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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

NB 'The Le Roux family from Mer': articles in Bulletins 53 and 54 of the Huguenot Society of South Africa by Ghislaine Le Mauff. The leRoux Family from Mer PDF including documents

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)

Church of Saint Hilaire de Mer exterior rear view by Fil22plm

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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