Abraham (Inko) Veij
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Lim (Inko) Veij (abt. 1668 - bef. 1712)

Lim (Abraham) "Abraham Vey van China, Abraham de Chinees" Veij formerly Inko aka Tuko, Neniko, Liniquo, Thin Heenko, Thimseengko alias Abraham de Veijf, Devey, de Vyf, de Vyff, van de Vyf
Born about in Chinamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Apr 1702 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died before before about age 44 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Biografie (Afrikaans)

Abraham van de Vyf [1] / Abraham de Vyf (Vey) was van Chinese afkoms. Sy Chinese naam was miskien Lim Inko[2], maar soms is dit verkeerdelik vertaal as Junko/Juko/Tuko. Hy was gedoop as 'n Christen 19 Februarie 1702. Hy trou 16 April 1702 met Maria Jacobsz van Batavia.[3][4]

Biography (English)

Lim Inko alias Abraham [de] Veij / V(e)ijf(f) - pardoned Chinese convict banished ex Batavia; vrij Chinees / de Chinees [Lim] Inko / Neniko / Liniquo / Thin Heenko / Thimseengko alias Abraham de Veij(f) from China; formerly Lim Inko [林 = Līm = ‘forest’], assumes family name of de Veij [at times (mis)recorded as De Vijf) meaning ‘of Africa’ [The Netherlandized ‘Veij’ or modern-day romanized ‘Fēi’ is 1st part of romanized reading of Chinese ideograph 非 for ‘Africa’ 非洲 Fēizhōu - eg South Africa = 南非 romanized as ‘Nán Fēi’]; ‘Inko’ - previously mistranscribed by researchers as ‘Junko [sic] & gone viral - has yet to be semantically verified;
19 February 1702: baptized Abraham Cape (Namen der Christen Kinderen)[Chinese name probably Lim Inko]; VOC convict banished to the Cape ex Batavia;[2][5]
16 April 1702: marries Maria Jacobs van Batavia in the Cape[5][6]
1702: granted land in Table Valley (corner Long & Church Streets, Block OO, lot no. 1); [7][5]
1706: listed as burgher supporter of Governor W.A. van der Stel;[7][5]
1710: granted permission to return to Batavia with family[7]
1712[8] / 1713: (smallpox epidemic) at the Cape; property auctioned for f 468; [5][7]
Note: The books or research listing him as dying in the smallpox epidemic are inaccurate as his inventory clearly shows he died in 1712 which is prior to the 1713 epidemic that is thought to have arrived on the 13 Feb 1713[9] with the arrival of a ship[10]

Baptism

Name : Abraham (Inko de chinees)[2][11]
Date : 19 February 1702[2][11]
Place: Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa][2][11]
Note: Adult baptism. [2][11]
19 Feb:r : is na voorgaande belydenis gedoopt Inko de chinees, gent: - Abraham[11]

Marriage

16 April 1702: “Easter Sunday. In the morning the glorious resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was remembered. In the afternoon the catechism was continued, and after preceding confession a Chinaman named Abraham was married to a liberated female slave named Maria [Journal,16 April 1702];
"Abraham Vey van China, jongman met Maria Jacobs van Batavia, jong[e]d.[ogter]." [Marriage register]
1702.....16 April. Abraham Veij van China jongm: met Maria Jacobs van Batavia jond:[6]
Event Date: 16 April 1702
Event Place: Cape Town, Dutch Reformed Church
Groom: Abraham Veij
Bride: Maria Jacobs

Children

On his death he left behind 3 minor children[8][12][7]:
Daniel de Vyf[8][7] / Vijf[12]
Christina de Vyf[8][7][13] / Vijf[12]
Beatrix de Vyf[8][7] / Vijf[12]
and a step-daughter Leonora[14]
Note: FamilySearch links in another child Ariana which I suspect to be the same person as Leonora[15]

