Abraham de Clercq

Variations of the name de Klerk; de Clercq

Origin of the name

Birth date c. 1671 in Serooskerke, Walcheren.

Baptism. 11 Oct 1671 at Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands

Volgens doopboeke in die Rijksarchief Zeeland het Pieter de Clercq en Sara Barendz Cachet vier kinders in Serooskerke op Walcheren gedoop. 'n Oudste seun Abraham is op 17 Mei 1670 gedoop maar is as baba oorlede, want op 11 Oktober 1671 is daar weer 'n dopeling met die naam Abraham. Hy sou die stamvader word van die De Klerks in Suid-Afrika. 'n Suster Jannetje word gedoop op 3 Mei 1676 en die jongste seun Joost op 16 Oktober 1678.

- Familia (XXVI (1), 1989, 'DIE HERKOMS VAN DIE DE KLERKS' - Eben de Klerk

Ref. J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, S.A. Genealogies 4 J-K, Page 306. - " van Serooskerk, Walcheren"

Sources at http://www.greeff.info/tng01/getperson.php?personID=I27553&tree=PedigrFAGreeffEsagi given as Familia, 1989 No 1 p3; Familia, 1989 No 3 p63 and Janet Mellville, csajam@upe.ac.za.

Date of Death

Date of death needs verifying - various dates have been added to this profile from time to time -

Calculations: -

[1] After 1727 when he and He and Jeanne le Clercq witnessed the baptism of Pieter Gaùs on 6 July 1727 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop. (Source given at http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/p5092.htm "Baptism Register, Drakenstein I Baptisms, Den 6 Jùlij 1727; K: Pieter; V: Pieter Gaùs; M: Anna Oosthuijzen; G: Abraham Klerk, Johanna Klerk." "Drakenstein Heemkring compilers. Drakenstein I Baptisms. CD-ROM. Paarl Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006.")

[2] His son Cornelis was baptised in Jan 1732 according to J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, S.A. Genealogies 4 J-K, pg. 318., so he will have been alive at least 9 months to about a year or so before that date

Place of Death Cape, South Africa

Parents -

Father: SAG Volume 4 page 306 - s.v. Pieter de Clercq...

Mother: ... en Sara Cochet

SAG Volume 4 page 306 - " * 7.5.1670 van Serooskerk, Walcheren, s.v. Pieter de Clercq en Sara Cochet a. 1688 met die Oosterlandt"

Marriage

Madeleine Mouton on 12 May 1709 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop. ref. J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, S.A. Genealogies 4 J-K, Page 306.

Children:

• Sara de Klerk. bapt. 3 Aug 1710
• Maria de Klerk bapt. 14 Aug 1712
• Pieter de Clercq bapt. 11 Nov 1714
• Barend de Klerk bapt. 8 Nov 1716
• Abraham de Clercq bapt. 26 Jul 1721
• Jacob de Klerk bapt. 17 Oct 1723
• Joseph de Klerk bapt. 25 Aug 1726
• Johannes de Klerk bapt 5 Dec 1728
• Anna de Klerk born c 1729
• Cornelis de Klerk bapt. 8 Jan 1732

See First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5092.htm

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Abraham le CLERQ (vandag bekend as de KLERK) van Seroosterkerke, Walcheren Eiland, was 'n Franse Hugenoot wat met die Oosterland aangekom het in 1688. Hy was die seun van Pieter le Clercq en Sara Cochet. Hy was in diens van die Kompanjie en is te Stellenbosch getroud met Magdalena MOUTON van Middelburg op 12 Mei 1709. Hy het hom gevestig te Vogel Vallei by die Voelvleidam naby Hermon in 1724. Hy het 3 dogters en 7 seuns gehad.