The Book of Leodious

Ancestry Report by Omowale Jabali
Leodious Elizabeth Morney, born April 23, 1934 in Los Angeles, California; died October 2004 in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of 2. Paul Joseph Morney and 3. Dixie Leodious Slaughter. She married (1) Johnny B. Connor. He was born February 14, 1935 in Vado, New Mexico, Dona Ana County, and died May 29, 1990 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of John B. Connor, Sr. and Ora Lee Clipper.

Notes for Leodious Elizabeth Morney:
Birth records specify "race" as "Ethiopian" as recorded in Los Angeles County. Mom used to say that our Ancestors were "Sailors from Ethiopia". This is an ORAL TRADITION which can not be proven but DNA testing and archaeological evidence confirm this as factual rather than mythic folklore. Consider the following:

(1)ETHIOPIC OCEAN.

Ethiopic Ocean
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The Ethiopic Ocean or Ethiopian Ocean is an older name for what is now called the South Atlantic Ocean, which is separated from the North Atlantic Ocean by a narrow region between Natal, Brazil and Monrovia, Liberia. Use of this term illustrates a past trend towards referring to the whole continent of Africa by the name Aethiopia. The modern nation of Ethiopia, in northeast Africa, is nowhere near the Ethiopic Ocean, which would be said to lie off the west coast of Africa. The term Ethiopian Ocean was sometimes in use as late as the mid 19th century.

Bib ID 2108417
Format Map , Online
Author Dessiou, J. Foss (Joseph Foss)

Online Versions http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3026
Scale Scale [ca.1:13 500 000].
Publisher London : Published by W. Faden... Charing Cross, Jan. 1st 1808.
Description 1 map ; 58.2 x 87 cm.

Notes Chart of the Southern Atlantic Ocean with tracks of the Warley (East Indiaman), Perouse, Vancouver and the Atrerida 1794. Relief shown by bathymetric soundings. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3026

Subjects Nautical charts - Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic Ocean - Maps. Atlantic Ocean - 1808.

Other Authors Faden, William, 1750?-1836 Roper, John Penny, R

As the reference states,
"USE OF THIS TERM ILLUSTRATES A PAST TREND TOWARDS REFERRING TO THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AFRICA BY THE NAME AETHIOPIA."

In the 1800's Pan-Africanist scholars such as Druse Muhammad developed the ideology "Ethiopianism" in recognition of the above stated facts. In Africa, this manifest as a Religious Movement.
"Ethiopianism"
African religion
Main:
Religious movement among sub-Saharan Africans that embodied the earliest stirrings toward religious and political freedom in the modern colonial period. The movement was initiated in the 1880s when South African mission workers began forming independent all-African churches, such as the Tembu tribal church (1884) and the Church of Africa (1889). An ex-Wesleyan minister, Mangena Mokone, was the first to use the term when he founded the Ethiopian Church (1892). Among the main causes of the movement were the frustrations felt by Africans who were denied advancement in the hierarchy of the mission churches and racial discontent encouraged by the colour bar. Other contributing factors were the desire for a more African and relevant Christianity, for the restoration of tribal life, and for political and cultural autonomy expressed in the slogan "Africa for the Africans" and also in the word Ethiopianism.

Ethiopianism
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Ethiopianism is an Afro-Atlantic literary-religious tradition that emerged out of the shared political and religious experiences of Africans from British colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Ethiopianism linked Africa historically to the ancient classical era, challenging the then prevailing idea that the continent had no history before the arrival of European colonizers in the mid-19th century. Proponents of Ethiopianism argued that the African nation was one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world and claim that some of the first examples of organized religious festivals, solemn assemblies and other forms of worship evolved in Ethiopia. By the 19th century when Ethiopia was one of the few nation-states under African control, many people of African ancestry embraced it as evidence of the black capacity for self-rule.

The "Ethiopian" tradition in the United States found expression in slave narratives, exhortations of slave preachers, and songs and folklore of southern black culture, as well as the sermons and political tracts of the urban elite. In the latter case Ethiopianism often embraced black nationalist and pan-African dimensions which called for association with the African continent through a physical or allegorical "back to Africa" movement. Black writers used the term "Ethiopianism" in reference to an inspirational Biblical passage: "Princes shall come of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God" (Psalms, 68:31). This verse was seen by some as a prophecy that Africa would "soon" experience dramatic political, industrial and economic renaissance. Others interpreted the scripture to mean that someday people of African ancestry would rule the world.

