Abraham Mazel was born to a Huguenot family at Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Languedoc, France, on 5 September 1677.
[1] In October 1701, Mazel was visited by "the spirit of prophecy" urging him to free his fellow Huguenots imprisoned by abbot François Langlade, archbishop of the Cévennes.
On 24 July 1702, about fifty peasants, led by Mazel and Ésprit Séguier, marched onto the archpriest's residence at Le Pont-de-Montvert, to inflict vengeance upon him, and release the imprisoned Huguenots.
During the night they raided Langlade's residence, released the prisoners from their underground cells, and then set the house on fire.
On October 17, 1710, Mazel was taken prisoner and killed at Mas de Couteau, near Uzès.