Muster Rolls introduction

The Muster Rolls (monsterrollen), preserved in the form of transcripts in the Cape Archives as VC 39-55 and 103, were apparently yearly lists of the inhabitants at the Cape, drawn up by Dutch East India Company (VOC) officials, and sent to the authorities in the Netherlands where they were preserved.

These are copies done by hand at the end of the 19th Century. to judge from the handwriting, presumably from the records preserved in the VOC archives at The Hague, Netherlands. So far I have been able to find no information on the transcriber or the circumstances.

In VC 39 part 3 of these transcripts there are lists for the years 1660 to 1666/7 for each year, 1670 to 1675 for each year, 1677, 1679, 1682, 1685, 1686, 1688, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1695, 1696, 1698 and 1700.

These records in the VOC archives are likewise copies, which were preserved in the archives of the Amsterdam Chamber of VOC. The originals must have been compiled at the Cape each year. Several copies were then made and forwarded to Batavia in Indonesia, headquarters of the VOC abroad, and the authority in charge of the Cape branch of the VOC. Other copies were presumably forwarded to the several Chambers of the VOC in the Netherlands. The originals, if they were kept at the Cape, did not survive.

 

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Cape Muster Roll 1657 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 11369
Cape Muster Roll 1658 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10178
Cape Muster Roll 1660 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 13093
Cape Muster Roll 1661 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10098
Cape Muster Roll 1662 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 14128
Cape Muster Roll 1663 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 11936
Cape Muster Roll 1664 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8574
Cape Muster Roll 1665 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8916
Cape Muster Roll 1666-67 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8448
Cape Muster Roll 1667 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9023
Cape Muster Roll 1670 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10318
Cape Muster Roll 1671 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9579
Cape Muster Roll 1672 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8668
Cape Muster Roll 1673 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8796
Cape Muster Roll 1674 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8745
Cape Muster Roll 1675 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8434
Cape Muster Roll 1677 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9492
Cape Muster Roll 1678 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8795
Cape Muster Roll 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9147
Cape Muster Roll 1682 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9148
Cape Muster Roll 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10694
Cape Muster Roll 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10161
Cape Muster Roll 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10936
Cape Muster Roll 1690 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9890
Cape Muster Roll 1691 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10434
Cape Muster Roll 1692 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 13193
Cape Muster Roll 1693 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 12921
Cape Muster Roll 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 17814
Cape Muster Roll 1695 - Knechts Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 10861
Cape Muster Roll 1696 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 12630
Cape Muster Roll 1698 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 13712
Cape Muster Roll 1700 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 9740
Cape Muster Roll of 1702 [for 1701] Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 14899
Cape Muster Roll 1703 [for 1702] - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 7165
Cape Muster Roll 1703 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6318
Cape Muster Roll 1704 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6355
Cape Muster Roll 1705 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6218
Cape Muster Roll 1706 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6523
Cape Muster Roll 1707 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 5743
Cape Muster Roll 1708 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 5776
Cape Muster Roll 1709 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 3544
Cape Muster Roll 1711 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 3562
Cape Muster Roll of 1712 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 27787
Cape Muster Roll of 1713 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 19281
Cape Muster Roll 1714 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6717
Cape Muster Roll 1715/16 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 7801

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