Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon, SV/PROG

Please see discussions: Johannes van Ceylon was not the husband of Anna Rebecca van Bengalen, he was her freed slave

Johannes Jansz is baptized as an adult
"Johannes van Ceijlon" (4 November 1725) of Anna Rebekka.

Burgher Slave Baptisms 1713-1742
Written by transcribed by Corney Keller

https://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-tow...

Page 181
1725

November 4
Gedoopt na voorgaande belijdenis een bejaarde
lijfeijgen van Anna Rebekka ( Anna Rebecca Van Bengalen )
- Johannes van Ceijlon

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-GZP

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1735-1736

Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope
by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Archives; Leibbrandt, H. C. V; Riebeeck, Jan van, 1619-1677

Page 604

Jansz (Joh.); of Ceylon; free black; wishes to emancipate his slave. Lea of Timor. (No. 66.)

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• Reference no.: MOOC8/5.136
• Testator(s):
• Arnoldus Coevoet
• 21 December 1735
• De volgende goederen door Rebecca van Bengalen, overledene vrouw van Arnoldus Coevoet sijn p:r testament vermaakt aan Johanna van de Caab, minderjarige dogter van de vrijswart Johannnes van Ceijlon, te weten
• 1 ketting goude stenen
• 2 stricken met stenen
• 2 goude ringen
• 1 silvere beugel
• 1 silvere tuijgje
• 1 silvere kalkdoosje

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• Name: Johannes (onegt)
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 12 Feb 1736
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Father's Name: Johannes Van Ceijlon
• Mother's Name: Rosetta Van Bengalen
• Entry Number: 101 , GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 00153

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Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope
by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Archives; Leibbrandt, H. C. V; Riebeeck, Jan van, 1619-1677

https://archive.org/details/precisofarchives02leib/page/604/mode/2u...

Page 605

1736-1738

Jansz (Jobannes) ; of Ceylon; wishes to manumit his slave, Roosje van Bengalen. (No. 24.)

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1736:
4 Jan 1736
Jan (Johannes) v Ceylon buys the slave girl Appolonia vd Caap (baptised 13/7/1732 as child of Rosa van Bengale) from her owner Arnoldus Koevoet
Reference no.: MOOC10/4.143.

20 Jan 1737
Roselyn Van Bengalen word as 'n bejaarde lyfgeine van Johannes van Ceylon gedoop .

• Name: Frans Jansz (onecht)
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 14 Jul 1737
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Father's Name: Jan Jansz
• Mother's Name: Rosetta Van Bengalen
• GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 00160

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• Name: Jan Adriaan Janse
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 14 Sep 1738
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Father's Name: Johannes Janse
• Mother's Name: Rosetta Van Bengalen Janse
• Entry Number: 120 , GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 0016

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• Name: Johannes Everd onegt
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 28 Oct 1738
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Mother's Name: vrijgegeevene Dina van Cijlon
• Witnesses: Johannes Janz: van Cijlon, en Rosetta van Bengalen
• Entry Number: 120 , GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 0016

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• Name: Johannes Valentyn Van Cylon
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 23 Apr 1741
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Father's Name: Johannes Janzen Van Cylon
• Mother's Name: Rosetta Van Bengalen
• GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 00173

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1735 Cape Muster Roll:
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4...
Jan Jansz van Ceijlon with no wife and no children
Previous entry Sophia Gerritsz with 1 daughter
Next entry Jannetje van Wijk with no husband and no children

1736 Cape Muster Roll:
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4...
In 1736 Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon is recorded without wife and children, 1 male slave, 1 female slave
The next entry is for Toepina van Boegies with 1 male slave
The previous entry is for Willem Thomas and Flora van Macassar with 1 daughter

1739 Cape Muster Roll:
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4...

Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon and Rosetta van Bengalen are recorded with 3 sons and 2 daughters on the 1739 muster roll
The previous entry is for Eva van de Caab
The next entry is for Willem Thomasz van Ceijlon and Flora van Macassar with 1 son and 1 daughter

1742 Cape Muster Roll:

https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/4...

Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon is recorded (under the Cape) with Rosetta van Bengalen, 4 sons and 2 daughters

above him are recorded Fortuijn van Mallebaar and Eva van de Caab with 1 son and 1 daughter
below him Willem Thomase is recorded with no spouse, 1 son and 1 daughter

• Name: Hendrik Jan Van Cijlon
• Event Type: Baptism
• Event Date: 12 Jun 1746
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Father's Name: Johannes Janze Van Cijlon
• Mother's Name: Rosetta Van Bengalen
• GS Film number: 2214107 , Digital Folder Number: 4322620 , Image Number: 00220

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1750

There are 3 Rosetta van Bengale wills: CJ 2611:38 1750;  wife of Johannes Jansz; MOOC 7/1/11:4 1750; wife of Johannes Jansz; MOOC 7/1/19:14 1750; It will be interesting to check exactly what each said and try and understand why so many had to be drawn up.

There is also a 1764 combined will of Johannes Jansz and Rosetta van Bengale - will be good if someone has access to this to transcribe the detail: MOOC 7/1/19:15 1764.

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1769

• DEPOT KAB
• SOURCE MOOC
• TYPE LEER
• VOLUME_NO 13/1/7
• SYSTEM 01
• REFERENCE 42
• PART 1
• DESCRIPTION ROSETTA, VAN BENGALEN. WEDUWEE VAN JANSZ, JAN VAN CEYLON.
• LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.
• STARTING 17690000
• ENDING 17700000

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Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope
by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Archives; Leibbrandt, H. C. V; Riebeeck, Jan van, 1619-1677

Page 612

https://archive.org/details/precisofarchives02leib/page/612/mode/2u...

1769

Jansz (Johannes) ; of Ceylon ; deceased. Orphan Masters as Executors of his Estate, and that of his wife (deceased) Rosetta of Bengal (Rosetta van Bengalen) submit that the latter, in her Will, desired the manumission of her slave, Augusto of Ceylon. They offer as sureties, the burghers Jan Mostert of Wieringen ( Jan Mostert van Wieringen ) and Daniel Winst ( Daniel de Winst ). (Extract from Will annexed. (No. 68 ; date, 12th December, 1769.)

Therefore:

It looks as if Jan (Johannes) Jansz van Ceijlon died shortly before his wife Rosetta van Bengale.

According to her liquidation & distribution a/c MOOC 13/1/7:4 1769-1770 and 16/10/1769 will (ref MOOC8/13.23), she was the widow of Jan Jansz van Ceijlon and 4 children are mentioned: Johanna (Anna?) Rebecca, Appolinia, Johannes Adriaan en Maria Juliana.

It seems as if Appolonia was a voorkind of this Rosetta van Bengale - owned by Arnoldus Koevoet (baptised 13/7/1732 as child of Rosa van Bengale): Gedoop 13 Julie 1732 Gedoop; Gedoop 13 Jul 1732: Appolania een slawekind van Arnoldus Koevoet, die moeder is Rosa van Bengalen, de getuie is Arnoldus Koevoet. (Geen Vader word genoem, Rosa was 'n slaaf vir Arnoldus Koevoet.)

Jan (Johannes) v Ceylon actually bought the slave girl Appolonia vd Caap from her owner Arnoldus Koevoet 3 1/2 years later on 4 Jan 1736 (slave transactions): Jan v Ceylon koop slavin Apolonia vd Caap by Arnoldus Koevot op 4 Jan 1736.Reference no.: MOOC10/4.143.

Johannes Jansz van Ceijlon was married to a different Rosetta van Bengale, not related or connected to the Jonker family. This Rosetta van Bengale’s 16/10/1769 will (ref MOOC8/13.23), shows she was married to Jan Jansz van Ceijlon and they had 4 surviving children/grandchildren
Johanna (Anna?) Rebecca, Appolinia, Johannes Adriaan en Maria Juliana.
Prior to his marriage to this Rosetta van Bengale, he was the widower of Rosaleijn van Bengale. He too was not married to a Rosetta van Ceijlon. Em Lo June 2015

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Summary of Opgaafrollen:

from :

Uprooted Lives
Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope’s Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713)

Mansell G Upham

Pages: 8,9

• 1735

(no. 462) Jan Jansz: van Ceylon vrijswart (Cape)

• 1738

(no. 528) Johannes Jansz: van Ceylon & Roselina van Bengale63: 2 sons & 2
daughters (Cape)

• 1741

(no. 564) Johannes Jansz: van Ceylon & Rosetta van Bengale64: 4 sons & 1
daughter (Cape)

• 1745

(no. 567) Johannes Jansz: van Ceylon & no wife: 4 sons & 3 daughters (Cape)

• 1757

(no. 692) Johannes Jansz: van Ceylon & Roselyn van Bengale; 1 daughter & 1
slave child (Cape)

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Oct 3 2023, 22:35:49 UTC