Pierre Jourdan de Cabriere “Cavalier” de La Roque d'Antheron; *ca.1620 La Roque d'Antheron x Susanna Pascal *ca.1637. The couple lived in Cabrières d'Aigues in Provence, France by 1661.

i. Pierre Jourdan de Cabrière d'Aigues; *Cabrières d'Aigues 1661; Arrived on the ship “China” on 4 August 1688. Later owner of the farm Cabrière, church deacon, †28.10.1723.x Anna Fauche (Fouché), †1713 xx Maria Verdot, daughter of Hercule Verdot of La Roque d'Antheron,

• b1 Anna » Drakenstein 30.12.1698 x Louis Fourie
• b2 Pierre » Drakenstein 06.12.1699 † before end 1702
• b3 Joseph » Drakenstein 30.10.1701 x Maria Magdalena le Roux
• b4 Susanna » ca. 1703 x Jean Jourdan (vb2), son of Jean Jourdan de Belle Etoile
• b5 Marie » Drakenstein 23.08.1705 † Before end 23.11.1713

ii. Anthoine *1669. Our best information is that he remained with his parents in France in 1687.

Pierre Jourdan (Cavalier) - SOURCES

• Pierre was born ca. 1620 in La Roque d'Anthéron as son of Jehan Jourdan from La Roque and Jeanne Crespin

◦ SOURCE: Calculated from his age given at his 1685 abjuration below.

• Pierre married Susanne Pascal in 1659 in Cabrières d'Aigues ◦ SOURCE: The records of Notary Enjoubert of Pertuis; reference 3E 56/264 – folio 397.
• Pierre (then 65), his wife Susanne Pascal (then 48) and their two children Pierre (24) and Anthoine (16) abjured in Cabrières d'Aigues on 22 October 1685 in front of Notary Lafourest. ◦ SOURCE: The records of Notary Enjoubert of Pertuis; reference 3E 56/299.
• Son Anthoine married in 1695. In the marriage act dated 27 November 1695, Susanne Pascal, who was then already widowed, named Anthoine her heir. She documented the condition that, should her other son Pierre,who had been in the king's service for many years, still be alive and return home; then the inheritance was to be shared equally between her two sons. (Susanne would likely not have wanted to tell the authorities that son Pierre had fled to the Cape under the Protestant Dutch flag. The Luberon Protestants believed that Louis XIV would soon change his mind and they therefore saw exile as temporary. They expected those who fled to return home before long - Private communication, Virginia Belz Chomat) ◦ SOURCE: The records of Notary Enjoubert of Pertuis; reference 3E 56/302.

NARRATIVE:

By 24 October 1685 the Intendant of Provence advises Louis XIV's Minister of State, Louvois, that, with the exception of the counties of Seyne, Manosque [on the Durance east of Bastide des Jourdans], and “some villages in the Val d'Aigues”, all of Provence will be Catholic. In terms of the Edict, one has to either convert or leave the country. Those who do not convert are sentenced to forfeit their property and row in the galleys (in the case of men) or be thrown in prison (in the case of women). The children of the converted shall have to be educated in the Catholic religion. We now look at events in the villages themselves. In the week following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the individuals with whom we are concerned all abjure their faith...

1. On 22 October 1685 Pierre Jourdan “Cavalier” of Cabrières d'Aigues and his family, including son Pierre Jourdan de Cabrières, abjure their faith in Cabrières d'Aigues in front of Notary Lafourest. It is from this event that we know their respective ages.

2. On 23 October 1685, at La Motte d'Aigues, it is the turn of Marie Jourdanne, daughter of Pierre Jourdan “Carretier” of Belle Etoile and the widow of Jean Roux. With her are her three daughters Jeanne, Marie and Margarite.

3. At the very same event, immediately following Marie on the list, we find Daniel Roux (42), his wife Magdalene Jourdanne (38), the eldest daughter of Pierre Jourdan “Carretier” of Belle Etoile, and their two daughters Jeanne and Marie. Based on the grouping, these two families shared a home by 1685. It appears that Daniel Roux is the brother of the late Jean Roux.

4. At St. Martin de la Brasque, 500 metres from Belle Etoile, we find the abjuration of Jeanne Bret(te), widow of the late Barthèlemy Jourdan, and her two daughters Isabeau and Jeanne between 23 and 27 October 1685.

5. Immediately following that of Jeanne Brette, we find the abjurations of Jeanne Marque, widow of the late Pierre Jourdan “Carretier” and of her youngest sons, Jean and Pierre. Here too, the two families probably all live in the same household. This is no doubt the home in Belle Etoile where the late eldest son of Pierre Senior, Barthèlemy (husband to Jeanne Brette), must have been in command until his death. [Booyens p4-5]

Sources

• 'Pierre de Cabrières and Pierre de Belle Etoile' by Harry Booyens
• Harry Booysen's 'GodCatherine Vinière Bless the Good Ship China'

2. Ascendants de Pierre JOURDAN

13. Perrotet

12.Honorat Pelanchon x Alix Lajon

11. Jean Pelanchon x Jeanne Salenc

10 Janon? Colletin

9. Michel Bounoux x Jeanne Ayassot

8. Jean Crespin x Gabrielle Perrotet

7.Pierre Colletins x Suzanne Pelanchon

6. Paul Crespin x Marie Bounnoux

5. Colin Jourdan x Catherine Vinière

4. Jean Pascal x Catherine Colletin

3. Jean Jourdan de La Rocque x Jeanne Crespin; | 2. Pierre Jourdan, Cavalier La Rocque d’Anthéron x Suzanne Pascal ca 1637-1700

