First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records - Jeronimus Cruse
M, #5187, b. circa 1640
BirthOrigin* Jeronimus was from Bielefeld and was perhaps born there circa 1640. The date is estimated.1,2,3
Marriage* He married Aletta Elbers on 8 June 1670 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.4
Aletta Elbers b. c 1650
Urbanus Croes35 b. b 26 Jun 1672
Jacobus Cruse+36 b. b 1 Oct 1673
Catharina Croes37 b. b 17 Jan 1675, d. b 30 Jun 1680
Wilhelm Maurits Croes38 b. b 5 Jul 1676
Gerrit Croes39 b. b 27 Oct 1678
Catarina Croes40 b. b 30 Jun 1680
Johanna Cruse+41 b. 5 Feb 1682, d. 19 May 1713
PropertySkuldbrief* On 20 January 1672, Henrick Barentze van der Zee executed a skuldbrief or acknowledgment of debt in the sum of f 1 000 in favour of Jeronimus Cruse, which he promised to repay within a year. As surety he offered his house on the corner of Olifant street, all his other possessions, fixed or otherwise, his unnamed slaves, animals and himself.5
(Witness) BaptismPutative He witnessed the baptism of Jannetje van Wijk on 27 October 1675 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.6
Names in the record, in publications, etc. 8 June 1670, the name of Jeronimus was written in the record as Jeronimus Croes.2
1 October 1673, the name of Jeronimus was written in the record as Jeronymus Croes.
17 January 1675, the name of Jeronimus was written in the record as Jeronymus Kroes.
5 July 1676, the name of Jeronimus was written in the record as Hieronymous Kroes.
Baptisms - Witness Jeronimus Cruse potentially witnessed the baptism of Catharina Kroon on 23 December 1674 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, this witness has not been positively identified.7
He potentially witnessed the baptism of Bernhardus Brinckman on 30 December 1674 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, this witness has not been positively identified.8
He and Elsie Bruegel witnessed the baptism of Petrus Bergh on 19 May 1684 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
He and Aletta Elbers witnessed the baptism of Hendrik Swellengrebel on 26 September 1700 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).10
Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls) On 1 March 1661 Jeronimus Cruse was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Bylevelt, soldier.11
On 1 April 1662 Jeronimus Cruse was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Bilevelt, soldier.12
Slave Transactions In January 1673 Hector van der Kust was sold by Jan Jacobs Backer to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds 65.13,14
On 18 October 1673 PN van Macassar was sold by Jan Blok to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds 60.15,16
On 5 February 1675 Melij van Macassar was sold by Frans de Fries to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 60.17,18
Michiel van Paleacatte and Jan Tuticorin were sold by Reijnier Claassen, to Jeronimus Cruse on 21 April 1675, for Rds 70.19,20
On 1 August 1678 Jan van Madagascar was sold by Jeronimus Cruse to Jochem Marquaert, for Rds. 60.21,22
31 May 1679 Unnamed Slave owned by Wijbrant Uijlkens was sold by Jacobus van der Waeijen to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 50. Van der Waeijen was acting for Uijlkens.23
On 12 May 1684 Cattij van Guinea was sold by Goosen de Jongh to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 50.24
On 28 October 1685 Paul van Malabar was sold by Olof Bergh to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 112. I have assumed this to be the same slave sold as Paul without provenance on two previous occasions. Corrections welcome.25
On 28 October 1685 Lamas was sold by Jeronimus Cruse to Olof Bergh, for Rds. 40.26
On 12 December 1685 Abraham van Madagascar was sold by Theunis de Hoop to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 40.27
On 14 March 1686 Angela van Sofala was sold by J. Homen to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 50.28
On 11 April 1686 Reijnier de Groot, demanded payment from Dirk Coetzee for Anthony, whom he had purchased in 1680, but had not paid for. Coetsé promised to pay within a year, however if he failed to do so, then Anthonij would become the property of Jeronimus Cruse.29
On 3 January 1687 Isak van Madagascar was sold by Roelof Diodati to Jeronimus Cruse, for Rds. 32.30
Slave Emancipations On 13 March 1680 de Caep de Goede Hoop Catharina Wagenmakers, a company owned slave, was emancipated by resolution of the Council of Policy at a meeting convened by Simon van der Stel, at which Jeronimus Cruse were present.31,32
On 8 May 1686 de Caep de Goede Hoop Jannetje Bort van de Caep, Maria Schalck and Armosyn de Groote van de Caep, company owned slaves, were emancipated by resolution of the Council of Policy at a meeting convened by Simon van der Stel, at which Cornelis Pietersz Linnes, Oelof Bergh, Andrijs de Man, Jeronimus Cruse, Albert van Breugel, Johann Heinrich Blom, Johannes van Keulen and Joannes Guilliamer de Grevenbroeck were present.33
Resolutions of the Council of Policy The Council of Policy convened on 2 November 1707 de Caep de Goede Hoop with Jeronimus Cruse in attendance. Discussed at the meeting: Gerrit Jansz van Aart, Guillaume Néel, Pieter van der Bijl, Jacobùs van der Heiden, Arent Gildenhuysen, Wessel Pretoriùs, Adam Tas and Joannes Guilliamer de Grevenbroeck.34
[S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: Den 8. Juni
Jeronimus Croes van Bylerdt jongm' met Aaltje Elberts van Nieuwen-huysen jonged', transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar).
