Marie Mouy, SM

21 September 1758 Death

Marie Mouy(Moij also spelled Mouij) (name spelt in her Testament as Marie Mouit), arrived in South Africa with her father Pierre and sister Jeanne on board the "Donkervliet", in 1699 .

She is the ancestor of the Retief family in South Africa.

She and her husband Francois, were attacked by a tramp, Daniel, on their farm during the night of 23 February 1702 but recovered totally.

Judi Meyer got the info from: Cor Pama Groot Afrikaanse familienaamboek, as well as a Registered Researcher registered by the National Archives in Pretoria, E v Rensburg.

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Marie Mouy was married to Francois Retif, 2 May 1700

Daughter Anna Retief born 29 October 1704

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Boucher's French Speakers at the Cape

There remains, in this survey of settlers from north-eastern France and the lands beyond the border, the Mouy family. Pierre Mouy sailed on the Donkervliet in 1699. With him in the settlement were Jeanne and Marie Mouy, presumably his daughters. Marie, born on May 15, 1685, became the wife of François Rétif in 1700 and their youngest child, Madeleine, baptized on December 22, 1720, lived to be almost ninety-seven years of age, dying on April 10, 1817. C.C. de Villiers spoke of a portrait of her still in existence at Paarl in the later nine­ teenth century.

The Mouys were said to have come from Saint-Amant and it has been assumed that this is Saint-Amand on the Scheidt. There are, however, other alternatives in the region: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, near Valen­ ciennes, Saint-Amand, in the vicinity of Arras, and on the Belgian side of the modern border, Saint-Amand, north-east of Charleroi. The family has not yet been identified in Europe, although the surname has been encountered in Dauphine. There are moreover many towns and villages in France named Saint-Amand, Saint-Amant or Saint-Amans, and it is possible that the Mouys came from one of them . Their inclu­ sion in this chapter is therefore somewhat arbitrary .