Jacques Fouche (1685 - 1689)

Ancestors

Died 1689 at about age 4 in Cape Colony

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Jacques Fouche was a Huguenot.

Biography

Birth

Date: 1685^[1]

Immigration

Date: 31 Dec ^[2] 1688 on on the Voorschoten, the first ship to leave Holland with French refugees. Part of the autumnal fleet - sailing with this ship were Borssenburg, Oosterland, De Schelde, Berg China, Zuid-Beveland and Wapen van Alkmaar. ^[3] The ship belonged to the Chamber of Delft with Franz Villierius as captain. They left Deltshaven on 31 December 1687 and arrived in Saldanha Bay on 13th April 1688. They landed at Saldanha Bay due to damage caused to the ship by a severe storm. A messenger was send to Table Bay to inform Simon van der Stel who sent the ship Jupiter to fetch the immigrants to arrive at the fort on 28th April 1688 with the following passengers on board: - Charles Marais & Catherine Tabourdeux - Claude (24), Charles jnr. (19), Isaac (10), Marie-Madeleine (6) Marais - Philippe Foucher & Ann Souchay - Anne (6), Esther (5), Jacques (3) Foucher - Gaspard Foucher (21) (now Fouché) - Jacques Pinard (23) & Esther Foucher (21), dese 2 sijn alhier voor haer vertreck te samen getrouwt - Gedeon Malherbe (25) jaeren jonghman - Estienne Bruere (now Bruwer) jonghman oud 23 jaeren is een wagenmaker - Jean Leroux out 21 jaren jonghman - Gabriel le Roux out 17 jaeren - Pierre Sabatier (22) de Massiere jongman - Jean Machepaste (Paste) 25 jaeren jonghman - Pauel Godefroy (22) jaeren jonghman - Marguerite Basche jonge dogter out 23 jaeren. ^[4]

Death

Date: 1689^[5]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Fouche-57 through the import of Vermaak Family Site - 05 May 2013.GED on May 5, 2013 by Dina Vermaak. Record ID Number: MH:I2238 : User ID: 4574D080-7551-4862-8182-6CB21DCF1A44 : UPD 22 MAR 2009 19:40:37 GMT+2
• Source: Author: Paul Mare Title: Mare/Maree Family in South Africa Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Page: Jacques Fouche

1. ↑ May 5, 2013 by Dina Vermaak.
2. ↑ Oct 23, 2012 Andrew Dippenaar.
3. ↑ Source: Source:Coertzen, Pieter - "The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988", Tafelberg Publishers Limited, Cape Town, 1988 (Contributor June 19, 1999 Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden) in Olivetreegenealogy.com Ships Carrying Huguenots to South Africa - Ships Passenger List for Huguenot Ship Voorschotten to South Africa 1687. Set sail from Delftshaven (belonged to the Chamber of Delft), Zeeland, Netherlands, December 31, 1687. Flyboat with 3 masts and a rounded hull, 130 Dutch feet long - capable of carrying 150 people, captain Fs. Vellerius (Valerius) April 13, 1688 arrived at Saldanha Bay, transferred to ship Jupiter and April 26, 1688 arrived at Table Bay with 192 people:

   • Anne Souchay
   • Charles Marais from Plessis, France -
   • Catharina Taboureux Marais
   • Claude Marais - 24
   • Charles Marais - 19
   • Isaac Marais - 10
   • Marie Marais - 6
   • Philippe Fouche
   • Anne Fouche
   • Anne Fouche - 6
   • Esther Fouche - 5
   • Jacques Fouche - 3
   • Marguerite Basche Bruere - 23
   • Estienne Bruere, wagon-builder - 23
   • Jacques Pinard - 23 - carpenter
   • Esther Fouche Pinard - 21
   • Pierre Sabatie, from Marriere - 23
   • Jean Leroux - 21
   • Gideon Malherbe - 25
   • Marie Grillon Malherbe
   • Jean Paste - 25
   • Paul Godefroy - 22
   • Gasper Flouche - 21
   • Gabriel Le Roux - 17

   On another page of the same website the following names are mentioned:

   • Charles Marais (abt 1640-1689) and Catherine Taboureux (abt 1642-1729)
   • Claude Marais (1662-aft.1729)
   • Charles Marais (1668-1711)
   • Isaac Marais (1677-?)
   • Maarie-Madeleine Marais (1682-1716)
   • Philippe Foucher (abt 1657-1708) and Anne Souchay (abt 1659-aft 1708)
   • Anne Foucher (1681-1713)
   • Esther Foucher (1683-1689)
   • Jacques Foucher (1685-1689)
   • Marguerite Basche (1665-1688)
   • Estienne Bruère (1665-aft 1722)
   • Jacques Pinard (1665-1712) and Esther Foucher (1666-1697)
   • Pierre Sabatier (1665-?)
   • Jean le Roux (1667-1711)
   • Gédéon Malherbe (1663-1713)
   • Jean Machepaste (1662-1689)
   • Paul Godefroy (1665-1699)
   • Gaspard Foucher (1667-1688)
   • Gabrièl le Roux (1669-1711)

   Sources: mostly Appendix 2 of "Hugenotebloed in ons are" by J.G. le Roux (1992; ISBN 0-7969-0566-5) and "French speakers at the Cape" by M. Boucher (1981, ISBN 0-86981-222-X) (Contributor Lesley Robertson). Seen and added by Charles Marais 15 Dec, 2015; amended and edited by Philip van der Walt Apr 15, 2016.
4. ↑ Source: Coertzen, Pieter - "The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988", Tafelberg Publishers Limited, Cape Town, 1988. Seen and added by Charles Marais 15 Dec, 2015; Hannes Marais Oct 28, 2012; amended and edited by Philip van der Walt Apr 15, 2016.
5. ↑ : Sources: mostly Appendix 2 of "Hugenotebloed in ons are" by J.G. le Roux (1992; ISBN 0-7969-0566-5) and "French speakers at the Cape" by M. Boucher (1981, ISBN 0-86981-222-X).