Cecilia d'Atis, SM/PROG

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SEE 2ND HUSBAND married 1700 in France

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Occupation :- Undertaker Recorded to have had a very strong personality Owned a large Estate with about 270 sheep, cattle and 'stookketels' ℗ts)

Des Prez in Boucher

North-west of Ath is Courtrai in Flanders, a town on the Lys associated with the Des Prez family which reached the Cape on the Schelde in 1688. Courtrai was held by the French between 1668 and 1678. ..The Des Prez party consisted of Hercule des Prez, born about the year 1645, his wife Cecile (Cecilia) Datis, some five years his junior, and six children: Hercule, Elisabeth, Jacquemine (Jacomina), Marie-Jeanne, Philippe and Francois-Jean. The place of origin of the Des Prez family is uncertain, but Athis southwest of Mons may provide a clue to the earliest beginnings of the Datis family. Later generations would certainly not have remained confined to the village from which they presumably took their name and it is interesting to find in the church registers of Oostburg in the United Provinces a reference in 1748 to the marriage there of a Marie-Catherine Dathee (sic) from the Saint-Quentin generality of Picardy.

It is, however, certain that the Des Prez family was living in the Courtrai district when the town was a French possession. The daughter Elisabeth was baptized in the Sint-Maartens church there on August 31, 1670, with Charles Loridon and Ludovica (Louise) Pittens as godparents. In the same church on July 4, 1677 Francois-Jean was christened, taking the name of his godfather Francois Loridon. The godmother on that occasion was Jeanne, or Johanna van Neste, of a family well represented in the local church registers. It is probable that, as with other French-speaking settlers from Flanders, the Des Prez party was at home in the Flemish language.

The family must also have lived at some time in Bethune in the province of Artois, since it is known that Marie-Jeanne des Prez was born there. If the date of her birth, 1675, is correct, this would indicate a temporary move there from Courtrai. It is possible that Philippe des Prez was also born in Bethune, as he gave the name Artois to his farm in the Land van Waveren. On the other hand, this could be taken to indicate that the Des Prez family had its origins in that province. It is also evident that Hercule des Prez and his wife were once resident in Lille, where Jacquemine was born. Graham Botha gives Courtrai as the birthplace of both Hercule des Prez and his son of the same name, but no confirmation of this has been discovered.

Hercule des Prez and his family were at Flushing in Zeeland by 1686, together with his wife’s brother Nicolas Datis. On August 29 of that year the two men applied to the municipal authorities to join the Sint- Jans guild of tailors without payment of the usual charges. The request points to the necessity of guild membership for obtaining remunerative employment as an artisan, as well as to the financial difficulties in which so many refugee families found themselves. It also provides evidence of the trade followed by the Cape settler, an occupation in keeping with his background in the textile centres of the north-east. The Flushing authorities were prepared to accept the applicants as paying members and to admit them to citizenship when they had taken the required oath.

The refuge in Flushing enabled Hercule des Prez and his wife to practise openly the Calvinist faith and on February 11, 1688, eight days before they sailed with their children on the Schelde, they were given an attestation of membership by the minister and elders of the Walloon church in Flushing. They had, in the words of the document, “fait ouverte profession de la Religion Reformee, et vescu avec edification au milieu de nous, frequentant les sainctes assemblies et participant au Sacrement de la saincte Cene du Seigneur”. The attestation was signed by the pastor Andre Lombard and, in the name of his colleagues, by the church elder Daniel de Groot.

… The voyage to the Cape on the Schelde brought the Des Prez and Prevost families close. Elisabeth des Prez stood godmother at the shipboard baptism of Jacob Prevost, with the ship’s captain as godfather; Philippe des Prez was later to marry Charles Prevost’s daughter Elisabeth.

• Boucher.M (1981). French speakers at the Cape: The European Background. Pretoria, UNISA. CHAPTER NINE Cape settlers V: from Flanders to Alsace on the turbulent frontier pp269-271

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Pierre [Robert], an agriculturist at Drakenstein, in 1700 married Cecilia D'Atis, widow of Hercules des Pres, Sr. She died 15th November, 1720, and was then living on the farm "Soetendal" in Drakenstein.

