Abraham Cilliers

1709 -

• Name	Abraham Cilliers
  Christening	21 Sep 1709	Paarl,Cape.,   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I9257	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Josué Cellier,   b. Abt 1667, Orléans,,,,,France d. Oct 1721 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth Couvret,   b. Abt 1676, Orléans,,,,,France d. Abt 1743 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F302712998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Rossouw,   c. 11 Aug 1726, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa.,
  Marriage	6 Dec 1744	Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa.,   [3, 4]
  	The marriage is found in the records of the Drakenstein church «i»"Abraham Cillier van Cabo de Goede Hoop Burger van Drakensteijn Jong Man en Anna Roussouw van Cabo voornaemd Jonge Dogter«/i»"
  Children	1. Abraham Cilliers,   c. 11 Jun 1747   2. Anna Elisabeth Cilliers,   c. 13 Jul 1749   3. Elisabeth Cilliers,   c. 12 Aug 1758   4. Hester Cilliers,   c. 3 Oct 1754   5. Josua Pieter Cilliers,   c. 19 Sep 1756   6. Judith Aletta Cilliers,   c. 30 Sep 1769   7. Magdalena Cilliers,   c. 13 Apr 1760   8. Maria Cilliers,   c. 14 Feb 1751   9. Martha Cilliers,   c. 20 Nov 1763   10. Sara Petronella Cilliers,   c. 29 Nov 1761   11. Susanna Francine Cilliers,   c. 30 Jul 1752   12. Gabriel Celliers,   b. 1 Dec 1765
  Family ID	F302712997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Burger Drakenstein. His baptismal record, in French, appears in the Drakenstein baptism register for September 21, 1709, «i»"Abraham, fils de Josue Sellier, et de Elizabeth Couvret il on fait presenter au Saint Bapteme pour etre Baptize pour Monsr. Vaille Ministre du Saint (illegible). Le tenoirs et Abraham Villiers le fils, et Ester Roux pour Marraine a Drakenstein" «/i»Two years later his brother Pieter was presented for baptism in the Stellenbosch church. In 1738 his widowed mother was still farming «i»De Orléans«/i» in Paarl, together with the help of him and his two brothers Josue and Pieter. For a couple of years they sheltered the fugitive Estienne Barbier, a segeant in the service of the VOC. He was accused of theft and on March 24, 1738 he escaped from the castle and hid with the Celliers at «i»De Orléans«/i». The authorities did not search for him as they assumed he had fled on a ship to Europe. In February 1739 he began a campaign of letter writing and in March 1739 he was declared a fugitive. He was captured six months later and sentenced to public execution, which was carried out by being bound to a stake, beheaded and his right hand chopped off. His body was then quartered. His head and right hand were then displayed at the entrance to the Roodezandt Kloof between Paarl and Tulbagh. After his mothers death in 1743, Abraham farmed near present day Rawsonville. He appears in the 1760«i» Opgaafrol«/i» (Census) in the Drakenstein district, with his wife Anna, 2 sons and 6 daughters. They own 1 male slave, 1 female slave, 1 horse, 10 cattle and 200 sheep. Sequence: «tab»1355 Surname Husband: «tab»SIlje First Name Husband: «tab»Abraham Surname Wife: «tab»Rossouw First Name Wife: «tab»Anna Number Of Males: «tab»1 Number Of Women: «tab»1 Number Of Boys: «tab»2 Number Of Girls: «tab»6 Number Of Males Slaves: «tab»1 Number Of Women Slaves: «tab»1 Number Of Horses: «tab»1 Number Of Cattle: «tab»10 Number Of Sheep: «tab»200 Old Sequence: «tab»1328 District: «tab»Drakenstein District

  
  

• Sources

  [S626] Marianne Olivier, Die Stamvader Josue Celliers, (Familia Vol. 39 No. 4 2002). [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA), Drakenstein Doopregister Boek 1 1694-1745 p19 (Reliability: 3). [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), entry for Celliers (Reliability: 3). [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA).