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

Titus van Bengale¹

M, #16773, b. 1681/82

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Last Edited

28/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Titus was from Bengal and was perhaps born there in 1681/82. He was said to be 18 or 19 years old in 1700.¹

Slave Transactions

On 6 January 1700 Titus van Bengale was sold by Rutgert Mensinck to Jan Siek, for Rds. 70. I have assumed the purchaser to be Jan Siek, a potter from Bremen. Corrections welcome.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 190.. 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. 190. 6.1.1700: Titus from Bengal (18/19) sold by Rutgert Mensinck to Jan ... , [Siek] a potter living near Salt River, for Rds. 70.