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Category:Cape of Good Hope Stamouer-Progenitor Category:Cape_of_Good_Hope_Project_Needs_Validation
Category:Huguenot_Migration
{{Huguenot Ancestor|name= Cecile A'tis (des Prez)|addinfo=
She found refuge in the Dutch Cape Colony. }} Category: France, Needs Birth Category: France, Needs More Records

Biography

<font color=green>Biografie (Afrikaans)</font>==<div STYLE="outline:black solid thin; height: 600px; overflow-y: scroll;background:ivory;padding-right:10px;min-width:500px">

:: Du Preez geskiedenis 1050-1688
::"Die naam Du Preez beteken "man van die huis by die weiland". Die familie Du Preez van Suid-Afrika kom oorspronklik vanuit die streek tussen die riviere die Schelde en die Somme in Vlaandere. Hulle het hulle naam aanvanklik Des Prez en ook Des Pres geskryf. ::Die van bestaan al vir meer as 900 jaar lank. Die vroegste draer vandie van was Lambert de Pre, wat teen ongeveer 1050 gebore is en wat seneskalk van Luik was. Sy nageslag het die van oorgeërf. 'n Anderbekende du Preez, was die beroemde Renaissance komponis, Josquin des Prez, 1440-1521."<ref name="text22">Source: http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/dpreezg/ (seen July 5, 2014). Entered by Van der Walt-440 | Philip van der Walt.</ref> ::Die Du Preez voorouers het iets saamgebring wat na meer as 300 jaar nog in die Kaapse staatsargief bewaar gebly het: die attestaat wat dieFranstalige Waalse kerk in Vlissingen<ref name="text45">Waalse Gemeente te Vlissingen (1584-1823). Op 13 mei 1823 besloot koning Willem I de Waalse Gemeente te Vlissingen op te heffen, en te doen opgaan in de Nederduitse Hervormde Gemeente aldaar. De uitvoering van dit Koninklijk Besluit werd door de Waalse kerkeraad van Vlissingen vertraagd, zodat de koning op 1 juni 1825 zijn bevel moest herhalen, waarna het eindelijk werd opgevolgd, 1823, 1825. Source: Zeeuws Archief 202.61 Tentoonstelling Hugenoten in Zeeland Catalogus 7. Waalse Gemeente te Vlissingen (1584-1823) NB: Bruikleen: Bibliothèque Wallonne, archief, inv.nr 516. (seen July 5, 2014). Entered by Van der Walt-440 | Philip van der Walt.</ref> aan hulle gegee het as 'n soort getuigskrif. (Kyk foto). Geen ander Suid-Afrikaanse Hugenote familie beskik vandag nog oor so iets nie. :: Die attestaat lees vertaald: ::Ons, predikant en ouderlinge van die Waalse Kerk van Vlissingen, sertifiseer hiermee dat Hercule des Pres en sy vrou openlik die Gereformeerde Geloof bely het en met toenemnde vroomheid onder ons gewoon het, die heilige byeenkomste bygewoon en aan die Sakrament van die Heilige Avondmaal deelgeneem het. Gevolglik versoek ons ons hooggeëerde broederleiers van die ander kerke om hulle as lede van die kerk van JesusChristus te erken, in die vertroue waarvan ons hierdie getuienis onder ons gebruiklike stempel onderteken het. Gedaan tydens 'n kerkraadsvergadering hierdie 11de dag van die maand Februarie 1688. (Get.) Lombard, Predikant. (Get.) Daniel degroote, Ouderling namens almal (op diekerkraad)."<ref name="text22">Source: http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/dpreezg/ (seen July 5, 2014). Entered by Van der Walt-440 | Philip van der Walt.</ref> ::"Hercules, die Du Preez stamvader, was getroud met Cecilia d'Atis<ref name="text27">"'n Tyd gelede is hier op die forum geskryf oor dieVan Loveren wynlandgoed wat na Christina van Loveren, die Van Zyl stammoeder vernoem is. Nou sien ek vanoggend my verloofde het 'n bottel D'Athis by die huis aangebring. ::Die etiket agterop vertel kortliks die storie van Hercules du Preez en sy vrou Cecilia d'Athis en dat sy die eerste vroue wynmakerin SA geword het na hy haar 8 jaar na hul aankoms aan die Kaap ontvalhet.... ::Ek bespeur 'n nuwe tendens van wynbemarking ..." Jaco Strauss. (Reference: -a ; Change: 11 Feb 2007, 13:41. Family Note)</ref><ref name="text28">Olivier-378|Amanda Calitz.