First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Jeanne Mesnard¹

F, #14106, b. circa 1677

Father*

Jean Mesnard¹ b. c 1659, d. b 19 May 1692

Mother*

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Last Edited

16/09/2012

Birth*

Jeanne Mesnard was born circa 1677 in France.¹

(Witness) Letter

On 23 December 1687, in a letter to the Heeren Zeventienen, the Rotterdam Chamber advised that the following individuals had expressed an intention to sail to the Cape on the ship China. They were: Jean Mesnard, Jeanne Mesnard, Louise Courbonne, Marie Anthonarde, George Mesnard, Jacques Mesnard, Jean Mesnard, Philippe Meinard, André Mesnard, Jehane Marque, Jean Jourdan, Pierre Jourdan, Marie Jourdan, Jeanne Rousse, Marie Rousse, Marguerite Rousse, Pierre Malan, Elisabeth Richarde, Hercules Verdeau, Pierre la Grange, Pierre Jourdan de Cabriere, Paul Jourdan, André Pellanchon and Matthieu Fracassé.²

Citations

[S486] Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape (Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, 1921), p.78. Mesnard, Jean of Provence, born circa 1659, arrived in now Berg China 1688 with his wife Louise Corbonne Minnaar, and six children, Jeanne, 10, George, 9, Jacques, 8, Jean, 7, Phillippe, 6, and a baby of five months. In 1690 he was a widower with four children.
p.140. I Jean Mesnart oudt 28 jaren en de
I Louise Corbonne out 30 jaren zijn vrouw
I Marie Anthonarde haer schoonmoeder out 64 jaren,
6 kinderen van de voorenstaende persoonen Jean Mesnard en zyn vrouw, met namen
Jeanne jongedochter van 10 jaren
George jongen 9
Jaques jongen 8
Jean jongen .. 7
Philippe jongen 6
Andre jongkint van 5 maenden
t zamen 9 personen in dese familie. Hereinafter cited as The French Refugees at the Cape.
[S486] Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape, p.140. I Jean Mesnart oudt 28 jaren en de
I Louise Corbonne out 30 jaren zijn vrouw
I Marie Anthonarde haer schoonmoeder out 64 jaren,
6 kinderen van de voorenstaende persoonen Jean Mesnard en zyn vrouw, met namen
Jeanne jongedochter van 10 jaren
George jongen 9
Jaques jongen 8
Jean jongen .. 7
Philippe jongen 6
Andre jongkint van 5 maenden
t zamen 9 personen in dese familie

I Anthoine Madan out 38 jaren en
I Elisabeth Verdette zijn vrouw out 23 jaren
I dochterken genaamt [?] out 10 maenden
Sa      3 in dese familie

I Jeanne Marthe wed: van Jourdan out 60 jaren
I Jean Jordan haer zoon out 28 jaren
I Pierre Jourdan idem 24 do.
I Marie Jourdan wed. out 40 jaren
I Jeanne Rousse haer dochter out 15 jaren
I Marie Rousse haer dochter out 10 jaren
I Margarete Rousse haer dochter 7 jaren
Sa      7 personen in dese familie

I Pierre Malan out 23 jaren met zijn vrouw
I Isabeau Richarde out 20 jaren
Sa     2 personen in dese familie

I Pierre Goiraud out 30 jaren met
I Francoise Rousse sijn vrouw 28 jaren
Sa      2 personen

I Jaques Verdeau jongman out 20 jaren
I Arcule Verdeau zijn broeder 16 jaren
2 personen

I Pierre Grange jongman out 23 jaren
I Louise Corbon jongman zijn cousin 20 jaren
2 personen

I Susanne Resue jongedochter out 20 jaren

I Pierre Jourdaan jongman out 24 jaren
I Paul Jourdan jongman 22 do.
I Andre Pelanchon 15 do.
     alle cousins germain [all first cousins]
3 personen

I Mathieu frachasse jongman out 26 jaren

I Jean Furet jongman out 18 jaren

I Anthoine Scaet jongman out 19 jaren

't zamen uijtmakende vier en dertig personen jongh en out.