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Jacques de Villiers (1661 - 1735)

Jacques "Jacob, Jacobus" de Villiers
Born in Campagne Farm, St Jean d' Angely, La Rochelle, Aunis, Charente-Maritime, Francemap
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Died at about age 74 in Bosch-en-Dal, Paarl, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Biography / Biografie

Jacques de Villiers was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Afrikaans

Stamouers:
Jacques (Jacob) de VILLIERS, gebore omstreeks 1661, van La Rochelle, daar word gereken dat hulle oorspronklik eintlik van Boergondië gekom het. Met anderwoorde hulle het toe via La Rochelle gevlug. Hulle was Franse Hugenote wat in 1689 op die Zion uitgekom het saam met sy broers Abraham (wat net dogters nagelaat het) en Pierre. Jacob was getroud met Marguerite Gardiol van Provence, en is op 17 Mei 1735 oorlede. Hy was gevestig te La Brie (1694), Franschoek, en later Boschendal (1717). Hy het 6 seuns en 5 dogters nagelaat (Bron: SA Stamouer webwerf AM van Rensburg) [1][2]:
  • 1. Jan, jonk+
  • 2. Susanna x 9 Jan 1718 Pieter Roux. Op 22 Okt 1735 koop hy La Brie uit sy skoonpa se boedel, en Bourgogne na die dood van die stamvader Pierre.
  • 3. Marie Elisabeth ~ 14 Nov 1695 x 15 Aug 1718 Stephanus Marais
  • 4. Janne ~ 6 Okt 1695 x 11 Des 1729 Willem Adolph Krige
  • 5. Jacobus * 14 Sep 1699 + 1735, plase Nieuwedorp en De Goede Hoop x 1724/5 Louise Joubert weduwee van Jan Lombard
  • 6. David + 1770, boer Vrede en Lust, La Motte en Zion x 17 Nov 1726 Madeleine (Magdalena) de Villiers xx 17 Mei 1750 Elisabeth Hugo
  • 7. Margaretha ~ 9 Aug 1705 x 25 Feb 1725 Gideon Joubert xx 9 Okt 1740 Heinrich Hoppe van Hamburg
  • 8. Abraham ~ 2 Okt 1707 + 5 Jun 1763 boer De Goede Hoop en Rhenosterrug x 29 Mei 1735 Susanna Joubert xx Nov 1737 Johanna Lombard
  • 9. Rachel x 9 Okt 1729 Jacob Hugo xx 22 Sep 1748 Hendrik Francois Moller
  • 10. Jean (Jan) ~ 21 Maart 1717 +1796 erf Bosch en Dal, besit ook Dwars in de Weg, Stellenbosch en Normandie x 16 Maart 1738 Elisabeth Joubert xx 5 Des 1762 Gertruida du Toit
  • 11. Izaak ~ 12 Maart 1719
Van hulle 32 kleinkinders het 12 teruggetrou in die de Villiers familie in! [1]
Beroep: Boer, trou 1691 met Marguerite Gardiol, gebore 22 Okt 1670/4, La Coste, Provence, Frankryk, sterf 1749, Bakoven, Drakenstein. Jacob sterf 17 Mei 1735, Boschendal. Ontvang die plaas La Bri, Olifantshoek (Franschhoek) in 1694 en besit dit tot 1735. Bekom die plaas Leeuwendans in 1715, en Boschendal op 14 Sep 1717 van sy broer Abraham. Koop die plaas Lekkerwyn in 1730 uit die boedel van sy broer Abraham. Was diaken (1702 - 1711) en ouderling (1715 - 1717) van die Drakensteinse gemeente. Manskap in die Drakenstein Berede Milisie tot 1717. Broer van die stamvaders Pierre en Abraham de Villiers. Boer la Rochelle (gemeenskaplik met sy broers). Koop 14.7.1717 Bosch en Dal van sy broer Abraham en 1730 Lekkerwyn, ook eienaar van La Brie. [1][2]

