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Personal data Catharina Opklim `Catarina VAN DE CAAP vry swartinne jongedochter.` SM 

• She was born about 1663.
• She died in the year 1714. She was about 50-51 years old.
• A child of NN Father and Catherina van Bengale

Household of Catharina Opklim `Catarina VAN DE CAAP vry swartinne jongedochter.` SM

She is married to Jan Willemz Vermeulen.

They got married on November 7, 1694.

Child(ren):

1. Sybrand Vermeulen  1685-???? 
2. Anna Vermeulen  1686-1716 
3. Maria Janz Vermeulen  1689-????
4. Wilhelmina Vermeulen  1691-1712 
5. Vermeulen  < 1695-????

Notes about Catharina Opklim `Catarina VAN DE CAAP vry swartinne jongedochter.` SM

 

Cat har i na van B engal e was bor n i n 1663. She was a sl ave f r om B engal e, Indi a. She got m ar r i ed 7 Nov 1694 t o Jan Wi l l em sz Verm eul en. T hey had

t hei r c hi l dr en, pr i or t o t he m ar r i age, whi l e she was st i l l a sl ave.

Jan Wi l l em sz Verm eul en f r om Ut r ec ht , had t he fol l owi ng c hi l dr en bapt i sed, whi c h he had wi t h Cat har i na van B engal e:

b1 Sybr and 27 May 1685. Wi t ness was Mar i a Most er t

b2 Anna 8 D ec 1686, Anna

b3 Mar i a 20 Feb1689, wi t nesses Jan van B r i enen en Mar i a Losee (she was form er l y a sl ave)

b4 Wi l hem i na 6 Jan 1691, wi t nesses Ael t j e Am eyde (she was Ael t j e Cl aesz, m ar r i ed t o Ar i j G er r i t s Pr i nsl oo and l at er Lour ens Heyns)

Onl y af t er Cat har i na obt ai ned her f r eedom di d he m ar r y her i n 1694. Li vi ng wi t h a sl ave wom an and t hen onl y l at er m ar r yi ng her bec am e a

c om m on phenom enon at t he Cape (Heese, G roep S onder G rense, p6)

It i s ver y l i kel y t hat t hefol l owi ng i nform at i on per t ai ns t o t he sam e per son:

On 23 D ec 1677 26 year ol d Cat r i j n van B engal e was sol d t o Hest er van Li er (Weyer s), she was t hewi dow of Wout er Most er t , pl us t he t wo

c hi l dr en of Cat r i j n, si x year ol d Mar t ha, and t hr ee year ol d Magdal ena t o her son- i n- l aw T ol bi as Vl asvat h. For t he am ount of R ds 80 (B oeseken,

S l aves and Free B l ac ks, p 134)

On t he 24 May 1680 Cat r i na a sl ave of f iscal T obi as Vl asvat had a t wo ol dm ont h baby nam ed Mar gar et a. T he fat her of t he c hi l d was Jac ob van

B engal . Vl asvat h gave t he c hi l d t o T i t us van B engal e wi t h t he under t aki ng t hat he woul d t ake c ar e of t he c hi l d unt i l t he c hi l d was abl e t o pr ovi de

for her sel f . T i t us wer e pr evi ousl y a sl ave of Sybr ant Abbem a. (B oeseken, Sl aves and Free B l ac ks, p 138)

In t he Cape bapt i sm r ec or ds was r ec or ded on 19 Apr i l 1680 t hat Mar gar i t ha was bapt i sed, t he fat her bei ng Jac ob van B engal e, t he m ot her was

Cat ar i na sl ave of Vl asvat h, one of t he wi t nesses wer e T i t us van B engal e.

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