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

Jan Cornelisse Swanshouck^1,2,3

M, #15485, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited

12/03/2016

Birth*

Jan Cornelisse Swanshouck was born circa 1640.⁴

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

22 December 1676, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan Cornelisz Swanshoeck.⁵
3 March 1677, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan Cornelisz Swanhoeck.³

Slave Transactions

On 22 December 1676 Mars van Madagascar was sold by Jan Cornelisse Swanshouck to Pieter Jansz van Westhuysen, for Rds. 45.^5,6
On 3 March 1677 Sictus van Madagascar was sold by Jan Cornelisse Swanshouck to Cornelis Adriaansz, for Rds. 30.^2,3

Citations

This is how he signed his name.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 133.3.3.1677: Sictus from Madagascar, sold by Jan Comelis Swamhoeck (signature Swamhouck) to Cornelis Adriaanse for Rds. 30.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[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): 3.3.1677 TS I, g.p.
Jan Cornelisz Swanhoeck, onderstuurman, verkoop aan Cornelis Adriaansch, vrykuiper alhier, sy lyfeie Sictus van Madagaskar vir 30 Rds. [Geteken Jan Cornelisse Swanshouck.]. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 133.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 133. 22.12.1676: Mars from Madagascar, sold by Jan Cornelisz Swanshoeck, first mate of the V oorhout, to Pieter J ansz van der Westhuijsen for Rds. 45.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 22. 12.1676 [Verlore]
Jan Cornelisz Swanshoeck, opperstuurman op die Voorhout, verkoop aan Pieter Jansz van der Westhuijsen die slaaf Mars van Madagaskar vir 45 Rds.