[S204] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946), pp.65-66. Hereinafter cited as Personalia.
[S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar): An 1670
Den 8. Juni
Jeronimus Croes van Bylerdt jongm' met Aaltje Elberts van Nieuwen-huysen jonged', May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 20.1.1672 CTD 5, p. 144
Hendrick Barents, burger, erken dat hy aan Jeronimus Cruse, sersant alhier, die som van f 1 000, wat hy van hom geleen het, skuld. Hy beloof om dit oor ‘n jaar weer te betaal en bied as sekuriteit aan sy huis en erf op die hoek van Olifantstraat, al sy ander goedere, roerende en onroerende, slawe, diere en eie persoon. [Die name van die slawe is nie vermeld nie.]. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
Den 27 dito (October) een Comp' Slavinne kint van een onbekent Christen vader de moeder was Claasje die over dit doop van t'Comp's wegen als getuyghe gestaan heeft de vaandrigh Jeronymus Croese des kints naam Jannetie, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
Den 23 Decembr
een dochtertie van Jacob Kroon en Geertruyd Stast syn huysvrouw wiert genaamt Catharina de getuijgen waren Juffr. Smiendt en Sr Kroes., transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
den 19 dito (Mej) Petrus
de vaendrick Oelof Bergh en Anna Bergh
Jeronymus Croes en Elsie Bruegel, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): Eod: [26 September 1700] van Johannes Swellingrebel en (Johanna)Cruse onder getuygen van Aletta Cruse en Jacobus Cruse gent: - Hendrik, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.301. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.304.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 130. . . . 1.1673, VI, p. 3: Hector from the Coast (14), sold by Jan Jacobs Backer to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 65.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", … 1.1673 CTD 6, p. 3
Jan Jacobsz Backer, opperstuurman op die rysfluit d’Hasenbergh, verkoop aan sersant Jeronimus Cruse die lyfeie Hector van die Kus, 14 jaar oud, vir 65 Rds.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 18.10.1673 CTD 6, p. 56
Jan Block, gebore te Enkhuijsen en skipper van die ‘verongelukde’ skip Soelendael, verkoop aan mons. Jeronimus Cruse, vaandrig van die garnisoen hier, sy slaaf … gebore te Macasser vir 60 Rds.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.131. 5.2.1675, No pagination in vol. VII: Melij from Macassar, sold by Frans de Fries to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 60.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 5.2.1675 [Verlore]
Frans de Fries verkoop aan Jeronimus Cruse die slaaf Melij van Macassar vir 60 Rds.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.131. 21.4.1675: Michiel from Paleacatte (10) and Jan Tuticorin (12), sold by skipper Reijnier Claassen to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 70.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 21.4.1675 [Verlore]
Skipper Reijnier Claassen verkoop aan Jeronimus Cruse die slawe Michiel van Paleacatte, 10 jaar, en Jan van Tuticorin, 12 jaar oud, vir 70 Rds.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.136. 1.8.1678: Jan from Madagascar, sold by Jeronimus Cruse to Jochem Marquart for Rds. 60.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Die notariële stukke II", 1.8.1678 TS 3, g.p.
