Francois RETIF, progenitor^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]}

1663 - 1721  (58 years)

• Name	Francois RETIF  [1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29]
  Suffix	progenitor
  Born	2 Feb 1663	Mer near Blois, France ( Orleans-Mer)   [2, 21, 29]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Sep 1721	Wellington, Cape, South Africa   [2, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32]
  Person ID	I28702	PedigreeFAGreeffEsagi
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Jacques R,   b. 1637, Aunay, Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mrs RETIF,   b. Abt 1648, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Est 1662
  Family ID	F106564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	Abt 1667	France
  Family ID	F118607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Jacques R,   b. 1637, Aunay, Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Johanna Catharina BREDENKAMP,   b. Abt 1856, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Est 1662
  Family ID	F119841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Mr RETIF,   b. Abt 1645, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mrs RETIF,   b. Abt 1648, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1667	France
  Family ID	F46012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Pn RETIEF,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mrs RETIF,   b. Abt 1648, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F98552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria MOUY, b1,   b. 15 May 1685, St.Armand, Antwerp, Belgium ,   d. 21 Sep 1758, South Africa  (Age 73 years)
  Married	2 May 1700	Cape Town, Cape, South Africa   [2, 21, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37]
  Children	+ 1. Maria RETIEF, b1,   b. 15 May 1702, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 1738, Cape, South Africa  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F26498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alternative date: 2.2.1660 - Erasmus Register Arrived with the Hugenots in 1688 Arrived 1688, farmer in Wamakersvallei Of La Paris, Klein Drakenstein Janet's notes included the following, '...oorspronklik gespel Rétif; van Mer langs die Loirerivier, naby Blois in Orleans, Frankryk; daar het 'n bloedige vervolging van die Protestante in Frankryk plaasgevind na die herroeping van die Edik van Nantes op 18 Oktober 1685. Dit was in hierdie tyd dat Francois en sy suster Anna vir hulle lewe gevlug het na Holland. Die Hollanders het destyds immigrante vir die Kaap gesoek, en Francois en sy suster besluit on na die Kaap te kom; aankoms 1688, landbouer op die plase 'La Paris' in Wemmershoek en 'Patatskloof', in die Wamakersvallei, wat onderskeidelik in 1694 en 1712 aan hom toegeken is, burger Drakenstein. Francois en sy vrou is een nag in hulle huis aangeval deur 'n rondloper, 'n sekere Daniel, waartydens hulle verskeie meswonde opgedoen het. Hiervan het hulle gelukkig volkome herstel..' Arrived on the ship Borssenburg in 1688 He arrived in South Africa in 1688; from Mer, near Blois, France. He lived at La Paris, Klein Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa, and later at Pataskloof, Wagenmakersvallei. He married Marie Mouy, sister of Jeanne and daughter of Pierre Mouy, in 1700. They had nine children. His French name of Retif became Dutchified to Retief. Artikels in Hugenote-Bulletin pdf vanaf p.1554. Francois was 37 toe hy met sy vrou van 14 in 1700 getroud is! Hy en sy vrou is in die eerste jare aan die Kaap een nag in hul huis aangeval deur 'n rondloper, Daniel, waartydens hulle verskeie meswonde opgedoen het. [29, 38] Born: Alternative date: 2.2.1660 - Erasmus Register

  
  

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