Guillaume Nel

Abt 1663 -

• Name	Guillaume Nel
  Birth	Abt 1663	Rouen,Normandy,   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I8814	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Jeanne la Batte,   b. 1663, Saumur,Anjou,
  Marriage	13 May 1685	Amsterdam,   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Adriaan Nel,   c. 23 Dec 1703   2. Cornelia Nel   3. Dawid Nel,   c. 7 Mar 1686, Amsterdam,   4. Elias Nel,   c. 28 Jul 1701   5. Esaias Nel,   c. 27 May 1691   6. Hester Nel,   c. 1 Aug 1706   7. Jean Nel,   b. Amsterdam,   8. Jeanne Nel,   c. 1 Jan 1708   9. Judith Nel,   c. 3 Aug 1698   10. Pieter Willem Nel   11. Willem Nel
  Family ID	F302712860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Stamvader, born about 1663, in Rouen, Normandy. He was a French Huguenot who arrived at the Cape in 1688, some sources say on «i»De Schelde«/i» but more likely as Amsterdammers on board the Amsterdam ship «i»Borssenburg«/i» («i»De Schelde«/i» sailed from Vlissingen with Flemish passengers) His wife was «b»Jeanne la BATTE«/b» of Saumur. In 1690 he received financial help for himself, his wife and two children. By 1734 they were well established in the Cape. On 9 November 1690 he purchased from Gerrit Jansz Visser the farm «i»Blaauwklip«/i», District Stellenbosch and in 1711 acquired the farm «i»Bootmans Drift«/i», Drakenstein.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] South Africas Stamouers, (http://www.stamouers.com/). [S65] M. Boucher, French Speakers at the Cape, (Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1981.), 124. (Reliability: 3). [S65] M. Boucher, French Speakers at the Cape, (Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1981.).