Isaac (le Roux) Roux (abt. 1615 - 1672)

Born about 1615 in Orléanais, France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1672 at about age 57 in Centre, France

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Isaac Roux was a Huguenot.
Family members made it to the Cape Colony.

Biography

Isaac (le Roux) Roux has French origins.

Place clarification ^[1]:

Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France ^[1]

Cour-Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France ^[1]

Pommegorge, Mer, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France ^[1]

Pommegorge, the family farm since 1530, was sold on 29 Mei 1687. ^[1]

Assumed to be born in the province of Orléanais, France, per this information: Isaac le Roux was not born at Pommegorge, since he inherited the manor after his first wife's death, in 1635. There was a lawsuit involving his first wife's children, after her death^[2]

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 1672). Isaac and Jeanne had a son Jean le Roux (1666-1711) - Born on 16 November 1666 on farm Pommegorge 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-Cheverney, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Christened in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France 28 July 1669). ^[1]

Gabriel’s parents moved to Pommegorge 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. 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]

Name

Isaac le Roux ^[4] / |Isaac Roux ^[5]

Birth

Date: 1615 ^[4][5]

Place: France ^[5]

Death

Death: 1687 ^[4][5] (Pommegorge, the family farm since 1530, was sold on 29 May 1687. ^[1])

Centre, France ^[1]

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} Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Oct 21, 2014. Edited Nov 9, 2014. Thanks to Femmy le Roux. Source:

   • https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/home
   • https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/stamouers
   • https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/nuusbrokkies

2. ↑ Private message sent by Jacques Guillou, 21 November 2019. Original message: "Isaac n'est pas né à Pommegorge, puisqu'il a hérité de ce manoir après la mort de sa 1ère femme, en 1635. il y a eu un procès fait avec les enfants de sa 1ère femme, après la mort de celle-ci." Entered by Rassinot-1 13:26, 21 November 2019 (UTC).
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. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} WikiTree profile Le Roux-63 created through the import of Champion Family Tree.ged on Apr 18, 2012 by Werner Schneeberger.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} WikiTree profile Roux-102 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.