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Jourdans who arrive in the Cape
It is around the middle of August 1687 that the Belle Etoile Jourdan family and Cabrières Jourdans flee the Luberon. The only Jourdans who survive the journey to the Cape are: Jean Jourdan, de Belle Etoile SV/PROG I; his brother Pierre Jourdan, de Belle Etoile SV/PROG 2; their two orphaned nieces, Marie Rousse and Marguerite Rous Viret SM/PROG; and the completely unrelated, Pierre Jourdan, de Cabrières SV/PROG 3 .
On 20 March 1688 the Dutch East India Ship China set sail from Goeree for the distant Cape of Good Hope with two men on board who happened to have identical names. Both were Pierre Jourdan; both came not only from Provence, but from the same tiny district of Provence - the Luberon. In fact, they came from two villages within walking distance of each other, namely Cabrières d'Aigues and the hamlet of Belle Etoile some 500 yards outside St. Martin de la Brasque. The two men - Pierre Jourdan, de Cabrières & Pierre Jourdan, de Belle Etoile were wholly unrelated going back at least four generations.
Once at the Cape, Suzanne, daughter of Pierre de Cabrières, married Jean, son of the brother of Pierre Jourdan de Belle Etoile. However, the histories at the Cape managed to confuse the two immigrants and merged their children under the name of only one man. In reality Pierre de Cabrières lived in the very French Drakenstein district and was a strong Protestant churchman. Pierre de Belle Etoile lived in Cape Town, where his daughter married Mochamat Dayan, the son of the Rajah of Tambora and his wife, the daughter of Sheik Yussuf. Mochamat had converted to Christianty soon before and had been baptised David Sultania.
...Harry Booyens at http://members.shaw.ca/cliffwoodfogge/Pierre.htm
CODE: * : born ; » : baptised ; x : married ; † : died
Pierre Jourdan “Carretier” de Belle Etoile, Provence, France †28.2.1677 x 1646 Jehane Marque *ca 1628, †1688 on the ship China, daughter of David and Marie Grange. Pierre was the son of Barthélemy Jourdan †before 1624 x St. Martin de la Brasque 1601 Jehane Lautier. Pierre had a brother named Pol.
i. Magdalene *ca. 1647, x Daniel Roux.
ii. Marie *ca.1647, x Jean Roux †before 23.10.1685. We conclude Marie and Magdalene were twins
iii. Barthélemy †22.05.1680 x 28.4.1676 Jeanne Brette
iv. Catherine who died young on 2.6.1676
v.Jean Jourdan de Belle Etoile; *Luberon 1660. Arrived at the Cape on the ship China on 4 August 1688.Later owner of the farm “La Motte” in Franschhoek. † Between March 1698 and Jan 1699 x Isabeau Long of La Motte d'Aigues in Provence
vi. Pierre Jourdan de Belle Etoile; *Luberon 1664. Arrived at the Cape on the ship “China” on 4 August1688. Property owner in Table Valley. † Before Dec 1716 x Cape Town 16.10.1701 Johanna Adriana Junius
Pierre Jourdan “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,
ii. Anthoine *1669. Our best information is that he remained with his parents in France in 1687.
Jean Jourdan de Belle Etoile; *Luberon 1660. Arrived at the Cape on the ship China on 4 August 1688.Later owner of the farm “La Motte” in Franschhoek. † Between March 1698 and Jan 1699 x Isabeau Long of La Motte d'Aigues in Provence
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