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Rosetta van Bengale¹

F, #17586, b. circa 1713

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Last Edited

28/05/2016

BirthOrigin*

Rosetta was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1713. The date is estimated based on her marriage in 1737 and her emancipation as an adult in 1735.^2,3

Marriage*

She married Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon on 24 November 1737 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).^1,4

Family

Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon b. c 1700

Child

Maria Juliana Jansen+¹⁰ b. c 1740

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

1735, the name of Rosetta was written in the record as Roosje van Bengalen.⁵
1738, the name of Rosetta was written in the record as Roselina van Bengale.⁶
1741, the name of Rosetta was written in the record as Rosetta van Bengale.⁷

Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)

1738 Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in Cape District, They are recorded with two sons and two daughters after Antony van Bengale (0527) and before Frans Lens van der Kaap (0529) Rosetta van Bengale.⁸
1741 Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in, They are recorded with four sons and one daughter after Flora van Mandar VS (0564) and before Daniel van Batavia (0565) Rosetta van Bengale.⁹

Slave Emancipations

In 1735 Rosetta van Bengale and Lea van Timor were emancipated by Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon, they were adults, so at least 22 years old.³

Citations

[S733] VC 621, NGK Marriage Registers 1713-1756 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: Den 24 9ber [1737] Johannes Janz van Cijlon, met Rossetta van Bengalen vrijgegeven lijf eigenen., (1713-1756), Cape Town Archives Repository, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town, South Africa, 021-4624050. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1713-1756 (Cape Town).
[S744] Mansell Upham 'God's Slave & Afrikaner 'Hearts of Darkness' - Abdullah alias Adolf Jonker (c. 1709-1779)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), May 2013. "pp.9-10. His previous wife - also recorded as Rosetta / Roselina / Roselijn (Roosje) van Bengalen - had been baptized at the Cape (15 August 1734) and as his private adult slave (Roosje van Bengalen) petitioned (1738) to formalize her manumission. They married (24 November 1737) ."
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), Slave First Name:       Roosje
Toponym:       van Bengalen
Descent:       Full breed
Name Type:       Diminutive form
Continental Origin:       Indian sub continent
Slave Place Origin:       Bengal
Gender:       F
Simplified Age:       Adult
Repatriation:       Resident
Slave Status:       Free Black
Kin Involved:       No
Owner Related:       No
No Of Slaves In Manumission Related:       2
Owner Surname:       van Ceijlon
Owner First Name:       Johannes Jansz
Owner Ethnicity:       Indian sub continent
Owner Toponym:       van Ceijlon
Owner Death Status:       Alive
Owner Gender:       Male
Owner Status:       Free Black
Owner District:       Table Valley
Manumitter Surname:       van Ceijlon
Manumitter First Name:       Johannes Jansz
Manumitter Ethnicity:       Indian sub continent
Manumitter Toponym:       van Ceijlon
Manumitter Gender:       Male
Manumitter Status:       Freeblack
Manumitter District:       Table Valley
Sale Transaction Year:       1735
IDNO:       478
Manumission Type:       Owner's wish
Right Of Manumission:       Other
Year Freed:       1735
Reference:       Leibbrandt; Requesten 2
Page Number:       Page 604     . Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S744] Mansell Upham 'UL28 Adolf Jonker', Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), "p.45, Note 76: Den 24 9ber [1737] Johannes Janz van Cijlon, met Rossetta van Bengalen vrijgegeven lijf eigenen."
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Slave First Name:       Roosje
Toponym:       van Bengalen
Descent:       Full breed.
[S867] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1738, Cape Archive Depot, 0528B Bengale v VS Roselina. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S870] Opgaafrol, FILE NUMBER; J; Tax Rolls, 1738, Cape Archive Depot, 0564B Bengale van VS Rosetta. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S867] Opgaafrol; Opgaafrol Kaap 1738, J; Tax Rolls, Cape Archive Depot, 0528 Jansz v Ceylon Johannes 1 (man) 1 (woman) 2 (sons) 2 (daughters) K
0528B Bengale v VS Roselina. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S870] Opgaafrol; Opgaafrol Kaap 1741K, J; Tax Rolls, Cape Archive Depot, 0564 Jans v Ceylon Johannes 1 (man) 1 (woman) 4 (sons) 1 (daughter)
0564B Bengale van VS Rosetta. My thanks to Hans Heese for sharing his transcription of this opgaaf.
[S34] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 4 J-K (Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1992), p.74. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 4 J-K.