First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records - Jan Luy van Ceylon
Jan Luy van Ceylon
M, #6964, b. circa 1650
Birth* Jan Luy van Ceylon was born circa 1650 in Ceylon.1
Marriage* He married Dina van Couchin on 28 March 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.2,1
Dina van Couchin b. c 1657
Casper Janse14 b. bt 1680 - 1688
Antonij Jansz van Ceylon14 b. bt 1680 - 1688
Hendrik NN14,10 b. bt 1680 - 1688, d. 1704
Maria Luy14 b. b 1685, d. a 1692
(Owner) Farm He witnessed the Farm of Anthoniij van Angola and Manuel van Angola between 1683 and 1693.4
CivilSuit* Before 11 August 1696 Claas van Guinea and Jan Luy van Ceylon were the protagonists in a civil suit in which, on this date Jan Luy van Ceylon made a joint declaration in the case.5,6
Names in the record, in publications, etc. Jan Luy van Ceylon was also known as Jan Leuij van Ceylon.
28 March 1688, the name of Jan was written in the record as Johannes van Ceilon.7
20 January 1704, the name of Jan was written in the record as Jan van Ceylon.8
Baptisms - Witness Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin witnessed the baptism of Maria Coetzee on 20 January 1704 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.8
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls) Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1685 Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop, along with one daughter who would have been Maria and two sons. It seems that one would have been Casper Janse who from the record was older than his brothers; and, either Antonij or Hendrik.9
In 1685 Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin were enumerated in the muster roll Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the muster roll of 1688 Stellenbosch along with their unnamed children who would have been Maria, Casper Janse, Antonij and Hendrik.10
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1692 Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop. In this opgaaf, Jan Luij and Dina van Hoysang are enumerated without children.11
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1695 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.4
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the muster roll of 1695, when they appeared in the muster roll of free people for Stellenbosch, along with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.12
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1700. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.4
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1702 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with two sons, who would have been Antonij and Hendrik.4
He and Dina van Couchin appeared on the opgaafrol (tax roll) of 1705 Stellenbosch. In this opgaaf, they are enumerated with one son, who would have been Antonij.4
1709 Jan Luy van Ceylon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in Stellenbosch Dina van Couchin.4
1712 Jan Luy van Ceylon was enumerated on the opgaafrol (census/tax roll) in Stellenbosch Dina van Couchin.4
Slave Emancipations Jan Luy van Ceylon and Dina van Couchin were emancipated before 1685 when they appeared in the opgaafrol of free people for Stellenbosch; along with their daughter Maria; and two of their sons Casper Janse, Antonij and Hendrik. None of the children were named in the muster rolls or opgaafrollen, but based on other records, it is clear these are their offsping.10
Property Transactions On 7 August 1685 Guillaume Heems gave Jan Luy van Ceylon an erf.13
[S810] Mansell Upham 'At Earth's Extremest End… Op 't eijnde van de Aerd … The genealogical impact of the 'Angola' & 'Guinea' slaves at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), August 2014. "pp. 53-54. Marij van Gene and Prodo (Prede) van Gene [Koddo] sign a notarial declaration (11 August 1696). Upham cites CA: 1/STB 18/153. The two women are described as 'van Gene' - a spelling not uncommonly used for the provenance of the 'Guinea' slaves."
Johannes van Ceijlon vrijborger aan Stellenbos Jonghman ende Dina van Coelang:, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S545] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh Die Eerste Vryswartes van Stellenbosch 1679 - 1720 "Jan van Ceylon en Dina se name word vir die eerste keer in 1685 in die Kaapse monsterrol verstrek en toe het hulle alreeds drie kinders gehad. Sedert 1688 word daar vier kinders aangegee soos hy ook in Desember 1692 verklaar het toe hy daarvan aangekla was dat by wederregtelik gaan jag het."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 142. 7.8.1685, p. 83: Erf given by Guilliam Heems (15.8.1679) to Jan from Ceylon.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.