</ref> (1650-1720). Op 18 April 1690 ontvang Hercules des Prez 510 Gulden van die Hollands Oos-Indiese Kompanjie. Hy woon op die plaas De Zoete Inval. (De Soete Inval), nou Paarlstasie en oos daarvan. Die plaas is in 1692 aan hom toegesê en formeel toegeken 15/10/1697. Hercules sterf 1695.<ref name="text29">Enteredby Meyer-2493 | Pieter Meyer, Apr 14, 2013.</ref> Cecilia D'Atis trou na Hercules se dood met Pierre Dumont. ::Kinders: :# Elizabeth (gebore 1670): Trou met Pieter Jansz van Marseveen (Marcevene) Kinders: Anna (trou met Abraham Prevost), Cecilia (trou met Charles du Plessis), Pieter. :# Hercule (1672 - 9 Mei 1721): Lid van Hof van Landdrost en Heemraad van Stellenbosch, kaptein van Burgher Kavallerie. Weier om in die hof te verskyn weens sy teenkanting teen Goewerneur Willem Adriaan van der Stel. Word in sy afwesigheid tot vyf jaar ballingskap in Mauritius en 'n boete van £41 13s 4d gevonnis. Word onbevoeg verklaar om ooit 'n politieke of militêre posisie te beklee. Hy word op 4 Februarie1707 in hegtenis geneem. Hy word egter saam met Adam Tas en ander burgers vrygelaat kort voordat hulle na Mauritius sou vertrek. Teken sy naam as "des Pres". Getroud met: 1. Marie le Febre (Fevre) (1651-1701). 1 Seun en 1 dogter. 2. Cornelia Villion (Viljoen). :# Marie-Jeanne (gebore 1675 of 1678): Getroud met Jaques Therand (Jacques Theron van Nismes)(1668-1739). Noem haarself as "van Bethun"‚ in haar testament. 5 Seuns en 3 dogters. :# Francois-Jean (gebore 1677) Getroud met Marie Cordier. Twee seuns. :# Jacquemina (Jaquemine)(1679-?) Kom vanaf Lille in Flandre. Getroud met Abraham Vivier. Het 4 seuns en 5 dogters. :# Philippe (gebore te Kortryk, in 1681) Vlug vanaf Bethuné‚ in Artois. Woon op die plaas De Klippenvallei (Klip Vallei), tans die gebied Noordoos van die sportveld op Wellington. Toegeken 1699. Hy besit ook Artois en De Hoop in Land van Waveren onder die Witsenberge, naby Wolseley, in die Tulbagh distrik (albei toegeken 1714). Hy is in 1696 getroud met Elizabeth Prevost (gebore 1683, dogter van Charles Prevost: sy het saam met 'n broer en 'n suster van Marcq (Marck) naby Calais gekom)."<ref name="text22">Source: http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/dpreezg/ (seen July 5, 2014). Entered by Van der Walt-440| Philip van der Walt.</ref> :: Hercule du PRE/des PRES (vandag bekend as du PREEZ), gebore 1645, van Cortryk (Courtrai) was 'n Franse Hugenoot wat in 1688 met sy vrou Cecilia D'ATIS na SA gekom het op die Schelde vanaf Vlissingen in Nederland. In 1690 het hy finansiele hulp vir homself en 5 kinders ontvang.Hy het homself in 1692 gevestig te De Zoete Inval, Paarl, en is omstreeks 1695 oorlede, en het 3 seuns en 3 dogters nagelaat.<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref> :: 1. Phillipe * 1681 Courtrai x Elizabeth Prevot, landbouer, gevestig te Klipvallei, Wamakersvallei en De Hoop en Artois (1714), Tulbach. Hy het 'n groot gesin gehad.<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>:: 2. Hercule * Courtrai 1672, was lid van die kollege van landdros en heemrade van Stellenbosch en kaptein van die burger-kavallerie. Gevestig te De Zoete Inval, Paarl. x Marie le Febre xx Cornelia Villion (Viljoen) + 9/5/1721<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>:: 3. Jacquemina x Abraham Vivier<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>:: 4. Maria Johanna x Jacques Theron<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>:: 5. Elizabeth x 25/7/1688 Pieter Jansz van Marsevene<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>:: 6. Francois x Maria Cordier, boer op Hexenberg, Wagenmakersvallei.<ref name="text21">May 5, 2013 by Vermaak-85 | Dina Vermaak.</ref>

:: Verwysings: :# De Villiers/Pama :# Heese/Lombard :# Verwysingsmateriaal, Boksburg biblioteek:# Verwysingsmateriaal, Springs LDS FHC biblioteek<ref>Saamgestel deur: Martina Louw (nee van Breda) : KennethlS340970393020012888@ Prior to import, this record was last changed 13:06:09 23 JUL 2013.

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