Those who embraced the Ethiopianism ideal included 19th and 20th century leaders who often differed sharply on its specific meaning. These leaders included Martin R. Delany, Henry Highland Garnet, James T. Holly, Reverend Alexander Crummell, Francis Ellen Watkins, W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Marcus Garvey, Edward W. Blyden of Liberia and J.E. Casely-Hayford of Ghana.

By the early 20th Century Ethiopianism emerged among African anti-colonial activists as a subtle method of challenging colonial rule by combining Christian and secular nationalist traditions to promote the idea of African capacity for organization-building without European tutelage. As early as the 1890s new independent African Christian churches arose across the continent from Liberia to South Africa either by seceding from the Anglican or other colonial mission churches or by forming new religious denominations. In Nigeria, the Native Baptist Church was founded in 1888, the Anglican United Native African Church in 1891, and the United African Methodist Church in 1917. Other churches derived from the Ethiopianism movement included the Cameroon Native Baptist Church, founded in 1887, and the Native Baptist Church, founded in Ghana in 1898.

Ethiopianism was particularly popular in South Africa where hundreds of churches were formed around that idea. Many of these churches were heavily influence by African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Bishop Henry McNeal Turner who visited South Africa and urged a religious independence that would precede and lay the foundation for political independence.
Ethiopianism played a part in the Zulu rebellion of 1906 and in the Nyasaland rising of 1915 led by John Chilembwe, founder of the independent Providence Industrial Mission. Ethiopianism continued to be popular into the last years of colonial rule. The Kenyan Church of Christ in Africa emerged in 1957 from a former Anglican sect.

Ethiopianism in sub-Saharan Africa called for the restoration of tribal life and political and cultural autonomy, demonstrated in the slogan "Africa for the Africans." It became the genesis of a much wider campaign that eventually led to the independence of African nations.
Sources:


Benjamin Brawley, Early American Negro Writers (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1935); Howard Brotz, ed., Negro Social and Political Thought, 1850-1920 (New York: Basic Books, 1966); St. Clair Drake, The Redemption of Africa and Black Religion (Chicago: Third World Press, 1970); W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Company, 1903); and George Shepperson, "Ethiopianism and African Nationalism," Phylon, No. 1, 1953.


Contributor(s):
Adejumobi, Saheed A.
Seattle University
Ethiopian movement
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The Ethiopian Movement is a religious movement that began in southern Africa towards the end of the 19th century, when two groups broke away from the Anglican and Methodist churches. One of the main reasons for breaking away was that the parent denominations were perceived to be too much under white control, with not enough scope being given to African leadership.

The Ethiopian movement was based on their interpretation of a Biblical passage (Psalm 68:31): "Ethiopia shall soon stretch forth its hands unto God" (in the original Hebrew, actually ??? Cush).

The term was later given a much wider interpretation by Bengt Sundkler, whose book Bantu prophets in South Africa was the first comprehensive study of African Independent Churches (AICs).


History
In about 1888 an evangelist, Joseph Mathunye Kanyane Napo, seceded from the Anglican Church to form the Africa Church or African Church, which was composed mostly of black Anglicans who were dissatisfied with white control of the Anglican Church.

In 1892 a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Mangena Maake Mokone, broke away from that denomination and formed the Ethiopian Church, mainly because of dissatisfaction with segregation in the church and the lack of fellowship between black and white ministers. His preachings included the theme of "Africa for the Africans", which was later a pill by the UNIA-ACL.

A group of black former Anglican and Methodist leaders gathered around Mokone, including Kanyane Napo, Samuel James Brander, James Mata Dwane and several others. Two relatives of Mokone, Kate and Charlotte Maneye were studying at Wilberforce University in America, and Kate wrote to Mokone to tell him about the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which her sister Charlotte had joined. This led the Ethiopian Church to decide to join the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) in 1896, and James Mata Dwane was sent to the USA to negotiate the union.

There were conflicting views of Dwane's mandate, however, and Dwane (who had originally been a Methodist), through conversations with Anglicans, came to believe that the AME Church did not have bishops in the apostolic succession, whereas the Anglicans did. Dwane and his followers thereupon left the AME Church and formed the Order of Ethiopia, in association with the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Most of them were in the Eastern Cape.

Charlotte Maneye married the Revd Marshall Maxeke, and they did missionary work for the AME Church in South Africa, and in 1908 they founded the Wilberforce Institute in the Transvaal, modelled on her American alma mater.

Many of the original Ethiopianist leaders, however, became dissatisfied with the AME Church, and found black American domination of the church leadership as irksome as white British domination. 1 In 1904 Samuel James Brander formed the Ethiopian Catholic Church in Zion, which combined the Anglican and Methodist strands of the Ethiopian tradition. It initially included Kanyane Napo and Daniel William Alexander among its leaders, but both of them appear to have later broken away to revive Napo's African Church. During the period 1900-1920 many different Ethiopian denominations were formed, which were heirs of the Ethiopian tradition.


Ethiopianism
Ethiopianism is rather dififcult to define. It was not really an ideology, a theological school, or a political programme. It was rather a cluster of ideas and traditions and assumptions about being Christian in Africa that were shared by a group of Christian leaders in the period from 1890-1920. There was no sharp boundary to the movement, but it shaded off into other groups.

Most of the features of the Ethiopian movement have already been mentioned:

the use of the name Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Cush or Cushite in the names of churches
the aim of a united African Christianity, based on the idea that "Ethiopia shall stretch out its hands to God"
Anglican-Methodist ecclesiastical polity and theology
In spite of many schisms, the Ethiopianist leaders formed a network, and interacted with each other more than they did with leaders of other traditions.

Wider meaning of Ethiopian
The description above is of the Ethiopian movement itself, but writers like Bengt Sundkler used Ethiopian in a wider sense to include all African independent church denominations that had broken away from Western-initiated Protestant groups like the Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists, as well as the Anglicans and Methodists.

Sundkler therefore classified bodies like the African Congregational Church and Zulu Congregational Church as "Ethiopian", though they did not really participate in the Ethiopian movement itself. The independent churches of the Congregational tradition formed a separate network from the Ethiopian one, with less contact between the networks.


Note
1. Ethiopianist refers to those who adhered to the ideas of Ethiopianism, to distinguish them from those who live in Ethiopia, or who belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

2. Ethiopianism is considered by scholars to be the origin of the Rastafari movement, and William David Spencer (author of Dread Jesus) suggests that its theological goal, popularized by Marcus Garvey, was that God was black. [1]


References
^ Spencer, William (October 28, 1999). Dread Jesus. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 11. ISBN 0-281-05101-1.

Bibliography
AFRICANS SEEKING BASIS FOR BELIEFS New York Times (1857-Current file); Apr 30, 1970; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2001) pg. 65
Hayes, Stephen. 2003. "Issues of 'Catholic' ecclesiology in Ethiopian-type AICs", in Frontiers of African Christianity edited by Greg Cuthbertson, Hennie Pretorius and Dana Robert. Pretoria: University of South Africa Press, pp 137-152. ISBN 1-86888-193-8
Sundkler, Bengt G.M. 1961. Bantu prophets in South Africa. London: International African Institute.

See also
Marcus Garvey
UNIA-ACL
Order of Ethiopia
African Initiated Churches
Ethiopia
South Africa
Alexander Bedward

External links
African Initiated Churches
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_movement"
Categories: Christianity in South Africa Christianity in Africa African Initiated Churches Wilberforce University