English

Jacques was one the progenitors (stamvaders) of the De Villiers family in South Africa. He was a French Huguenot who arrived in the Cape in 1689 on the ship "Zion" with his brothers, Abraham (who only had daughters) and Pierre. This ship belonged to the Chamber of Delft. It left the Netherlands on 8 Jan 1689 and arrived at the Cape on 6 May 1689. A number of Huguenots were listed as experienced vineyard pruners and the De Villiers brothers in particular arrived at the Cape with a reputation for viticulture and oenology. Through the years the De Villiers brothers planted more than 40,000 vines at the Cape. They moved from the original farm allocated to them (which they named "La Rochelle") to finally settle on individual allotments near Franschhoek with the names "Bourgogne", "Champagne" and "La Brie". On 18 Oct 1694 governor Simon van der Stel allocated nine farms in the Oliphantshoek area to the French Huguenots. In this way Jacques became the owner of the farm "La Brie". [1][2]

Events

The Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, eager to develop the agricultural promise of "the Cape of Good Hope", welcomed the Huguenots and the skills they brought with them. Thus in October 1694, nine French Huguenot settlers were granted farms in "Olifantshoekvallei". The settlers named their farms in memory of their distant homeland. Jacques de Villiers called his portion of the land La Bri. Under his direction the elephant inhabited wilderness became cultivated vineyard. Today we call this valley Franschhoek. [2] Between 1690 and 1724, 54 Huguenots signed documents, protesting the corruption and cronyism by the Government of Willem Adriaan van der stel, who abused his official position to corner an over-supplied market in farm produce. [3][4][5] These signatures were almost certainly also some of those of the 240 burghers who signed the petition headed by Adam Tas [6] 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. [7]

Name

Jacques [8][9][4][1][10][11][2] (Jacob [9][1][10][12][13][14][2][15] / Jacobus [16]) de Villiers [8][9][17][4][1][10][18][16][11][12][13][14][2][15]

Birth

Date: Jacob de Villiers was born in 1661 [8][9][17][1][10][16][11][5][13][14][2][15] / about 1691. [4]
Place: Campagne Farm [1], St Jean d' Angely [1] / Saint-Jean-d'Angély [11][2], Bar-sur-Seine [8][17], La Rochelle [1][5], Aunis [1], Bourgogne [8][17][10][14] / Borgondieu [9], Poitou-Charentes [11][2] Charente-Maritime [1], France [8][9][17][1][10][11][5][14][2]

Parents

He is the son of Pierre de Villiers and Elisabeth Sicault. [1]

Marriage

Date: He married Marguerite Gardiol (b. 2 Oct 1670, d. b 21 Jun 1749), daughter of Antoine Gardiol and Marguerite Perrotette, circa 1690 [5] / 1691. [17]
Place: Cape of Good Hope [17]
Husband: Jacques de Villiers [17]
Wife: Marguerite Gardiol [17]
Children [5]:

Emigration

Date: 8 Jun 1689 [2]
Place: La Rochelle [2]

Immigration

Left Texel, Holland on 8 Jan 1689 - 17 weeks at sea. [1]. Arrived 6 May 1689 [18][2] on the Sion [18] / from France [18] Arrived with brothers Abraham And Pierre Aboard The Zion [1][19]

Occupation

Farmed [1][10] on La Rochelle [1] and then with his two brothers, they bought [1] the farm (14 Jul 1717 [10]) Bosch en Dal [10][1] [and] settled on the farm La Bri - Oliphantshoek. [1][18]

Death

Date: Jacob de Villiers passed away 17 May 1735 [8][9][17][1][10][11][13][14] / about 1735. [4][16][5][15]
Place: Boschendal [8][17] / Bosch en Dal [9][10][11][2] / Bosch-en-Dal [1][14], Franschhoek [9] Paarl [10][14] Cape [2] of Good Hope [17][1][11] [Western Cape] [10] [South Africa] [8][1][14][2]

Burial

Date: 17 May 1735 [2]
Place: Cape of Good Hope [2]

