Person:Jacques de Villiers (1)

= Son of = Pierre de Villiers and Elizabeth Secault; = = A letter from the Chamber of Delft, dated 16 December 1688, stated: With this ship 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. - on http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/bosmandevriesbuys/I135.html Jacques was the youngest of the three De Villiers brothers to first arrive in South Africa on the 120-foot long Dutch East Indiaman, the Zion. He boarded the Zion in Texel, Holland on 16 December 1688, and departed for Cape Town, South Africa on 8 January 1689. Jacques and his brothers Pierre and Abraham were the only passengers on the Zion. <========================================================> About Jacob de Villiers, SV/PROG 3 A letter from the Chamber of Delft, dated 16 December 1688, stated: With this ship 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. - on http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk/bosmandevriesbuys/I135.html -------------- 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. - Botha, C Graham: The French Refugees at the Cape, 2nd Ed 1921 on http://debuys.blogspot.com/ ------------ = = Son of Pierre de Villiers and Elizabeth Secault Husband of Marguerite Gardiol Father of Jan de Villiers; Susanna de Villiers; Marie Elisabeth de Villiers; Johanna de Villiers; Jacobus de Villiers; David de Villiers; Jacob de Villiers; Margaretha de Villiers; Abraham de Villiers; Rachel de Villiers; Isaac de Villiers and Jan Jacobsz de Villiers « less Brother of Pierre de Villiers; Abraham de Villiers SV/PROG 2 and Paul de Villiers Half brother of Maria de Villiers

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