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Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers¹

M, #5812, b. circa 1640

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Last Edited

03/12/2014

Birth*

Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers was born circa 1640.^1,2

Occupation*

Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers was skipper of the Beemster on 28 October 1671 when it arrived at de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

(Abductor) Abduction

On 12 November 1671 Anthoni NN was abducted from de Caep de Goede Hoop by Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers and taken to Batavia on board the Beemster. He was a slave owned by Wouter Mostert.¹

(Witness3) Misc

On 8 January 1672 Wouter Mostert commissioned Joannes Leuwensen , book-keeper of the Uijtdam, when reaching Batavia, to use his influence to compel Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers to return Anthoni NN to him.^3,4

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 129: 08.01.1672 V. pp. 146-148: Anthoni (20) was taken away from his owner, Wouter Cornelis Mostaert, by Adriaan Bastaensz Schepers, skipper of the Beemster. He was now in Batavia, but Mostaert commissioned Monst. Joannes Leuwenswon, book-keeper of the Uijtdam, to force Schepers to return [Anthoni] to him.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.129. 8. l.l 672, V, pp. 146-148: Anthoni (20) was taken away from his owner, Wouter Cornelis Mostaert, by Adriaan Bastiaensz Schepers, skipper of the Beemster. He was now in Batavia, but Mostaert commissioned Monsr. Joannes Leuwenson, book-keeper of the Uijtdam, to force Schepers to return him.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 8.1.1672 CTD 5, p. 146
Wouter Mostert, burger en vry-ingesetene alhier, dra mons. Joannes Leuwensoon, assistent en as boekhouer op die fluitskip Uijtdam wal tans op vertrek lê na Batavia op om namens hom by sy aankoms te Batavia van Adriaen Bastiaensz Schepers, skipper van die onlangs van hier vertrekte fluit d’Beemster in te vorder en te verhaal die lyfeie Anthoni, ongeveer 20 jaar oud, wat Schepers met sy vertrek van hier van hom as die wettige eienaar ‘violentelijk tegens de wille en weten’ meegeneem en aanboord gebring het; asook vergoeding vir die skade, ontbering en ongerief hom aangedoen. Ingeval hy onwillig sou wees om te vergoed, om hom dan met regstappe vervolg.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."