Dirk van de Caep van Sibilla

M, #9781, b. before 18 June 1690
Mother*Isabella van de Caep1 b. c 1665

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
Last Edited06/08/2017
Slave Birth - Company OwnedDirk van de Caep van Sibilla was born in bondage before 18 June 1690 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), Slave Lodge, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dirk van de Caep van Sibilla.1
BaptismDirk van de Caep van Sibilla was baptized on 18 June 1690 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by H. Capt Willem Padt and Andrijs de Man.1 
RacialDesignation* On 18 June 1690 Dirk van de Caep van Sibilla was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning the father was most probably white. 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.2 
Slaves Owned by the CompanyOn 18 June 1690 Isabella van de Caep and Dirk van de Caep van Sibilla were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.2

Citations

  1. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: 1690
    den 18 Junius van de E[..]d Comps. slavin kinderen gedoopt t[en]
    overstaen van Sr. Andries de Man, ende den Capt. Willem
    Padt, ghetuijgen van Comps. weegen
    Een kindt van Souwa, genaemt Helena een halfslagh
    5 kind' Een kindt van Nasana, genaemt Maria, halfslagh
    Een kindt van Sabilla ghenaemt Dirk halfslagh
    Een kindt van Maria, ghenaemt ghenaemt Adriaen halfsl[ ]
    Een kindt van Wolla ghenaemt Marrieta een swarte, 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.).
  2. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
 

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