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

Jan Stam¹

M, #16030, b. circa 1654

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Last Edited

03/04/2015

Birth*

Jan Stam was born circa 1654.^1,2

Occupation*

On 14 May 1694 Jan Stam was skipper of the Agatha.¹

Slave Transactions

On 14 May 1694 Cupido van Bengale and Bijgeval van Bengale were sold by Jan Stam to Henning Hüsing, for Rds. 70 each.³
On 22 June 1696 Abraham van Malabar was sold on behalf of Jan Stam by Jacob Velthuys to Johann Vosloo, for Rds. 100.⁴

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.165.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.165. 14.5.1694: Cupido and Bijgeval (24/25), both from Bengal, sold by Jan Stam, skipper on the Agatha, to Henning Hlising for Rds. 70 each.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.173. 22.6.1696, pp. 83 (verso) - 84: Abraham from Malabar (20), sold to Jan Vosloo by Jacob Velthuys on behalf of Jan Stam for Rds. 100.