Research Notes

  • Father: PN de Villiers1 b. c 1630 [5] Merge Notice: Conflicting father profile: Jean de Villiers (De Villiers-170) b. 1630-00-00 d. 0000-00-00 [20]
  • Jacques de Villiers - the name of Jacques de Villiers was written [...] as Jacob Villiers between 4 November 1695 and 12 March 1712 ; Jacob Villier 29 April 1703. [5]
  •  : Vanaf De Villiers CD (Ancestry24): Gebore: Bourgogne, Frankryk 1661 (waarskynlik in Bar-sur-Seine as die seun van Pierre (de) Villiers en Elisabeth Secault), Oorlede: Boschendal 12/17.5.1735. Hy het die plaas La Bri, Olifantshoek (Franschhoek) in 1694 ontvang en het dit tot 1735 besit. In 1715 het hy die plaas Leeuwendans bekom en in September 1732 het hy nog 40 morg erfpaggrond by hierdie plaas gevoeg. Hy het die plaas Boschendal op 14.9.1717 van sy broer, Abraham de Villiers (a2) gekoop en dit het in sy boedel gebly tot 1738 toe dit aan sy seun Jean (b12) oorgedra is. Die plaas Lekkerwyn het hy in 1730 uit sy broer Abraham de Villiers (a2) se boedel gekoop. Jacob was ook diaken (1702-1711) en ouderling (1715-1717) van die Drakensteinse gemeente. In 1713 en in 1716 het hy versoekskrifte van die kerkraad onderteken wat gevra het vir die oprigting van 'n nuwe kerkgebou en vir die aanstelling van 'n predikant. Hy was verder ook 'n manskap in die Drakenstein Berede Milisie tot met sy ontslag in 1717. Die Landdros van Stellenbosch het in 1702 alle inwoners van Drakenstein en "specialijk die uijt France Hoek" opdrag gegee om riet na die Goewerneur se plaas aan te ry. Indien hulle sou weier om dit te doen, sou hulle "van haar land versteken zijn, en verder niet vermogen de ploeg daarin te zetten". Hieroor was Jacob baie ontevrede. Hy het die landdros daarop gewys dat hy slegs sewe trekosse besit het en dat hy dus nie in staat was om twee vragte riet aan te ry nie. In antwoord hierop het die landdros gedreig dat hy dan nooit weer op sy grond sou kon ploeg of saai nie. Hierna het Jacob en die ander Franschhoekers toe besluit om maar liewer die opdrag uit te voer sonderom verder protes aan te teken. Die Hugenote was dikwels in onderlinge struwelinge betrokke. By een Seun van: 'n geleentheid het Antoine Martin in 1694 vir Jacob gevra om 'n verklaring af te lê oor 'n insident wat reeds in 1691 plaasgevind het. Jacob het voor die Landdros van Stellenbosch verklaar dat Jean Imbert sonder enige rede vir Martin (wat, terloops, net een hand gehad het) met 'n pistool oor die kop geslaan het. Jacob het die pistool uit Imbert se hande geruk waarna Imbert vir Martin op die grond gegooi het en hom geslaan het totdat hy om genade geroep het. Na hierdie insident het Imbert en Martin blykbaar weer goeie vriende geword en selfs 'n vennootskap met mekaar gesluit. Wat die naam Jacob of Jacques betref, word hy in dokumente bykans deurgaans as Jacob de Villiers beskryf en teken hy ook self sy naam Jacob de Villiers, onder andere op sy testament. Sy vrou teken haar naam net met 'n M vir Marquerite of Margaretha soos sy in die testament genoem word; Getroud: 1691 Marguerite GARDIOL Gebore: La Coste, Provence, Frankryk 2.10.1670 (1674 volgens haar testament) Oorlede: Bakoven, Drakenstein 1749. Sy kom in 1689 met haar suster, Susanne, en haar moeder Marguerite Perrotette na die Kaap. [1]
  • Janet's notes, ... aankoms 1689 op die Zion, waarskynlik van Bourgondie, boer op La Rochelle saam met sy twee broers, koop 17-1714 die plaas Bosch en Dal, in 1730 die plaas Lekkerwyn, hy is ook die eienaar van La Brie... Jacques (Jacob) de VILLIERS, gebore omstreeks 1661, van La Rochelle, daar word gereken dat hulle oorspronklik eintlik van Boergondië gekom het. Met ander woorde hulle het toe via La Rochelle gevlug. Hulle was Franse Hugenote wat in 1689 op die Zion uitgekom het saam met sy broers Abraham (wat net dogters nagelaat het) en Pierre. Van La Rochelle is hulle per skip na die Hollandse hawe van Texel in Zeeland waar hulle toestemming verkry om Kaap toe te gaan. Hulle vertrek op die skip "Zion" op 8 Januarie 1689 met bykans geen besittings tussen hulle behalwe hulle klere en familie Bybels nie. [1]
  • NOTES ON HUGUENOT FAMILIES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BY THE LATE C. C. DE VILLIERS, ESQ [21] 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. [21][2]
  • In 1715 "Boschendal" was purchased by the De Villiers brothers, Pierre, Abraham and Jacques, and under their ownership the farm prospered and grew. The farm was originally known as "Bossendaal" (wood and dale) and was granted in 1685 to Jean le Long by the governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel. Jacques bought the farm from his brother, Abraham on 17 Jul 1717. He was also the owner of the farm "Lekkerwyn" and "La Brie". Brother of fore-fathers Pierre and Abraham... farmed "La Rochelle" in co-op. On 14 Jul 1717 he bought "Bosch en Dal" from Abraham.,. he also bought "Le Brie" in 1730. [1][2]