(2)Origins of St. Martin Family
St. Martin, Pierre Edward, of 7933 Spruce street, New Orleans, was born in St.
John the Baptist parish, La., May 18, 1842, and is the son of Pierre August and
Louise (Perret) St. Martin, both of whom were born in St. Charles parish; the
former, Feb. 26, 1808, and the latter in the year 1806. The paternal
grandfather, P. B. St. Martin, also was born in the last-named parish. He was a
planter and an attorney, and during a number of years served on the bench as
judge of the district composed of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and
Jefferson parishes, enjoying the reputation of being an able, faithful, just
jurist. Later he was elected to the first general assembly of Louisiana, and
served as the speaker of the house. He passed his last days in retirement at
his plantation home. The maternal grandparents, Charles and Louise
(Darensbourg) Perret, were natives of the same vicinity as was P. B. St. Martin.
The ancestors of the St. Martin family in Louisiana went from France to Canada,
and later came from the last-named country to Louisiana. The maternal
ancestors, the Perrets, came from Dauphiné, France, directly to this state, in
the early part of the 18th century. Pierre August St. Martin was twice married.
Gestavie Darensbourg, his first wife, bore 3 daughters, two of whom are
deceased. Aimee, one of these, died of yellow fever at the age of 18 years.
Gestavie died about 1902. Mathilde, first-born of the first marriage, is now
the widow, of Theophile Perret, living at Whitney plantation, St. John the
Baptist parish, and the mother of 2 children, one of whom, Leonie, died about
The other, Mathilde, is the wife of Henry Tassin, who has occupied the
office of assessor of St. John the Baptist parish, more than 20 years.
Some years after the death of his first wife, Pierre August St. Martin
married the widow of Drausin Perret, and 5 children, as follows, were
born to this union: Amelle, who died in infancy; Pierre Edward, the
subject of this sketch; Alfred, died in 1866: Felix, Amelie (the
second of that name), died in 1910. She, in association with a Miss
Vienne, and assisted by Archhishop Perché, founded St. Philomene convent,
on Bayou Lafourche. Pierre Edward St. Martin received his earlier
education from a private tutor--a political refugee from France at his
home. Later he attended St. Joseph's college, Bardstown, Ky., and
afterward entered Jefferson college, St. James parish, where his studies
were interrupted by the beginning of the Civil war. Just prior to the
time for his graduation with the late lamented martyr, Michel Fortier,
his beloved and only class companion. In March, 1862, he left college to
enlist in Capt. Lezin Becnel's infantry company, which became attached to
the 30th Louisiana volunteer infantry, under Col. Gus. A. Breaux. After
the fall of New Orleans, owing to the useless disorder in the evacuation
of that city by the Confederates, Capt. Becnel's company was disbanded,
but St. Martin reënlisted as sergeant of a company organized to stop the
pillaging of plantations in West Louisiana, and was present at the
capture of Des Allemands by the Confederates the first Confederate
success in Louisiana after the fall of New Orleans. Later he joined the
signal corps at Port Hudson and was some time afterward captured there,
and, with his command, imprisoned at Ship Island, where he remained many
months. In 1865 he was paroled and exchanged, and was en route from
Vicksburg to his command when news of the surrender came. A particularly
saddening incident connected with this exchange of prisoners, and one
that deeply affected Mr. St. Martin at the time, was the loss of the
lives of 1,200 Federal troops as a result of the explosion of the boilers
of a river boat upon which they were being transported home after being
exchanged. After the surrender, Mr. St. Martin returned to the
plantation home and assisted his father until the old home property was
finally sold. In 1866 he was appointed deputy collector of internal
revenue under Gens. Benton and Steadman, and occupied that office 2
years. Afterward, in 1879, he purchased his father-in-law's plantation,
in St. Charles parish, and during some years served as a member of the
police jury of that parish. This place was later sold, and in 1880,
associated with his brother, Theophile Ferret, he bought the Whitney
plantation, consisting of about 1,200 acres, which has been kept in
successful cultivation to this time, producing rice and sugar cane. In
1883, Mr. St. Martin, with his partner, Mr. T. Ferret, bought the Almeda
plantation, also in St. Charles parish. Meeting with little success
there, they sold the place in 1891. In June 1870, Pierre Edward St.
Martin was married to Isabel Devenport, daughter of Charles Devenport of
New Orleans and St. Charles parish. Mr. Devenport was born in Iberville
parish in 1816, his ancestors being from Virginia. His wife, Coralie
Bernard, a native of -East Baton Rouge parish, was a daughter of Gen.
Joseph Bernard de Montgery, a veteran of the war of 1815. Four of their
sons, Charles, Edward, Arthur and Armand Devenport, served in the
Confederate army throughout the Civil war. Four daughters were also born
to Mr. and Mrs. Devenport: Kate, now Mrs. Howard Wailes of Memphis,
Tenn.; Isabelle, the wife of the subject of the sketch Emma, widow of R.
B. Montgomery, and Eugenie, who died in childhood. Two children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. St. Martin namely: Armand Edward, who, after
the completion of his education, began commercial life as bookkeeper for
H. D. McKown, New Orleans. After 2 years this business changed hands and
he became cashier for H. B. Stephens & Co., where he remained 2 years.
Thereafter he filled the position of bookkeeper for S. G. Kreeger 6
years, but then found it necessary to give up office work, on account of
failing health, and became manager of Whitney, his father's plantation,
which he has administered with great success, and where he has remained
to this time. In 1911, he married Bertha, youngest daughter of the late
Louis St. Martin, so well and favorably known in this city and throughout
Louisiana, which he represented many years most honorably in the congress
of the United States, prior and since the war. No children have been
born to them. Joseph Preston, the second son, began life as a clerk in
the Whitney Central National bank, and at this time is the well-known and
faithful manager of the Carrollton branch of this great and well
patronized southern institution. He is married to Daisy Patten of New
Orleans, whose father served in the Federal army during the Civil war,
and 5 children have been born to their union: Isabelle, Ruth, Hilda,
Preston, Jr., and Maurice St. Martin. In 1905, when the New Orleans
home of Pierre Edward St Martin was built, for his occupancy, the
contiguous territory in Carrollton was entirely unimproved, but that
region has long since been solidly built up and has become one of the
most attractive parts of the up-town portion of New Orleans.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 661-663.
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.



