TERENCE JOHN NEUBERT-WOODHEAD

South African Genealogical numbering system DVN/DVP: WOODHEAD b2c1d1e1f3g1

The genealogical numbers used in the South African tree was introduced in the 19th Century by C.C. de Villiers. (DVN or DVP) The old Pama/De Villiers genealogies were used by the HSRC and later GISA to compile the SAG volumes covering the years 1652 to 1830. This set of 17 books were completed in 2011. Then GISA started to produce the new set covering the years 1652 to 1930. This is now called SAF (SA Families).

In this system the genealogical number of the South African Stamouer/progenitor is “a” (although on the South African Geni tree we us SV/PROG instead), and his children are numbered chronologically “b1”, “b2”, “b3” etc.; his grandchildren are the ‘c” generation, great grandchildren “d” and so on. (e.g. b1c3d5e2f5g8 etc.)

In order to make the numbers less cumbersome and untidy on the tree the recommendation is that the full number, (2b4c6d7e7f5), be added to the AKA field and only the last two generations, (e7f5), used in the suffix field.

Y-DNA HAPLOGRAPH: Possibly R-FT377591

Based on John Beaumont, b. Abt. 1640, William de Bellomonte/Beaumont, West Yorkshire.
R-M269 > R-L21 > R-BY9003 > FT377951 (>R-FT377591)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R-M269
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R-L21
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Paternal Y-DNA based on Sir John Woodhead, SV/PROG, descended from John of Meltham Woddeheade Beaumont. Males John of Meltham Woddeheade through Sir John Woodhead originate from Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

The first families of Meltham, West Yorkshire c. 1500 descent from the Beaumont family. At the time John of Meltham (John Beaumont) descended from the Beaumonts with each son taking the name of their house or occupation first as by-names and then as surnames. For example Woodhead, Taylor, Armitage, Thyckhollings, Dyson. https://huddersfield.exposed/api/content/books/ocr/2456/

PATERNAL LINEAGE: WOODHEAD, KIRKLEES, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

1. Terence John Neubert-Woodhead, f3g1, f3g1 b. September 11, 1982, Vereeniging, Sedibeng, GP, South Africa
2. John Frank Woodhead, e1f3, e1f3 b. September 13, 1955, Durban, Durban Metro, KZN, South Africa; d. April 28, 2020, Gordons Bay, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
3. Neville John Woodhead, d1e1, d1e1 b. October 29, 1928, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa; d. May 19, 2015, Durbanville, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
4. Ivan Joseph Elias Schreiner Woodhead, c1d1 , c1d1 b. February 10, 1903, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; d. July 29, 1980, Garden City Clinic, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa
5. Joseph Maynard Woodhead, b2c1, b2c1 b. 1877, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa; d. November 16, 1945, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
6. Maynard Woodhead, b2 b. October 6, 1857, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; d. September 5, 1911, Endcliffe, Holmfirth Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
7. Sir John Woodhead, SV/PROG b. January 22, 1832, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; d. April 16, 1898, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
8. Henry WOODHEAD b. April 5, 1810, Holmpworth Goots, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom); d. circa January 1871, Hampshire, Southampton, England, United Kingdom
9. John (1) WOODHEAD b. 1766, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom); d. 1826, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
10. Joshua WOODHEAD b. September 27, 1741, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom); d. 1814, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
11. Joseph WOODHEAD b. June 26, 1694, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom); d. 1760, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
12. George WOODHEAD b. February 3, 1666, Wightwisle, Bradfield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; d. January 18, 1740, Bradfield, Yorkshire, England
13. George WOODHEAD b. February 4, 1637, Tankersley, Yorkshire West Riding; d. 1698
14. Gervase WOODHEAD b. January 15, 1588, Worsborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; d. circa 1670
15. Henry WOODHEAD
16. Georgius WODDEHEADE b. 1550
17. John of Meltham Woddeheade Beaumont b. circa 1530, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
18. Agnes Woddheade BEAUMONT b. circa 1500; d. Meltham, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
17. Alicia WODDHEADE b. circa 1530, Meltham, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; d. June 1561, Meltham, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

EXTRACT THE HISTORY OF MELTHAM. CHAPTER I.