  • de Villiers, Jacob, stated in his will in 1719 to be of "Borgondien", and aged 58; married Margaretha Gardiol of Provence, born 1674. He died on 17th May, 1735, and inventory in her estate filed in June, 1749. [22][2]
  • Jacob married Marguerite GARDIOL, first baptismal entry 1693. Pierre Married Elizabeth TAILLEFER, first baptismal entry 1699. [21][2]
  • 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.[21]
  • Pierre, Abraham, Jacques, et Paul DE VILLIERS sortirent du royaume de France 1685. Ils etaient fils de Pierre DE VILLIERS. (Archives de La Rochelie.) [2][21]
  • Jacob arrived in South Africa in 1689 on board the Zion accompanied by his brothers Pierre and Abraham. [2][21]
  • Married to Marguerite Gardiol, 1691. [21]
  • Susanna de Villiers born ca. 1693. [21]
  • Son Abraham de Villiers born 2 October 1707 in Drakenstein [2][21]
  • 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. [2]
  • Jacob married Marguerite GARDIOL, first baptismal entry 1693. Pierre Married Elizabeth TAILLEFER, first baptismal entry 1699.[2]
  • The DE VILLIERS are at the present time the most numerous of the Huguenot families here, and are all descendants of Pierre and Jacob. [2]
  • Jacques was born in 1661, probably in the vicinity of Cognac, south west France. As he grew up he probably learnt all about growing vines and making wine from his parents. Because of the persecution of the Huguenots, after Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Jacques and his two brothers, Pierre and Abraham fled to Holland.[23] At that time De Heere 17's Verenigde Oos Indiese Companjie [VOIC] operated a trading post at the Cape of Good Hope. Since they found that the Cape was very suitable for wine production, they offered some of the Huguenots refugees who had experience in this field free passage to the Cape. On 16 December 1688 the three de Villiers brothers boarded the 120 foot long barque Zion but, because of bad weather, they only sailed for the Cape, from Texel, on 8 January 1689. After a four months long journey Jacques stepped ashore at the Cape on the morning of 6 May 1689. Here he was granted land in the valley near Franschhoek and he named his farm La Brie. He married another Huguenot, Marguerite Gardiol and a couple of years later they bought the farm Boschendal from his brother Abraham. When Jacques died on 17 May 1735 his son Jean took over the farming on Boschendal. [2]
  • The Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, eager to develop the agricultural promise of "the Cape of Good Hope", welcomed the Huguenots and the skills they brought with them. Thus in October 1694, nine French Huguenot settlers were granted farms in "Olifantshoekvallei". The settlers named their farms in memory of their distant homeland. Jacques de Villiers called his portion of the land La Bri. Under his direction the elephant inhabited wilderness became cultivated vineyard. Today we call this valley Franschhoek. [2]
  • Jacques was born in 1661, probably in the vicinity of Cognac, south west France. As he grew up he probably learnt all about growing vines and making wine from his parents. Because of the persecution of the Huguenots, after Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Jacques and his two brothers, Pierre and Abraham fled to Holland. At that time De Heere 17's Verenigde Oos Indiese Companjie [VOIC] operated a trading post at the Cape of Good Hope. Since they found that the Cape was very suitable for wine production, they offered some of the Huguenots refugees who had experience in this field free passage to the Cape. On 16 December 1688 the three de Villiers brothers boarded the 120 foot long barque Zion but, because of bad weather, they only sailed for the Cape, from Texel, on 8 January 1689. After a four months long journey Jacques stepped ashore at the Cape on the morning of 6 May 1689. Here he was granted land in the valley near Franschhoek and he named his farm La Brie. He married another Huguenot, Marguerite Gardiol and a couple of years later they bought the farm Boschendal from his brother Abraham. When Jacques died on 17 May 1735 his son Jean took over the farming on Boschendal. [2]
