Johannes Jansz is baptized as adult "Johannes van Ceijlon" (4 November 1725) of Anna Rebekka.
Burgher Slave Baptisms 1713-1742
Written by transcribed by Corney Keller
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1725
November 4
Gedoopt na voorgaande belijdenis een bejaarde
lijfeijgen van Anna Rebekka ( Anna Rebecca Van Bengalen )
- Johannes van Ceijlon
see the section under the section about Jacobus Hendricksz: van de Cust / Kust [Coromandel] (1679-? 1792): https://mansellupham.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/the-van-dijk-brothers...
Johannes Jansz: van Ceylon was the former slave of free-black Anna Rebecca van Bengale who married free-black and former Company slave Arnoldus van Christijn Pieters: alias Arnoldus Coevoet / Koevoet in 1731
Johannes Jansz van Ceylon was not married to Anna Rebecca van Bengalen, he was her former slave. His daughter Johanna does inherit jewellery from Anna Rebecca. Anna Rebecca had no children of her own. Her will was executed on her husband Arnoldus Koevoet's death in 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
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