"The next historical notice of Meltham is found in the Inquisition relating to Almondbury in the reign of Edward IIL, which lasted fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. In that document two tenants from Meltham are named as paying rent to the Lord of Almondbury. And again in the Inquisi- tion made in the twenty-sixth year of Elizabeth, 1584, it is recorded that "John Beaumont, of Meltham, holdeth certain lands and tenements within the said manor of Meltham by copy of court roll of her majesty as of the said manor of Almondbury." This gentleman's descendants continued to reside, and held considerable landed property in Meltham for many succeeding generations, as will be seen in a subsequent notice of them. - The same feudal law, which in Elizabeth's reign connected Meltham with Almondbury, still continued in force during that of James I., from 1603 to 1625 ; nor are there grounds for believing that it had undergone any par- ticular change in the time of his unfortunate son, Charles I."
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EXTRACTS OF ENTRIES IN THE PARISH REGISTERS OF ALMONDBURY.

©1558 June." "Plague tyme." "Agnes the daughter of James Wod- head of Meltham was baptized the 10th day. The sponsors were Antony Oldfelde, Agnes Parkyn and Elizabeth Wodhead. June-George Woddeheade the son of John of Meltham was baptized the 14th day-the sponsors were George Woddehead John Eastwood & Agnes Parkyn. 1558 October. Antony Hayghe the son of James of Meltham was baptized the 27th day. The sponsors were Andreas-Antony Oldfelde of Crosland Hall & Agnes Butterworth. Novemr -Isabella Parkyn the daughter of John of Meltham was baptized the 10th day-the sponsors were John Waterhouse, Isabella Waterhouse & Agnes Greene. 1558 December-Agnes Taylyer the daughter of John of Meltham was baptized the 15th day-the sponsors were, John Eastwodde Elizabeth Hayghe & Joanna Waterhouse. January-John Taylyer of Meltham was buried the 10th day. February-Antony Armitedge the son of John of Thickhollyns was baptized the 11th day, the sponsors were Roger Greene, Anthony Oldfelde & the wife of Humfrey Beaumont. 1559 Apryll. Roger Greene the son of Roger of Thickhollyns was baptized the 25th day. The sponsors were Gilbert Beaumont, William Lockwodde & the wife of John Parkyn. Augustij. John Sykes the son of Barnard of Helme was baptized the 6th day; the sponsors were Edward Taylyer, John Eastwodde & Alicia Heryson. Beptembris. Antony Eastwodde the son of Richard of Meltham was baptized the 17th day. The sponsors were Antony Oldfelde John Taylyer & Jane Taylyer the wife of Edward. Octobris.-James Hayghe the son of William of Meltham was baptized the 15th day. The sponsors were James Taylyer James Woddeheade & Joanna Gleydyll. Novembris. Antony Dyson the son of John of Meltham was baptized the 19th day, the sponsors were Antony Oldfelde Wylliam Dyson, & Agnes Butterworth. Joanna Eastwodde the daughter of John of Meltham Mylne was baptized the 19th day: the sponsors were John Taylyer, Joanna Thewlys & Elizabeth Eastwodde. February. Edwardus Hayghe the son of James of Meltham was baptized the 21st day, the sponsors were John Bayleye Edward Taylyer & Agnes Oldfelde. 1560 Maye. Edwardus Taylyer the son of Edward of Meltham was baptized the 23rd day, the sponsors were Roger Greene Edwardus Taylyer & Agnes Oldfelde 1560 Novembr - Elizabeth Woddheade the daughter of James of Meltham baptized the 10th day, the sponsors were Edward Taylyer Elizabeth Hayghe & Alice Beaumont. Decembrig. Henry Taylyer the son of John of Meltham was baptized the 6th day : The sponsors were Henry Beaumont, George Butterworthe & Elizabeth Armytedge. Apryll. Isabella Beaumont ye daughter of John of Meltham was baptized the 13th day, the sponsors were John Taylyer Isabella Water- house & Margareta Armytedge. 1561 Maye. Elizabeth Butterworthe ye dr of John of Meltham was baptized the 11th day, the sponsors were John Beaumont Joanna Parkyn & Elizabeth Eastwodde. June. John Waterhouse of Meltham was buried the 13th day. Alicia Woddheade the wife of John of Meltham was buried the 17th day. August. Thomas Armytedge of Thickhollyns was buried on the 26th day. October. Joanna Dyson the daur of John of Meltham was baptized the 28th day: the sponsors were Edmund Dyson, Isabella Beaumont and Isabella Bothomleye. Novems Joanna Hayghe the daughter of James of Meltham was bap- tized the 1st day: the sponsors were Thomas Armetedge Joanna Brookes- banke & Agnes Taylyer. 1562 Januarij. Joanna Armytedge ye daur of John of Thickhollyngs was baptized the 7th day. The sponsors were Rhychard Wylson, Joanns Coldwell & Agnes Taylyer. 1562 Feby. John Taylier the son of Edward of Meltham was baptized the 25th day: the sponsors were John Taylyer, James Hayghe & Agnes Oldfelde wife of Antony. June. Barnard Syks of Helme was buried the 18th day. Novembs. Elizabeth Olfelde ye daur of Antony of Crosland Hall was baptized the l1th day: the sponsors were Richard Wodde, Elizabeth Wodde & Anna Olfelde."

