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Donkervliet: Huguenot Ship to the Cape

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Jeanne Mouy, b2 SM (c.1686 - d.)
Judi Marais-Meyer register Jeanne Mouy(Moij) arrived in South Africa with her father Pierrre and sister Marie on 20.7.1699 on board the "Donkervliet". Thanks to Emmerentia J V Rensburg, trained and r...
Pierre Mouy, SV/Prog (c.1658 - 1735)
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 169...
Marie Mouy, SM (bef.1685 - 1758)
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", ...
Margaretha Nourtier, b6 SM (bef.1699 - 1732)
⚠️Incorrect locked information should be corrected Baptism 26 July 1699 Cape of Good Hope Jacques Mouton of Steenkerken [Steenwerck?], Belgium. was divorced from Catherine l'Hermite who was remarrie...
Magdalena Mouton, SM/PROG (c.1692 - 1779)
Date of death 19 May 1779 Waveren Madeleine Mouton (1692 - 19 May 1779 - 29 May 1779 Burial) from Middelburg, Zeeland Huguenot Settler; arrived at the Cape with her parents and younger sisters, Marie...

Donkervliet

Ship’s type: Spiegelretourschip (Transom return ship)
Construction: Built in1696 for the Chamber of Zeeland at the VOC ship yard in Middelburg.
Term: In use by the VOC from 1696 until April 1718 when it was wrecked in Sabalana en route to Macassar via Bima to Batavia.
Length: 145 feet
Breadth: 36,5 feet
Depth: 15 feet
Loading capacity: 794 tons
Crew: 200-225 heads
Flag: Chamber of Zeeland
Voyage: Departed from Wielingen on 2 February 1699 and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 20 July 1699.

Marié de Villiers from Bretagne x Jacques Mouton from Steenwerck, Flandres
- Marié Mouton (1690-1714) from Middelburg, Zeeland
- Madeleine Mouton (born 1692) from Middelburg, Zeeland
- Marguerite Mouton (born 1694) Middelburg, Zeeland
Pierre Mouy (died 1735) from Saint-Armand / Calais, Flandres
- Marié Mouy (1685-1758) from Saint-Armand / Calais, Flandres
- Jeanne Mouy (born 1686) from Saint-Armand / Calais, Flandres