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Core profiles

• Jean le Roux, SV/PROG 1 (arrived in the Cape in 1688 on the "Voorschoten")
• Gabriel le Roux, SV/PROG 2 (arrived in the Cape in 1688 on the "Voorschoten")
• Jean le Roux, SV/PROG 3 (arrived in the Cape in 1689 on the "Wapen van Alkmaar")

Please feel free to start work on the descent lines.

Overview of Family History / Progenitor Details

On 31 Dec 1687 Jean & Gabriel le Roux, Philippe Foucher & Anne Souchay, with Estienne Bruere embarked together on the VOC ship Voorschoten to settle at the Cape of Good Hope.

• The le Roux brothers & Philippe Foucher were 2nd cousins.
• Philippe Foucher & Estienne Bruere were second cousins.
• Anne Souchay was the sister of the le Roux brother's sister in law.

They all became progenitors of SA lines

As far as I can see, Jean le Roux, SV/PROG 3 (born circa 1670 in Normandy, France), is not related to them.

LE ROUXS OF MER

a. Richard Le Roux, merchant in Aulnay (so of Jehan Le Roux x 31 Mar 1589 Francoise --oull--)

x Marye Dutens (widow of Guillaume Vernoillet d<1615 do Claude Dutens & Claude Gibboneau)

b1 Samuel x 27 Oct 1613 Magdeleine Bruere
b2 Jean le Roux merchant tawer (1613 - d 75yrs 5 Nov 1688 in Blois)
x 31 May 1615 in Mer, Jehanne Chauffour (d < 1623, do Gentian Chauffour & Marie Petit( Her brothers are Jehan Chauffour x 4 June 1616 Judith Brethon, and Pierre Chauffour x 22 Dec 1619 Ester Groissin)

b2c1 Jehan bap 26 Dec 1617 - probably d young
b2c2 Pierre le Roux b 1 Sep 1623 - 19 Mar 1682, baliff Cheverny in 1658 then merchant in Mer
x 24 Feb 1658 Anne Bourdon (c1636 - Feb 1693, do Jean Bourdon, merchant currier of Mer & Claudine Lenoir)

b2c2d1 Daniel b 1661 died young
b2c2d2 Pierre c 1662 x 22 Oct 1686 Elizabeth Souchay (sister of Anne Souchay, who marries Philippe Fouchay)
b2c2d3 Anne (c 1664 - bur 1 Sep 1713 in Aulnay) x14 April 1693 Pierre Hemes (so Michel Hemes & Marthe Lenoir)
b2c2d4 Jean (c1666 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)
b2c2d5 Gabriel (1669 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)

xx Suzanne Brosier
b3 Marie x 9 Oct 1622 Samuel Bardin
b4 Estienne x 14 July 1624 Francoise Baignoulx
b5 Claude x also 14 July 1624 Marie Lespagnol

x Estiennette Malingre

b6 Isaac le Roux, Seigneur de Pompegorge (d1672)
x 22 Aug 1638 Florentine Maslard (widow: x 8 Nov 1615 Gedeon De Lory, Lord of Pompegorge )
xx 30 Apr 1662 Jeanne Bourdon (1634 - 7 April 1672)

b6c1 Isaac(1666)
b6c2 Madeleine (1667)
b6c3 Jeanne (1668)
b6c34 Jacques (7 April 1672 - August 1672)

• https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/stamouers/the-le-ro...

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BOURDONS OF MER

a Estienne Bourdon

x Suzanne Louat

b1 Jean Bourdon, merchant currier of Mer
x Claudine Lenoir (do Jacques Lenoir & Anne Malvault) (sister of Elizabeth Lenoir x 24 April 1617 Servais Foucher)

b1c1 Jean Bourdon (b 1634) practitioner in Mer
b1c2 Anne Bourdon (c1636 - Feb 1693)
x 24 Feb 1658 Pierre le Roux, baliff (b 1 Sep 1623 - 19 Mar 1682) (so Jehan Le Roux, merchant tawer x 31 May 1615 Jehanne Chauffour d < 1623)

Daniel le Roux b 1661 died young
Pierre le Roux c 1662 x 22 Oct 1686 Elizabeth Souchay (sister of Anne Souchay, who marries Philippe Fouchay)
Anne le Roux (c 1664 - bur 1 Sep 1713 in Aulnay) x14 April 1693 Pierre Hemes (so Michel Hemes & Marthe Lenoir)
Jean le Roux (c1666 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)
Gabriel le Roux (1669 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)

b1c3 Claude Bourdon (female) (b1638)
b1c4 Daniel Bourdon (1639) surgeon in Beaugency who comes back to practice in Mer

b2 Estienne Bourdon, royal bailiff x 10 Sep 1623 Magdeleine Louat

b2c1 Jeanne Bourdon (1634 - 7 April 1672)
x 30 Apr 1662 Isaac le Roux, Seigneur de Pompegorge (d1672)

Isaac le Roux(1666)
Madeleine le Roux (1667)
Jeanne le Roux (1668)
Jacques le Roux (7 April 1672 - August 1672)

b2c2 Marthe Bourdon x Samuel Desfontaines

• https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/stamouers/the-le-ro...

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LE ROUX, FOUCHER, BRUERE CONNECTION

On 31 Dec 1687 Jean & Gabriel le Roux, Philippe Foucher & Anne Souchay, with Estienne Bruere embarked together on the VOC ship Voorschoten to settle at the Cape of Good Hope. The le Roux brothers & Philippe Foucher were 2nd cousins. Philippe Foucher & Estienne Bruere were second cousins. Anne Souchay was the sister of the le Roux brother's sister in law. They all became progenitors of SA lines.

a Jacques Lenoir & Anne Malvault

b1 Claudine Lenoir
x Jean Bourdon, merchant currier of Mer

Anne Bourdon (c1636 - Feb 1693)
x 24 Feb 1658 Pierre le Roux, baliff (b 1 Sep 1623 - 19 Mar 1682)

Pierre le Roux c 1662 x 22 Oct 1686 Elizabeth Souchay (sister of Anne Souchay, who marries Philippe Fouchay)
Jean (c1666 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)
Gabriel (1669 - 1711 Cape of Good Hope)

b2 Elizabeth Lenoir
x 24 April 1617 Servais Foucher

Bernard Foucher
x Anne Bruere (do Philippe Bruere x 28 April 1619 Anne Belleton) (sister of Estienne Bruere x Suzanne Hillaire - parents of Estienne Bruere)

Philippe Foucher x Anne Souchay

• https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/stamouers/the-le-ro...

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Resources

'The Le Roux family from Mer': articles in Bulletins 53 and 54 of the Huguenot Society of South Africa by Ghislaine Le Mauff. https://sites.google.com/site/lerouxfamiliebond/stamouers/the-le-ro...

Le Roux Ongoing Research Queries

• No link back to French royalty
  
• Isaac Le Roux & Jehanne Bourdon vs Pierre le Roux & Anne Bourdon.
  

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