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PATERNAL PROGENATOR: SIR JOHN WOODHEAD, MAYOR OF CAPE TOWN

(1886 - 1887) (first term)
(1888 - 1889) (second term)
(1893 - 1894) (third term)
(1896 - 1897) (fourth term)

The Gifts of a Gentleman, Sir John Woodhead

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5 November 2014

Sir John in his mayoral robes. These particular robes were donated to the city by Sir David Graaff. Sir John can be seen wearing the same robes at the laying of the last stone of the Woodhead Reservoir in 1894. The picture is below in this post.

One of the most colourful contemporaries of David Graaff was John Woodhead. He was not directly involved in the meat industry but had a business that closely linked him with organisations such as Combrinck & Co. John Woodhead’s business has been around the corner from our famous butcher friends business for many years.

EARLY LIFE
Sir John was born in 1832 in Huddersfield Holmfirth, Yorkshire. (Gordon Woodhead)

At a very early age, he was apprenticed in the Earle’s shipbuilding yard, Hull. He was employed at the P. & O. Company as a marine engineer. He saw some active service when his vessel, the S.S. Rajah was engaged in supplying the British in the Indian Mutiny. After leaving the P. & O. Company, he was employed in the Union Line Company. It was during this employment that he started to think about making South Africa his future home. (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

In 1854 he married Margaretta Maynard. (The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1898) In 1861 he made up his mind to remain in South Africa and John and Margaretta immigrated and made Cape Town their new home. (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897) So began an illustrious relationship with the Cape of Storms. One where Sir John gave of himself generously.

“NOTHING LIKE LEATHER”
In Cape Town, he found employment in the tannery business of M. J. Louw, M.L.A. The transition from marine engineer to tanner came naturally to John. To him, there was “nothing like leather.” (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

John was an independent thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit. He started his own business, J. Woodheads & Sons in 1867. He was described as having a benignly autocratic spirit in all affairs. (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

A newspaper report on his life puts it well, that in his private and public life, he “saw clearly enough what must be done, and while others talked and moved resolutions, he planned and forced the talkers to give their attention.” (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

MAYOR OF CAPE TOWN
He was elected mayor of Cape Town in 1886 and was re-elected in 1888, 1893, and 1896. (The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1898) His great-grandson, Gordon Woodhead, currently living in the UK, told me that Sir John came from a family of civil engineers who were known for many road and other construction projects. Gordon writes that “in Huddersfield, there is a place called Woodhead, as well as a reservoir and a pass named after the Woodhead clan.” Sir John’s home in Cape Town was called Holmfirth. (Gordon Woodhead).

“Among other projects, he was responsible for the Woodhead dam, on the top of Table Mountain, the widening of Sir Lowry Road and the modernisation of the sewerage and water system that Cape Town relies on today. In recognition of these efforts, he was knighted, Sir John Woodhead.” (www.woodheads.co.za)

LOYALTIES
He was invited to become a member of the colonial Cape parliament, but refused this through the years, choosing to focus on the task at hand of improving the lives of Capetonians as mayor. (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

Politically, Sir John was a supporter of Cecil John Rhodes (The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1898) and a firm believer in the future of Rhodesia (current day Zimbabwe). (Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Jan 1897)

WATERWORKS
The great works in the city of Cape Town that he is most remembered for are the Woodhead Tunnel and the Woodhead Reservoir.

Laying of the foundation stone of the Woodhead Reservoir in 1894. If one looks carefully, Sir John can be seen, standing next to the stone with the robes that David Graaff had made and donated to the city.

The function of the laying of the last stone of the Woodhead Reservoir took place on Saturday, 1 May 1897. The ceremony was attended by representatives from Cape Town and the Colony. Both Houses of Parliament were in attendance. (Newspaper article supplier by Gordon Woodhead)

WOODHEADS
The business that he founded in 1867 still trades in Cape Town, currently owned by Richard Harris.

