Lijsbeth Arabus, SM/PROG

Lijsbeth Arabus (possibly 'Sabba') - a 'royal' Madagascar slave (argued below, by Upham to have been Abyssinisan; & explained succinctly by Delia Robertson in ffy ), b c1645 in Abyssinia and captured on Madagascar OR near Golfe d'Aden, on the Horn of Africa; < August 1665 Cape Town)

Baptized before August 1665 Cape Town. gifted by Admiral Admiral Gilles de La Roche-Saint-André, to Maria de la Queillerie in 1656 at the Cape; transaction later revoked by the Visiting VOC Commissioner Ryckloff van Goens,because of the VOC's policy against 'gifting', & Lijsbeth & sister Cornelia became property of VOC.

1. Lijsbeth Sanders (bapt 2 Mar 1659 - c1743) [POSSIBLE child? by Gerrit Sandersz]
2. Pieter Willemsz Tamboer van de Caep (bapt 18 Jul 1660 -1729)
3. Armosyn de Groote van de Caep (17 Sep 1679 ->13 May 1713)

http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g6/p6297.htm

Updated by Mansell Upham; his recent account suggests that she was of Arab origin and was captured in "Abyssinia" -- therefore likely not born in Madagascar. see The Dregs of the Storm: KODDO and SABBA – two captured Ethiopian slave girls brought by the French ship La Maréchale to the Cape of Good Hope
This article salvages an almost forgotten episode of early 17th century French colonial activity in Africa – the two voyages of the ship La Maréchale de la Meilleraye to Madagascar. During its 1st voyage (1656-1657), the ship offloads at the Cape of Good Hope rescued survivors of the Dutch galiot De Tulp (destroyed in a hurricane while on a trading expedition to Madagascar). The ship also offloads KODDO and SABBA – two Arab slave girls from Abyssinia [Ethiopia] – being of the very 1st imported slaves at the Cape who leave a hitherto overlooked legacy – a substantial and documentable progeny amongst South Africa’s so-called ‘White’ and ‘Coloured’ colonially induced communities....

Koddo (born 1645) and Sabba (born 1647): Slave girls from Abyssinia
Before departing from Table Bay (April 1657), Admiral Gilles de-la-Roche-St André (1621-1668) presents Maria de la Queillerie, wife to Jan van Riebeeck, with two slave girls – Koddo and Sabba – in gratitude for Dutch assistance. Later renamed Cornelia and Lijsbeth, they are two Arab girls from Abyssinia [Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and/or Yemen], aged 12 and 10 years respectively.[30] They are listed as Cornelia Arabus and Lijsbeth Arabus following their settlement at the Cape.[31] Blommaert states (incorrectly?) that the girls are bartered on Madagascar.[32] Since both the St Georges and La Maréchale had sailed along the Abyssinian coast and captured a Moorish prize and traded on Suqutra, the Arab girls would have been obtained during this time. The Dregs of the Storm: KODDO and SABBA – two captured Ethiopian slave girls brought by the French ship La Maréchale to the Cape of Good Hope -Posted on March 21, 2020 by mansellupham

Possible mtDNA Haplogroup L3b3 by triangulated descendents

http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g6/p6297.htm http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/UL03MadeOrMarred.pdf