Jacques de Savoye

M, #5156, b. before 29 January 1636, d. October 1717
Father*Julien de Savoye1 b. b 26 Oct 1602
Mother*Jeanne Dureau1 b. b 30 May 1611

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Last Edited30/01/2015
Birth*Jacques de Savoye was born before 29 January 1636 in Aeth, Hainault.2,3
 
BaptismJacques de Savoye was baptized on 29 January 1636 Ath.1 
Marriage*He married Christine du Pont circa 1665.4,5
 
Marriage*He married Marie-Madeleine le Clercq, daughter of Antoinette Carnoy, in 1686 Zeeland.6,5
 
Death*He died in October 1717 Cape Colony.
 

Family 1

Christine du Pont b. c 1640, d. b 1686
Children
  • Jeanne de Savoye5 b. b 1667
  • Jacques de Savoye5 b. Jun 1669, d. a Jun 1669
  • Julienne-Louise de Savoye5 b. 16 May 1671, d. May 1671
  • Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye+5 b. b 4 Sep 1672, d. Mar 1742
  • Barbe-Thérèse de Savoye+5 b. b 20 May 1674
  • Chrétien de Savoye5 b. 27 Jun 1676, d. b 30 Sep 1676
  • Susanne de Savoye5 b. 27 Jan 1678

Family 2

Marie-Madeleine le Clercq b. c 1670, d. 1721
Children
Residence*Jacques de Savoye lived Aeth, Hainault. 
ResidenceHe lived Ghent, Flanders.5 
ResidenceHe lived Sas van Gent, Netherlands.5 
(Passenger) ShipVoyage On 29 January 1688 Jacques de Savoye sailed on the Oosterland from Middelburg to de Caep de Goede Hoop where it docked on 26 Apr 1688.7,8,9 
Arrival* On 26 April 1688, Jacques de Savoye and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq arrived at the Cape from Nederland on board the Oosterland.10 
Farm* Jacques de Savoye owned the farm Vrede-en-Lust. 
Farm Jacques de Savoye owned the farm Simondium. 
(Witness) Signature Between 1690 and 1724, 54 Huguenots signed documents de Caep de Goede Hoop. These signatures were published by Graham Botha in his book The French Refugees at the Cape and can be seen in the attached scan of the relevant page and includes those of Louis de Berault, Jacques de Savoye, Jacques Delporte, Jean Durand, Jacques Nourtier, André Gauch, François Retif, Guillaume Néel, Paul Roux, Daniel Hùgo, David Senecal, Pierre Simond, Jean Prieur du Plessis, Guillaume du Toit, Francois du Toit, Jean le Roux, Jacques Therond, Hercules des Prez, Abraham de Villiers, Jean Gardiol, Jacques de Villiers, Pierre de Villiers, Isaac Taillefert, Jean Taillefert, Jean Gardé, Claude Marais, Estienne Bruere, Daniel des Ruelles, Pierre Rousseau, Jacques Pinard, Estienne Cronje, Jacques Malan, Gabriel le Roux, David du Buisson, Daniel Nourtier, Estienne Niel, Philippe Fouché, Gideon le Grand, Pierre Cronjé, Paul Couvret, Paul le Febvre, Salomon de Gournay, Pierre Vivier, Pierre Jourdan, Estienne Viret, Esaias Engelbert Caucheteux and Jean de Buijs.11
(Witness) Event-Misc On 22 January 1699 ,Christoffel Snijman was perhaps in financial difficulties. as Jacques de Savoye and Claas Cornellisen van de Caep stood surety for him.12  
Names in the record, in publications, etc.15 November 1688, the name of Jacques was written in the record as Jacob de Savoij.13
17 July 1689, the name of Jacques was written in the record as Jacobus de Savo[..].
23 October 1689, the name of Jacques was written in the record as Jacobus de Savoye.
1 December 1709, the name of Jacques was written in the record as Jacobùs Savooij.14
Baptisms - WitnessJacob de Savoij and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq witnessed the baptism of Jacob Nourtier on 15 November 1688 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.13
He is named as a parent in the record of the baptism of Aletta de Savoye on 17 July 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.15
He and Fransina Marsinje[t] and Maria le Clerq witnessed the baptism of Jacobus Cordier on 25 October 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.16,17
He witnessed the baptism of Hendrik Cloeten on 25 November 1696 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop.18,19
He and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq witnessed the baptism of Maria Margeriet Elers on 15 September 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).20
He and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq witnessed the baptism of Susanna Meyer on 3 August 1704 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.21
He and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq witnessed the baptism of Jacob Kina on 30 January 1707 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).22
He and Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye witnessed the baptism of Margareta Viljon on 1 December 1709 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.14
Slave TransactionsOn 5 November 1693 Unnamed Slave Origin Unknown was sold on behalf of Tobias Vlasvath by Andrijs de Man, to Jacob de Savoij for Rds. 80.23
On 25 March 1697 Jan van Madagascar was sold by Jan Mijndertse Kruijwagen to Jacobus de Savoye, for Rds. 100.24

