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- PRIVATE
- or du Pré of Kortryk (or Courtrai), France (now Belgium), Huguenot refugee arrived 1688 on the ship «i»Schelde«/i» from Flissingen (Flushing), with his wife and four children.
In 1686 they were living in Flushing, Zeeland. He and his brother in law Nicholas Datis applied to the authorities on Aug 29, 1686 to be allowed to join the tailors guild without the usual fees (probably because of the financial difficulties they faced as refugees) On Feb 11, 1688, six days before sailing for the Cape, they were given an attestation of membership by the Walloon church in Flushing.
In 1690 received financial help for himself and five children. In 1692 was granted the farm «i»De Zoete Inval«/i» near Paarl.
From "French Refugees at the Cape":
A most exciting voyage was experienced by the «i»Schelde«/i», a boat of one hundred and forty feet long. She brought out twenty-three French Refugees, men, women and children. Seven or eight days out at sea a terrible storm sprang up, and the skipper was compelled to put into St. Jago. On her arrival at Porto Pravo, he was told that on the previous day an English pirate ship had captured three ships belonging to the English, Portuguese and Dutch respectively. She sailed away almost immediately, and when five days from the Cape ran into another storm. On board were several members of the des Pres family.
When he died his estate included the farm «i»De Zoete Inval«/i»
"«i»Een plaats leggende onder het gebied van Drakensteijn, groot volgens ervgrond briev daar van sijnde, daar bij 40 verkens, wagens, ploeg, eegd, en wat meer van bougereetschap daar op mogt sijn, met weijnig huisraat; is gestelt alle op 2500 (Rixdollars)«/i»"
The estate included 414 sheep, 35 cattle and one horse.
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Abt 1645 - Abt 1695 (50 years)