Johannes van As

M, #7411, b. circa 1665, d. 23 January 1688
Mother*Angela van Bengale2 b. c 1646, d. b 18 Jul 1720
Father-CandidateJohannis van Asschen1 b. c 1635

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited02/01/2014
Death*Johannes van As was executed on 23 January 1688 de Caep de Goede Hoop.3 
NotesJohannes van As, Anna de Coningh, Jacobùs van As and Arnoldus Willemsz Basson are featured with Maaij Ansela in Mansell Upham's article, Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family: A closer look at the events surrounding the first execution of a free-burgher in Cape colonial society for the murder of a non-European published in Capensis Volumes 4/1997 to 2/1999. This article is highly recommended further reading on this family.4
Were Johannes van As and Jannetje van As related?
Slave BirthsJohannes van As was born in bondage, circa 1665, and was most likely owned by Abraham Gabbema de Caep de Goede Hoop.5
Slave EmancipationsAngela van Bengale was emancipated by Abraham Gabbema, on 13 April 1666. Anna de Coningh, Jacobùs van As and Johannes van As were most likely the children who were emancipated with her. The reason for her emancipation was stipulated as “seer geode en getrouwe diensten en andere pregnante redenen”. In an arrangement that in my view was crafted to ease her transition, in the first six months of freedom Angela was to work for Thomas Christoffel Müller in exchange for food and clothing. Thereafter if she wished to continue in his employ, Müller would have to pay her a salary; and, if she so wished, she would be entitled to leave his service. The emancipation document was signed by Gabbema but not the stipulated witnesses.6,7,4,8

Citations

  1. [S374] Mansell G. Upham, "Capensis (Maaij Ansela)," Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family, 11/97 to 2/99, At the time of the conception of both Jacobus van As and Johannes van As, the appearance of Johannis van Asschen (from Brussels), who arrived (December 1659) in the Gecroonde Leeuw as an adelbors and taken into service as a cooper, is noteworthy.. Hereinafter cited as "Maaij Ansela."
  2. [S374] Mansell G. Upham, "Maaij Ansela," Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family, 11/97 to 2/99, The only likely candidate for her outstanding voorzoon, in the final analysis, then, would be Jan van As who was executed (1688), the same year in which Maaij Ansela appears minus one of her six sons in the muster roll for that year. At the time of his trial he is referred to as a seker vrijmans soon. It is significant that Jacobus van As chose to name his eldest son Johannes. We shall see later that documentary proof exists in the trial papers that Maaij Ansela's husband, Arnoldus Willemsz [Basson] (from Wesel) in de wandeling genaamd Jag(h)t, is specifically referred to as the stepfather (stijfvader) of the accused Jan van As.
  3. [S374] Mansell G. Upham, "Maaij Ansela," Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family, 11/97 to 2/99, On 23 January1688 the 23-year-old, Cape-born vrijburgher and knecht Jan van As, was executed for stock theft and the murder of a slave boy.
  4. [S374] Mansell G. Upham, "Maaij Ansela," Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family, 11/97 to 2/99.
  5. [S374] Mansell G. Upham, "Maaij Ansela," Mooij Ansela & the black sheep of the family, 11/97 to 2/99, On 23 January 1688, the 23-year-old, Cape-born free-burgher and knecht Jan (Jantje) van As, was executed for stock theft and the murder of a slave boy.
  6. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 13.4.1666     CTD 3, p.23
    Abraham Gabbema, onderkoopman en sekunde wat op vertrek staan na Bat[av]ia, verklaar weens ‘seer goede en getrouwe diensten en andere pregnante redenen’ en pure geneentheid sy slavin Angela, deur koop bekom, met haar drie kinders uit haar [huI] slawerny te verlos en ‘in goeden vrijen stant’ of vryheid te stel; op die voorwaarde dat sy vir ses maande by die vryburger Thomas Christoffel Muller sal woon en sodanige diens sal lewer waarvoor hierdie vryburger haar sal oplei sonder om haar daarvoor meer as kos en klere te gee, dog as die gemelde tyd verstreke is, sal sy nie langer hoef te bly as wat sy uit haar eie vrye wil verkies, en sy en die vryburger oor ‘n maandloon ooreen sal kom nie, ‘want sij niet meer voor lijffeijgen, maer voor een vrijgelatene sal gehouden ende erkennen worden’. [Alhoewel hierna staan dat dit geskied voor die getuies Dirck Bos en Pieter de Jonge, en hulle as sodanig sou teken, verskyn net die deftige handtekening van Gabbema.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  7. [S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): 13.4.1666: Abraham Gabbema, Sekunde, stel net voor sy vertrek uit die Kaap vir Angela van Bengale (sy word hier Angelahens genoem) met haar drie kinders vry en wel uit hoofde van "seer geode en getrouwe diensten en andere pregnante redenen". Behalwe laasgenoemde redes vir haar vrystelling word ook nie in die addendum vermeld dat hierdie document deur niemand onderteken is nie.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
  8. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 126. 13.4.1666, Ill, p. 120: The slave Angela from Bengal and her three children manumitted by Abraham Gabbema before his departure for Batavia. Provision made for Angela who would have to work for six months in the home of Thomas Christoffel Muller in return for food and clothes. If after six months they mutually agreed to continue the arrangement, Muller was to pay Angela a salary and allow her to leave his service, should she desire to do so.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
 

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