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Willem Phenning¹

M, #16416, b. circa 1665

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Last Edited

16/05/2015

Birth*

Willem Phenning was born circa 1665.¹

(Witness) BaptismPutative

Catharina Bok was almost certainly the individual who was baptized on 27 December 1705 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Willem Phenning and Catryn de Vos. Her sister Maria Groothenning was baptised with her.^2,3

(Witness) BaptismPutative

Maria Groothenning was almost certainly the individual who was baptized on 27 December 1705 (Cape Town). The baptism was witnessed by Catryn de Vos and Willem Phenning. Her sister Catharina Bok was baptised with her.^2,3

Baptisms - Witness

Willem Phenning and Catryn de Vos witnessed the baptism of Jurianus Maurits on 16 January 1701 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).⁴

Slave Transactions

On 5 June 1697 Titus van Malabar was sold by Francis Boon to Willem Phenning, for Rds. 55.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 177. 5.6.1697, p. 182: Titus from Malabar (21), sold by Francois Boon, bookkeeper of the Assendelfft, to Willem Phenning for Rds. 55.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "27 Dec: [1705] Twe Kinderen van Dare[s] van Bengale en Anna van Bengale onder getuijgen van Willem Fenning en Katrina de Vos Maria en Catryn.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11116-195029-2."
[S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. My thanks to Mansell Upham for sharing this transcript from the register for slaves belonging to free-burghers:
27 Dec: [1705] Twe Kinderen van Dare[s] van Bengale en Anna van Bengale onder getuijgen van Willem Fenning en Katrina de Vos Maria en Catryn.
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [16 Jan: 1701] van Johannes Maurits [from Bommel] en Lucretia Pieters [#8146 daughter of Pieter Jansz v Nimmegen (var.)], onder getuygen van Willem Penning en syn huysvrouw Catrina Vos gent: - Jurianus, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).