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Jean le Roux (1666 - bef. 1711)

Jean "Jan" le Roux
Born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Francemap
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Biography

On the three le Roux progenitors

Jean le Roux was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).
Tree of Gabriel le Roux and nephew Jean le Roux [1]:
Jehan le Roux (1565-1602) married Marie Dutens (1570-1594) and had two sons: (a) Estienne le Roux (1588-?) + (b) Jean le Roux (1593-1668) [1]
(a) Estienne le Roux (1588) had son Isaac le Roux (1615-1687) who married Jeanne Bourdon (1634-15 April 1372). Isaac and Jeanne had a son Jean le Roux (1666-1711) - Born on 16 November 1666 on farm Pommegorge [1] in Mer, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. (It has been mentioned that he was christened on the same day as Gabriel). [1]
(b) Jean le Roux (1593) and Jeanne Chauffourt (1600-1672) had a son Pierre le Roux (1632-1682) who married Anne Bourdon (1639-1672). Pierre le Roux (1632) and Anne had a son Gabriel (Born: 25 July 1667 in Cour-Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Christened in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France 28 July 1669). [1]
Gabriel le Roux - born 25 July 1667 (baptism 1669) in Cour-Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Christened in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France 28 July 1669. Son of Pierre le Roux (1632-1682) en Anne Bourdon. Gabriel’s parents moved to Pommegorge [1] in 1672 where he grows up with Jean le Roux, his nephew. Jean and his nephew Gabriel were very close and often referred to each other as brothers. [2] They left Pommegorge, Mer, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France on 4 November 1686 and escaped to Delft, Netherlands. On 31 December 1687 they left on the ship Voorschooten [3] to the Cape. [1]
Jean le Roux (Born 16 Nov 1666): Owned the farms Goede Moed in Southern Paarl from 1690 to 1700; farm Parys in Klein Drakenstein from 1700 to 1712. He drowned with Gabriel in the Berg- or Wildeperdsrivier in 1711. Jean was married (c1703) to Jeanne Mouy Born *c. 1686 St. Amand, Flandres, France, daughter of Pierre Mouy.
Gabriel le Roux owned the farms La Concorde in Southern-Paarl from 1689 to 1695 and (swapped it for) Salomonsvlei in Klein Drakenstein from 1695 to 1711 (Gabriel and Jean wanted their farms to be closer together.) Gabriel married c. 1701 Marie Catherine le Febre, daughter of Pierre le Febre en Marie de Grave, from Fleurbaai, Stellenbosch (christened in Stellenbosch on 13 Oct 1686). She died at Gouritsriviermond on 01 Nov 1782. Gabriel drowned with Jean in the Berg- or Wildepaardrivier before 8 Nov 1711. The two Le Roux widows both had their sons baptized (born after their father’s deaths) on 8 Nov 1711. Both had to receive assistance from the ‘diakonie’ (from the church). Marie Catherine le Febre re-married 11 September 1712 - Jean Roi (died 1720). Marie Catherine re-married a 3rd time in 1723 - Franz Haarhoff" (died 1758). Jeanne Mouy married again on 7 May 1712 - Philippe Meinard (1681-1751). [1][2]
3rd Le Roux: Jean le Roux who came to SA:
Jean le Roux of Normandie in France. Landed 27 Jan 1687 in Cape Town, on the ship Wapen van Alkmaar [4] Owned farms Vlakkeland, Daljosafat van 1692 to 1705; Langverwag, Kuilsrivier van 1721 to 1726; Welgevallen, Stellenbosch van 1723 to 1752. Occupation: Transportryer van 1705 tot 1725. Died 1752. Married in 1700 Marie le Lievre. [1]

Name

Jean le Roux [5][6][7][8][9] / Jean Roux [10]

Birth

Date: 1655 [10] / Nov 16, 1666 [6] / 1667 [7][8]
Place: Normandy, France [10] / Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France [6] / Blois, France [7] / Blois, Orléanais, France [8]

Parents

Jean le Roux (Le Roux-80) & Jeanne le Roux (Mouy-1) [8]
Jean le Roux (Le Roux-130) & Jeanne le Roux (Mouy-5 ) [7]
Isaac Le Roux (Le Roux-63) & Jeanne Bourdon (Bourdon-54) [6]
Isaac Roux (Roux-103) & Jeanne Bourdon (Bourdon-61) [10]
Pierre le Roux (Le Roux-206) & Jehanne le Roux (Bourdon-51) [9]

Immigration

Date: 31 Dec 1688 [7][8] on on the Voorschoten [8], 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. [11] 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. [12]

