Abraham Faure (1717 - 1792)

Born 17 Aug 1717 in Drakenstein District, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1792 at age 74 in Stellenbosch, Dutch Cape Colony

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Biography

Name

Abraham Faure ^[1][2][3]

Birth

Date: 17 Aug 1717 ^[1][2][3]

Place: Cape [Province] [South Africa] ^[1][2]

Baptism

Date: 5 Sept 1717 ^[1][4]

Event Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Drakentein ^[4]

Child: Abraham, ^[4]

Father: Anthonie Faure ^[4]

Mother: Rachel De Villers ^[4]

"Den 5de Septembr, Abraham, soon van Anthonie Faure en Rachel De Villers. Getuijgen Abraham De Villers en Susanna Gardiol." ^[4]

Occupation

He was a magistrate. ^[2]

Family

Of the 7 children from ANTOINE FAURE (1685-1736) AND RACHEL DE VILLIERS (1694-1773), only Abraham FAURE (1717-1792) survived to carry on the name. In later years he was referred to as The Honourable Abraham FAURE. Thus, all the FAURE’s in this branch stem from Abraham. Nothing is known of the other children other that the information shown in the table, as well as [...]: ^[3]

Death

Date: 22 Jul 1792 ^[2] / 22 Jun 1792 ^[3]

Place: Cape [Province] [South Africa] ^[1] / Stellenbosch, [South Africa] ^[2]

Burial

He was buried at the NG Kerk in Stellenbosch ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} WikiTree profile Faure-219 created by Carel M. van der Schyff 28 March 2017. Source:
   • SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES Pretoria Human Science Research Council 1986 [Reprinted by Genealogical Institute of South Africa Stellenbosch 2007]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} WikiTree profile Faure-247 created by Zola (du Toit) du Preez 10 Sep 2017. Source:
   • Personal family tree
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} WikiTree profile Faure-515 created by Clive Bothma, 10 January 2021. Source:
   • A FAURE GENEALOGY: BOOK 1 (OF 8): HISTORY AND 3 GENERATIONS AFTER ANTOINE FAURE (1685-1736)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Source:
   • South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Register, Drakenstein. Doop Private photo collection: Photo taken by R. Olivier (2005) : Source: Verbatim Copies VC 644: Cape town repository Original registers located at Dutch Reformed Church Archive, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G3 3/1. Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier July, 2020.