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Persönliche Daten Catharina ""Groote Catrijn"" van Paliacatta SM/PROG 

• Spitzname ist "Groote Catrijn".
• Sie ist geboren im Jahr 1631 in Paliacatte, on the Coromandel Coast, India.
• Sie ist verstorben im Jahr 1683 in Cape of Good Hope, sie war 52 Jahre alt.

Familie von Catharina ""Groote Catrijn"" van Paliacatta SM/PROG

(1) Sie war verwandt mit Hans Christoffel Schnijman.

Kind(er):

1. Christoffel Snyman  1669-1706 

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

(2) Sie ist verheiratet mit Anthonij Jansz van Bengale.

Sie haben geheiratet

Kind(er):

1. Louie van Bengale  1652-1716

(3) Sie war verwandt mit Claes van Malabar.

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

(4) Sie war verwandt mit Peter Everard.

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

Ereignis (MYHERITAGE:REL_PARTNERS).

Notizen bei Catharina ""Groote Catrijn"" van Paliacatta SM/PROG

 

On 8 October 1656 Rijswijck Fortress, Batavia, Batavia, Groote Catrijn, furious at her lover, the slave Claes van Malabar, throws a cobble stone hitting him with great force in the area just above his genitals (the presumed target of the blow). His kidney burst and he died days later.1
Event-Misc	On 16 November 1656 she was convicted and sentenced to death. Two days later, on the 18th of November, the sentence was commuted to banishment for life as a convict at the Cape of Good Hope.1
Event-Misc	On 4 December 1656she departed Batavia on board the Prins Willem.1
(Convict) ShipVoyage	On 4 December 1656 the Amersfoort, Wapen van Amsterdam, Dordrecht, Wapen van Holland, Westfriesland andPrins Willem, ships of the return fleet, left Batavia enroute to the Cape Catharina van Paliacatta, while the Prins Willembrought the slaves Angela van Bengale, Elisabeth van Bengale, Jan van Bengale, Claes van Bengale and Anna vanBengalen.8
Event-Misc	On 21 February 1657 Groote Catrijn arrived on board the Prins Willem to begin her life as the first recorded female convict at the Cape.1
Manumitted*	She was manumitted in December 1671 de Caep de Goede Hoop according to Mansell Upham. He writes that while no record has been found of the manumission, it was confirmed a month later, on 6 January 1672, in a report sent to the Heeren XVII, that she had been pardoned and freed. She was, at the same time, granted permission to marry the free black Anthonij Jansz van Bengale. With this, she became the first company owned slave to be manumitted at the Cape.9
(Witness) BaptismCandidate	She witnessed the baptism of Elisabeth Marcusz on 7 April 1680 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.10

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

3 June 1668, the name of Catharina was written in the record as Catrine NN.11 9 March 1669, the name of Catharina was written in the record as Groote Catrijn NN.12 7 April 1680, the name of Catharina was written in the record as Catharina Anthonii.10

Baptisms - Witness

Catharina van Paliacatta witnessed the baptism of Angela van Bengale on 29 April 1668 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.13 She witnessed the baptism of Teuntje NN on 2 June 1668 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.14 She witnessed the baptism of Pieter NN on 3 June 1668 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.11 She potentially witnessed the baptism of Maria van de Caep circa 1 September 1670 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, this witness has not been positively identified.15

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