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Jacob Trimsquar van Madras¹

M, #16046, b. 1678/79

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Last Edited

04/04/2015

BirthOrigin*

Jacob was from Madras and was perhaps born there in 1678/79. He was said to be 15 or 16 years old in 1694.¹

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

28 May 1694, the name of Jacob was written in the record as Jacob Trimsquar van Madras.²

Slave Transactions

On 28 May 1694 Jacob Trimsquar van Madras was sold by Caleb Hathorne to Johann Carsten Fuber, for Rds. 82.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.166.. 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.166. 28.5.1694: Jacob Trimsquar from Madras (15/16), sold by Caleb Hathome, steward on the English vessel Samson, to Free Burgher Jan Fuber for Rds. 82.