edited27/12/2015
Birth*Nathaniel West may havbe been born circa 1630 Amsterdam.2,1 
Occupation* On 1 May 1656 Nathaniel West was geweldiger [bailiff] de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)On 6 March 1657 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, as a provost.3
On 31 May 1657 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, as a provost earning f 15 per month.4
On 15 February 1658 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as Nathaniel West, of Amsterdam, provost.5
On 5 March 1659 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as a provost.6
In 1660 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as of Amsterdam, provost.7
On 1 March 1661 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Amsterdam, provost.8
On 1 April 1662 Nathaniel West was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Amsterdam, provost.9
Slave TransactionsOn 22 May 1658 Anthoniij van Angola was sold by the Company to Nathaniel West, for his monthly salary which the previous year was recorded as f 15. Anthony's age is not given, although he is described as a slafie, presumably a very young slave, 7 months later.10,11
On 5 December 1658 Anthoniij van Angola was sold by Nathaniel West to Christiaen Jansz de Caep de Goede Hoop.12,10

Citations

  1. [S332] Webpage tanap.net (http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/) (Original records held by Western Cape Archives and Records Service, Roeland Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa) "Reference code: C. 1, pp. 166-171.
    Maendagh den Eersten May ao. 1656. ...
    Nathaniel West van Amsterdam hier te lande gecomen met 't jacht den Hector primo April passo. voor adelborst a ƒ10 per maent, ende 't sedert vertrecq van onsen gewesene geweldiger Adriaen Tomasz van St. Annekercken de voorsz geweldigers plaetse provisionelijcq becleet, wert op sijn versoucq ende bequaemheijt bij desen tot geweldiger geconfirmeert onder een maendelijcke gagie van ƒ15 mits oock bij voorvallende occasie de Justitie met eenen te bedienen als scherprechter, ende verbonden blijvende sijn lopende 5 jarich verbandt daer voor uijt te dienen, gagie heden ingaende. ...
    Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in 't Fort de Goede Hope ter daghe ende jare als vooren.
    JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1656.
    JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1656.
    ROELOFF DE MAN, Secrets."
  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. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.286-287. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
  4. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, pp.287-289.
  5. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.291.
  6. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.295.
  7. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.298.
  8. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.300.
  9. [S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.303.
  10. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 5.12.1658     CTD I, p.116
    Nathaniel West van Amsterdam, geweldiger, verkoop aan Christiaan Jansz van Hoesum, vry wildskut, 'n Angolese slafie genaamd Anthony, wat hy op 22 Mei 1658 teen sy soldy van die Kompanjie gekoop het. [Geen ouderdom of bedrag is vermeld me.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  11. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.124. 5.12.1658. I, p. 116: Anthony from Angola, sold by constable Nathaniel West, who had bought him on 22.4.1658 [sic] from the Company, to Christiaan Jansz van Hoesum. No price mentioned.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  12. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.124. 5.12.1658. I, p. 116: Anthony from Angola, sold by constable Nathaniel West, who had bought him on 22.4.1658 from the Company, to Christiaan Jansz van Hoesum. No price mentioned.
 

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