Death

Date: before/on 17 November 1712 [16][5][7][8][12]
Note: An inventory was made of the household on the 17 Nov 1712 (MOOC 8 - Master of the Orphan Chamber, Inventories)[8][7], the items were auctioned in 1713 (MOOC 10 - Master of the Orphan Chamber, Auctions)[12][7] and finally in 1713 a final liquidation and distribution account (MOOC 13) is created[16]. There is also a MOOC14 record of 15 documents for him listing debts/credits between 1705-1712.[17] This would indicate that the death occurred in 1712 when the inventory was made.
Place: Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [16][5][7][8]

Research Notes

Research note added by Shaun Wallace 6 October 2020.
  • Note 2 - Other References
The following books are referred to in the section on Abraham de Vijf as sources by the journal Chattels or colonists? 'Freeblack' women and their households[7] and are also possibly sources of the some of the information listed in the biography above:
  • 42. James Armstrong personal communication; Shell, Children of Bondage, 320.
  • 43. A.J. Boeseken, Simon van der Stel en sy Kinders (Kaapstad,1964), 211-212.
  • 44. L. Blusse, Strange Company: Chinese settlers, mestizo women and the Dutch in VOC Batavia (Dordrecht, 1988).
    • Research note added by Shaun Wallace 6 October 2020.

    Sources

    1. ↑ WikiTree profile Van de Vyf-1 {Birth = about 1730} created by Jaulanne van der Bank 21 Jul 2020. Source:
      • Cape Melting Pot The role and Status of the mixed population at the Cape, ISBN 0620-34153-X
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Source:
    3. ↑ WikiTree profile De Vyf-1 created by Pieter Meyer 28 Apr, 2013.
    4. ↑ Source:
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Source:
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Source:
      • Cape Town Marriages 1702. Written by transcribed by Corney Keller. Posted in Cape Town Marriages 1696 to 1712.page 97.This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).The marriages cover pages 89 through 110 of this register. Seen and entered Dec 30, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
    7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 Source:
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Source:
      • INVENTORIES V. 1 - 3 (#47) 1692-1713; "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch ( Image 627 ; Image 628 ; Image 629 : 12 September 2017), 007731425 > image 627 to 629 of 1019; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. ; Added by Shaun Wallace 8 October 2020.
      Partial rough transcription/translation of record:
      66 Inventaris der goederen (Inventory of goods)
      ... dood ... Vry Chinees (death of free Chinese)
      Abraham de Vyf ...
      ... Wed..e (Weduwee - Widow)
      Maria Jacobs ..."
      ... drie minderjarige kinderen ... (3 minor children)
      Daniel de Vyf, Christina
      en (and)
      Beatrix de Vyf ...
      ... geinventariseert aan Cabo de Goede Hoop ten sterfhuijse ... deesen 17 November 1712 ... (inventory made on the 17 November 1712 at the home in which he died)
      Full transcription of record:
      Inventories of the Orphan Chamber, Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa; Reference number: MOOC8/2.66
    9. ↑ Source:
      • Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, 4, p. 378. ; Seen on SA History Website ; Added by Shaun Wallace on 8th November 2020
    10. ↑ Note added by Shaun Wallace on 8th November 2020
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Source:
      • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical record transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 01 November 2019), "Cape Town Baptisms 1702", Page 24; citing Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series), seen & added 01 November 2019 by André Laubscher
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Source:
      • Abraham de Veij; Auction of household goods; Inventories of the Orphan Chamber, Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa; Reference number: MOOC10/1.78; Transcription at TANAP; Added by Shaun Wallace 9 October 2020.
      Partial extract of transcription/translation of record:
      78 ... goederen (goods)
      ... dood ... Vry Chinees (death of free Chinese)
      Abraham de Veij ...
      ... Wed..e (Weduwee - Widow)
      Maria Jacobs ..."
      ... drie minderjarige kinderen ... (3 minor children)
      Daniel de Vijf, Christina
      en (and)
      Beatrix de Vijf ...
      ... Aldus publijcq verkogt aan Cabo de Goede Hoop deesen 28 April 1713... (Thus auctioned/sold publicly at Cape of Good Hope this day 28 April 1713)
      Full transcription of record:
      Inventories of the Orphan Chamber, Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa; Reference number: MOOC10/1.78
    13. ↑ Baptism: "Today baptism ('1701) at the Groote Kerk, Cape Town of Christina de Veij / Vijf' daughter of exiled (later pardoned) Chinese convict LIM Inko aka Abraham de Veij / de Vijf & freed slave Maria Jacobs (from Batavia) baptized Cape of Good Hope (Namen der Christen Kinderen) 18 December 1701 (father: Inko de Chinees) (mother: Maria {Jacobs} van Batavia) (witnesses: Maria de Savoije, Maria–Magdalene le Clercq, 2nd wife of Jacques de Savoye (from Ath in Hainault [Belgium])] & Pieter Meijer); she signs her name "Christina de Vijf"... married (1) 1726 the Cape-born cooper Johannes (Jan) Brand (son of Robbert Robbertssen Brand from Christiania (now Oslo) in Norway & Cornelia (Neeltje) Floris Slabber(t) from Meliskerke); married (2) 13 April 1749 her late husband’s maternal aunt’s husband (‘uncle by marriage’) [after judicial enquiry permitted to marry – Requesten 1744-1749, no. 38 (20 March 1749)] Peter Andreas Sachs(e) / Sax(e) (from Guesten), widower of Jannetje Floris Slabbert (from Zealand) (son of Joachim Saxe (from Egeln near Magdeburg) & Susanna Holswig (from Haszleben in Thuringia)) [Mansell Upham]. Source:
    14. ↑ Source:
      Citation is from: Claassen, Nicolaas & Claassen, Gert Hendrik. Die Claas(s)en afstammelinge in Suid-Afrika (Sep 2001) ISBN 0620269928
      ...step-daughter of den vrij Chinees Abraham de Vyf (formerly Juko baptised Abraham) & Maria van Batavia...
    15. ↑ Source:
    16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Source:
    17. ↑ Source:




