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

Willem van Putten¹

M, #18541, b. 1674, d. 2 December 1731

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Last Edited

19/04/2017

BirthOrigin*

Willem was from Amsterdam and was perhaps born there in 1674. The date is estimated - young men often entered service in the VOC as midshipmen in their early 20s.¹

Death*

He died on 2 December 1731 Asia.¹

Baptisms - Witness

Jan Joris was baptized on 15 July 1712 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, Kat, he was baptised after death on the advice of the officials Willem Hylot and Willem van Putten because he had earnestly requested it. He had been a Mennist or Mennonite.²

Citations

[S620] Website Nationaal Archief, VOC Opvarenden (http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/default.aspx) "Voornaam opvarende Willem
Tussenvoegsel opvarende van
Achternaam opvarende Putten
Herkomst opvarende Amsterdam
Datum indiensttreding 1696-07-20
Functie bij indiensttreding Adelborst
Uitleg over functie rangbenaming van militairen die tot zeeofficier worden opgeleid
Uitgevaren met het schip IJsselmonde
Datum uit dienst 1731-12-02
Waar uit dienst Azie
Reden uit dienst Overleden
Informatie terugreis bij ING
Schuldbrief Nee
Maandbrief Nee."
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 15 d:o [Julij 1712] vrijdag avond [nae..] [advijs] van den h:r gezaghebber W. Helot, nevens den fiscaal Van Putten, op de Kat gedoopt een ter dood verweesene Mennist, die het zelve ernstig verzogt: zijn naam was Jan Jorisz., (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).