Rosaleijn van Bengale

Baptism: Roselijn is baptised and recorded in 1737 as an adult slave of Johannes van Ceylon: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-4WW?i=105&cc=...

and:

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

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

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A:o 1737

Den 20 Jan:
- Roselijn van Bengalen,
een bejaerde lijfeijgen van Johan-
nes van Ceijlon, na voorgaende belijdenis

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Marriage:

Baptisms of slaves often preceded marriages and on 24 Nov 1737 (see below) a Johannes Jansz van Cijlon marries the freed slave Rosetta van Bengalen

Cape Town Marriages 1737
Written by transcribed by Corney Keller. Posted in Cape Town Marriages 1713 to 1756

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

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Den 24 9ber
Johannes Janz van Cijlon, met Rossetta van Bengalen
vrijgegeven lijf eigenen