Michiel Adriaan Basson 1
farmer 2
died 4 May 1771, Swellendam 3
 | Notes: | The inventory , drawn up in 1771, after his death, lists minimal possessions and no farm at all, but does include a wagon, a wagon tent, 22 wagon oxen (trekossen), 13 horses, 67 sheep, 5 male slaves, September van Bougies, David van Madagascar, Adam van Madagascar, Augustus van Mallabaar and Rotterdam van Mallabaar, and 1 female slave, Francina van Madagascar.
 Were they perhaps trekboeren, moving with their stock and family as the grazing permitted? |
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