Events

Between 1690 and 1724, 54 Huguenots signed documents. These signatures were published by Graham Botha in his book The French Refugees at the Cape and includes those of Louis de Berault, Pierre Simond, Jacques Delporte, Jean Durand, Jacques de Savoye, Jacques Nourtier, André Gauch, François Retif, Guillaume Néel, Paul Roux, Daniel Hùgo, David Senecal, Jean Prieur du Plessis, Guillaume du Toit, François du Toit, Jean le Roux (or Jean le Roux de Normandie?), Jacques Therond, Hercules des Prez, Abraham de Villiers, Jean Gardiol, Jacques de Villiers, Pierre de Villiers, Isaac Taillefert (or Isaac Taillefer-164)), Jean Taillefert, Jean Gardé, Claude Marais, Estienne Bruére, Daniel des Ruelles, Pierre Rousseau, Jacques Pinard, Estienne Cronje, Jacques Malan, Gabriel le Roux, David du Buisson, Daniel Nourtier, Estienne Niel, Philippe Fouché, Gideon le Grand, Pierre Cronjé, Paul Couvret, Paul le Febvre, Salomon de Gournay, Pierre Vivier, Pierre Jourdan, Estienne Viret, Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux and Jean de Buijs. [13] These signatures were almost certainly also some of those of the 240 burghers who signed the petition headed by Adam Tas [14] against corruption and cronyism by the Government of Willem Adriaan van der stel. [15]

Death

Date: about [7] 1711 [7][8][9][10]
Cause: Drowns (verdrink saam met sy broer [16] Gabriel in die Berg- of Wildeperdsrivier . [8])
Place: Bergrivier, Paarl, [South Africa] [7][8][9]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Pommegorge, the family farm since 1530 in Mer, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, was sold on 29 Mei 1687". Sources:
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Stamvader: Daar was twee Jean le Roux's. Een van Blois, gebore 1667, was die broer van Gabriel, en het as Franse Hugenoot op 13 April 1688 met die Voorschooten aangekom. Hy was gevestig in 1692 te Parys langs die Bergrivier in Paarl. Hy het verdrink saam met sy broer Gabriel in die Berg- of Wildeperdsrivier omstreeks 1711. Jean was getroud 1703 met Jeanne Mouy sedert 1703 en het 3 seuns en 'n dogter gehad. Jeanne Mouy en haar suster Marie (sy het getrou met Francois Retief) het met hulle vader Pierre Mouy by die Kaap aangekom in 1699 op die skip Donkervliet. Pierre Mouy het geboer op De Krakeelhoek, Wamakersvallei." Verwysings' (op Le Roux-417):
    De Villiers/Pama
    Heese/Lombard
    Verwysingsmateriaal, Boksburg biblioteek
    Verwysingsmateriaal, Springs LDS FHC biblioteek
    Dr Willem G. le Roux se Om Aan Te Proux - iets oor die Le Roux-families in Suid-Afrika.
    Saamgestel deur:
    Martina Louw (nee van Breda)
    KennethlATxtra.co.nz
    AM van Rensburg.
  3. Also (perhaps erroneously) written as Voorschotten. Sources: Olivetreegenealogy.com 'Ships Carrying Huguenots to South Africa' Coertzen, Pieter - The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988, Tafelberg Publishers Limited, Cape Town, 1988 (Contributor June 19, 1999 Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden) ; Olivetreegenealogy.com 'Ships Carrying Huguenots to South Africa' French speakers at the Cape by M. Boucher (1981, ISBN 0-86981-222-X) and mostly the Appendix 2 of "Hugenotebloed in ons are" by J.G. le Roux (1992; ISBN 0-7969-0566-5) ; (Contributor Lesley Robertson).
  4. Source: Wapen van Alkmaar ('t Wapen van Alcmaer), 40 Huguenots, left Texel, Netherlands (Holland), July 27, 1688, 37 people died and 104 sick people on board at arrival in Table Bay on January 27, 1689. Belonged to the Chamber of Amsterdam, Captain Carel Goske. She was part of the autumnal fleet - sailing with this ship were the Borssenburg, Oosterland, De Schelde, Berg China, Zuid-Beveland and Voorschotten. Pieter Coertzen "The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988", Tafelberg Publishers Limited, Cape Town, 1988 (Contributor June 19, 1999 Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden) only mentions: Pierre Roux . On the same website other 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), mentions: Jean le Roux (?-1752) (3rd Le Roux in the Cape Colony). Seen and entered by Philip van der Walt Nov 9, 2014.
  5. WikiTree profiles Le Roux-124 (date) & Le Roux-126 (date) by Lou Larney, Oct 18, 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 WikiTree profile Le Roux-62 created through the import of Champion Family Tree.ged on Apr 18, 2012 by Werner Schneeberger.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 WikiTree profile Le Roux-130 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 WikiTree profile Le Roux-80 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 WikiTree profile Le Roux-291 created through the import of LeRoux20130810.GED on Aug 10, 2013 by Femmy Le Roux.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 WikiTree profile Roux-102 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar. Data most likely belongs to the other Jean Roux who came from Normandy: Jean "Jan" le Roux aka Roúx, le Roes de Normandie, Leroux, Leroex, le Roe. Amended and edited by Philip van der Walt Feb 23, 2020.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Entered by Pieter Meyer 25 April, 2013. Source: Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape (Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, 1921), p. 74. Also see Geni.com > French Huguenots who emigrated to South Africa.
  14. Also see: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Adam Tas & Adam Tas, Dagboek (eds. Leo Fouché, A.J. Böeseken, vert. J.P. Smuts). Van Riebeeck-Vereniging, Kaapstad 1970 2011 dbnl / erven Leo Fouché / A.J. Böeseken / J. Smuts. Seen and entered by Philip van der Walt Apr 3, 2017.
  15. Willem Adriaan van der stel succeeded his father, Simon van der Stel, as Governor of the Cape in 1699; Willem van der Stel abused his official position to corner an over-supplied market in farm produce. Van der Stel was jealous of Adam Tas's wealth and easy going life, and in 1706 he used his legal powers to arrest and imprison him. Tas became a Stellenbosch legend when he had this petition drawn up against incumbent Governor W.A. van der Stel and other farming officials. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the corruption and extravagant lifestyle of Van der Stel and the fact that abuse of power by officials led to unfair competition with burghers. The Tas petition was submitted to the Lords Seventeen, the governing body of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. The petition was rejected and on Sunday, 28 February 1706 Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas. From documents in the desk of Tas, Van der Stel established the nature of complaints against him and also the names of the dissatisfied burghers. Though several more burghers were arrested and punished, they were victorious at the end, when the Lords Seventeen in October 1706 categorically prohibited officials to own land or to trade. His wife Elizabeth van Brakel tried hard to get him released; when Adam Tas was finally freed after thirteen months, he named his farm 'Libertas' (liberty). Van der Stel was recalled to the Netherlands in 1707. Sources: http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/adam-tas-arrested; http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/2005-05/1116668205 (seen and added by Philip van der Walt with the kind help of Maria Labuschagne on Apr 3, 2017.)
  16. Actually his cousin whom he often referred to as his 'brother'. Philip van der Walt Nov 2, 2014.




