Person:Anna Groothenning (1)

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Anna Groothenning
b.Abt 1676 Bengal, India
 
  • WAnna GroothenningAbt 1676 -
m.
  1. Michiel van Bengaalen1702 -
  2. Maria van BengaalenAbt 1703 -
  3. Catharina van Bengaalen1705 -
m. 5 Feb 1713
  1. Johanna Bok1708 -
  2. Christiaan Bok1714 -
  3. Clara BOK1716 -
Facts and Events
Name Anna Groothenning
Alt Name Anna van Bengaalen
Alt Name _____ van Bengali
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1676 Bengal, India
Marriage to Unknown
Baptism[1] 1 Jan 1713 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Marriage 5 Feb 1713 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africato Christian Bok

Anna came as a slave from Bengale and was the property of Hans Casper Geringer. Geringer had a child out of wedlock with Anna, this child was born in 1703 and was called Maria Groothenning (or Maria Bock or Maria van die Kaap). In 1709 Anna Groothenning and her four children Michiel, Maria, Catharina and Johanna were manumitted on 27 August 1709 by Geringer.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Anna van Bengaalen, in FamilySearch Family Tree.

    no sources for birth or baptism dates, but it makes sense that she would be baptized before her marriage