Citations

  1. [S745] Juna Malherbe, "Juna Malherbe," e-mail message from e-mail address (Franschoek) to Michelle de Marillac St Julien, Jun 2013. Hereinafter cited as "Juna Malherbe."
  2. [S154] Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988 (28 Wale Street, Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers Limited, 1988), Page 79 & 158. Hereinafter cited as The Huguenots of South Africa.
  3. [S575] M. Boucher, French Speakers at the Cape in the first hundred years of Dutch East India Company rule: The European background (Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1981), p.265. Hereinafter cited as French Speakers at the Cape.
  4. [S707] Editor-in-chief C.J. Beyers Dictionary of South African Biography Vol III. (Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1977), p.210. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of SA Biography III.
  5. [S575] M. Boucher, French Speakers at the Cape, pp. 264-269.
  6. [S154] Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa, p.163, date is estimated based on date apparent first children were baptised.
  7. [S486] Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape (Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, 1921), pp.138-139. A list of refugees appears on pp.138-139:
    Namen van de fransche gereformeerde vluchtelinge toe gestaen op het reglement en Eedt als vrije luijde te vertrecken naer de Cabo de bonne Esperance met het schip
    Oosterlant:
    Jacques de Savoije van Aeth
    Maria Magdalena le Clerck van tournay syn huijsvrouw
    Anthonette Camoij van tournay : de schoonmoeder van Jacques d'Savoije.
    Margo out 17 jaren          
    barbere out 15 [ja]ren            Alle kinderen van Jaecques
    jacques out 9 maenden           de Savoije
    Jean Nortie                Lantsluijden     
    Jacob Nortie                          Domistique van
    Daniel Nortie boere timmem.                     Jacques d'Savoije.
    Maria Vijtou zyn huijsvrouw               
    Jan Prieur du plessy van portieers is een chirurgijn van syn stijl heeft op St. Christoffel gewoont.
    Magdaleena Menanto van portieers zijnne huijsvrouw
    Isaach talifer de Chateau tirrij en brie is een wijngardinier : en hoedemaecker
    Susanna briet d' Chateau: tirrij zij huijsvrouw
    Elyasbet out 14 jaren     
    Jean out 12 jaren          
    Isaach out 7 jaren      Alle kinderen van Isaach talifer
    Pierre out 5 jaren           en Susanna briet
    Susanna out 2½ Jaren     
    Maria out 1 jaer          
    Sara Avice d'Chateau dun: jongedochter
    Jan Cloudon van Conde is een schoenmaecker van syn styl
    Jan de buijse van Calais lantbouwer
    Jan parisel van paris lantbouwer
    En hebbe alle dese voorenstaende mans persoonen gedaen den Eedt in hande van de heer galernis tresel als schepe binnen deser stadt Middelb. op de 8 J anuar : Ao 1688.. Hereinafter cited as The French Refugees at the Cape.
  8. [S575] M. Boucher, French Speakers at the Cape, pp. 63.
  9. [S553] Webpage Olive Tree Ships - Oosterland (http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/sahug12.shtml) "Ships Passenger List for Huguenot Ship Oosterland to South Africa 1688
    [Oosterland] Belonged to the Chamber of Zeeland. Captain Carel van Marseveen. Left Middelburg on 29 January 1688, and Goeree on 3 February 1688. Arrived at the Cape on 26 April, 1688. [DR: Dutch Asiatic Shipping records the arrival date as 25 April, but many other sources stipulate 26 April. For now I am sticking with the 26th.]