MAYORAL MACE
Sir John has given many gifts to Cape Town and its people over the years. On 11 August 1898, his final gift was presented to the City of Cape Town on behalf of the then, late Sir John Woodhead, Kt. The gift is a Mayoral Mace, the crowning act of a selfless life of service by one of the most remarkable citizens of the Fairest Cape! (CT Mayor’s Office)

The mace project was initiated by Councillor George Smart, J.P. Sir John took up the challenge to realise the suggestion with the support of Cecil John Rhodes. (CT Mayor’s Office)

For the construction of the mace, Sir John set out to secure wood from Nelson’s flagship, Victory. Cyclic John Rhodes gave him a letter of introduction to the Prince of Whales who finally facilitated the procurement of the required wood.

The wood turned out to be in a state of decay and the prince had to be asked for a second piece of wood. This proved to be suitable and the mace was made.

The final design of the mace is based on that of the mace presented to the ancient city of Northampton by King Charles II. The work of making the mace was commissioned by the well-known gold and silversmiths firm of Elkington & Co. Ltd, Birmingham. (CT Mayor’s Office)

Before Sir John passed away, he prepared a document to be ready for the presentation of the Cape Town mace.

“As is well known, a mace is in conception, and indeed long remained in actual practice, the warrant of delegated Royal authority. The English Corporations act under the delegated authority from the Crown, conferred by Royal Charters and Acts of the Imperial Parliament, and His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good hope by Government Ordinances and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of the Colony, acting under the authority conferred by the Sovereign and the Imperial Parliament by statutes, has conferred upon and confirmed to this Corporation all the local governing rights previously exercised by the Burgher Senate, and therefore do we find that we in Cape Town today occupy a position precisely similar to that of an English Corporation.

But, Mr. Mayor, your authority is two-fold. Although under the aegis of the Crown, you are the representative chosen by the Corporation, directly elected by the Citizens, so that the mace before you will act as an outward and visible sign of that authority with which you are armed, as representing the Crown on the one and the Citizens on the other” (CT Mayor’s Office)

Sir John passed away at age 66, on 16 April 1898. Richard Harris, the current owner of Woodheads, tells me that in those days the cable car up Table Mountain was an exposed lift with space for two people. Sir John continued to go up the mountain to oversee work himself and on one such a trip he caught a cold from which he never recovered.

Lord Selborne

In 2021, Michael Fortune posted this picture of Lord Selborne who came to South Africa to succeed Lord Milner as High Commissioner in South Africa, and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, in April 1905. This photo is of the opening of Parliament, Cape Town, 1905. It may be Sir Woodhead’s mace that was used and is an interesting titbit to follow up on.

Final Resting Place
He is buried in the Maitland cemetery in Cape Town.

MATERNAL mtDNA HAPLIGRAPH: L4b2b

Based on Jannetjie van Wyk, Jannetje van Wijk, Daughter of Claasje VAN ANGOLA, SM/PROG, 'Maaij' Claesje van Angola, seized from Portuguese slave ship by the 'Amersfoort' in the Gulf of Guinea, possibly Angola in 1658.

Jannetje van Wijk+ b. b 27 Oct 1675;A direct matrilineal descendant of Jannetje van Wijk has tested positive for mtDNA haplogroup L4b2b - a rare group which current informatoin suggests is centered in northwest Africa around Mali. This strongly suggests that Jannetje's mother would have been one of the slaves generally identified as 'van Guinea' or 'van Angola.' Many of these slaves were embarked at Benin for the Cape and came from as far afield as Sudan.

According to the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, samples of the L4b2b mtDNA Haplopraph stored at the NHGRI Sample Repository for Human Genetic Research indicate an origin of Yoruba from Ibadan, Nigeria.
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MATERNAL LINEAGE: YORUBA, IBADAN, NIGERIA

