Christina Catharina Pietersz (Van de Caep), SM/PROG - First Fifty Years - South Africa

Her mother was Maaij Claesje van Angola, circa 1645, died before 31 December 1732 in the Salve Lodge, Cape. Maaij was said to be from Angola and was perhaps born there circa 1645. Christina Pietersz van de Caep was her second child.
On 14 October 1657 the Amersfoort departed Vlie enroute to de Caep de Goede Hoop where it docked on 28 March 1658. With more than half the journey completed on 23 January 1658, probably off the coast of Angola, the Amersfoort sighted a Portuguese salver with 500 salves on board. After a 24-hour chase, the vessel was captured and 250 slaves were taken aboard the Amersfoort for the journey to the Cape. The crippled Portuguese vessel was abandoned to whatever fate might befall her, 250 slaves and her crew. Only 174 slaves made it alive most of them, according to Jan van Riebeeck "girls and small boys" - among them were Maaij Claesje van Angola. (Refer to The First Fifty Years - South Africa)

The sources for (Anna) Agnita Pietersz's mother are contradictory:

The stamouers site identifies her mother as " Christina van de Kaap" https://www.stamouers.com/stamouers/surnames-v-z/547-van-makassar-j...

While the First 50 years Project identifies Agnieta's mother as "Maria Domingo". http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7506.htm

We have a predicted result of L2a1f listed for "Christina Catharina Pietersz" on the S.A. mtDNA Female Progenitors Project, so it would be good to resolve who exactly this applies to. Any thoughts Sharon Lee Doubell

cf Christijn Pietersz van de Caep, who the ffyp says only MAY be the daughter of Maaij Claesje van Angola. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g8/p8955.htm

cf 'Maaij' Claesje van Angola

Christina (Christijn) Pietersz van de Caep
Parents Unknown
mtDNA L2c

From her Geni Overview:
Christina / Christijn Pietersz van de Caep was born c.1664-1673 in bondage to the VOC company at the Cape. She was seconded to Linnes and other Company Officials in Stellenbosch.

She was most likely the individual who was baptised as an adult 4th August 1686.

Christijn Pietersz is identified as mother of Anna van der Heyde, Arnoldus Koevoet, Johannes Morgh, Hendrik, Andries, Willem and Pieter in a newly discovered collection of personal letters from the deceased estate of Arnoldus Koevoet.

Christijn's son Arnoldus Koevoet was described as "heelslag" - which indicates that Christijn also most likely had no European ancestry.

Maaij Claesje van Angola was suggested as a possible mother candidate for Christijn Pietersz by Mansell Upham in his paper Uprooted Lives.

Christijn's predicted Haplogroup L2c however excludes Maaij Claesje van Angola as her biological mother.

"Jan Botma and his wife Stijntje Christoffel de Bruijn owned the farm Welgevallen, on the edge of Stellenbosch village. Welgevallen adjoined Coetsenberg, where Jacobus Coetsé was born and raised. After Botma’s death in 1719, Stijntje de Bruijn moved to De Schotsche Kloof in Table Valley, where she made a will which stated that Willem (Stolts) and his fellow slaves Pieter van Bengalen and Christina Pietersz van de Caab should be freed after she died. The three slaves were also to receive a waggon, eight trek oxen and two fish nets with which to earn ther living. (CJ 2602, Wills, no. 11, 14 July 1723.) ." (Margaret Cairns, ‘Willem Stolts of the Cape – 1692-1750’, Familia xxvii (1990), 47.

It appears that Christijn Pietersz died in 1719 (before her owner), and was therefore never freed. Stijntje de Bruijn died in 1724. Willem Stolts later married Christijn's grand-daughter Anna van Beulen.

A matrilineal descendant of Christijn Pietersz belongs to mtDNA Haplogroup L2c. This suggests that Christijn's mother was most likely one of the West/Central African slaves who arrived at the Cape aboard the "Hasselt" or Amersfoort" in 1658.

Citations:

Bonded Labour and Debt in the Indian Ocean World,Gwyn Campbell, Alessandro Stanziani Routledge, 2015. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=GIZECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT89&lp...
Cape Town Between East and West: social identities in a Dutch colonial town, Nigel Worden, 2012. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nMYYn91ZR-kC&pg=PA153&s...
Uprooted Lives: Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), Mansell G.Upham, Pg 71. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/UL20ExtremestEnd.pdf
Links:

http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g8/p8955.htm

At the moment we have Maria Domingo as the wfe of Andreas Pietersz, SV/Prog but the ffyp only has a woman by this name as his daughter b 1692 by Maria Domingo b. c 1665 (http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7506.htm)

- we have a daughter Catharina Pietersz - and it seems these two should merged and placed as the daughter of Andreas Pietersz and Maria Domingo.

Thoughts?

To me, the most important question is to resolve who the mother of Agnita Pietersz (Haplo L2a1f) is.
Stamouers names her Christina v.d.K. with ref. to an article by "G. Schoeman". Can anyone vouch for that? This cannot be Christijn Pietersz v.d.K. ((L2c) because there is an mtDNA conflict.
FFY suggests the mother is Maria Domingo, and provides a likely baptism etc. Seems the more plausible to me.