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    Images: 7
    Chinese Bridegroom with Thinly Veiled Bride (Phillips, p. 185) (Lim Inko - alias Abraham de Veij / V(e)ijf(f)) and Maria Jacobs van Batavia)
    Chinese Bridegroom with Thinly Veiled Bride (Phillips, p. 185) (Lim Inko - alias Abraham de Veij / V(e)ijf(f)) and Maria Jacobs van Batavia)
    den vrij Chinees Lim / Lin Inko [林 = Līm = ‘forest’] - also found recorded as Neniko / Liniquo / Thin Heenko / Thimseengko
    den vrij Chinees Lim / Lin Inko [林 = Līm = ‘forest’] - also found recorded as Neniko / Liniquo / Thin Heenko / Thimseengko
    Baptismal record Abraham (Inko de Chinees) - 1702
    Baptismal record Abraham (Inko de Chinees) - 1702
    Marriage record Abraham Veij & Maria Jacobs - 1702
    Marriage record Abraham Veij & Maria Jacobs - 1702
    Inventory of the goods of Abraham de Vyf on his death (1712) - Part 1
    Inventory of the goods of Abraham de Vyf on his death (1712) - Part 1
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    Jaulanne van der Bank
    FS link to inventory https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-H93H-F?i=626&cc=2517051
    posted by Jaulanne van der Bank
    Shaun Wallace
    Thanks, it is currently part of the source references.
    posted by Shaun Wallace
    Shaun Wallace
    Van de Vyf-1 and Inko-1 appear to represent the same person because: The one Abraham was created as the father of step-daughter Leonora for which I have already proposed a merge. Leonora's actual father is unknown.
    posted by Shaun Wallace
    Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
    Excellent sourcing and editing Shaun! Many thanks!
    posted by Philip van der Walt
    LaPointe-846 Nicolas LaPointe
    This person's birth name is a Chinese name; his LNAB should be ? (in this case, Lim should be in the other last names fields). Inko should be his given name at birth.
    posted by Nicolas LaPointe
    [Living van der Schyff]
    DOB should be estimated at around c.1680..

    Marriage 16/4/1702 " Jongman"....

    posted by [Living van der Schyff]

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