    * Jacques de Savoye (1636-1717) and Marie-Madeleine le Clercq (abt 1660-1721)
    * Antoinette Carnoy (abt 1630-?)
    * Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye (1672-aft 1713)
    * Barbere-Thérèse de Savoye (1674-aft 1713)
    * Jacques de Savoye (1687-bef.1708)
    * Daniel Nourtier (abt. 1667-1711) and Marie Vitu (abt 1668-1711)
    * Jacques Nourtier (1669-1743)
    * Jean Nourtier (1671- aft. 1694)
    * Jean Prieur du Plessis (1638-1737) and Marie Menanteau (abt 1662 - aft
    * 1693)
    * Carl Prieur du Plessis (1688-1737) (born at sea)
    * Isaac Taillefert (abt 1651-1699) and Suzanne Briet (abt 1653-aft.1711)
    * Isabeau Taillefert (1673-1735)
    * Jean Taillefert (1676-aft.1708)
    * Isaac Taillefert (1680-1689)
    * Pierre Taillefert (1682-1726)
    * Suzanne Taillefert (1685-1724)
    * Marie Taillefert (1687-1689)
    * Jean Cloudon (?- aft. 1700)
    * Jean Pariset (1667-aft.1707)
    * Jean du Nus (1672-aft.1712)
    * Sara Avice (?-1688)
    * Jacques Therond (1688-1739) [DR: 1668-1739]

    Sources: mostly Appendix 2 of "Hugenotebloed in ons are" by J.G. le Roux (1992; ISBN 0-7969-0566-5) and "French speakers at the Cape" by M. Boucher (1981, ISBN 0-86981-222-X)

    Contributor Lesley Robertson."
  10. [S154] Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa, p.163.
  11. [S486] Colin Graham Botha, The French Refugees at the Cape, p.74.
  12. [S203] Mansell Upham 'Cape Mothers: Groote Catrijn van Paliacatta (c. 1631-1683), her slave Maria van Bengale & her daughter-in-law Marguerite-Thérèse de Savoye (1673-1742)', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), October 2014. "On 22 January 1699 the free-black Claes Cornelisz van de Caep, together with Jacques de Savoye, stood surety for his son-in-law, Christoffel Snijman. Was Snijman in financial trouble?"
  13. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Jacob seun van Daniel Noortie de moeder Marij Vaietel is gedoopt dn 15 Novbr 1688: als getuijge Jacob de Savoij en sijn vrouw [DR: Marie-Madeleine le Clercq]. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  14. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Margareta, d'Vader Joannes Viljon, d' Moeder Catrijna Snyman, getùyge Jacobùs Savooij met Margareta Savooij 1 xbr 1709.
  15. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: [De]n 17 een kindt ghedoopt waer van vader is Jacobus de Savo[..] en de moeder Maria Magdalena le Clerq de ghetuijge sijn den wel ed. Heer Simon van der Stel Commandeur [...] cain.. damenti, ende Juffr Aletta Elbers wedue. Croes, ende ghenaemt Aletta Croes, transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.).
  16. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.): ao. 1689. Den 25 dito (October) Aen Stellenbosch een kindt ghedoopt waer van vader is Lou[i ] Cordier de moeder Fransina Marsinje[t] als ghetuijge stonden Jacobus de Savoye ende Maria le Clerq ende ghenaemt Jacobus, 1665-1695, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  17. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  18. [S408] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Baptism Register, Le 25 Novembre Lannee 1696; Hendrik fils de Conra Klout a Eta preSante au Saint bapteme pour Monsiuer jaque de Savoye La Marraine Ne le point presantee, il sont venu Sans donner Un billiet.. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Baptisms.
  19. [S153] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 1 A-C, HSRC SA Genealogies (Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research, Division Genealogical Research, Pretoria, 1986, 1989), ISBN 0-620-23962-X, p. 593. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 1.
  20. [S736] VC 605 (NGK G1-8/2), NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town), 2012: [?15 Sept: 1697] gedoopt het kint van Christiaen Elers en Barbara de Savoije onder getuyge van Jacob de Savoije en Maria Magdalena Liolers (sic), gent: - Maria Margeriet
    (there is no date for this entry but the date of the previous entry extends across the margin of both entries, suggesting that it's the same date for both entries), transcribed by Corney Keller, (1713-1742), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town).
  21. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "[1704] 3 Aug: van Pieter Mijer en Aletta de Savoije, onder getuiijgen van Jacob de Savoije en Maria Magdalena de Clerk, gent: Susanna
    CT Bap 17040706-17040722_17040511-17040907 (pp 35-36)
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…, last accessed 18 Dec 2013."
  22. [S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 30 Jan: 1707. van Elias Kina en Barbara de Savoije, onder getuijge van Jacob de Savoije en Maria Magdalena Secolercq (sic), gent: - Jacob, (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
  23. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.163. 5.11.1693, p. 378: A slave aged 30. sold by Andries de Man on behalf of Tobias Vlasvat to Jacobus de Savoije for Rds. 80.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  24. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 176. 25.3.1697, p. 161 (verso): Jan from Madagascar (18), sold by Jan Meijndertsz Cruywagen to Jacques de Savoye for Rds. 100.
 

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