Jeronimus Cruse, luitenant alhier, verkoop aan Jochem Marquart, vryburger, die slaaf Jan van Madagaskar vir 60 Rds.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.137. 31.5.1679: A slave (name not mentioned), sold by Jacobus van der Waeijen on behalf of Wijbrant Uijlkens, a chirurgyn of the hospital at Batavia, to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 50.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 141. 12.5.1684: Cattij from Guinea (24). sold by Goosen de Jongh to the sergeant Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 70.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 143. 28.10.1685, p. 117: Paul from Malabar, sold by Oloff Bergh to J. Cruse for Rds. 112.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 143. 28.10.1685, p. 116: Lamas from an unknown origin, sold by J. Cruse to Oloff Bergh for Rds. 40.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 143. 12.12.1685, p. 162: Abraham from Madagascar, sold by Theunis de Hoop, the skipper of the Baren, to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 40.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.144. 14.3.1686: Angela from Sofala, sold by J. Homen, the captain of the Portuguese ship St. Anthony, to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 50.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.144. 11.4.1686: Anthony, a slave sold in 1680 to Dirk Coché (signature Coetse) for Rds. 50. The slave had not yet been paid for and Reijnier de Groot, sailing on the Waterland, demanded payment. Coetse promised that he would pay within a year. The money was to be paid to Jeronimus Cruse. If the money was not paid, the slave would be taken over by Cruse.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.148. 3.1.1687: Isak from Madagascar (15/16), sold by Rodof Diodati, bookkeeper of the Jambi, to Jeronimus Cruse for Rds. 32.
Andries kom in die Kaap aan as soldaat in Feb. 1672 op `'t Schip 't Wapen van ter Gouw'; Op 21.3.1683 trou "Andries Baieck jongman baes wagenmaker van de Ed. Comp. en Catarina, geboren aen de Caep de boa Esperance". Sy het haar vryheid van die Kompanjie versoek omdat sy `bij een Europiaen alhier geprocureert' was, die `competente' ouderdom bereik het en onderrig in godsdiens ontvang het (Res v Pol Rd 2 van 24.5.1680). Hy het op Weltevreden `agter de Bottelarij' geboer.. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
[S602] Resolutions of the Council of Policy of the Cape of Good Hope, 2 to 15 March 1680, C.14, 121-154, C., 1652-1795, TANAP (www.tanap.net), Zeeckere mestisse off halffslagh meijt genaemt Catrina, dogh een Comps. slavin bij een Europiaen alhier geprocureert, mi[t]sgaders door het hoogwerdig[e] sacrament van den H. doop d' gemeente Christi in geleijft, mi[t]sgaders in de Christelijcke religie onderwesen en nu een competente ouderdom bereijckt hebbende en tot nogh toe als een dienstbare bij d' Compe. gebruijckt, bij requeste aen dese vergaderingh versocht hebbende dat sij om de vooren geallegeerde reden, mitsgaders uijt crachte van haer vrijdom die haar van haar vaderskant wettelijck toequam, in vrydom mocht werden gestelt, en van haar dienstbaarheijt ontslagen, soo is goet gevonden haar in vrijdom te stellen om haar als een vrij vrouw te moogen erneeren.. Hereinafter cited as "Resolutions 2 to 15 March 1680."
[S332] Webpage Tanap (http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/) (Original records held by Western Cape Archives and Records Service) "Resolution of 2 November 1707, Van Aarde's two children were said to be 7 and 9 years old."
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Anno 1672
een soontje van Hieronimus Croes en Aeltje Elberts syn huysvr' wiert genaamt Urbanus tot getuyge stonden Joan Coon en Catharina de Voocht huysvr' van Henrick Crudop, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1673
Den i Octobr
Een soontje van Jeronymus Croes en Aaltje syn huysvrouw: wierd genaamt
Jacobus. de getuygen waren Hendrick Cruydop en Juffr. Smiendt, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
Den 17 dito (Jan) een Docghtertie van Sr. Jeronymus Kroes en syn huijsvrouw Aaltien Elberts; wiert genaamt Catharina; de getuygen waren Dirck Jans Smient Leut' en Juffr
Catharina de Vooght, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
Den 5 Julij, Wilhelm Maurits
Hieronymus Kroese en Aeltie Elberts
De Heer Johan Bax Gouverneur en Aletta van Hinlopen syn huijsvrouw, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): Ano' 1678
den selfden dito (27 October) Gerrit
Jeronimus Cruse en Aletta Elbertsz, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
[S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao 1680
den 30 dito (Junij) Catarina
Jeionimus (sic) Cruse en Aletta Elberts
Simon van der Stel en Juffr Sicks, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
den 8 Febrar. Johanna
Jeronimus Cruse en Aeltie Elberts
Catarina van der Stell, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/