Lipschutz, Mark R. (1989). "Kok Family". In Rasmussen, R. Kent (ed.). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. University of California Press. p. 111. ISBN9780520066113. Retrieved 23 January 2014. Adam Kok I (f.1710-95) left the Cape Colony during the early 18th century with a few Cape coloured (i.e. mixed) followers.