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

Cornelia van de Caep¹

F, #18721, b. 1 March 1697

Mother*

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Last Edited

17/07/2017

RacialDesignation*

On 1 March 1697 Cornelia van de Caep was described as castijs, a racial tag meaning she was a child of a mesties or mulatto slave mother and white father. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.¹

Baptisms

Cornelia van de Caep was baptized on 1 March 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).²

Slave Births

Before 1 March 1697, Cornelia van de Caep was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 1 March 1697 Diana van de Caep and Cornelia van de Caep were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.¹

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "1 Maart 1697
van Maria Been genaemt Regina, [Castijs]
van Diana vande Caep genaemt Cornelia, [Castijs]
van Manda vande Caep genaemt Johannes, [Halfslag]
van Christyn van de Caep genaemt Arnoldus
van Mausa genaemt Eva, [Heelslag]
van Lakenbozie genaemt Hendrick, [Heelslag]
van Renouieowe genaemt Geertruyd, [Heelslag]
van Cornelia geneamt Claes, [Heelslag]
van Mazonurajie genaemt Valentyn, [Heelslag]

familysearch.org."