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False data base error (because birth of child in the same year as death father is actually the baptism date):

Warning: Check the data.

  1. A father's death date (Le Roux-124 died 1711) should not be more than nine months before one of his children's birth dates (Roùx-520 born 8 Nov 1711) .
posted by Philip van der Walt
Le Roux-124 and Roux-102 are not ready to be merged because: They might not be duplicates, in wich case the profile from Normandy needs to be disconnected from the parent profiles and be merged into the profile of the son, also named Jean Roux.
posted on Roux-102 (merged) by Philip van der Walt
D Q
Le Roux-124 and Roux-102 appear to represent the same person because: Same man
posted on Roux-102 (merged) by D Q
Hi David, I'll look into this, There was a 3rd Le Roux: Jean le ROUX who came to SA: Jean Le Roux of Normandie in France. Landed 27 Jan 1687 in Cape Town. I do not want to conflate the two.
posted on Roux-102 (merged) by Philip van der Walt
I merged as proposed and collated the data. The son now needs to be disconnected.
posted by Philip van der Walt
It surely looks like it must be the baptismal record of the youngest son where the "Le Roux" changed to "Roux"
posted by Lou Larney
Question: does this entry (top left) of the baptismal record of Jan Roux (see his parents) refer to this profile?

Name:Jan Baptised: 19 May 1709 Father: Jan Roux Mother: Jannetie Moëij Witnesses: Francois Retiff, Anna Retief Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Stellenbosch, Baptism register, 1688-1732, page 55. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G2 4/1. Transcribed by Ockert Malan, Lorna Newcomb and others. See also Die Stellenbosse Heemkring

posted by Philip van der Walt
NB!!!! Gabriel Le Roux and Jean Le Roux (Le Roux-124) who came to SA together and drowned in the Bergrivier in 1711, were COUSINS! NOT Brothers!

They had different parents!

Le Roux-291 and Le Roux-124 appear to represent the same person because: Same death date and name
posted by Philip van der Walt
Le Roux-130 and Le Roux-124 appear to represent the same person because: Same data, same spouse etc. Le_Roux-124 has the most correct spelling of the LNAB (lower case 'l').
posted by Philip van der Walt
Le Roux-80 and Le Roux-130 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (same spouse etc.) Le_Roux-130 has the most correctly spelled LNAB (lower case 'l')
posted by Philip van der Walt
Le Roux-62 and Le Roux-124 appear to represent the same person because: same data (spouse etc.) Le_Roux-124 has the most correctly spelled LNAB (lower case 'l')
posted by Philip van der Walt