Gibbs Family Tree
Antoine Alexandre Faure
1685 - 1736 (51 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Antoine Alexandre Faure was born on 2 Feb 1685 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (son of Pierre Faure and Justina Pointy); died on 25 Jul 1736 in Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
- Death: 1763
Notes:
He is the progenitor of the FAURE’s of South Africa and elsewhere (as some members emigrated from South Africa).
He was born in 1685, the year of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in the town of Orange, Principality of Orange, France. He fled Orange with his parents in 1686, returned with them later, only to flee again to the Netherlands, from where he emigrated to South Africa in 1714. He was a Teacher and married the daughter of another French Protestant refugee to South Africa, Rachel DE VILLIERS (1694-1773)Antoine married Rachel de Villiers on 30 Aug 1716. Rachel (daughter of Abraham de Villiers and Susanna Gardiol) was born on 8 Jul 1694 in Franschhoek, South Africa; died on 2 Sep 1773 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Abraham Faure was born on 17 Aug 1717 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 25 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
2. Pierre Faure was born in Jan 1636 in Orange, France (son of Phillipe Faure and Lady of family de la Fontaine); died in 1697 in Orbe, Switzerland. Notes:
Being persecuted on account of his religion, upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in 1685, he fled from Orange, where he was established as a merchant in the Netherlands. When peace was re-established, consequent upon the Treaty of Ryswick, he returned to the Principality Orange; but, war having broken out anew, he left his native country a second time in 1703 and settled in Orbe in Switzerland.
Pierre married Justina Pointy in Jan 1683 in Courthézon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Justina was born on 1 Aug 1653 in Courthézon, Orange, France; died in Overleden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Justina Pointy was born on 1 Aug 1653 in Courthézon, Orange, France; died in Overleden. Children:
- 1. Antoine Alexandre Faure was born on 2 Feb 1685 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1736 in Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
- Frederick Faure died about 1685.
Generation: 3
4. Phillipe Faure was born about 1608 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (son of Baron of Peroges Antoine Faure, Sir and Countess Benoite de Vaugelas); died in 1635. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: Embraced reformed religion and was persecuted
Phillipe married Lady of family de la Fontaine in 1635. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Lady of family de la Fontaine Children:
- 2. Pierre Faure was born in Jan 1636 in Orange, France; died in 1697 in Orbe, Switzerland.
- Jean Faure was born on 9 Dec 1637.
Generation: 4
8. Baron of Peroges Antoine Faure, Sir was born on 4 Oct 1557 in Bresse, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France (son of Philibert Faure and Bonne de Chatillion); died on 28 Feb 1624 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried on 1 Mar 1624 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: President of the Council of Cevennes
Antoine married Countess Benoite de Vaugelas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Countess Benoite de Vaugelas Children:
- Count of Vangelas Claude Faure was born about 1584; died about 1649.
- 4. Phillipe Faure was born about 1608 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died in 1635.