Jean Baptiste de Vos, SV/PROG

Jean Baptiste de Vos / Vos v. Severghem, Vlaandere x 5.8.1787 Johanna Maria DEMPERS ≈ 26.7.1772 d.v. Willem Dempers en Elisabeth Eilard, die grootste gedeelte van hul nakomelinge is as Vos bekend

[Familysearch website has *circa 1765,Cape.His father Joannes died 6 Oct 1765,mother Veronica van der Donck 6 Aug 1780-both in Nevele,Oost Vlaanderen,so Cape birth is doubtful,as are parents?]

Familysearch image 39 South Africa, Dutch Reformed church Registers, 1660-1970 South Africa,Cape of Good Hope,Stellenbosch Marriages 1700-1788 records him as "Matroos[sailor] in E Comp[VOC} dienst[service].

Marriage Register Stellenbosch DRC: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTM-5NQ)

b1 Johannes Lambertus ≈ 13.7.1788 Jonk oorlede

b2 Elisabeth Johanna ≈ 18.10.1789

b3 Carolina Wilhelmina ≈ 4.11.1790 x Stellenbosch 8.11.1807 Johan Godfried FABRICUS

b4 Johannes Lambertus ≈ 29.7.1792 x Stellenbosch 3.11.1811 Dorothea Catharina JÄNECKE

b5 Jacobus Wilhelmus ≈ 19.1.1794 x Kaapstad 3/24.11.1816 Aletta Dorothea v.d. K.

b6 Elisabeth Jacomina ≈ 11.5.1796

b7 Willem Lambert ≈ 6/8.7.1798 x Caledon/Beaufort- Wes 4.2.1821 Carolina Embrentia BUCHNER

b8 Esther Johanna ≈ 4.1.1801 † Stellenbosch 3.2.1802

b9 Johanna Maria * Kaapstad 7.12.1802 † Kaapstad 25.10.1878 x Kaapstad 27.3.1825 Isaak Daniel BOSMAN * Stellenbosch 2.7.1791 ≈ Paarl 17.7.1791, boer † Kuilsrivier 20.9.1855 s.v. Abraham Bosman en Geertruy Margaretha Roux

A Jan de Vos acquired the slave Apollos van Bengal from Joseph Virony in 1795,son possibly known as 'Jan' too young to feature here,so probably the same JB de Vos :

DEPOT KAB SOURCE NCD TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 1/37 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 58 PART 1 DESCRIPTION NOTARIAL PROTOCOL. NOTARY, JJF WAGENER. DEED OF TRANSFER. JOSEPH

          VIRONY TRANSFERRING THE SLAVE APOLLOS OF BENGAL TO JAN DE VOS.        STARTING  17950000                                                               ENDING    17950000