1. Terence John NEUBERT-WOODHEAD, f3g1 b. September 11, 1982, Vereeniging, Sedibeng, GP, South Africa
2. Vivienne WOODHEAD b. January 13, 1961, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa
3. Nelly WILLS b. February 1, 1926, Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metro, Motheo DC, Free State Province, Republic of South Africa; d. circa February 26, 2006, Boksburg, East Rand, GP, South Africa
4. Eva Kathleen BEAR b. August 28, 1897, Vryburg, Bophirima, NW, South Africa; d. June 16, 1976, Ventersdorp, NW, South Africa
5. Eva Catharina BRITS b. February 3, 1863, Orange Free State Boer Republic, South Africa; d. April 28, 1930, Klerksdorp, Southern DC, NW, South Africa
6. Clara Isabella DE JONGE b. April 3, 1827, Somerset East, Western District, EC, South Africa; d. June 2, 1872, Barkly West, Frances Baard, NC, South Africa
7. Maria Catharina VAN TONDER b. March 15, 1790; d. April 19, 1869
8. Sophia Elizabeth POTGIETER, b3c4d7 b. September 24, 1768, Malmesbury, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa; d. August 10, 1820, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
9. Maria Magdalena VAN WYK, b6c3 b. before May 25, 1732, Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa; d. Cape, South Africa
10. Johanna Catharina CAMPHER, b1c1 b. before June 19, 1707, Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; d. before circa May 2, 1746
11. Dorothea OELOFSE, b3 b. before circa January 19, 1692, Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, WC, South Africa; d. before June 12, 1713, Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
12. Sara VAN GIJSELEN, SM b. before circa July 5, 1671, Slaaf Kwartiere van Madagaskar, Kaap, Suid-Afrika, Den Haag, Nederland?; d. before June 12, 1713, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
13. 'Maaij' Claesje van Angola b. 1650, Seized from Portuguese slave ship by the 'Amersfoort' in the Gulf of Guinea, possibly Angola; d. before December 31, 1732, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa

MATERNAL PROGENATOR: 'Maaij' Claasje VAN ANGOLA, SV/PROG

Reference code: C. 20, pp. 46-47 Woensdag 16 Februarij 1689.
Het versoek-schrivt van den E.Pieter van Helsdingen, gedesigneerde fiscâl ten dienste van d’ E.Comp. na Suratta, thans op ’t hier ter rhede geankerde schip ’t Wapen van Alkmâr bescheiden, in Raade geleesen zijnde, inhoudende versoek om uijt ’s Comps. slavenhuijs een slavinne genaamt Claasje tot vroetvrouw ten dienste van sijn swangere hujsvrouw na Batavia mede te mogen neemen. So is eenpaarig verstaan den suppt. syn versoek toe te staan en hem de voors. slavinne ten fine voorn. te laaten volgen, mits dat hij ter taxatie van de Hooge regering van India kost en vragt geld voor heen en weer reis in ’s Comps. cassa op Batavia betaale, en de E.Comp. voor de schaade goedspreeke die deselve soude komen te lijden, indien de meergenoemde slavinne Claasje voor haar wederkomst kwame te sterven, of weg te loopen. [1]

Notes.
[1] Vgl. V.C.12: Dagregister, 1689–1690, 1692, pp. 124–125. Hierdie Claasje van Angola het volgens ’n resolusie van die Kasteel Batavia op 27 Mei 1689 versoek om met die eerste retoerskepe weer na die Kaap te mag terugkeer. Haar versoek om in vryheid gestel te mag word, omdat Van Helsdingen dit aan haar belowe het, is na die Kommandeur en Raad van die Kaap verwys. (Sien Kol. Arch. 604: Resolutiën van den Generaal en Raden, 1689, pp. 275–276.

Reference code: C. 147, pp. 231-248. Dingsdag den 22: Aúg:s 1769.
Wijders is op het Schriftelijk versoek van den Extraord:r vúúrwerker Johannes Bresler, Seeker ’S E: Comp:s Slave Jongetje gen:t Abel van Catrijn van Sangolanij, oúd omtrent 6: Jaaren, úijt Slavernij ontslagen en in vrijdom gesteld, mits voor denselven de Somma van Een hondert guld:s in ’S Comp:s Cassa alhier zal moeten werden voldaan.

Maaij Claesje van Angola was VOC company slave brought to the Cape of Good Hope aboard the Dutch ship, the Amersfoort in 1658. The Amersfoort had intercepted a Portuguese slave ship bound for South America and took 250 of its 500 Angolan salves as a 'prize' many died on the journey to the Cape. She was eventually manumitted.
Only 5 ‘Angola’ women appear to be formally freed:
- Isabella (manumitted 1672) - Maaij Isabella (born c. 1642) (manumitted 1674) - Elisabeth (Lijsbeth) alias Sabba (dies 1694) (manumitted 1681) - Maaij Claesje Jansz: (dies 1724) (manumitted 1689) - Maria (manumission year unknown).