1. Pierre Jourdan ca 1661-

Ascendants de Pierre JOURDAN-Robert REY family tree-Pierre Jourdan

4 January 1612: Contract of marriage (with Jeanne CRESPIN) - Lourmarin, 84068, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, FRANCE

Jehan JOURDAN son of the late Collin and Catherine VINIERE ?, of La Motte d'Aigues, residing in La Roque d'Anthéron, with Jehanne CRESPIN daughter of Pol and Marie BONNET, of Lacoste. Present: Louis JOURDAN, brother of the spouse, of Cadenet, Jehan CRESPIN, uncle of the wife, of Roque, Thomas PERROTET his cousin, Suzanne BONNET his aunt, Anthoine BUFFE his uncle, Jacques PERROTET, Jehan MALAN of the late Suffrein , And Anne CHABOT wife of the said MALAN.

http://gw.geneanet.org/soler?lang=fr&iz=52291&m=P&v=marie Soek:-BOUNOUX , daughter of Michel and Jeanne AYASSOT, married with Paul CRESPIN - Jean Luc SOLER - Geneanet

Bogenoemde verdien verdere navorsing met die oog op dokumentêre stawing

1. Gebeurlikhede:

1. Pierre Jourdan was born circa 1620 in La Roque d'Anthéron, Provence, France.

2. He married Susanna Pascal in 1659 Cabrières d'Aigues, Provence, France.

3. Pierre (then 65), his wife Susanne Pascal (then 48) and their two children Pierre (24) and Anthoine (16) abjured in Cabrières d'Aigues on 22 October 1685 in front of Notary Lafourest. SOURCE: The records of Notary Enjoubert of Pertuis; reference 3E 56/299.

4. Son Anthoine married in 1695. In the marriage act dated 27 November 1695. Susanne Pascal, who was then already widowed, named Anthoine her heir. She documented the condition that, should her other son Pierre, who had been in the king's service for many years, still be alive and return home; then the inheritance was to be shared equally between her two sons. SOURCE: The records of Notary Enjoubert of Pertuis; reference 3E 56/302.

5. Susanne would likely not have wanted to tell the authorities that son Pierre had fled to the Cape under the Protestant Dutch flag. The Luberon Protestants believed that Louis XIV would soon change his mind and therefore saw exile as temporary. They expected those who fled to return home before long.

6. There are, in fact, at least two distinct Jourdan families in this town who will supply us with settlers for the Cape of Good Hope:

i. The first is that of the 65-year old Pierre Jourdan listed as “cavalier”

He originally came from La Roque d'Antheron. He is married to the 48-year old Susanne Pascal. They have at least two sons:

i. Pierre (24) ii. Anthoine (16)

ii. The 24-year old Pierre from Cabrières d'Aigues will be referred to in this work as Pierre Jourdan de Cabrières.

                                        (Inligting bekom:-Pierre de Cabrières and Pierre de Belle Etoile by Harry Booyens)

7. Vooraf gebeure, wat tot die Huegenote Beweging gelei het.

i. 1440 The miserable situation is such Durance valley in the last monks abandon Abbey, the first Roque d'Anthéron in turn disappears.

ii. 1514 (November): Jean de Forbin, Palamedes son of John II, Lord of La Barben and Autan and Martha Delli Pazzi, lord of La Roque with its married Antoinette de La Terre, signed with 70 settler families an "act of habitation": The Roque d'Anthéron reborn. These settlers, many are son Waldensian settlers implanted in a generation on the foothills of the Luberon.

a. City informations of La Roque-d'Anthéron

1. La Roque-d'Anthéron is a French commune, located in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. 2. Its inhabitants are called the Rocassiers. Cited in 1037 as toponym Roca.

iii. 1560: Construction in Lourmarin the first Protestant church in the Luberon-Durance valley.Research is currently underway to locate it

iv. In 1573 the Huguenots invaded the valley and, following a betrayal, took possession of the Château. However they soon departed without violence, just taking a little booty

v. On 18 October 1685 Louis XIV, King of France, revokes the Edict of Nantes.

vi. The very same day his Dragoons enter Provence. Between 22 and 26 October 1685 the citizens of Cabrières d'Aigues abjure their faith en masse.

vii. The same soon follows in the other towns. On 22 October the Courbon family members abjure their faith in Cabrières in front of notary public Lafourest. Father André signs that young Louis (17) is ill and [likely] at home.

viii. Cavalier Pierre Jourdan, along with his wife Susanne Pascal (48) and their sons Pierre and Anthoine also abjures at the same occasion:

ix. 1ST February 1688: Reyne Suzanne and her husband Pierre JOUBERT flee related disorders "Revocation of the Edict of Nantes" and embark on the "Berg China" towards South Africa for a voyage without return, with Provencal Luberon whose Malan family.

x. We also have Frachasse from Lourmarin, Verdeau from La Roque d'Antheron across the Durance River and Pelanchon from Sivergues, the mysterious little town in a “lost valley” in the Lubéron mountain.

xi. All these places are within the community of people known as the Vaudois. The Italians call them Valdese; the Germans call them Waldensen or Talleute; the Dutch call them Dalluyden – People of the Valley. Their ancestors are from Piedmont in what will one day be Italy;-God Bless the Good Ship China 4th Edition by Harry Booyens-Ingestuur Ds. MG Muller