P.S. There seems to be good evidence that Agnita is the daughter of Andreas Pietersz SM/PROG. If we merge her current mother "Christina Catharina" with her sister Catharina then she becomes the granddaughter of Andreas....which is surely not correct?

cf Anna Agnetie/Agnitie Jacobs

RE: If we merge her current mother "Christina Catharina" with her sister Catharina then she becomes the granddaughter of Andreas....which is surely not correct?
- We would cut the relationships on the current mother first.

- Follow FFYP and make both girls' mother Maria Domingo (http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7506.htm)

Christijn Pietersz van de Caep baptize the next children. NO metion of a Father. Did leave the links on the profiles.

No c date on his profile
HENDRIK: baptize 25 Sep 1701, baptize as heelslag.
BAPTISM: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WR8?i=37&...

PIETER: No c date on his profile. Baptize 27 May 1714 baptize as heelslag.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-W99?i=85&...

SUSANNA: NO PROFILE. She was baptize 5 jul 1699, baptize as Calfs
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WR8?i=37&...

ELIZABETH: NO PROFILE> She was baptize 22 Dec 1715, baptize as heelslag.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-4H3?i=86&...

I will look for more info.

Thanks Marie,
So we have the following baptism dates for children attributed to Christijn Pietersz v.d.C b.1664-73:
-Pieter 1692
-Elizabeth 1692
-Anna (v.d.heijde) 1693
-Willem 1694
-Arnoldus 1697
-Susanna 1699
-Hendrik 1701
- Johannes 1703
-Pieter 1714
-Elizabeth 1715

Not all may have survived to adulthood & the last 2 seem rather late?
Either way we have no (Anna) Agnita ......yet.

Whereas we do have "een van Maria van de Caap gent: Angenietje halfsl' baptised 31 July 1695......who is a likely candidate for the daughter of Andreas Pietersz and Maria Domingo.

P.S. The two daughters Elizabeth bt. 1692 and Susanna bt. 1699 do not seem to be mentioned in Arnoldus Koevoet's letters, and there are two Pieters, so perhaps they didn't survive to adulthood?

Arnoldus/Arnold baptize 3 mar 1697 no father wa mention. baptize as Calfs
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WK2?i=35&...
Did leave his Mooc info on his profile.

WILLEM: BAPTIZE 3 MAR 1697 STELLENBOSH. No father was mention. Mother: Christine. I belive it was not Christijn Pietersz child.
Witness: Binoft ans van der Hoft
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6LWK-XK?i=141&...

ANNA: BAPTIZE 16 AUG 1693 as halfslag
https://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-tow...

Any proof for Johannes and Andries Morgh??
Cant find any proof.
Cant find the surname Morgh.

The surname "Morgh" is mentioned in these 2 sources:

*Bonded Labour and Debt in the Indian Ocean World,Gwyn Campbell, Alessandro Stanziani Routledge, 2015. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=GIZECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT89&lp...
*Cape Town Between East and West: social identities in a Dutch colonial town, Nigel Worden, 2012. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nMYYn91ZR-kC&pg=PA153&s...

FFY gives a baptism for Johannes 4 Nov 1703: Een kind van Christina Pietersz van de Caab, gent. Johannes, Halfslag
(VC604, Cape Town baptismal registers, Slaven kinders de Ed: Comp., page 68). Hereinafter cited as "Richard Ball e-mail Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:30:53."

I haven't seen a baptism for Andries, it seems he is only known as a brother of Johannes from the letters. The above sources mention that he is listed in VOC records as a Mandoor in 1727 and died in 1750.

If we are all feeling well enough persuaded that no evidence has yet been found of Christijn Pietersz v.d.C. having baptised a daughter named Agnita,

then could you please go ahead and make Anna Agnetie/Agnitie Jacobs a daughter of Maria Domingo Sharon Doubell

Maria seems to be the most compelling candidate on present evidence.

Not to worry thanks Sharon - I've managed to make the necessary changes myself.

Valuable inputs!

Great

Interesting facts arising from this.
Thanks

* Baptism: : https://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-tow...
* 11 April 1706 van Christijn Pietertz gent. Andries, half:

Fantastic - thanks Marie!

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if Christijn and the possible sister Cornelia you have found Marie might be daughters of Guinea slave Pieter Pietersz. Similar thought that Maria Domingo might be daughter of Domingo van Angola. impossible to verify i suppose.

Cornelia Pieters van de Kaap
Cornelia Pieters van de Kaap

That has crossed my mind too - Pieter Pietersz could possibly be Christijn Pietersz v.d.c father. Myself and my family (mother, child, uncle) all show a small percentage of Nigerian and West African DNA which supports Pieter Pietersz v.g bring her father although her mother could also have West African origins. We have no other source of African DNA other than Christijn Pietersz.

You are very lucky to be able to identify just one line of ancestry as a likely source of your West African DNA Kirsten-Louise! If you haven't done so yet, please consider uploading your data to MyHeritage, where you'd be able to see who else shares your specific African segments.

Yes even though it doesn’t show up at MyHeritage (MyHeritage is hugely inaccurate compared to other autosomal tests), I know where the location on the chromosomes are. How do I the segments against other’s there?

Please excuse the typos :-D