Background info on the Hugenouts - note the Naude connection to Smith Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London Transcribed from PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF LONDON, Volume 5, No. 1-4, 1894-1896, Printed by Charles T. King, High Street, Lymington, 1898 NOTES ON HUGUENOT FAMILIES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BY THE LATE C. C. DE VILLIERS, ESQ. (From Copy Presented by W. J. C. Moens, Esq., F.S.A.), pp. 222-250 {Names commencing with De, De la, Des, Du, Le, and La, should as a rule be looked for under the first letter of the remainder of the name}. ANTHONARD, Marie, mother-in-law either of Jean MESNARD or of his wife, Louise CORBONNE, sailed with the MESNARDS in the China, from Rotterdam on 20th March, 1688, but it does not appear that she ever reached the Cape. ARNIEL, Matthieu, ‘with wife and two children,’ figures in the list of Huguenots among whom some money, sent by the Board of Deacons of Batavia, was distributed on the 18th and 19th April 1690. This list was published by Mr. G. McCall Theal in his ‘Chronicles of Cape Commanders,’ pp. 286 and 287, and again in his ‘History of South Africa,’ vol. i, p. 349. The family is mentioned by Mr. Theal among the most notable inhabitants of Drakenstein in 1692 (Theal’s History, vol. i, p. 367). No record of it is to be found in the Church Registers. AVICE, Sara, ‘d’Chateau dun.’ spinster, arrived here in the Oosterland, which sailed from Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688 (see Passenger List in Theal’s History), and is also mentioned in Theal’s Distribution List of 1690. Beyond this no trace of her. AVICE, Marie Avis, in Muster Roll 1692, as wife of Claude MARAIS, and as sponsor down to 1697 in the Church Registers. BACHE, Marguerite, ‘unmarried woman 23 years old,’ in Passenger List of Voorschoten which sailed from Delftshaven 31st December 1687, but there is no further record of her. BARILLE, Pierre, ‘with wife,’ in Distribution List 1690, and among inhabitants of Cape District 1692. No further record of him. BARRE, Louis, in Distribution List 1690, and among inhabitants of Drakenstein 1692. In the Muster Roll of the latter year he is described as ‘maat,’ or partner of one of the JOURDANS. No further trace of him, except as sponsor, down to 1701, in the Drakenstein Church Registers. BASSON, Arnoldus Willemsz, of Wesel, married at the Cape 15th Dec. 1669, Angela of Bengal. In the Baptismal Register he figures simply as ‘Arnoldus Willemsz.’ BASSON, Guillaume, mentioned among the inhabitants of Drakenstein in 1692, was a son of Arnoldus Willemsz. Large family of BASSONS still living. BATTE, Pierre, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further trace of him. La BATTE, Jeanne, wife of Guillaume NEL. See NEL. BELUZE, Abraham, in Distribution List 1690, and residing at Drakenstein 1692. Born at Calais about 1665, married Elizabeth POSSEAUX (widow of Jacob BISSEUX,) whom he survived. Died between 1735 and 1737. BENESET, Pierre, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein burghers 1692. Also figures as sponsor to a child of Paul ROUX, in 1696. DE BERONT or DE BEURAU, Anne, wife of Pierre SIMOND. See SIMOND. DE BEVERNAGE, Francina, wife of Jacques MOUTON. See MOUTON. BISSEUX, Jacques, with ‘wife and two children’ among the additions to Cape Population between 1691 and 1700. His wife, Maria LE FEBRE, died about Sept. 1700, leaving an only child Pieter 6 ½ years old. He then married Elisabeth POSSEAUX, and died in 1723, leaving two children by her. Elisabeth and Johannes. Elisabeth POSSEAU, spinster, of Paris, 18 years old, embarked from Delft in April 1700, with the SELLJERS and COUVRETS, and arrived here in August 1700 by the Reigersdaal. Pieter BISSEUX, is described in his Marriage Entry (1729) as being from Middelburg in Zeelandt.’ He appears to have had no children, and the family in the male line became extinct. Elisabeth BISSEUX married a son of Captain Oloff Bergh, often mentioned in Mr. Theal’s ‘Chronicles of Cape Commanders,’ and the present family of BERGHS is for the most part descended from her. There is at present a family of BISSEUX—that of Isaac BISSEUX who is now (1884) about seventy-seven or seventy-eight years of age, and was born in the Department of L’Aisne. He was sent out by a Missionary Society in Paris, when young. His father was Jean BISSEUX. BLIGNAUT, Jean, is stated to have been sent for from Europe by Daniel HUGOT, to come and teach his children, the two having known each other before coming out to the Cape. When HUGOT died, BLIGNAUT married his widow, Anna Rousseau, in 1725. In his Marriage Entry BLIGNAUT is described as a ‘Soldier in the Company’s Service,’ and as being ‘from Amsterdam.’ Goodly number of descendants still living. Jean BLIGNAUT’S mother, Elisabeth DESBORDES, widow of Pieter BLIGNAUT, was sponsor of her first child in 1726. BLIGNAUT arrived here as midshipman in 1723. BRASIER, Paul, in Distribution List 1690, and among Burghers of Cape District 1692. No further trace. BRIET, Susanna, wife of Isaac TAILLEFER. See TAILLEFER. BRUERE, (Now written BRUWER and BRUWEL). Etienne, ‘a wagon maker, bachelor, 23 years old,’ arrived here in the Voorschoten, which sailed from Delftshaven on 31st Dec. 1687. In the Distribution List 1690 his name appears ‘with his espoused, Esther DE RUELLE,’ and among inhabitants of Drakenstein 1692, ‘with wife.’ First entry of him in Church Books is in Stellenbosch Marriage Register, as ‘Steven BROUARD, of Belois, widower,’ married 19th Feb. 1702, to Anna DU PUIS, of Amsterdam, ‘spinster.’ Good many descendants still living. BUISSET, Maria, second wife of Jean Prieur DU PLESSIS, the refugee. Vide DU PLESSIS. She married again in 1711, Dirk SMITH, of Nieuburgh. She is described as being ‘from Lorraine.’ Two children by second husband, but no further descendants. Marie BUISSET married DU PLESSIS in January 1700 in the ‘Domkerk’ at Amsterdam (communicated by a member of DU PLESSIS family at the Cape). DU BUISSON, David, among additional Cape families 1700-1710. He married Claudine LOMBARD, daughter of the refugee Pierre LOMBARD; first mention of this couple in Church Books and in Baptismal Register of Stellenbosch 1708. Only a few descendants still living. DE BUYS or DU BUIS, Jean DU BUIS (I have also seen the name written ‘DE BEUZE’) agriculturist of Calais. Arrived in the Oosterland, which sailed from Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688. He married Sara Jacob, and the first record of the couple is in the Drakenstein Baptismal Book 1701. The prefix ‘de’ is now generally dropped by their descendants. CARNOY, Antoinette, a widow and mother-in-law of Jacques DE SAVOYE, in Distribution List 1690. See DE SAVOYE. CELLIER or SELLIER &c., (Also written SELLIER, SEILLIER, SOLLIERS, SILJE, CILJE, etc., but now generally spelt CILLIERS and CELLIERS.) The numerous representatives of these names at the present time all descend from Josue SELLIER, and his wife, Elisabeth COUVRET. They were both born at Orleans, and in a joint will executed by them 15th March 1720, their ages are given as 53 and 44 years respectively. This Josue SELLIER ‘with his wife and two children’ is mentioned among the additions to Cape families between 1701 and 1710. Their first child was christened at Drakenstein 1701. Contemporaneously with Josue SELLIER, appears Gilles SOLLIER, who had a brother Durand SOLLIER. The latter married, but left no male issue. His only daughter married Renaud BERTHAULT de St. Jean of Sauoere, a Surgeon, whose daughter married for the second time the first VAN DER RIET in 1754, of whom descendants still exist. A despatch from the Chamber of Delft, dated 5th April 1700, and received here by the Reigersdaal 22nd Aug. 1700, mentions among a few more freemen to whom passages have been allowed ‘Josue SELLJER and Elizabeth COUVRET his wife, agriculturist and vine-grower, and also a carpenter.’ Gilles SOLLIER having served the Dutch East India Company since 1697, applied in Jan. 1718 for leave to return to his fatherland with his wife Anna ROULIN, and his son David SOLLIER. DE CHAVONNES, Dominique Pasques, lieutenant in the service of the Dutch East India Company, succeeded on the death of Capt. CRUSE, in 1687, to the command of the garrison at the Cape. There is an inventory of DE CHAVONNES’ widow Marie LANY framed upon her death and dated 5th July 1715. Her surviving children and grandchildren were Petronella Agnes married to ‘den Heer’ Jacobus BOLWERK; Dominique Marius; George; and Johanna De Jongh, wife of Richard MUNNIKS, representing her deceased mother Johanna Pasques DE CHAVONNES. Family extinct. Lieut.-Colonel Maurits PASQUES of the Hague. Governor at the Cape 28th March 1714 until his death on the 8th Sept. 1724. LE CLERCQ, Marie Madeleine, of Tournay, wife of Jacques DE SAVOYE, See DE SAVOYE. There are now several families of DE CLERCQ of DE KLERK, the latter being the more usual way of spelling the name. They are descendants of Abraham DE CLERCQ, of Scrooskerken, bachelor, who married at Stellenbosch 12th May 1709, Magdalena BOURZON of Middelburg, spinster. In the Baptismal entries of the children of this couple the mother’s surname is written ‘MOUTON.’ Abraham DE CLERCQ was to all appearances a son of Pieter DE CLERCQ and Sara COCHET. See COCHET. Mr. Theal makes no mention in his published lists of this latter family. CLOUDON, Jean, arrived in the Oosterland which left Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688, and is described in the Passenger List as ‘a shoemaker of Conde.’ In Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further traces. CORBONNE, Louis, arrived in the China which sailed from Rotterdam 20th March 1688, then a ‘bachelor 20 years old.’ In Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No descendants. Louise CORBONNE, wife of Jean MESNARD, arrived in the same vessel. See MESNARD. CORDIER, Louis, ‘with wife and four children.’ In Distribution List 1690, and among Burghers of Drakenstein 1692 ‘with wife and five children,’ the wife being Francoise MARTINET. Descendants still living, name mostly written CORTJE. COSTEUX, Esaias and Susanne, in Distribution List 1690 as ‘two orphans now living with Nicolaas KLEEF.’ In a document at the Deeds Office their parents are described as Esaias KOSTEU and Susanna ALBERT, French Refugees from Hak, near Calais. No further trace of this family. Susanne COSTEUX married H. GILDENHUYZEN, by whom she had one daughter, Susanna, christened 15th Dec. 1715. The mother must have died soon after, for in 1717 GILDENHUYZEN had a child by a second wife, christened Jan COSTEUX, of Calais, applied in January 1718 for leave to return to his fatherland. He was sponsor to a child of Hendrik GILDENHUYSEN and Susanna COSTU baptized in 1715. COUTEAU, Marie, wife of Pierre LOMBARD. See LOMBARD. COUVAT, Daniel, in Distribution List 1690, and Drakenstein Burgher List 1692. No descendants. Returned to Europe about 1708. COUVRET, Paul, with ‘wife Anne VALLETE and two children,’ among additional Cape families 1691-1700. In the Church books there are only two baptismal entries of this couple (both girls) in 1701 and 1705. Beyond this, no further trace of the family. There was also Elisabeth COUVRET, wife of Josue SELLIER, (see CELLIER) an ‘agriculturist and vine-grower, and also a carpenter.’ They came out in the Reigersdaal from Delft about 5th April 1700. A Despatch from Chamber of Delft dated 5th April 1700, and received here by the Reigersdaal 22nd August 1700, speaks of free passages having been given—among others—to ‘Paul COUVRET and Anna VALET, his wife, born at Bazoze near Orleans, with a little child named Anna Elis COUVRET. He is an agriculturist and vine-grower and also a shoemaker.’ CRONJE, (Also written CROGNET). Pieter CRONJE and Stephanus CRONJE among additional Cape families 1691-1700. The Drakenstein Church Books contain Baptismal Entries of children of Pierre CRONJE and Susanna TAILLEFER from 1710 to 1718. It is from this couple that all the present CRONJES are descended. A Despatch from the Chamber of Delft dated 7th May 1698 and received here by the Driebergen 3rd Dec. 1698, announces the embarkation of some more French refugees, among them ‘Pierre CROSNIER and Estjenne CROSNIER.’ They were brothers. DELPORT, Jacques, ‘with wife and one child,’ among additional Cape families 1691-1700. He married Sara Vitout. The first record of this family is in the Drakenstein Baptismal Register of 1702. Many descendants still living. DROUIN, Philippe. See DU TUILLET. DUMONT, Pierre, ‘with wife,’ among additional families 1691-1700. He married Cecilia DATYS, the widow of Hercules DU PRE the elder, but left no children. DURAND, Jean, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein burghers 1692, in partnership with Pierre MEYER. He was born about 1699 at Lomotte Shellancoen (la Motte Chalancon) in Dauphine. Some descendants still living. FAURE, Antoine Alexander, born at Orange 1685, arrived here 1708, and married 1714 Rachel, daughter of Abraham DE VILLIERS, the refugee. Antoine was a son of Pierre FAURE (by his second wife Justina POINTY) who fled, on account of religious persecution, from Orange, where he was a merchant in 1685 to Barkelo (Borculo?) in Gelderland. After the conclusion of peace he returned to Orange in 1689, and died there. His first wife was Marie SOULIER. His (Pierre’s) father was Philippe FAURE, who was born in 1608 and married (1) Louise ROUSSEL, and (2) a lady of the family of FONTAINE. Philippe was also persecuted on account of his religion, and for a long time imprisoned at Grenoble. Philippe’s father was Antoine, son of Philibert (in Latin Faber) Knight (Ridder), Baron of Peroges, first President of the Council of Savoy, celebrated for his important position at Court, and also for his learning, being the author of ‘Conjecturarum Libri xx, De Erroribus Pragmaticorum, and Interpretum Juris Chiliades Tom iv, Codex Fabrianus,’ and other works. Originally he came from Bourg in Bresse, now Ain. He was born 1556 and died 1624, having been married to Benoite FAURE, ‘Vrouwe van (Lady of) Vangelas.’ For these particulars I am indebted to a family register of the FAURE family framed by the late Rev. Dr. A. FAURE, and the late advocate FAURE, father of the Rev. D. P. FAURE, who recently (1884) acted as Interpreter on behalf of the British Government in the interviews between Lord Derby and the Delegates of the Transvaal Republic. Pretty numerous families of FAURES still existing, all descendants of Antoine FAURE, and Rachel DE VILLIERS. LE FEBRE, Pierre, ‘with wife and two children,’ in Distribution List 1690, and ‘with wife and three children’ among inhabitants of Stellenbosch 1692. In the Cape Town Registers are three baptismal entries of this couple in 1684, 1686, and 1688, all three relating to girls. The mother’s name is left blank in the second entry, but in the first and third entries it is given as ‘Maria DE GRAVE,’ In the Drakenstein Books are two baptismal entries of children of Paul LE FEVRE, the wife’s name being blank in one (1699), and in the other (1701) merely Elizabeth Sisillia. No further record of these two families. In the Cape Town Baptismal Books from 1713 to 1738 are entries of sixteen children of Gysbert LE FEBRE and Catharina VAN DE ZANDE his wife, but whether this Gysbert is any connection of either Pierre or Paul LE FEBRE, I cannot tell. They seem to be of a different family from the other two. There are very few, if any, of the LE FEBRE family still living. In the Church Registers the name is spelt in many different ways. FERRIER, Daniel. See TERRIER. FOUCHE, Philippe, arrived in the Voorschoten, which sailed from Delftshaven 31st Dec. 1687, with his wife Anne FOUCHE and three children:--Anne, six years old; Esther, five years; and Jacques, three years. In the Distribution List 1690 the couple appears with ‘two children,’ and among the Drakenstein families 1692 with ‘four children.’ The first record of this family in the Church Books is the baptismal entry of Philip, a child of ‘Steven FAUSI’ and Maria OLIVIER in 1723. Considerable number of descendants still living. Gaspar FOUCHE, ‘bachelor, 21 years old,’ also arrived in the Voorschoten, but there is no further record of him. FOURIE, Louis, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein burghers 1692. Married (1) Susanne CORDIER, and (2) Anna JOURDAN. Baptismal entries from 1696 down to 1738 of some twenty children by the two marriages. Louis FOURIE died about 1750. Numerous descendants still living. FRACASSE, Matthieu, a ‘bachelor, 26 years old,’ arrived in the China, which left Rotterdam 20th March 1688. In Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. Married Jeanne CORDIER; and three children were christened, the first being Jean in 1698. No further trace of the family, therefore extinct. Fracasse must have returned to Europe with his wife early last century, as in a will of his brother-in-law (Jacques CORDIER) drawn up in July 1713 he (Fracasse) is stated to be residing in the fatherland. FURET, Jean, bachelor, eighteen years old, embarked in the China at Rotterdam 20th March 1688, but his name does not appear in any of the published lists. Must therefore have died on the voyage. GARDE, Jean, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. Married Susannah TAILLEFER and left two children, Jean born in 1701, and Susanne about 1703. The son appears to have died unmarried; the daughter married in 1725 Jozua JOUBERT, son of the refugee Pierre JOUBERT. GARDIOL, Jean, among additional Cape Families 1691-1700. (Jean GARDE and Jean GARDIOL are probably the same individual.) Susanne and Marguerite GARDIOL (sisters) married respectively Abraham DE VILLIERS and Jacob DE VILLIERS. See DE VILLIERS. GAUCHER, Andre, was among those who did not need assistance from the funds sent from Batavia 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with wife and one child,’ his wife’s name being written in the original Janneye DU PLEEX.’ Janne, a child of ‘Handris GAUCH’ and ‘Janne le Clair’ was baptized at Drakenstein in 1693. In the Cape Town Books there is a marriage entry dated 19th Aug. 1691 of “Andries GOOSCHE, widower from Languedoc with Johanna DE KLERK from Zeelandt, spinster.’ The name was subsequently written ‘Gaus’ and ‘Gous’ the latter being the general spelling at present. Steven GAUCHE, of Geneva, married in 1718 Catharina BOK. Their descendants are also called ‘GOUS’ now. GODEFROY, Paul, in Passenger Lists of the Voorschoten which sailed from Delftshaven 31st Dec. 1687 as ‘bachelor 22 years old,’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No descendants. Le Maire de la Rochelle en 1627 etait Jean GODEFROY aine Sr. de Richard. GOIRAUD, Pierre, 30 years old, and Francoise ROUSSE, his wife, 28 years old, embarked in the China at Rotterdam 20th March 1688, but appear to have died on the voyage. GOURNAI, Salomon, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record. Arrived 1688; obtained leave in Jan. 1718 to return to fatherland. LE GRAND, Gideon, a surgeon, among arrivals 1700-1710. No descendants extant. LA GRANGE, Pierre, ‘bachelor 23 years old’ arrived in the China which sailed from Rotterdam 20th March 1688. In the original Passenger List he is clubbed together with ‘Louis CORBON, bachelor, 20 years,’ who is described as his cousin. Pierre LA GRANGE is in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. There is a joint will of ‘Pieter GRANGIE’ of Cabriere in Provence, and his wife Margaretta KOOL of Amsterdam, executed 23rd April 1718, in which their ages are given as ‘about 54 years and ’28 years respectively. There are several families of ‘LE GRANGE’ still living, who can be traced in the Church Books to Jan LA GRANCHE 1737, but I have not been able, as yet, to connect him up with Pierre the refugee. GRILLION, Marie, wife of Gideon MALHERBE the refugee. See MALHERBE. GROS, Antoine, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record. HUCEBOS, Maria Catharina, also written HUCIBOS, HUIBEAUX, and WIBEAUX. See VERDEAU. HUGOT, Daniel, also written ‘HUGOD’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. According to a family register of the HUGOS, Daniel only married when 45 years of age, Anna, daughter of Pierre ROUSSEAU the refugee, she being only 15. The first child christened, of this couple, is in the Drakenstein Register 1705. Numerous family still living, the ‘t’ and ‘d’ having been dropped. JACOB, Pierre, ‘with wife and three children,’ in Distribution List 1690, and ‘with wife and two children’ among Drakenstein families 1692. There is no record of this family in any Church Books. Daniel JACOB (also written JACOBSE) had four children christened at Drakenstein and Stellenbosch, the eldest, Pieter, in 1703. It is quite probable that Daniel, and Sara JACOB who married Jean DU BUIS, were children of Pierre JACOB. Descendants still living, the name being now generally spelt ‘JACOBS.’ Pierre JACOB must have arrived here with a wife, Susanna DE VOS, and grown up children. JACOB’S widow married again, Nicholas DE LANOY. She died about 1708, and in the inventory of her estate, three children are mentioned as her heirs, viz.—(1) Sara, then wife of Jean DE BUYZE. (2) Daniel, also married. (3) Susanna (deceased) represented by her two children. JOUBERT, Pierre, 23 years old, and Isabeau RICHARD his wife, 20 years old, arrived in the China, which sailed from Rotterdam on 20th March 1688. This couple is in the Distribution List 1690 ‘with one child.’ and among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with two children.’ A joint will was executed by Pierre JOUBERT and his wife on the 30th November 1718, in which their ages are given as 55 and 48 respectively, both of them being described as from Provence. Pierre died about 1732, and his widow about 1748. At her death she owned among other properties the farms:--‘Bellingkamp.’ ‘Lormarius,’ ‘La Rocke’ (Roche?), ‘La Motte,’ and ‘La Provence,’ all situated in the Drakenstein district, and ‘De Plaisante’ situated in Waveren (now Tulbagh). The oldest of these farms was ‘Bellingkamp’ the grant of which is dated 8th October 1695. Numerous descendants still living, among them Piet JOUBERT, the well-known Commandant General of the Transvaal (now South African) Republic. Jean JOUBERT in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. Beyond this, there is no further trace of him. JOURDAN, The original Passenger List of the China, which sailed from Rotterdam 20th March 1688, gives a family of seven persons, viz:-- (1) Joanne Marthe, widow JOURDAN, 60 years old. (2) Jean JOURDAN her son, 28 years. (3) Pierre JOURDAN (Theal adds ‘of Cabriere’) idem 24 years. (4) Marie JOURDAN, widow, 40 years. (5) Jeanne ROUSSE, her daughter, 10 years. (6) Marie ROUSSE (according to Theal, ROUX) her daughter, 10 years. (7) Margarite ROUSSE (according to Theal, ROUX), her daughter, 7 years. Of these (1), (4), and (5) appear not to have reached the Cape. The same original list gives a further family of three persons, viz:-- (1) Pierre JOURDAN, bachelor, 24 years (2) Paul JOURDAN, bachelor, 22 years. (3) Andre PELANCHON, 15 years. These three are described as ‘Cousins germains.’ Paul, however, appears to have died on the voyage. Jean JOURDAN ‘with wife,’ and two Pierres JOURDAN are in the Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692—Jean JOURDAN ‘with wife and 1 child,’ Pierre JOURDAN in partnership with Louis BARRE and ‘Pierre JOURDAN of Cabriere.’ Jean JOURDAN married Elizabeth LE LONG (also written Isabeua LONGUE) of which couple three children were christened at Drakenstein, the first in 1695 and the last in 1699, when the father was already dead. In an inventory evidently of the same couple, dated 4th April 1699, and signed by the widow, ‘Isabella Long,’ the husband is styled Pieter SCHORDAN, and the farm they owned is called ‘La Moth.’ Pierre JOURDAN de Cabriere married (1) Anna FOUCHE and (2) Maria VERDEAU. In a joint will executed 6th May 1719 by this Pierre JOURDAN and his second wife, he gives his age as between 56 and 57 years and she hers as 19 years, she being born at the Cape, and the child of Hercules VERDEAU and Maria Catharina WIBEAU. Numerous descendants of both Jean JOURDAN and Pierre JOURDAN de Cabriere still living, their name being now spelt ‘JOURDAAN.’ DE LANOY, Nicolas, ‘with mother and brother’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Burghers at Drakenstein 1692. Maria D’LANOOY, native of Aulys married at Stellenbosch, 1698, Hans Hendrick HATTINGH, of Spyer, of whom descendants are still living. This lady had first married Arie Dirckez LEKKERUYN. The DE LANNOYS left no descendants in the male line, and the LEKKERWYNS also became extinct after two or three generations. Nicolas DE LANOY married Susanna DE VOS, widow of Pierre JACOB in 1695. Susanne LANOY, presumably the same person, acted as a sponsor in 1696. LECHERET, Jean, in additional list of Cape families 1700-1710. He is described as being ‘of Compagnien.’ He arrived here as a free burgher in 1693. In March 1716 he applied for leave to return to his fatherland. LOMBARD, Pierre, ‘a sick man with wife and 1 child’ heads the Distribution List 1690, and is among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with wife and three children.’ The wife’s name was Marie COUTEAU. There is a joint will of this couple executed 8th Jan. 1709, in which Pierre LOMBARD’S birthplace is given as ‘Pointais in Dauphine’ and his age as 51; his wife’s birthplace as ‘Soudiere in Dauphine,’ and her age as 50. Numerous descendants still exist, the name being now mostly spelt LOMBARD. LE LONG, Jean ‘with wife and 2 children,’ and Marie LE LONG (married to Adriaan VAN WYK) ‘in Distribution List 1690. Among Drakenstein families 1692, Jean LE LONG appears ‘with wife and one child’ only. In a work published by Jacobus VAN DE HEIDEN and Adam TAS at Amsterdam in 1712, enumerating the charges brought against William Adriaan VAN DER STEL, Charles, Jacob, and Jean LE LONG are shown to have signed an address in favour of the Governor. LORET, Among additional families 1700-1710 ‘Guillaume LORE with wife,’ the latter being Elizabeth JOUBERT, daughter of Pierre JOUBERT the refugee. The date of baptismal entry of first child of this couple is 1710, at Drakenstein; in it the father’s name is written LAURET. In a will executed 20th Dec. 1713, Guillaume LORET’S birthplace is given as ‘Nantes,’ and his age as 42 years. He only left daughters and the family in the male line has therefore become extinct. MADAN, Antoine, 30 years old, and his wife Elizabeth VERDETTE, 23 years old, together with a daughter 10 months old are included in the List of Passengers as having sailed in the China from Rotterdam 20th March 1688, but none of the family appear to have reached the Cape; probably all of them died during the long voyage. Twelve French refugees did so die. MAGNET, Jean, among Drakenstein Burghers 1692, and in Distribution List 1690. No further trace of him. A Jean MANIEL stood as sponsor to a child of Jacques THAROND in 1700 at Drakenstein. MALAN, Jacques, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He married Elisabeth LE LONG, widow of Jean JOURDAN, the first child being born (according to a Malan family register) 2nd July, 1700. Numerous descendants still living. MALHERBE, Gideon, ‘with wife’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with wife and one child.’ His wife was Marie GRILLION. The first record of them in Church Books is that of a child christened at Stellenbosch in 1691. Gideon MALHERBE sailed in the Voorschoten from Delftshaven 31st December 1687, being then a bachelor, 25 years old. Numerous descendants still living. MANTIOR, Zacharie, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No record of him in Church Books. MARAIS, There sailed in the Voorschoten from Delftshaven on 31st December 1687 Charles MARAIS, of Plessis, and Catherine TABOUREUX (in the Drakenstein Registers Tabourdeux) his wife, with four children, viz:--Claude, 24 years old; Charles 19 years; Isaac, 10 years, and Marie 6 years old. In Distribution List 1690 is the ‘widow of Charles MARAIS, with four children,’ the father having been murdered by a Hottentot at Drakenstein in April 1689. ‘De Oude Charl MARAIS blykt hier wel aanghekomen te zyn, doch in het jaar daarop (1689) is hy overleden op zyne plaats ten gevolge van wonden bekommen in een aanval ophem door een zvarte gedaan.’ This family is among Drakenstein inhabitants 1692. The farm where they first settled is still known by the name of ‘Du Plessis Marle,’ called after the place (no doubt Marli, ten miles N.W. of Paris) they came from, which in the document of old Mr. MARAIS, quoted above is written ‘LE SUER du Plessis Marle’ near Paris. Claude married Susanne GARDE and Charles married Anne, daughter of Daniel DE RUELLE. Very numerous descendants still living. According to the MARAIS’ family register, Isaac and Marie died unmarried. By the Church Books however, Marie—in one place also written Magdalena—MARAIS, married (1) Etienne NIEL, baptismal entries from 1703-1711; (2) Pierre TAILLEFER, baptismal entries from 1714-1721; and (3) in 1734 Pieter BOOYSEN, of Blokzijl, widower. In a joint will executed 13th May 1716, by Marie MARAIS and her first husband, she states her age to be 34 years and her birthplace Hierpoix, a province of France. The farm they then owned is called ‘Orange.’ Claude MARAIS married for the second time Susanna GARDIOL, widow of Abraham DE VILLIERS the refugee. MARE, Ignace, among additional families 1700-1710. His wife was Susanna JANSE VAN VOOREN (orVUREN). First entry of baptism in 1716 at Drakenstein. Goodly number of MAREES (as the name is now mostly spelt) still living. MARGRA, Jean, ‘with wife,’ in Distribution List 1690, and also among Drakenstein families 1692. No record of them in Church Books. MARTIN, Antoine, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No trace of him in Church Books. MARTINEAU, Michel, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No mention in Church Books. MARTINET, Francoise, wife of Louis CORDIER. See CORDIER. MENANTEAU, Madeleine, wife of Jean Prieur DE PLESSIS. See DU PLESSIS. MESNARD, Jean, 28 years old, sailed in the China from Rotterdam on 20th March 1688, together with Louise CORBONNE, his wife, 30 years old, Marie ANTHONARDE, her mother-in-law, 64 years old, and six children:--Jeanne, 10 years; Georges, 9 years; Jacques, 8 years; Jean, 7 years; Philippe 6 years; and Andre, 5 months old; in all a family of nine persons. In Distribution List 1690 Jean MESNARD is described as a ‘widower’ with 4 children; and among Drakenstein Burghers as a ‘widower with two children.’ Of these children only Philippe married, viz., in 1712 Jeanne MOUY. From this couple all the MINNAARS (as the name is now written) of the present day are descended. In a will of Philippe MESNARD, executed 18th Feb. 1722, his native province is given as Provence, and his age as 40 years. MEYER, Pierre, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692, with Jean DURAND as partner. According to the Book published by J. VAN DER HEIDEN and Adam TAS already referred to, Pierre MEYER gave some evidence before a commission on 9th April 1706 respecting accusations against Governor Wm. Adriaan VAN DER STELL, in which he states that he was born in Dauphine, and was 38 years of age. He married Alette DE SAVOYE, daughter of Jacques DE SAVOYE. Some of the MEYERS of the present day are descendants of this couple. MOUTON, Jacques, among additional arrivals 1691-1700 ‘with wife and two children.’ In his will his birth-place is given as ‘Steenwerk, near Ryssel (no doubt Steenwerck twenty miles west of Lille), and according to an inventory of his estate framed just after his death in 1731 he married (1) Catherina L’HENRIETTE, by whom there were three children, still living in the fatherland, viz., Jacob, Antonie, and Maria. He married (2) Maria DE VILLIERS, by whom he had three daughters who all married here. This Maria DE VILLIERS I cannot trace. She could not have been a daughter of either of the Refugee DE VILLIERS, but perhaps a sister, for in 1703 the first baptismal entry is recorded of a child of this Jacques MOUTON, in a Drakenstein Book, by his third wife Francina DE BEVERNAGE. The farm where he first settled was called ‘Steenwerp,’ and is still known by that name. MOUY, Pierre ‘with wife,’ among additional families 1691-1700. No record of this family in Church Books beyond intermarriage of presumably two daughters, viz., Jeanne with (1) Jean LE ROUX of Blois, and (2) in 1712 Philippe MESNARD; and Marie with Francois RETIF, the refugee. Family therefore extinct in the male line. MYSAL, Jean, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record of him. NAUDE, No mention of this family in any of Theal’s published Lists up to 1710. I find Jacob MAUDE in the Paarl Church Book, 1723, his wife being Susanna TAILLEFER. Many NAUDES still living, being descendants of this couple, and also of Philip Jacob MAUDE, of Berlin, who came here about 50 years later. NEL, Guillaume, ‘with wife and 2 children,’ in Distribution List 1690, and ‘with wife and 3 children’ among Stellenbosch families 1692. The wife was Jeanne LA BATTE. First record of this couple is in the Stellenbosch Register of Baptisms in 1691. There is a joint will of the same couple executed 26th Jan. 1734, in which the husband’s birthplace is given as ‘Rouaen’ (Rouen?), and his age between ’71 and 72 years,’ and his wife’s birthplace as ‘Saumur,’ and her age 71 years. The NELS still living are all descendants of Guillaume. NIEL, Etienne, with ‘wife and one child’ among additional families, 1691-1700. His wife was Marie (also written in one baptismal entry Magdalena) MARAIS; first record in Drakenstein baptismal Book 1703. This family appears to have survived only one generation. No descendants in the male line. Etienne NIEL, according to a will executed by himself and wife (Maria Madelena MARAIS) on 13th May 1716, describes himself as born in the province of Dauphine, his age being given as 48 years; his wife was born in the province of Hierpoix and her age 34 years. NORTIER, There sailed in the Oosterland from Middelburg on 29th January, 1688:--Jean NORTIE (so spelt in the original) agriculturist; Jacob NORTIE ditto; and Daniel NORTIE, a country carpenter (boeren-timmerman) and his wife Marie VYTOU (also spelt elsewhere VITOUT.) These four persons are styled in the original as the ‘domestique’ of Jacques DE SAVOYE who came out in the same vessel. There is a marriage entry in the Drakenstein Church Book of ‘Jacob MONTJE bachelor of Cales’ (Calais?) with Margaretta MOUTON, 8th August 1717. The name is now mostly written ‘NORTJE,’ the spelling of ‘NORTIER’ being however retained in a few instances. The descendants of the present day all come from Daniel and Jacob. Jean, Jacob, and Daniel ‘with wife and one child’ all in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692. PARISEL, Jean in Distribution List 1690, and among the Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record of him. In the Passenger List of the Oosterland which sailed from Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688, he is styled ‘an agriculturist of Paris.’ PASTE, Jean in Passenger List of the Voorschoten which sailed from Delftshaven 31st Dec., 1687, as ‘bachelor 25 years old,’ but in none of the other lists, nor in the Church Books. PELANCHON, Andre in the Passenger List of the China, sailing from Rotterdam 20th March 1688, ’15 years old,’ also in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. (See JOURDAN) No record in Church Books. PERROTIT, Marguerite, ‘widow with 2 children,’ in Distribution List 1690, and nowhere else. DE PIERRON, Louis, with wife and 3 children,’ in list of those who did not share in the relief funds in 1690; and ‘with wife and 4 children’ among the Drakenstein families in 1692. No records of them in Church Books. Family therefore extinct. Maria Magdalena PERON, apparently a daughter of Louis DE PIERRON, married Jacobus MOSTERT in 1712, descendants of whom are still living at the Cape. PINARD, Jacques, ’23 years old, a carpenter,’ and Esther FOUCHE ‘21 years old, spinster,’ in the original Passenger List of the Voorschoten, which sailed from Delftshaven 31st Dec. 1687, with a marginal note as follows:--‘These two have been married here before their departure.’ The Despatch covering this list is dated Delft, 19th Dec. 1687. Couple in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with two children.’ Good many descendants still living, all now writing their name ‘PIENAAR.’ DU PLESSIS, Jean Prieur, ‘surgeon of Poitiers, and his wife Madelaine MENANTEAU,’ arrived in the Oosterland which left Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688. This couple ‘with one child’ is in the Distribution List 1690 and ‘with two children’ among the families in Cape District 1692. There is a baptismal entry in the Cape Town Church Book of a child of theirs, Charl Prieur DU PLESSIS, christened in Table Bay on board the Oosterland on 19th April 1688. Numerous descendants still living. In a short list of French refugees at the Cape in 1690 who were otherwise provided for, and therefore did not need assistance from the funds sent from Batavia for their relief. An Abraham DU PLESSIS is also among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. There is no record of him in Church Books, and he appears not to have left any descendants. Mr. (now Sir) John NOBLE in an old contribution respecting the Pilgrim Fathers relates a story of how at the beginning of the present century Charles DU PLESSIS, the oldest representative of the family then living, was invited to assume a ducal title and certain estates in France, but the old gentleman preferred staying here and living in simplicity. This story is also narrated in the more recent editions of Smiles’ Huguenots in England and Ireland. Mr. Theal told me that Jean Prieur DU PLESSIS returned to Europe to enquire after his family estates. This must have been at the end of the seventeenth century, for, from information furnished me by a member of the DU PLESSIS family at the Cape, it appears that DU PLESSIS’ second marriage—to Maria BUISSET, took place in the Domkerk’ at Amsterdam in January 1700. He had a daughter named Judith, who in her marriage entry is described as a native of England, though in her Will she is stated to have been born in Ireland. I am satisfied that she must have been born during this visit to Europe. DU PLESSIS must have returned to the Cape in or before 1704, as in that year there is a baptismal entry of a child of his, by Maria BUISSET, in the Stellenbosch Register. POGEAU, Elisabeth, ‘spinster of Paris, 18 years old,’ embarked in the Reigersdaal at Delft about 5th April 1700. POSSEAUX, Elizabeth. Vide BISSEUX. POTTIER, Jacques, ‘with wife and four children,’ among additional families 1700-1710. In his marriage entry (1705) he is described as being from ‘Moncrosi.’ No further trace. POUSSIOEN, Marthinus, ‘with wife and three children,’ among families in Cape District 1692. No further trace. Am doubtful whether this is really a French refugee. DU PRE, Hercule, ‘with wife and five children,’ in Distribution List 1690; and ‘with wife and four children’ in list of Drakenstein Burghers 1692, together with Hercule DU PRE, the younger. The wife of H. DU PRE, the elder, was named Cecilia DATYS. The numerous descendants still living write their name ‘DU PREEZ.’ I have seen the signature of the younger Hercule, and it was written ‘DESPRES’ or ‘DESPREZ.’ In the Distribution List of 1690 is also ‘Elisabeth DU PRE, a young unmarried woman.’ PREVOT or PREVOST, ‘Widow of Charles (re-married to Hendrick ERKHOF) with four children by her deceased husband,’ in Distribution List 1690; and among Drakenstein families 1692. There is in the Cape Town Books an entry of a child—Jacob, of ‘Carel PROVO’ and ‘Mide FEBERS,’ baptized on board De Scheide 29th May 1688. This Carel PROVO is most likely the husband of the widow PREVOT above. As to the children I find a marriage entry at Stellenbosch 12th May 1709 of Abraham PREVOT of Calais, with Anna VAN MARSEVEEN. They had two daughters only, and the family in the male line became extinct. At Drakenstein there are baptismal entries of a whole string of some eighteen children of Anna PREVOT and her husband, Schalk Willem VAN DER MERWE the son of Willem SCHALK, the first arrival, commencing 1696. Elisabeth PREVOST married Philippe DU PRE; children from 1699-1721. DU PUIS, Anna. The first record of her is an entry of marriage with Etienne BRUERE (widower) at Ollenbach in 1702, in which she is described as a ‘spinster of Amsterdam,’ her name being written ‘DU PUIT.’ In the Church Books are baptismal entries from 1695 down to 1724, of children of David SENECHAL and Madeleine (also written Anne Madeleine and Maria Magdalena) DU PUIT, clearly a different person from Etienne BRUERE’S wife. RENE, Susanne, ‘a young, unmarried woman, 20 years old,’ in Passenger List of China, 20th March 1688, as published by Theal, but in the original the surname is written ‘RESINE.’ She is not in the Distribution List 1690, nor any other record. RETIF, Francois, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. In the document already referred to under the LE ROUX as having been published by old Mr. MARAIS, Francois RETIF’S date of birth is given as 2nd Feb. 1663 (not stated where born); he married 1700 Maria MOUY. The youngest daughter of this couple born in 1720 lived to be 97 years of age, and there is a portrait of her at the Paarl. Numerous descendants still living, the name being now generally written ‘RETIEF.’ RICHARD, Isabeau, wife of Pierre JOUBERT. See JOUBERT. LE RICHE, Louis, and wife Susanna FOUCHE, among additional arrivals 1691-1700. First record of them in Drakenstein Books 1709. Only a few descendants now living. Louis LE RICHE arrived here in Dec. 1698, with the CRONJES in the Driebergen which sailed from Delft about the 7th May 1698. See Despatch of that date. ROCHEFORT, Pierre, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record of him. ROI, Jean, of Provence, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He married 1712 Maud Catharina LE FEBRE, a widow—presumably of Gabriel LE ROUX. This family became extinct, only one of their two sons having married, and he left daughters only. ROUSSEAU, Pierre, ‘with wife and one child,’ in Distribution list 1690; and ‘with wife and two children’ among Drakenstein families 1692. In a family register of the ROSSOUWS—as the name is now usually spelt—Pierre is stated to have been born in 1666, but on 26th March 1702 in giving evidence before a commission then investigating charges against Governor W. A. VAN DER STEL, he stated his age to be 40 years. He married (1) Anne (or Hanne) RETIF and (2) Geertruy DU TOIT. First record of baptism is at Stellenbosch 1691. In an inventory of the joint estate framed upon the death of his first wife in 1710, his farm is called ‘De Boog van Orleans.’ In a joint will of himself and second wife, executed 25th Aug. 1711, Pierre ROUSSEAU’S birthplace is given as ‘Mair’ (no doubt Mer, on the Loire, twenty-three miles from Orleans). Among the members admitted into the Stellenbosch Church there is entered on the 7th Jan. 1690 ‘Maria ROSSAUX.’ She married Jan JANSE VAN EEDEN, of Oldenburg; he was a Stellenbosch burgher ‘with wife’ in 1692. Rather numerous descendants living. In what appears to be the marriage entry of this couple at Cape Town 1688, she is stated to be a native of Dubloys (?de Blois, thirteen miles from Mer). Her surname is also written ‘RUSSAAR,’ ‘RUSSOUW,’ and ‘ROSSOUW.’ ROUX and LE ROUX, Paul, of Orange in France, was appointed 8th Nov. 1688 schoolmaster of Drakenstein; he also acted as Church clerk (‘lecteur’) under the pastor of the Refugees, the Rev. Pierre SIMOND. He was among the few who did not need assistance from the funds sent from Batavia and distributed in 1690, and among the Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He married Glaudine (or Claudine) SEUGNET; first baptismal entry is in 1694. Large number of descendants still living. Pierre ROUX in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. There is no record of him in Church Books. There is a will of Pierre ROUX, of Cabriere, executed 17th Sept. 1739, from which it would seem that he must then have been an old man. In this will he appoints as his executor Heemraad Daniel MALAN, of ‘Morgenster,’ Hollenlok, Holland, as his sole heir, on condition that he (MALAN), should maintain him for the rest of his life. There is a marriage entry in 1718 of ‘Pieter ROUX, bachelor, of Cabo’ (i.e. Cape-born), and Susanna, a daughter of Abraham DE VILLIERS, the refugee. Since the eldest son of this couple is named ‘Petmo,’ it is just possible that the father may have been a son of Pierre ROUX. Numerous descendants still living of Pieter ROUX and Susanna DE VILLIERS. Jean ROUX, of Provence, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He does not appear to have married. In a will executed 17th Feb. 1705, he gives his age as 40 years, and his birth-place as ‘Lormarin, in France.’ He appointed as his sole heir, his father Philip ROUX, then residing at Lormarin, and 68 years old, and in the event of his father dying before him (the testator), his property was to go to the ‘Diaconie’ (Board of Deacons) of Drakenstein. Jean ROUX, of Normandie, in Distribution List of 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record of him. Marie and Marguerite ROUX, ‘two little orphans,’ in Distribution List 1690. They arrived in the China ’10 and 7 years old’ respectively, with the JOURDAN family. See JOURDAN. Marguerite married Etienne VIRET. See VIRET. DE RUELLE, Daniel, ‘with wife and one child,’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692 as a ‘widower with one child.’ This child being no doubt Anne DE RUELLE, who married Charles MARAIS the younger. See MARAIS. Esther DE RUELLE. See BRUERE SABATTIER, Pierre, of Massiere, bachelor, 22 years old, figures in Passenger List of Voorschoten, which sailed from Delftshaven, 31st December, 1687; in Distribution List 1690; and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. No further record. DE SAVOYE; Jacques, of Ath; Marie Madeleine LE CLERC, his wife, of Tournay; and their three children:--Margot (or Marguerite), 17 years old, Barbere, 15 years, and Jacques, 9 months old, together with Antoinette CARNOY, DE SAVOYE’S mother-in-law, sailed in the Oosterland from Middelburg on 29th Jan. 1688. In a despatch from the Chamber of Rotterdam dated 24th Dec. 1687, special mention is made of Jacques DE SAVOYE in the following terms:-- ‘By this opportunity there will proceed to the Cape to settle there as a Colonist one Jacques SAVOYE and his wife. He has been ‘under the cross’ (persecuted), and for many years an eminent merchant at Ghent in Flanders; where he has been persecuted by the Jesuits to such an extent, and where even his life was being threatened, that in order to escape from their snares, and peacefully end his days beyond their reach, he has resolved to cross the ocean as a Colonist and to take with him various Flemish farmers of the reformed religion, who have also suffered persecution, and for the same reason as that of SAVOYE leave their Fatherland. And because we know SAVOYE as we have described him, we most willingly recommend him to your notice and request you to lend him a helping hand, and consider him in the light in which we have introduced him, hoping that for the furtherance of the intentions of the Lords Seventeen he will be an able and desirable instrument.’ (Rambles through the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, by H. C. V. Leibbrandt, 1887.) Jacques DE SAVOYE ‘with wife and two children’ were among those who did not need any assistance from the Relief Fund 1690; and ‘with wife and three children’ among the Draenstein inhabitants 1692. he left no sons. His daughter Marguerite married before 1690, (1) Christoffel SNYMAN (descendants still living) and (2) Henning VILLION, son of Francois VILLION (or FIGNON) of Clermont. Barbere married (1) Christiaan ELERS (no descendants), and (2) Elias KIENA (no descendants). Aletta DE SAVOYE married Pieter MEYER, presumably Pierre MEYER the refugee. SENECHAL, David, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He married Madeleine (or Anne Madeleine) DU PUIT. First record in Drakenstein Baptismal Book 1695. Some descendants still living. The name is now written ‘SENEKAL.’ SENET, Anthoine, in Passenger List of China from Rotterdam, 20th March 1688, as ‘bachelor, 19 years old.’ He appears to have died on the voyage. SENGNET or SEUGNET, There is an entry in the Capetown church books of Glode, Susanna, and Johanna SEVINJET having joined the congregation at Stellenbosch on the 9th April 1689, and having brought with them certificates of membership (attestaten) from Amsterdam. Glode (Glaudine?) married Paul ROUX, of Orange; and Susanne married Francois DU TOIT. Susanne is described in her marriage entry to be ‘of St. Onge’. Seignette? Fenelon s’ attribute la conversion au catholicisme de Elie Seignette, ancien du consistoire de la Rochelle a la Revocation. La famille Seignette encore aujourd’hui protestante, port coupe au le de J. gueules au cygne argent nageant sur une onde d’azur au re d’argent a la bande de sable accompagnee en chef d’une tete de lion, de sable languee de gueules et au pointe d’une rose de gueules. (In the Drakenstein Register as printed in Theal’s History of South Africa, Vol. II, the name is spelt SEUGNET nine times and SEUGNETE once.) SIMOND, The Rev. Pierre, ‘with wife and two children’ among Drakenstein inhabitants 1692. He was formerly pastor at Embrun in Dauphine, and afterwards minister of the refugee congregation at Zierickzee, before coming out to the Cape with his wife Anne DE BERONT, in the Zuid Beveland, which left Middelburg on 22nd April 1688, as the first minister of the French refugees out here. He returned to Europe in 1703 and settled down at Amsterdam. SOLLIER, See CELLIER. TABOUREUX, Catherine, wife of Charles MARAIS, the elder. See MARAIS. In the Drakenstein baptismal registers the name is spelt TABOURDEUX. TAILLEFER, There arrived in the Oosterland, which left Middelburg 29th Jan. 1688:--Isaac TAILLEFER, vine dresser, of Thierry (in the original it is written ‘de Chateau Tierry et buc, a vine-dresser, and hatter); Susanne BRIET, ‘de Chateau Tierry’ his wife, and their six children:--Elisabeth, 14 years, Jean, 12, Isaac, 7, Pierre, 5, Susanne, 2 ½, and Marie, 1 year old. Of these children Elisabeth married Pierre DE VILLIERS (refugee); Pierre married Marie MARAIS, presumably the widow of Etienne NIEL. With his children, though he had a son, the TAILLEFER family became extinct in the male line. One of his daughters married into the GILDENHUYS family, and another daughter married Edward Christian HAUMAN. From both of these couples there are still descendants living. Susanne TAILLEFER, married (1) Jean GARDE; (2) Pierre CRONJE; and (3) Jacob NAUDE. Isaac TAILLEFER, ‘with wife and four children’ in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein families 1692 ‘with wife and 3 children.’ LA TATTE, Nicolas, in Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. There is an inventory of Nicolas DE LABAT, agriculturist, and his widow, Elisabeth VIVIE, dated 1718. No children given. TERREBLANCHE, Etienne, among additional families 1700-1710, was a native of Toulon, and married 1713 Martha LA FEBRE, widow of Jacques PINARD. Good many descendants still living, the name being now spelt TERBLANS. TERRIER or FERRIER, In Theal’s List of Burghers at Drakenstein 1692, as well as in Distribution List 1690 is Daniel FERRIER, most likely the same person as Daniel TERRIER in the Drakenstein Baptismal Books, 1695-7 and 9. his wife was Sara JACOB, presumably the one who married Jean DU BUIS. Three children, Marie, Susanne, and Pierre, but no descendants in the male line. THEROND, Jacques, in Distribution list 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. There is a copy of a letter in the Grey Library from Jacques THEROND, dated 2nd April 1719, from Nimes the capital of Languedoc, and addressed to his son Jacques Therond the refugee. The farm owned by the latter at the Cape was called ‘Languedoc.’ Jacques THEROND, the refugee, married Marie Janne DES PREEZ. First child born 1698. Where the wife’s name is given in the Drakenstein Baptismal entries it is written ‘DE PRE’ or DE PRET,’ according to Theal. Numerous descendants still living, writing their name now simply ‘THERON’ without the ‘d.’ DU TOIT, Francois and Guillaume, two brothers, both in Distribution List, 1690, Guillaume ‘with wife and one child,’ and Francois simply ‘with wife.’ Francois is among Drakenstein Burghers 1692, ‘with wife and two children,’ and is described in his marriage entry (1690) with Susanne SEUGNET of Saintonge, as being of or from Ryssel (Lille). The now numerous families of DU TOIT are descendants of this couple. Guillaume is among the Stellenbosch burghers, 1692. ‘with wife and three children.’ He married in 1788 Sara COCHET, widow of Pieter DE KLERCQ, she being a native of Ostrouburgh; there were only daughters by this marriage. According to a family register of the DU TOITS there was also a brother named Bruno. DU TUILLET, Jean, and Philippe Drouin, embarked at Delft in the Driebergen in May, 1698, together with two CRONJES and LE RICHE, (see despatches from Delft, 7th May, 1698) but not having met with their names here I cannot tell whether they ever reached the Cape. VALLETE, Anne. See COUVRET VERDEAU, Jacques, ‘bachelor 20 years old and Hercule his brother, 16 years old,’ in Passenger List of China from Rotterdam, 26th March 1688. The latter alone is in the Distribution List 1690, and among Drakenstein Burghers 1692. He married Catharina HUCIBOS (also written Maria Catherina HUIBEAUX, HUCEBOS, and WIBEAUX.) Only two girls Magdalena and Susanna were born, 1703 and 1707, to this couple, and the family became extinct. In a joint will of Hercule VERDEAU and his wife, executed 30th July 1718, his age is given as 46, and hers as 43. Maria VERDEAU (presumable another daughter) married (1) Pierre JOURDAN de Cabriere (widower), by whom there was a child christened 1722; (2) Daniel MALAN, to whom Pierre ROUX de Cabrier bequeathed all his property. DE VILLIERS, Abraham, Pierre, and Jacob, three brothers, vine-dressers from the neighbourhood of La Rochelle, arrived here in the Zion on the 6th May 1689. In a despatch from the Chamber of Delft, dated 16th Dec. 1688, and received by the Zion, special reference is made to these three brothers as possessing a good knowledge of the cultivation of the vine, and recommending the Governor to give them every assistance. In this despatch the names are mentioned in the following order—(1) Pierre, (2) Abraham, and (3) Jacob, which may perhaps indicate the order of seniority. In the Distribution List 1690 we have Abraham DE VILLIERS ‘with wife and two brothers,’ and among Drakenstein families 1692:--Abraham DE VILLIERS ‘with wife and two children,’ Jacob DE VILLIERS ‘with wife and two children,’ and Pierre DE VILLIERS ‘with wife and one child.’ Abraham married 1689 Susanne GARDIOL, and left nothing but daughters. Jacob married Marguerite GARDIOL, first baptismal entry 1693. Pierre Married Elizabeth TAILLEFER, first baptismal entry 1699. I have taken a good deal of trouble to find out the relative ages of these brothers, but have only succeeded in ascertaining Jacob’s from a joint will executed 11th Jan. 1719, in which he gives his age as 58 years and describes himself as a native of ‘Borgondien.’ His wife (Marguerite GARDIOL) is stated in the same document to have been born in Provence and to be 45 years old. The DE VILLIERS are at the present time the most numerous of the Huguenot families here, and are all descendants of Pierre and Jacob. A family tradition states that four brothers left their home, but the youngest (Paul) after having gone some distance became homesick, turned back, and was never heard of again. Pierre, Abraham, Jacques, et Paul DE VILLIERS sortirent du royaume de France 1685. Ils etaient fils de Pierre DE VILLIERS. (Archives de La Rochelie.) VILLION, No mention in Distribution List 1690, but in the list of families in the Cape District 1692 is the ‘widow of Francois VILLION, with two children.’ There is in the Cape Town Church Books a marriage entry in May 1676, of Francois FIGNON, bachelor of Claremont, free burgher, and Cornelia CAMPENAAR, spinster of Middleburg. In the baptismal entries of the children of this couple the surname is mostly spelt ‘VILLION.’ The name is now generally written ‘VILJOEN,’ and there are now numerous descendants of this couple. In 1725 there is a Church Book entry of Pieter VION, (also written WION) but he is the ancestor of the WIUM family, which name is pronounced very much like ‘VILJOEN’ though without the ‘l.’ VIRET, Etienne, in Distribution List 1690, and list of Drakenstein Burghers 1692. His wife was Marguerite ROUX, presumably one of the two orphans mentioned under the heading ‘ROUX.’ First baptismal entry is in 1697. Though he had five sons borne him, he appears to have left no descendants in the male line. In a joint will of this couple executed 14th Aug. 1726 VIRET is described as being of ‘Dauphine,’ aged about 64, and his wife as being ‘of Provence, 44 years old.’ VISAGIE; Pieter, is described in his marriage entry (21st June 1671) as ‘of Antwerp.’ His wife being Catherina Kieuts VAN TER VEER. In one of the baptismal entries the surname is also written ‘VISASIE.’ The spelling of ‘VISAGIE’ is still general retained, and there are a good number of descendants now living. VITOUT, Sara, wife of Jacques DELPORT. See DELPORT. VIVIER, Jacob, Abraham, and Pierre, in Distribution List 1690, and among the Drakenstein Burghers 1692. In the original Muster Roll of the latter year, the three are described as being ‘maats’ or partners. Abraham married Jacquemine DU PRE, sister of Jacques THEROND’S wife; the others did not marry. First record in Church Books the christening of a child in 1698. From this couple the VIVIERS of the present day are descended. Jehan VIVIER conseiller au Parlement de Paris en 1699. La famille etablie a Saintes puis a la Rochelle porte d’azur au cygne d’argent nageant sur des ondes de meme (VIVIER) accompagne en chef de trios etoiles d’or. ADDITIONAL NOTES AVICE, Ezechiel , Ministre a Boulogne, 1637. Philippe Amies du Consistoire a Roncy, en Picardie 1681. La femme de Francois de Blois a Geneve 1691. Nicolas, marchand, de Mer en Gatinais, refugie avec cinq personnes a Berlin en 1700. (France Protestante reimpression 1877.) BARRE, Pierre et Jean, persecutes en Poitou pres de Poitiers, 1681. Isaac, de Tours, refugie a Londres avec sa femme et ses enfants. (Fr. Protest. Reimp.) Pierre, de Pontgibaud pres de La Rochelle, refugie a Dublin (ibidem). BRIET, La famille existe encore en la personne de M. E. Briet, Maire d’Estomes par Chateau-Thierry, Aisne. Taillefer et S. Briet sa femme etaient de Chateau-Thierry. Jean, de Chateau-Thierry, maitre macon. Jean et Isaac, de Meaux, refugies a Berlin 1698-1700. (France Protestante Reimp.) BRUERE, Pierre de Blois, refugie a Berlin 1709. CELLIER, Claude, libraire a Orleans en 1602, son fils. Antoine, a Paris, en 1641, Imprimeur. Autre Claude Cellier, refugie a londres en 1702. (France Protestante Reimp.) CORDIER, Louis, de Meaux, fut surprise dans une assemblee religieuse et condamne a mort sous la regne de Louis XIV. Mais le Roi changea la condamnation et l’envoya aux galeres. (France Protestante Reimp.) COSTE, Pierre, d’Anduse, (Petrus Costens Andusiensis), a Geneve. Pierre, d’Uses, en 1688 refugie en Suisse et a Leyde. COUVRET, Paul, emprisonne au Chateau de Saumur. Couvret famille refugie au Cap de Bonne Esperance. (France Protestante Reimp.) DU BUISSON, Plusieurs familles en Languedoc. DU PLESSIS, Plusieurs familles de ce nom sont devenues celebres. DU PRE, Une famille de ce nom etait a Montauban, et a present elle est a Nerac. DU PUY, Plusieurs familles de ce nom en Languedoc. FAURE, Nom du Languedoc. Beaucoup de familles de ce nom. GODEFROY, Une famille de ce nom a Paris avant 1685. Une autre famille du meme nom a Geneve avant 1685. Une autre enfin a la Rochelle avant 1685. Apres la Revocation on trouve des refugies du nom de Godefroid a Hambourg. (France Protestante l’ere edition, 1856.) LABAT ET VIVIE, Ces noms paraissent etre des noms de Refugies sortis de Montauban, ou existent des familles du meme nom. LE CLERCK, SAVOIS, Ces noms existaient a Montauban avant 1685. LE FEBORE ou LEFEVRE, On connait des familles de ce nom a Chateau-Chinon, et a Rouen. LE RICHE, On connait une fille de Paris Nommee Marguerite Le Riche, que fut brulee martyre de la religion.
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