Jacobus (Villier) de Villiers
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Jacobus (Villier) de Villiers (1703 - 1734)

Jacobus "Jacob de Jonge" de Villiers formerly Villier
Born in Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1724 in Cape of Good Hopemap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 30 in Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Jacobus (Villier) de Villiers was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Jacob de Villiers was a Huguenot. His parents immigrated to the Cape Colony.

Contents

Biography

SAG nr.

a3b6 [1]

Name

Jacobus de Villiers [2][3][1][4] / Jacobus Jocob de Jonge de Villiers [5] / Jacob de Villiers [6] / Jacob Villiers [7]

Birth

Date: 14 Sep 1699 [2][1][4] / in 1703 [5][6] / before 29 Apr 1703 [3]
Place: Drakenstein, Cape [Province], [South Africa] [1]

Baptism

Date: 29 Apr 1703 [3]
Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Drakenstein [7] / Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope [3]
Date: 1703-04-29 [7]
Child: Jacob
Father: Jacob Villier [7] [8]
Mother: Margariet Gardoil [7]
Transcription: Page 25
√29∫ ditto. Jacob. d' Vader Jacob Villier, d' Moeder Margariet Gardoil. Getuygen Estienne Viret, en Elisabet Villiers [7]
Transcribed by Ronel Olivier from records sited at [7]

Parents

Son of Jacques de Villiers and Marguerite Gardiol [7]

Residence

Farm names : Nieudorp and De Goede Hoop [6]

Marriage Parents

Date: 1691 [3]
Place: Cape of Good Hope [3]
Husband: Jacques de Villiers [3]
Wife: Marguerite Gardiol [3]
Child: Maria Elisabeth de Villiers [3]
Child: Johanna de Villiers [3]
Child: Jacobus de Villiers [3]
Child: Jean de Villiers [3]

Marriage Proper

Date: 1724 [3]
Place: Cape of Good Hope [3]
Husband: Jacobus de Villiers [3]
Wife: Louisa Joubert [3]
Child: Elisabeth de Villiers [3]

Death

Date: He passed away in 1734 [3][5][1] / about 1735. [4][6]
Place: Drakenstein, Western Cape, [South Africa] [1][6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 WikiTree profile De Villiers-487 created through the import of 0b4h32_47138643fag2b2g43q5k8p.ged on Sep 25, 2013 by Gardiol de Villiers. Source:
  2. 2.0 2.1 WikiTree profile De Villiers-153 created by Werner Schneeberger, 1 August 2012. Source:
    • Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien, deel 1 bl xx.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 WikiTree profile De VILLIERS-143 created through the import of Redelinghuys.ged on Jul 21, 2012 by Humphrey Stead (Stead-93). Source:
    • 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. 294
    • Source: Title: Genealogies of Old South African Families Author: De Villiers,C.C. and Pama, G. Publication: A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, South Africa, 1966
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 WikiTree profile De Villiers-292 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 WikiTree profile De Villiers-366 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen. Source:
    • Author: Ron Kelly Title: Kelly Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Type: Smart Matching Page: Jacobus Jocob de Jonge de Villiers
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 WikiTree profile De Villiers-726 created by Hilde Hattingh, Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Source:
    • ”South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Register, Drakenstein. Private photo collection: Photo taken by R. Olivier (2005) : Page 25, Image 25 : Source: Verbatim Copies VC 644: Cape town repository Original registers located at Dutch Reformed Church Archive, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G3 3/1”: Baptism Date: 1703-04-29 Child: Jacob, Father: Jacob Villier, Mother: Margariet Gardiol. Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier April 1, 2015.
  8. From the History of the De Villiers Family – D. P. De Villiers. Published 1960, Nasionale Boekhandel Bpk. Cape Town Bloemfontein Johannesburg. Page 117. Seen and entered June 20, 2020 by Desireé Schekierka




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possible death record in Paarl (Drakenstein) Membership register for Jacobus (Villier) de Villiers (1703 - 1734) (right hand page)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-19WF-C?i=457&cat=993681 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province

posted by Michele Erasmus
edited by Michele Erasmus
De Villiers-160 and De Villiers-726 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
De Villiers-366 and De Villiers-160 appear to represent the same person because: Same data but De_Villiers-160 has the correct spelling of the LNAB
posted by Philip van der Walt
De Villiers-487 and De Villiers-160 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife, same marriage date , same death date
posted by Schalk Wilhelm Pienaar
De Villiers-292 and De Villiers-487 appear to represent the same person because: same data, same person (de Villiers-487 has the correct LNAB - lower case 'd')
posted by Philip van der Walt

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