Person:Pieter Bekker (1)

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Pieter BEKKER
b.1673 Koningsberge
d.1745 Robbeneiland, Cape, South Africa
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m. Mar 1698
  1. Gideon BEKKER1698 -
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  1. Dorothea Bekker1708 - 1770
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Name Pieter BEKKER
Unknown Pieter Becker
Gender Male
Birth? 1673 Koningsberge
Immigration? 1695 South AfricaSoldier
Occupation? 1697 DrakensteinFarmer
Marriage Mar 1698 to Jeanne De Klerk
Marriage 1699 to Jeanne De Klerk
Emigration? 1710 Europe
Immigration? 1717 Cape, South Africa
Death? 1745 Robbeneiland, Cape, South AfricaY

Bekker was also a violent man. In 1701 he was banished to Mauritius after he assaulted Jan Stevensz Botma. Before being send away he however escaped inland. He must have stayed close by because his wife gave birth to a number of children during his period of exile.

In 1710 he was eventually caught for the treatment of his slave, Maria van Ceylon. He viciously assaulted her after which he hanged her above his fireplace. She sustained first degree burns. For this Pieter Bekker was banished to Europe. He however joined the VOC as a soldier and was back in the Cape in 1717. Within a year he was however arrested and send to Robben Island.

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