Until such time as definitive documents are found, please do not merge or change parentage based off of information from GEDCOM sources or MyHeritage family trees unless there is clear documentary sources of parentage. There is just too much conflicting information found on various websites.=
NO Swellendam and NO Wellington in her lifetime

---eGGSA STAMOUERS- Sold to Matthys Coeijmans to Adriaan Van BRAKEL for 160 Frank on 2/3/1671 at the age of 12. https://www.stamouers.com/people-of-south-africa/slaves/slave-trans...

Lijsbeth Sanders (<2 Mar 1659 -c1743)

Lijsbeth Sanders sold by Matthijs Coeijmans, to Adriaan Willemsz van Brakel on 3 March 1671

Named as 'een slavin van Louys van Bengale' in the baptism record of her daughter, Elisabeth on 6 June 1680 at the Cape

Possible mother: Lijsbeth Arabus

Poss mtDNA H L3b3

x Louis van Bengale

• Elizabeth Louisz (<6 Oct 1680 -) *Anna Louisz(<27 Jul 1683 -) *Maria Louisz (<10 Feb 1686 -)

xx Willem Teerling

• Clara Herfst (c Sep 1689)

xxx Jan Herfst

• Gerbregt Herfst (1 Oct 1702-)

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Apparently, some people believe Lijsbeth Sandersz van de Kaap, SM to be a direct slave with the initial name of Lijsbeth van Cabo (van die Kaap), which would mean that her parentage cannot be known. However, that seems doubtful to me as direct slaves were usually named for where they came from, like Louis van Bengale, Catherine van Paliacutta etc. It is more likely, given she is "from the Cape," listed as de Caep/deCabo (van de Kaap), that she is the daughter of a company slave. Per N.Worden and G.Groenewald, "Children born to female slaves at the Cape were also slaves. There was therefore an increase in the percentage of local Cape-born slaves (named van de caab) during the course of the eighteenth century." https://www.academia.edu/4344820/Trials_of_Slavery?email_work_card=...

Furthermore, I have read some statements noting that her father could not have been European as she was not baptised. Unfortunately, that seems like very tenuous information at best. In fact, any children born to a slave, irrespective of their father's status, would be born a slave. A very good case study of this is found in Christoffel Snijman. Christoffel Snijman's biological father (Hans Christoffel Snijman, SV/PROG) was no secret as he was named directly after him. Throughout his life he identified himself by his biological father’s surname, as did his own children. He was born in bondage before 9 March 1669 and was owned by the VOC. His birth was only legitimized by the manumission (payment made to the VOC), baptism, and subsequent marriage of his mother to his step-father, Anthonij Jansz van Bengale. His own manumission occurred in December 1671. Legitimacy was conferred at the Cape when the mother married, even if her spouse was not the biological father. Moreover, slaves were not baptised and also could not marry unless they were baptised. They only way to "get around this" was if the manumission price was paid to the VOC. Once papers issued noting such manumission, baptism could take place. Once baptized, the ex-slave was free to marry.

The Fifty First Years Project (see http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g6/p6130.htm) notes that "Lijsbeth Sanders was born before 2 March 1659 (de Caep de Goede Hoop), most likely in the household of Hendrick Hendricksz Boom and Anna Joris given that her putative mother (Lijsbeth Arabus) had been re-allocated to them by the time of the 1657 muster. She was said to be 12 years old when sold in 1671." They also note that "Circa 1658 Lijsbeth Arabus and Gerrit Sandersz: may have been in a de facto relationship but this is not proven. This candidate relationship is offered with a view toward further discovery in the record of the biological parents of Lijsbeth Sanders."

Whatever the case, she called herself Lijsbeth Sanders and I have not yet found declarative documents on her parents.

A further twist in the tale is that there were two Lijsbeth van die Kaaps, and these two are often confused in Family Trees.

I found the following extract from Die Blanke Nagesalg van Louis van Bengale en Lijsbeth van de Kaap written by J.L HATIINGH, specifically pages 6 to 12. I am only offering an extract of information pertinent to Lijsbeth Sanders (so called in her profile to bring distinction between her and the other Lijsbeth vdK):

