Philip RYKLIFF

• Name	Philip RYKLIFF
  Born	England
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I180	Cape Melting Pot
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Johanna BARBARA,   b. 1775,   d. 1826, Cape Town, Cape Colony  (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Philip RYKLIFF,   b. 1790,   d. 13 May 1858, Wynberg, Cape Colony  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  More information on Philip Ryclie was found in the book referenced; "Cape Town: The making of a city, an illustrated social history. by Nigel Worden, E Van Heyningen, Vivian Bickford-Smith Publisher: Cape Town: David Philip, 1998". "On page 202 of Cape Town: The making of a city, an illustrated social history (by Nigel Worden, E Van Heyningen, Vivian Bickford-Smith) "One feature of the early Wynberg development was its multi-ethnic character. The Dutch formed a continuing presence; some residents like Tennant and Maynard were British; Eggers, Ellert and Morgenrood were German in origin; yet other were free blacks or emancipated slaves. In general the holdings of the last mentioned were less substantial but they were established family properties that remained integral to the Wynberg area for generations. When Jan Sintler of Klein Oude in Wynberg died he left the estate to his common-law wife, Rachel van die Kaap. She later married Abraham Zasman, a carter, and the deeds were registered in his name, although part had been sold. The Zasman property became a Muslim enclave in the centre of Wynberg village. In 1838 in lower Wynberg Phillip Ryklief, described in the Cape Almanac of 1830 as a free black and wagoner, bought land strategically placed on the Simon's Town road, originally part of the Rust en Werk farm. Ryklief was the son of an Englishman, probably called Ratcliffe, and Johanna Barbara , the daughter of Jan van Bougies and Samieda van die Kaap. Ryklief himself had married Sophia, whose mother was English and who was the step-daughter of an imam of the Palm Tree Mosque in Long Street, Cape Town. Such family connections may have assisted Ryklief in his purchase but he was not the only free black to buy land in the area. Others included Jan van Mauritius, Hammat, Pedro, Abdol van die Kaap, O'Deane, Sarah Adams, John Rabboula (Rabullah) and 'Frida'. listed in the 1830 Cape Almanac as a prize negro.""