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

Jacob van Macassar^1,2

M, #15380, b. circa 1661

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Last Edited

03/03/2016

BirthOrigin*

Jacob was from Macassar and may have been born there circa 1661. He was 10 years old when sold as a slave in 1671.²

Slave Transactions

Jacob van Macassar and Thomas van Bengale were sold by Mathijs Coemans to Dirck Bosch on 2 March 1671, for f 450. The transaction included baking equipment.^3,1

Citations

[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): 2.3.1671 CTD 5, p. 117 Matthijs Cooijmans van Herentals, burger, verkoop aan Dirck Bosch, medeburger, twee slawe, Thomas van Bengale, 20, en Jacob van Macassar, 10, asook enige bakkersgereedskap f 450.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.128. 2.3.1671, V, pp. 117-118: Thomas from Bengal (20) and Jan from Macassar (10), sold for 1450 by Matthijs Coemans to Dirck Bosch, together with utensils used by the baker.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.128. 2.3.1671, V, pp. 117-118: Thomas from Bengal (20) and Jan from Macassar (10), sold for f 450 by Matthijs Coemans to Dirck Bosch, together with utensils used by the baker.