"Uit die hofsake wil dit blyk dat daar eintlik twee Lijsbeths van die Kaap was een waarvan Anna van Guinee die moeder was. Reeds sedert 1670 verskyn die name van Anna en Evert van Guinee as vryswartes op die Kaapse monsterrol en dat hulle twee, soms drie kinders gehad het. In die 1691 monsterrol word haar twee dogters as Maria en Lijsbeth van die Kaap aangegee (V.C. 39 Monsterrollec). Maar Willem Teerling het getuig dat toe Louis hom in die pad gesteek het, is Lijsbeth van die Kaap na haar moeder by Abraham van Guinee en Abraham het 'n vrou gehad wat in die 1692 opgaafrol as Pladoor van Guinee beskryf word. Die ander Lijsbeth was dus die dogter van laasgenoemde ... Uit die testament blyk dit dat Louis oor drie minderjarige dogters beskik het. Die oudste was toe ongeveer sewentien jaar want sy is op 6 Oktober 1680 as Elizabeth, vernoem na haar moeder, in die Kaap gedoop. Armosyn de Grote, ook 'n vryswartin, was die getuie (N.G.K., GI 1/1 Doopregister Gemeente Kaapstad. 6.10.1680). In 1683 is sy as driejarige saam met haar moeder deur Louis uit slawerny vrygestel. Die vrystellingsdokument maak daarvan melding dat Lijsbeth twee kinders op die tydstip gehad het maar daar is geen aanduiding dat Louis nogeen voor hierdie datum gedoop het nie ... Hierdie drie dogters het mettertyd onderskeidelik bekend geraak as Lijsbeth Louisz, Anna Louisz en Maria Louisz om hul herkoms aan te dui. Die name het ook ander vorms aangeneem soos Lovijs, Lowies of Lowise en soms selfs as Lourens. Afgesien daarvan dat dit op 'n van gedui het, was hulle ook onder ander name bekend wat alles grootliks bemoeilik. Daar is by tye gepraat van Lijsbeth Glim of Glam terwyl hulle moeder teen haar dood as Lijsbeth Sanders bekend gestaan het...Lijsbeth (Sanders) van die Kaap het in die negentiger jare by die Drakensteinse vryburger Jan Herfst, ook bekend as Herst en soms Herbst, onderdak gevind. By hom het sy ook twee dogters gehad wat gebore is nadat sy uit die gevangenis vrygelaat is weens die diefstal van Jacob Cornelissen van Bengale se juwele. Sy was hiervoor in 1696 gegesel en moes drie jaar in kettings aan die ~gemene werk~ arbei (C.J. 6 Oorpronklike regsrolle en Notule. fol. 142, Louis van Bengale vs. Jan Hars 14.11.1715). Die oudste dogter was Clara en diejongste Gerbregt wat op I Oktober 1702 gedoop is ... Johann Herfst het in 1690 'n vryburger geword nadat hy 'n tydlank as opsigter by die Kompanjie se veepos in Hottentots-Holland werksaam was. In 1708 is hy weens ouderdom van die Stellenbosse militere monsterrol gesbap maar is eers in 1728 oorlede. Teen die tyd het Lijsbeth alom bekend gestaan as Lijsbeth Sanders. Lijsbeth Sanders was al oor die tagtig toe sy ongeveer 1742/3 oorlede is. Op 25 Februarie 1738 het sy 'n dokument geteken waarmee sy aan haar oudste dogter, Lijsbeth Lowise haar slavin Griet van die Kaap met haar ses kinders skenk in ruil vir die voorgaande vier jaar se spys, drank en huisvesting wat sy by haar ontvang het. Die enigste voorwaarde was dat sy haar nog vir die res van haar lewe ook moes versorg. Albei Lijsbette het die dokument met kruisies onderteken (M.O.O.C. 14/1/16 Bylae tot Boedelrekeninge, fol. 14, Lijsbeth Sanders en Lijsbeth Lowise. 25.2.1738 en by behorende stukke) ... Slavin van Mathijs Coemans wat haar op 3.3.1671 aan Adriaan van BrakeI vir f160 verkoop wat haar weer kort voor 1680 aan Louis van Bengale verkoop. Op 27.7.1683 word sy deur hom vrygestel om hom vir nog 'n jaar tedien. Hulle gaan op 17.3.1687 'n troubelofte aan wat weer op 28.12.1688 teruggetrek word. Teen 1700 het sy 'n vaste verhouding met Johann Herfst, van Duitse herkoms."

English Translation of above text:

