Josué Cellier[1]
Abt 1667 - 1721 (54 years)
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Name Josué Cellier Birth Abt 1667 Orléans,,,,,France 
[1] Gender Male Death Oct 1721 Person ID I9259 My Genealogy Last Modified 26 Apr 2026 | Edit
Family Elisabeth Couvret, b. Abt 1676, Orléans,,,,,France d. Abt 1743 (Age 67 years) Children 1. Abraham Cilliers, c. 21 Sep 1709, Paarl,Cape., 2. Elisabeth Cellier, c. 26 Jul 1705, Paarl,Cape., 3. Francoise Cellier, c. 30 Oct 1706, Paarl,Cape., 4. Josué Cellier, c. 1 Jan 1701, Paarl,Cape., 5. Judith Cellier, c. 1 Mar 1716, Paarl,Cape., 6. Magdalena Cellier, c. 26 Dec 1717, Paarl,Cape., 7. Maria Cellier, c. 7 Sep 1708, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., 8. Pierre Cellier, c. 10 Nov 1703, Paarl,Cape., 9. Pieter Cellier, c. 16 Aug 1711, Stellenbosch, 10. Susanna Cellier, c. 24 Sep 1713, Paarl,Cape., 11. Jan Cellier, b. Abt 1702 Family ID F302712998 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
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- Stamvader: Josué Cellier, born. ca. 1667 in Orléans (France). Agriculturist, vine dresser and carpenter Arrived at the Cape Saturday 21 August 1700 on the ship «i»Reygersdaal«/i», with his wife Elisabeth Couvret, born 1676 in Orléans.
Josue and Elizabeth first settled on the farm «i»Het Kruys Pad«/i» near present day Brackenfell, where they lived until at least 1709. In January 1708 it is recorded that "«i»ten huijse van Josua Sellier gelleegen aant kruispad tusschen de bottelerije en tijgerbergen«/i»" 12 persons "«i»zaaten en dronken«/i»" (12 people were sitting and drinking at the house of Josue Celliers situated on the crossroad between Bottelary and Tygerberg). A free black who owned land, Pieter Harmenz, known as Brasman, accused one of the guests Jacob Bourbonnais, that he stole his whip. A skirmish resulted in which Brasman stabbed Bourbonnais with a knife. Brasman was tried and sentenced to banishment from the Cape for life.
In December 1713, he purchased the farm «i»De Orléans («/i»57 morgen«i»)«/i» in Paarl (Drakenstein). In 1715 he and his wife appear in the membership role of the Drakenstein Church «i»"Jossue Sellier en syne vrouw Elizabeth Couvret"
«/i»Josue died in 1721 leaving his widow with 10 children between the ages of 4 and 20«i». «/i»
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Sources - [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).
- [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).