  • A letter from the Chamber of Delft, dated 16 December 1688, stated: With this ship (Zion) we have again permitted the following French Refugees to sail to the Cape and earn their living as freemen, Pierre de Villiers, Abraham de Villiers and Jacob de Villiers, all three brothers born near la Rochelle. We are informed that these persons have a good knowledge of laying out vineyards and managing the same, and thus we hope that the Company will acquire their good service. [2]
  • Brother of fore-fathers Pierre and Abraham ... farmed "La Rochelle" in co-op. On 14 Jul 1717 bought "Bosch en Dal" from Abraham ... he also bought "Le Brie" in 1730. [1][2]
  • Jacob, stated in his will in 1719 to be of "Borgondien", and aged 58; married Margaretha Gardiol of Provence, born 1674. He died on 17th May, 1735, and inventory in her estate filed in June, 1749. [2]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 WikiTree profiles De_Villiers-209 & De Villiers-226 created through the import of de Villiers.ged on Oct 3, 2012 by G Westbrook. Sources:
    • Author: Richard Bosman Title: Richard Bosman Family History Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacques De Villiers
    • Author: Philip Theron Title: Theron's of Rusticana Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacques (Jacob) de Villiers
    • Author: JOHAN BOONZAIER Title: Boonzaier/Boonzaier/Boonzaijer/Boonzaaier/Boonzajer/BoonzaayerWeb Site Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacques (Jacob) De Villiers Event
    • Author: Paul Mare Title: Mare/Maree Family in South Africa Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacques (Jacob) de Villiers
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 WikiTree profile De Villiers-610 created through the import of HGM 2014.ged on Sep 16, 2014 by Gordon Mac Rae. Sources:
    • http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/bosmandevriesbuys/I135.html
    • The inventory in the estate of Margaretha Gardiol of Provence, (born 1674) filed in June, 1749.
    • Botha, C Graham: 'The French Refugees at the Cape, 2nd Ed 1921 on http://debuys.blogspot.com/
    • Ellen Stanton's 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
    • Stamouers - SA Stamouer webwerf (AM van Rensburg)
    • Coertzen, Pieter - The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988, Tafelberg Publishers Limited, Cape Town, 1988'.
    • History of La Bri: (www.la-bri.co.za/history)
    • A letter from the Chamber of Delft, dated 16 December 1688.
    • Objects included in GEDCOM:
    La Brie Homestead
    The old port of la Rochelle where the de Villiers brothers lived prior to moving to the Cape
    La Bri - one of the farms of Jacob (Jacques) deVilliers
    Jacob de Villiers 29 April 1703 Drakenstein Baptism
    ???
    Margaretha Joubert 18 July 1728 Drakenstein Baptism
    Jacobus de Villiers 14 September 1699 Drakenstein Baptism
    Jacob de Villiers 29 April 1703 Drakenstein Baptism
    Marguerite Gardiol Mooc 8.16.
    NG Kerk Drakenstein doopboek bladsy 2 22.07.1695 - 14.12.1695
    Margaretha Joubert 18 July 1728 Drakenstein Baptism
    Jacobus de Villiers 14 September 1699 Drakenstein Baptism
    Jacob de Villiers 29 April 1703 Drakenstein Baptism
  3. ↑ 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.)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 WikiTree profile De_Villiers-410 created by Pieter Meyer May 15, 2013. Source:
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 Added by Schalk Pienaar Oct 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 WikiTree profile De Villiers-114 created through the import of Law family tree 2012.ged on Jan 8, 2012 by Charlene Deacon.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 WikiTree profile De Villiers-137 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 WikiTree profile De Villiers-288 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 WikiTree profile De_Villiers-565 created by Alistair Knox, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (This erroneous duplicate profile contained the following data at the time of creation: Name = Abraham de Villiers ; Birth = 1659 ; Place: Aunis or Bourgonge, La Rochelle, France ; Death = 31 Mar 1720 ; Place: Lekkerwyn Farm, Franschoek, Cape of Good Hope. It was modified on 14 June 2014.)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 WikiTree profile Gardiol-9 created by Werner Schneeberger 31 July 2012. Source:
    • Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien deel 1 bl xx.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 WikiTree profile created by Dirk Joubert, Oct 31, 2012.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 WikiTree profile De Villiers-312 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen. Sources:
    • Author: Ron Kelly Title: Kelly Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacob de Villiers
    • Author: Philip Theron Title: Theron\'s of Rusticana Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Page: Jacques (Jacob) de Villiers
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 WikiTree De_Villiers-169 created by Mathilda van Zyl, Sep 3, 2012.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 WIkiTree profile De_Villiers-418 created by Cornelia Potgieter (De Koker-19), Jun 19, 2013.
  17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 WikiTree profile De VILLIERS-146 created through the import of Redelinghuys.ged on Jul 21, 2012 by Humphrey Stead (Stead-93). Sources:
    • Title: Genealogy of the De Villiers Family in South Africa Author: Malherbe, Juna and Malan, Alet Publication: De Villiers Publication Fund, Franschoek. South Africa, 1997 Page: Vol I,p. 293
    • Title: Dictionary of South African Biography
    • Title: Communication from Veronica East (nee Watson)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 WikiTree profile De Villiers-458 created through the import of 0b4h32_47138643fag2b2g43q5k8p.ged on Sep 25, 2013 by Gardiol de Villiers. Sources:
    • Title: van der Watt Family Tree Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Page: Jacques Jacob de Villiers, a3/Prog
    • Title: WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage Text: Jacob De VilliersGender: Male Birth: 1661 - Bourgogne, FRANCE Marriage: 1691 Death: May 17 1735 - Bosch-en-Dal, Paarl, South Africa Father: Pierre De Villiers Mother: Elisabeth De Villiers (born Secault) Wife: Marguerite De Villiers (born Gardiol) Children: David De Villiers Jacobus Jocob de Jonge De Villiers Abraham De Villiers Jean De Villiers Rachel De Villiers Johanna De Villiers Siblings: Pierre De Villiers Abraham De Villiers
  19. ↑ Source: ) The 'Zion' Belonged to the Chamber of Delft and left Netherlands January 9, 1689 arriving Table Bay May 6, 1689 . The only Huguenot passengers were:
    • Pierre de Villiers
    • Abraham de Villiers
    • Jacque de Villiers
    • 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 (on Ships Carrying Huguenots to South Africa):
    • Pierre de Villiers (1657-1720)
    • Abraham de Villiers (1659-1720)
    • Jacques de Villiers (1661-1735)
    Seen and added by Philip van der Walt 19 Dec 2021.
  20. ↑ Van der Walt-440 23:35, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 Source:
    • Ellen Stanton's 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
  22. ↑ Botha, C Graham: The French Refugees at the Cape, 2nd Ed 1921 on http://debuys.blogspot.com/
  23. ↑ 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. [citation needed]




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Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
I removed De_Villiers-114 as spouse from Elizabeth Taillifert-4 for now until other information or proof. See comment of Ronel on Elizabeth Taillifert-4.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Conflicting father profile: Jean de Villiers b. 1630-00-00 d. 0000-00-00 Van der Walt-440, 9 April 2015.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-610 and De Villiers-114 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (name, spouse, children etc.)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-169 and De Villiers-114 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (name, date of birth, spouse etc.)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-114 and De Villiers-154 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-312 and De Villiers-209 appear to represent the same person because: same data (year of birth, spouse etc,)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-366 and De Villiers-209 do not represent the same person because: Father & son profile; wrong ID
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-366 and De Villiers-209 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (year of birth etc.)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
See http://www.geni.com/people/Jacques-Jacob-de-Villiers/6000000001288208815 for reference. This profile has been unfortunately compromised by a merge with his Brother Abraham de Villiers-565. Jacques had 12 children. See also the duplicate profiles of the same person (meaning name AND generation).
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-288 and De Villiers-209 appear to represent the same person because: Same data, de Villiers-209 has both the correct French spelling of the LNAB and the lowest ID-number.
posted by Philip van der Walt

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