It appears from the court cases that there were actually two Lijsbeths of the Cape, one of whom recorded Anna of Guinea as the mother. Since 1670, the names of Anna and Evert of Guinea appear as free blacks on the Cape muster roll and that two, sometimes three, children are recorded. In the 1691 muster roll, her two daughters are reported as Maria and Lijsbeth of the Cape (VC 39 Monsterrolle). However, when Willem Teerling testified during the trial that, after Louis van Bengale fired him, Lijsbeth left the Cape to go live with her mother at Abraham of Guinea's house. In 1692, Abraham had a wife who was described as Pladoor of Guinea. Therefore, the other Lijsbeth vdK was the daughter of the latter ... In Louis' will, he lists three minor daughters. The oldest was about seventeen years then because on October 6, 1680, she was baptized as Elizabeth (named after her mother), in the Cape. Armosyn de Grote, also a free woman, was the witness (N.G.K., Baptismal Register Church of Cape Town. 6.10.1680). In 1683 she was released from slavery by Louis as a three-year-old with her mother. The release document states that Lijsbeth had two children at the time, but there is no indication that Louis was baptized yet before this date ... These three daughters became known as Lijsbeth Louisz, Anna Louisz and Maria Louisz respectively to indicate their origin. The names also took on other forms such as Lovijs, Lowies or Lowise and sometimes even as Lourens. Apart from indicating a surname, they were also known by other names which greatly complicate everything. There was talk of Lijsbeth Glim or Glam at times while their mother was known by her death as Lijsbeth Sanders ... Lijsbeth (Sanders) van die Kaap found refuge in the 90s with the Drakenstein free citizen Jan Herfst, also known as Herst and sometimes Herbst. With him, she also had two daughters, who were born after she was released from prison because of the theft of Jacob Cornelissen from Bengal's jewelry. She was found guilty for this in 1696 and had to work on "gemene werk" for three years in chains (C.J. 6 Oorpronklike regsrolle en Notule. fol. 142, Louis van Bengale vs. Jan Hars 14.11.1715). The eldest daughter was Clara and the youngest Gerbregt, who was baptized on October 1, 1702...Johann Herfst became a free citizen in 1690 after serving for a time as caretaker at the Company's cattle station in Hottentots-Holland. In 1708 he was released from the Stellenbosch military due to age, but only died in 1728. At the time, Lijsbeth was widely known as Lijsbeth Sanders. Lijsbeth Sanders was over eighty when she died about 1742/3. On February 25, 1738, she signed a document in which she gave eldest daughter, Lijsbeth Lowise, her maid, Griet van die Kaap, with her six children in exchange for the previous four years of food, drink and housing she received from her. The only condition was that she still had to take care of her for the rest of her life. Both Lijsbeths signed the document with an X (M.O.O.C. 14/1/16 Bylae tot Boedelrekeninge, fol. 14, Lijsbeth Sanders en Lijsbeth Lowise. 25.2.1738 en by behorende stukke) ... Female slave of Mathijs Coemans who sold her to Adriaan van Brakel for f160 on 3.3.1671 who again sold her to Louis of Bengal shortly before 1680. On 27.7.1683 she was released by him to serve him for another year. They entered into a wedding vow on 17.3.1687 which was withdrawn again on 28.12.1688. By 1700 she had a solid relationship with Johann Herfst, of German origin.

A copy of said document - J.L. Hattingh, Die blanke nageslag van Louis van Bengale en Lijsbeth van die Kaap. Kronos : Journal of Cape History, Volume 3, Issue 1, Jan 1980, p. 5 – 51 is available at: https://journals.co.za/content/kronos/3/1/AJA02590190_482.

Furthermore, according to Hattingh and Susie Newton-King (see article https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/7/7c/Jurgen-9.pdf), Claas van Guinea rather than Abraham van Guinea, may have been the father of Lijsbeth van de Kaap ... Certainly it seems very probable that Lijsbeth’s parents were slaves from West Africa. The so-called Guinean slaves had arrived at the Cape in 1658, brought by the VOC from the coast of Dahomey, in contravention of its agreement with the Dutch West India Company. ‘Some were sent on to Batavia, some retained by the Company and some assigned to the first freeburghers.’ According to Hattingh, Claas van Guinea was freed by the Company in 1687 (the year of his agreement with Louis of Bengal), as ‘old and worn out’. Lijsbeth van de Caap was born in 1659, so she may well have been the child of two newly arrived ‘Guinean’ slaves. We do know, at least, that her brother, the free black Pieter Willemsz, also known as Pieter Willemsz Tamboer, transport-rider and drummer in the Stellenbosch burgher cavalry, was sometimes known as ‘Pieter Willemsz Africano’. In 1699 Johann Herbst received a grant of land on the upper reaches of the Wamakers River, in the newly settled region of Wagenmakersvalleij (now Wellington). This was the year that Lijsbeth would have been freed from the chain-gang, if her fine was not paid. Herbst (or Herfst) named his farm ‘Opperherfst’. He lived there with Lijsbeth (now known as Lijsbeth Sanders) until his death in 1734, though in 1724 the farm was transferred to his son-in-law, Johannes Vosloo, on condition that Vosloo maintain him for the remainder of his life (the agreement with Vosloo made no mention of Lijsbeth Sanders). The genealogical registers tell us that he had two daughters with Lijsbeth: Clara Herfst, who married Johannes Harmensz Potgieter in 1712 and Gerbrecht Herfst, who married Johannes Vosloo.

However, it is just as likely that she was not decendant from Guinea. The First Fifty Years Project list the punitive mother as Lijsbeth Arabus, SM/PROG, who was possibly from Madagascar (according to the French Admiral who gave her and her sister to the van Riebeecks).

Lijsbeth Arabus and Cornelia Arabus were gifted by Admiral PN de la Roche St. Andre, to Maria de la Queillerie on 29 March 1656. This transaction was revoked by the Visiting VOC Commissioner Ryckloff van Goen senior, and Lijsbeth and Cornelia then became the property of the Company who could be hired out to officials. Later, Lijsbeth Arabus was placed on loan from the Company in service to Hendrick Hendricksz Boom before 16 April 1657. On 6 Sept 1665 she was a slave owned by Wouter Mostert.

See http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g6/p6297.htm http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/UL03MadeOrMarred.pdf and http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g6/p6297.htm

Lijsbeth Arabus was baptized before August 1665 Cape Town, and the following are listed as possible children:

1. Armosyn de Groote van de Caep b. c 1658, d. after 13 May 1713
2. Lijsbeth Sanders bapt 2 Mar 1659, d. c 1743
3. Pieter Willemsz Tamboer van de Caep bapt 18 Jul 1660, d. 1729
   

See also information https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_de_Kaap-28

Valeta Baty

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