Dom:e Petrus Kalden

M, #9027, b. circa 1670, d. 31 August 1739
Father*Ludwig Kalden1 b. c 1640
Mother*Maria ten Barten1 b. c 1640

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NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732
JournalsJournal 1699-1732
Last Edited17/06/2017
BirthOrigin*Petrus was from Wesel and was perhaps born there circa 1670. The date is estimated.2,3 
Marriage*He married Cornelia van Bentheim before 1695.4
 
Death*He died on 31 August 1739 Nederland.2
 

Family

Cornelia van Bentheim b. c 1670
Children
(Passenger) ShipVoyage On 2 June 1695 the Nichtevecht departed Texel enroute to (Cape Town) where it docked on 29 Nov 1695. The skipper was Jasper de Leeuw. Among those who disembarked at the Cape were Dom:e Petrus Kalden and Cornelia van Bentheim.5,1,6 
Occupation*He was appointed NGK minister between December 1695 and April 1707 (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.7,8 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.14 February 1695, the name of Petrus was written in the record as Petrus Kaldenus, this was how he signed in this record - it was common at the time for Dutch clergy to Latinise their names.9,1
3 January 1700, the name of Petrus was written in the record as Petrùs Kaelde.10
Baptisms - WitnessDom:e Petrus Kalden and Johanna Rosendal witnessed the baptism of Petrus Meerlant on 2 November 1698 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
He and Cornelia van Bentheim witnessed the baptism of Judith Coetzee on 3 January 1700 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
On 22 November 1705 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), Dom:e Petrus Kalden performed the baptism of Ismael van de Khoe.12
Slave BirthsBefore 21 November 1706, Christina van der Caep was born in bondage and was owned by Dom:e Petrus Kalden de Caep de Goede Hoop.13
Company JournalOn on 1 February 1699 Dom:e Petrus Kalden was mentioned in the Willem Adriaan: February 1. Rev. Petrus Calden administers the sacrament at Stellenbosch.14

Citations

  1. [S741] Mansell G Upham 'Uprooted Lives - Ismael - At war with Society… did God hear? the curious baptism in 1705 of a 'Hottentot' infant named Ismael', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), 05 Oct 2012.
  2. [S364] Editor-in-chief W.J. de Kock Dictionary of South African Biography Vol II. (Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1972), p.354. Kalden (Calde(n)), Petrus (*Wesel, Ger., c. 1670? - † Netherlands, 31.8.1739). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of SA Biography II.
  3. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Lorna: Ds Petrus Kalden van Wesel het na die Kaap gekom in die `Nichtevegt' en land in Tafelbaai op 30.11.1695. Hy het Ds Hercules van Loon opgevolg as predikant. Sy vrou was Cornelia van Bentheim. Hy het die plaas Zandvliet aan die mond van die Eersterivier besit. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  4. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Lorna:
    Ds Petrus Kalden van Wesel het na die Kaap gekom in die `Nichtevegt' en land in Tafelbaai op 30.11.1695. Hy het Ds Hercules van Loon opgevolg as predikant. Sy vrou was Cornelia van Bentheim. Hy het die plaas Zandvliet aan die mond van die Eersterivier besit.
  5. [S795] Website The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795 (http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/das/search) "Details of voyage 1715.2 from Texel to Batavia

    Number     1715.2
    Name of ship     NICHTEVECHT
    Master     Leeuw, Jasper de
    Tonnage     825
    Type of ship     pinas
    Built     1692
    Yard     Amsterdam
    Chamber     Amsterdam
    Date of departure     02-06-1695
    Place of departure     Texel
    Arrival at Cape     29-11-1695
    Departure from Cape     07-01-1696
    Date of arrival at destination     08-04-1696
    Place of arrival     Batavia
    Particulars     See no. 1710.
    Next homeward voyage     5986.2
    On Board     I     II     III     IV     V     VI
    Seafarers     130     19     20     8     15     103
    Soldiers     103          14     3     15     77
    Passengers     5     0     3     1     0     3."
  6. [S721] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Received 1695-1708, H.C.V. Leibrandt; CD-ROM (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1896), p.3:"No. 7, p. 581. From Amsterdam.] [p.3 30th Sept 1695 ]
    "Last summer the Rev. Petrus Kalden left for the Cape in the "Nichtevegt." He was fined half a month's pay for not being present at the muster, but as he was absent through ignorance, the fine is to be refunded to him. He is, however, to swear before you according to the conditions of the "artikul brief." .... Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
  7. [S364] Editor-in-chief W.J. de Kock Dictionary of SA Biography II, p.354. Kalden (Calde(n)), Petrus (*Wesel, Ger., c. 1670? - † Netherlands, 31.8.1739), was the son of Lodewijk Kalden, alderman of Wesel. K.'s brother, Lodewijk Kalden, was the Receiver of the States of Utrecht and later became a mayor. K. married Cornelia van Benthem in the Netherlands and arrived at the Cape in December 1695 as a minister. ...was relieved of his post in April 1707. On 23.4.1708 he sailed for the Netherlands...
  8. [S628] Mansell Upham, "Mansell Upham e-mail 30 Sep 2010 23:14:50," e-mail message to Delia Robertson, 30 September 2010, Petrus Kalden: December 1695-April 1707. Hereinafter cited as "Mansell Upham e-mail 30 Sep 2010 23:14:50."
  9. [S721] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.55.
  10. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Ijùdick dochter van Dirck Coetse de moeder Sara van der Schulp de getùgen Petrùs Kaelde en sijn hùijsfroù ijs dedoop den den 3 Ijanùarij 1700.
  11. [S700] VC 604, NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town), 1695-1712: 12 Nov: 1698. gedoopt het kint van Jan Meerlant en Christine Stants, onder getuyge van den [xxx]: pred: Petrus Kalden en Johanna Rosendaal gent: - Petrus, transcribed by Corney Keller, (24 Mar 2012), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1696-1712 (Cape Town).
  12. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): [22 November 1705] [van] een kind van een onbekende vader, en wiens moeder is een Hottentottin genaamt Jacoba, over welke getuyge syn Aalbert Coopman en Maria Bergh, gent: - Ismael, (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).
  13. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
  14. [S562] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, W.A. van der Stel Journal, 1699-1732, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1896). Hereinafter cited as W.A. van der Stel Journal 1699-1732.
  15. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town), 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
 

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