SOURCE: p.38 of http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/UL20ExtremestEnd.pdf.

Same source mentions: She appears as a free-black in the Opgaaf (1692) listed in Table Valley with May Isabella together with Claesje Jansz: [Maaij [Mãe] Claesje van Angola]. No. 142 free-black May Isabella 1 woman Cape District {Maaij [M%C3%A3e] Isabella van Angola (born c. 1642)} No.143 free-blackClaasje Jansz:1womanCapeDistrict

Upham states: She accompanies (1689) the wife of a high-ranking official Pieter van Helsdingen to Batavia. With her return to the Cape in the same year (1689), she subsequently requests to be returned to the Cape at the same time claiming that her freedom had been promised to her by Van Helsdingen while still in Batavia. According to a resolution of the Castel Batavia, (27 May 1689), she is allowed to return to the Cape on the next return fleet and her request to be manumitted, is referred to the Commander and the Council of the Cape. She is subsequently manumitted after returning to the Cape. In yet another unprecedented move - presumably prompted by her numerous offspring still in bondage and housed in the Slave Lodge - she forgoes her life as free-black resident in Table Valley opting instead to re-enter the Slave Lodge, however, being employed for many years as Lodge midwife (frij froemoeder) until her ultimate death (31 December 1731).

On page 71 of this Mansell Upham publication, [Source: http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/UL20ExtremestEnd.pdf]

He lists her children and their descendants as follows (note the "?" marks): [?] halfslag Maria [Maria Matthyssen Eli] van de Caep born 1663 - Rijkman van Wey descendants [?] halfslag Willem baptized 25 October 1665 [mother: Vlossijk [Claesje?]] halfslag Elisabeth [Lijs Blom?] van de Caep baptized 14 August 1667 [?] halfslag Anna (Annetje) Lakens: van de Caep Company born c. 1669; bejaarde baptized 8 December 1686 halfslag Sara [Leenderts: / Jans: / van Gijselen] van de Caep baptized 5 July 1671 - Oelofse descendants heelslag Christina (Christijn) [Pieters:] van de Caep (born c. 1673);baptized asbejaarde 4 August 1686 – Stols descendants halfslag Johanna (Jannetje) [Willems: / van Wijk] van de Caep baptized 27 October 1675 - Hartog, Piek, Wedekind, Coos, Duuring descendants halfslag Magdalena [Smit] van de Caep 15 August 1677

CAPE SLAVERY

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The first 15 slaves were brought to the Cape between 1653 and 1658. In 1658 on two ships arriving in April and May 402 West African slaves were delivered to the Cape Of Good Hope, from Angola and from Guinea. From then onward for almost two centuries slaves continued to be brought to the Cape until the 1850s. The last shipload of ‘prize slaves’ were brought to the Cape in 1890. Slavery on the high seas was ended in 1808 when officially no more new slaves were to be imported into the Cape but unofficially the slave trade continued. The Royal Navy also captured slaver ships and the so-called ‘Prize slaves’ were brought to the Cape and were put into 14 year ‘apprenticeships as indentured labour,which was little different to slavery. (those labelled ‘Prize Slaves’ preferred to be known as Liberated Africans.

Slavery was officially abolished in 1834 at the Cape. All slaves however had to go through a 4 year apprenticeship before they could get their freedom, thus making 1838 the dawn of their freedom. But of course for a Liberated African undergoing a 14 year apprenticeship and maybe only having arrived in 1850, emancipation would be elusive for many more years. Figures are given, through the work of academics like Dr Robert Shell for the period 1653 to 1806 of 63 000 imported slaves, but these also had offspring who in turn had offspring, generation upon generation, who led lives as slaves. Chattel slavery whereby slaves were bought and sold as products, also existed side by side with a different form of slavery through de facto slavery practices meted out on Cape indigenous groups. Of those slaves forcibly brought to the Cape until 1808, plus/minus 42 150 came from Africa, Madagascar ad the Mascarenes, another 17 315 from India and Sri Lanka and, 13 545 from the Indonesian islands. After 1808 there were around 9000 more slaves brought to the Cape, and the up to 12 000 more who arrived as Liberated Africans known too as Prize Slaves. Slavery spread from the Western Cape, to the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, and the local capture of Africans by Trek Boers in the Free State and Transvaal also led to slavery practices further afield. Around 78 000 first generation slaves at the Cape and the consecutive generations (offspring) of locally born slaves.