Willem van Bengale1
M, #15344, b. circa 1640
Last Edited | 23/01/2016 |
BirthOrigin* | Willem was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1640. His age is estimated.1 |
(Slaves) ShipVoyage | Willem van Bengale witnessed the New Tag of Angelier and Oijevaer on 30 January 1662 de Caep de Goede Hoop.2,1 |
Slave Transactions | Willem van Bengale was sold by Zacharias Wagenaer to Dom:e Joannes de Voogd on 25 September 1666, for Rds 90 or f 180.3,4 |
Citations
- [S815] Mansell G. Upham 'Documented Slave Arrivals at the Cape of Good Hope (1652-1677)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (Unpublished), 16 November 2014. "2 April 1662: Angelier ex Batavia brings 5 personal slaves of Dresden-born Zacharias Wagenaer (1614-1668), the Cape’s 2nd commander (1662-1666):
Japanese Christian Anthonij de Later van Japan
his concubine Annica van Bengale
their son Abraham
Louis van Bengale &
Willem van Bengale." - [S654] Mansell Upham 'What can't be cured, must be endured … Cape of Good Hope - first marriages & baptisms (1652-1665)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), January 2012. "2 April 1662: Angelier & Oijevaer bring:
Cape's newly appointed 2nd Commander Zacharias Wagenaer (from Dresden) ex Batavia with wife Maria aux Brebis (from Wesel), stepdaughter Maria de Bucuoij, Widow Coen Verburg & 5 personal slaves." - [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): 25.9.1666 CTD 3, p.109
Die edelheer Zacharias Wagenaer, kommandeur, verkoop aan Joannes de Voocht, bedienaar van die goddelike Woord, die Bengaalse slaaf Willem vir 90 Rds of f 180. [Geen Onderdom [?] is vermeld. Dit is interessant dat 90 Rds hier as f 180 ligte geld aangegee word in plaas van die gebruiklike f 270. Geen name van getuies word genoem nie en niemand het ook as sodanig geteken nie.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)." - [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 127. 30.9.1666, III, pp. 109-110: Willem from Bengal, sold by Zacharias Wagenaer to the Rev. Joannes de Voocht for Rds. 90 or f 180.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.