Familienstammbaum Ocken » Pieter Woortman (± 1700-1780)

Persönliche Daten Pieter Woortman 

• Er wurde geboren rund 1700 in Soest (Brandenburg, D).
• Berufe:
• im Jahr 1773 in Directeur-Generaal.Quelle 1
• im Jahr 1741 in in dienst van de WIC naar de Goudkust.Quelle 2
• im Jahr 1744 in Commandant van Apam (Goudkust).Quelle 2
• im Jahr 1751 in Genoemd als slavenhandelaar voor de WIC.Quelle 2
• im Jahr 1767 in Gouverneur-Generaal van de Goudkust.Quelle 2
• Er ist verstorben im Jahr 1780 in Elmira (Goudkust, nu Ghana).Quelle 2

Familie von Pieter Woortman

Er ist verheiratet mit Elsebeet Carier.

Sie haben geheiratet am 18. Januar 1730 in Groningen, der Aa-Kerk, ds. Lambertus Bieruma.Quelle 1

Kind(er):

1. Johannes Woortman  1730-< 1780
2. Pieter Woortman  1734-1815 
3. Elizabeth Woortman  1736-1822
4. Jacob Woortman  1738-1812

Notizen bei Pieter Woortman

1741 IN DIENST VAN DE WIC NAAR DE GOUDKUST
1744 COMMANDANT VAN APAM
1751 GENOEMD ALS HANDELAAR IN SLAVEN EN IVOOR VOOR DE WIC
1767 GOUVERNEUR-GEENERAAL VAN DE GOUDKUST

OVERGENOMEN VAN WWW.ENGELFRIET.NET :
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During the eighteenth century a series of Dutch WIC commanders ('commandants') ruled over Fort Leitsaemheyt (Elmina, now Ghana), two of whom were rather colourful, and left a lasting inheritance. The first one is Pieter Woortman, who first came to the Gold Coast as a sailor for the Company in 1741, at the age of forty. Woortman was of German origin, but had settled in the Dutch town of Groningen around 1730, where he married and established a small business. Probably because this business went bankrupt, he enrolled into the WIC, and started a whole new career. After some years, two of his sons followed him to the Gold Coast, where they were active in the administration and in the slave trade. Pieter Woortman was appointed commander of Apam in 1744, a position he would hold until 1761, possibly 1767. As such he had ample opportunity to forge a bond with the local population. In 1754 it was reported that he was extremely successful as a slave trader for the WIC, especially in competition with the much stronger British presence in the region. Pieter Woortman married a local lady called Aphodewa, who was most likely a member of an important Apam family. This marriage seemed very much an economic and political alliance, something one saw quite often. Together they had several children, of whom a son was sent to Holland to receive his education. These children bore the surname Plange, and therefore were the immediate ancestors of the well-known Plange and Bart Plange families of Ghana.

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