Cape settlers V: from Flanders to Alsace on the turbulent frontier

Caucheteuxs in Boucher's 'French Speakers at the Cape'

Among the early Cape settlers from the Calaisis were the children Isaïe, Susanne and Jean Caucheteux (Costeux). Described as orphans in 1690, it may be assumed that they set out from the United Provinces with their parents Isaïe Caucheteux and Susanne Albert of the village of Marek. Isaïe was the son of Antoine Caucheteux and Elisabeth Clin­quemeur and at the time of his marriage on November 13, 1672 was twenty-five years of age and an agriculturalist. His mother, then a widow, had died at lower Marek on June 4 of that year at the age of sixty-nine. Susanne Albert, twenty-two years of age, was the daughter of Pierre Albert and the late Noelle de Bus. Her father died at Oye (Oye-Plage) towards Gravelines on January 21, 1681, aged seventy­ two. lsai:e Caucheteux was attended at his wedding by his first cousins Pierre Clinquemeur and Isaac Bonduel. 21

• The eldest of the Caucheteux children at the Cape, Isaïe, was born on September 23, 1673 at Fort-Brülé, near Guemps, and was baptized on October 8, with Isaac Carpentier and Sara Albert as godparents. Sara was Susanne Albert's sister and the wife of Abraham Mortreul of Marek.
• The second child Susanne was born on December 18, 1675 at lower Marek and was christened on January 5 of the following year with Jacques Clinquemeur and Anne du Ponchel as godparents. Her god­ mother died at Guines on October 28, 1676 at the age of twenty.
• Another son Pierre was born to Isaïe Caucheteux and Susanne Albert at Marek on May 21, 1679 and bap­tized three weeks later. Susanne had then recently lost a sister Cathe­rine, who died at Oye on February 15, 1679 at the age of twenty-one.
• The third of the Caucheteux children at the Cape, Jean, was one of twins born at Marek on December 7, 1682 and baptized two days later. The other twin Marie died six days after birth. Jean's godmother was his maternal aunt Anne Albert. [Rearranged paragraphs to reflect chronological birth order Sharon Doubell Sep 2016]

It is not known when the parents of the Cape orphans left the Calaisis, but the goods of several members of families mentioned here were seized after the revocation drove them out of the country. Jacob Cau­cheteux left a house and lands; Pierre Clinquemeur had possessed houses, lands and an oil mill at Marek, Frethun, near Calais, and Guemps; Jean du Ponchel had property and farms at Andres and Balinghem, east of Guines, at Guines itself and at Saint-Tricat, north­ west of Guines. The Caucheteux and Albert families are represented in the registers of the Strangers' church in Canterbury after 1685, while a Jeanne Caucheteux brought an attestation from Guines to Middelburg as early as 1653.23

Boucher.M (1981). French speakers at the Cape: The European Background. Pretoria, UNISA. p259
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Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux - http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g3/p3250.htm

• Father* Antoine Caucheteux1
• Mother* Elisabeth Clinquemeur1
• Birth* Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux was born circa 1647 at Marck in Calais, France.2,3,4
• Marriage* He married Suzanne Albert, daughter of Pierre Albert and Noëlle de Buis, on 13 November 1672 Guînes, France.4,5
• Death* He died in 1690 de Caep de Goede Hoop.6
• Note* He French Huguenot.7
• NameRecord An unknown date , the name of Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux was written in the record as Esaias Costeaux.
• Arrival* In 1690,Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux and Suzanne Albert arrived at de Caep de Goede Hoop from de Caep de Goede Hoop, accompanied by Susanne Caucheteux, Esaias Caucheteux, Jean Caucheteux and Pierre Caucheteux.6
• Signature Between 1690 and 1724, 54 Huguenots signed documents de Caep de Goede Hoop. These signatures were published by Graham Botha in his book The French Refugees at the Cape and can be seen in the attached scan of the relevant page and includes those of Louis de Berault, Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux, Jacques Delporte, Jean Durand, Jacques de Savoye, Jacques Nourtier, André Gauch, Francois Rétif, Guillaume Néel, Paul Roux, Daniel Hùgo, David Senecal, Pierre Simond, Jean Prieur du Plessis, Guillaume du Toit, Francois du Toit, Jean le Roux, Jacques Therond, Hercules des Prez, Abraham de Villiers, Jean Gardiol, Jacques de Villiers, Pierre de Villiers, Isaac Taillefert, Jean Taillefert, Jean Gardé, Claude Marais, Estienne Bruére, Daniel des Ruelles, Pierre Rousseau, Jacques Pinard, Estienne Cronjé, Jacques Malan, Gabriël le Roux, David du Bùisson, Daniel Nourtier, Estienne Niel, Philippe Fouché, Gideon le Grand, Pierre Cronjé, Paul Couvret, Paul le Febvre, Salomon de Gournay, Pierre Vivier, Pierre Jourdan, Estienne Viret and Jean de Buijs.8

Family

• Suzanne Albert b. c 1650, d. 1690

Children

• Esaias Caucheteux9 b. 23 Nov 1673, d. 1708
• Susanne Caucheteux+ b. 18 Dec 1675
• Pierre Caucheteux10
• Jean Caucheteux11 b. 17 Dec 1682
• Marie Caucheteux12

Citations:

• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers, Die Stamregister van Gerrit Hendrik Meyer, privately published by Chris Meyer, Mossel Bay, 1st Edition (2006) "11."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "p. 4, . . . (25jr) trou te Guînes 13 November 1672 . . ."
• [S150] Edited & augmented by GISA Originally compiled by J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 5 L-M, GISA SA Genealogies (Stellenbosch, South Africa: Genealogical Institute of South Africa, 1999), Page 600. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 5 L-M.
• [S705] Webpage Gezinnen te Guînes, Noord-Frankrijk (http://www.grijsbaard.nl/Guines/HZ-INDEX.HTM) "Zij [Suzanne Albert] is getrouwd te Guines op 13 november 1672 voor de kerk met Esaye Caucheteux, geboren te Marck (62-Guînes) rond 1647, zoon van Anthoine Caucheteux en Elizabeth Clinquemeur."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "p. 4, . . . (25jr) trou te Guînes 13 November 1672 met Suzanne Albert (22jr) . . ."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "pg.11."
• [S150] Edited & augmented by GISA Originally compiled by J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, S.A. Genealogies 5 L-M.
• [S486] Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape (Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, 1921), p.74. Hereinafter cited as The French Refugees at the Cape.
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "12."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "pg. 5, . . . oorlede gedurende die pokke epidemie van 1713. Hy was ongetroud op sy sterfdatum (34jr)."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "pg. 12."
• [S361] Machiel Christoffel (Chris) Meyer Op spoor van dié Meyers "pg. 5, Sy tweeling suster, Marie is jonk oorlede op 13 December 1682."

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Marriage to Suzanne Albert

Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Esaye Caucheteux, geboren te Marck rond 1647, zoon van Anthoine Caucheteux en Elizabeth Clinquemeur. Hij is getrouwd te Guines op 13 november 1672 voor de kerk met Suzanne Albert, geboren te Marck rond 1650, dochter van Pitre Albert en Noelle de Busse.

- de Huguenot Society of London: Transcript of the Registers of the Protestant Church at Guisnes, from 1668 to 1685, William Minet, 1891. on http://www.grijsbaard.nl/Guines/HZ002188.HTM

Death

Distribution List, Cape of Good Hope ,18 & 19 April 1690 - Esaias en Suzanne Costeaux, two orphans now living with Nicolaas Cleef .... f250

- Theal 'History of South Africa, 1486 - 1691', p 349 - 350.

• Reference no.: MOOC8/2.23
• Testator(s):
• Esaias Costeaux
• 8 November 1708
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