Family tree Jurrien Hoove » Abraham de Villiers (1659-1720)

Personal data Abraham de Villiers 

  • He was born in the year 1659 in La Rochelle, France.
  • Emigrated on January 9, 1689, From Goeree to Cape, South Africa.
    He sailed aboard the Zion, which, prevented by contrary winds from sailing with other ships for protection (war time), it sailed alonel
  • Profession: Farmer on Boschendal, a farmer (working with his brothers).
  • He died on March 31, 1720 in Lekkerwyn, Paarl, South Africa, he was 61 years old.
  • He is buried on March 31, 1720 in Cape Town, South Africa.
  • A child of Pierre de Villiers and Elizabeth Secault

Household of Abraham de Villiers

He is married to Suzanne Gardiol.

They got married on October 5, 1689 at Paarl, South Africa, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth de Villiers  1690-1765 
  3. Susanna de Villiers  1697-1730 
  6. Maria de Villiers  1702-???? 

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Day of marriage October 5, 1689

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1689: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
    • April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
    • May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
    • July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
    • August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
    • August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Day of death March 31, 1720

  • The temperature on March 31, 1720 was about 6.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1720: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
    • February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
    • March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
    • August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
    • October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
    • November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.


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