Cathrijn van Bengale

F, #8015, b. circa 1651

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited29/07/2017
Birth*Cathrijn van Bengale was born circa 1651 in Bengal.1
 
BaptismCandidateCathrijn van Bengale may be the individual who was baptized on 8 February 1693 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.2 

Family 1

Abraham van Guinea b. c 1646
Child

Family 2
Children

Family 3

Manuel van Angola b. c 1645, d. c 1686
Child

Family 4

Jacob van Bengale b. c 1656
Child
Names in the record, in publications, etc.20 October 1669, the name of Cathrijn was written in the record as Catharyn NN.
19 April 1680, the name of Cathrijn was written in the record as Catarina NN.
Cathrijn van Bengale was also known as Catrina van Bengale.
Slave TransactionsCathrijn van Bengale and her daughters Marta Manuels and Magdalena van de Caep were sold by Hester Weijers, to Tobias Vlasvath on 23 December 1677, for Rds. 80.3,1
Slaves owned by individualsOn 20 October 1669 Cathrijn van Bengale was owned by Adrianus de Vooght.4
Slaves Owned by the CompanyBefore 2 October 1667 Cathrijn van Bengale was enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.5

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 134. 23.12.1677: Catrijn from Bengal, (26), sold by Hester van Lier, widow of Wouter Mostaert, together with two children, Martha (6) and Magdalena (3), to Tobias Vlasvath for Rds. 80. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1693
    den 8 Dito sijn diese ondergescrevene personen op hare voor
    gaende belijdenisse door het sacrament van
    den H: Doop Christi Kerke ingelijks
    Isaac van Bengalen met Catharina van
    Bengalen Willemina van Mauritius met
    Catrina van Mauritius, ende Maria Elisab[ ]
    van de Caep, alle vrhliede alhier, transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
  3. [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): 23.12.1677          [Verlore, TS I]
    Hester van Lier, weduwee van Wouter Mostaert, verkoop aan Tobias Vlasvath, fiskaal, die slavin Catrijn van Bengale, 26 jaar, met haar twee kinders Martha, 6 jaar, en Magdalena, 3 jaar, vir 80 Rds. [Nagesien]. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  4. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): An. 1669. Den 20 Octob. Een dochtertje van Catharyn slavvin van Do' Adrianus de Vooght wiert genaemt Catharijn tot getuyge stonde Anna van der Meer sijn huysvr, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  5. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1667
    Den 2 Octob. twe Comp' slaevinne kinderen het eene wiert genaemt Anthoni, de moeder Grietje, het ander Susan de moeder Catharyn, tot getuyge stont in persoon van den E. Raet Do. Victor, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  6. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, pp. 128.27.1.1671, IV, p. 19: Sijbilla (5½), the child of Abraham from Guinea who belonged to Elbert Dircx Diemer, and of Catharina, the slave of Adrianus de Vooght manumitted, but was to serve 10 years as a free person in return for food and clothes.
  7. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1667. Den 2 Octob. twe Comp' slaevinne kinderen het eene wiert genaemt Anthoni, de moeder Grietje, het ander Susan de moeder Catharyn, tot getuyge stont in persoon van den E. Raet Do. Victor, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  8. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): den 20 octob.[er] [1669] : een dochterje van Catharyn slavin van S[ieu]r. Adrianus de Vooght wiert genaemt Catharijn tot getuyge stonde Anna van der Meer sijn huysvr.[ouw], 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  9. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.134; 23.12.1677: Catrijn from Bengal (26), sold by Hester van Lier, widow of Wouter Mostaert, together with two children, Martha (6) and Magdalena (3), to Tobias Vlasvath for Rds. 80.
  10. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1680
    den 19 dito (April) Margarita
    de vader Jacob een slave, de moeder
    een slavin van Monsr. Vlasvat, Catarina
    Titus van Bengale en Mary van Couchyn, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
 

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