Notes for Johnny B. Connor:
Johnny B. Connor, affectionately known by friends and family as "Bubba", was born February 14, 1935 in Vado, New Mexico to Ora Lee Clipper and John B. Connor, Sr.

Johnny moved with his family to California in 1936. He lived in Wasco, California and with his grandparents in Los Angeles, California where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1953.

Johnny later married Leodious Elizabeth Morney and together they had two children. Kevin Michael Connor of Los Angeles, California and Kevita Marie Connor-White-Leslie of Lancaster, California.

In 1963 he married Faith Patricia Sharpe. There were no children by this union.

An electrical engineer by profession, Johnny was known as a hard worker. He was an inspiration to us all as he was known for the pride that he had in his work, his self and his family.

His hobbies included gardening, cooking, reading, collecting African art, and international travel. Johnny was an avid family historian who enjoyed writing as well. At the time of hs death he was working on a project known as "The Bible With Complexion".

This book has been continued by his son, Kevin Michael Connor as a dedication to the hard work begun by his father, Johnny B. Connor, in recording the legacy of one of Black America's Pioneering Families.[Ora Lee Clipper-Demery.FTW]


Generation No. 2

2. Paul Joseph Morney, born January 08, 1888 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died April 19, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of 4. Gustave Morney and 5. Elizabeth Caraby. He married 3. Dixie Leodious Slaughter.
3. Dixie Leodious Slaughter, born March 18, 1908 in Neshoba County, Mississippi; died January 30, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of 6. Benjamin Franklin Slaughter and 7. Corah Ann Bowie.

Notes for Paul Joseph Morney:
See 1870 United States Federal Census.
Roll:M593_522
Birthplace:Louisiana

See New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899.
G.Paul Morney
Mother:Elizabeth Corberg (ie Caraby)
Volume:105
Page:473



Children of Paul Morney and Dixie Slaughter are:
1 i. Leodious Elizabeth Morney, born April 23, 1934 in Los Angeles, California; died October 2004 in Los Angeles, California; married (1) Johnny B. Connor
ii. Cora Anne Morney, born September 14, 1937.


Generation No. 3

4. Gustave Morney, born October 10, 1866 in New Orleans, Louisisana. He was the son of 8. Augustin Morney and 9. Claire St. Martin. He married 5. Elizabeth Caraby March 18, 1899.
5. Elizabeth Caraby, born January 06, 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died November 01, 1936 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 10. Armand Carraby and 11. Eulalie St. Martin.

Notes for Gustave Morney:
Acording to 1880 Federal Cenus for Orleans Parish, Gustave Morney and sister Victoria lived with cousins Fs. and Marie Dominique.

Fs. Dominique was a Cigar Maker, age 26. Marie, age 21.
See F. Dominique. Township>New Orleans 8th War.
Database:LA 1860 Federal Census Index. p. 578.

8th Ward of New Orleans

The 8th Ward is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is one of the Downtown Wards of New Orleans, with a Creole history.


Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in the St. Roch neighborhood is an 8th Ward landmark.The 8th Ward is a narrow strip stretching from the Mississippi River on the south to Lake Pontchartrain in the north. East, or "down," is the 9th Ward, the boundary being Franklin Avene, Almonaster Avenue, then People's Avenue, and a line straight north into the Lake at part of the University of New Orleans campus. On the west, or "upper" side, the boundary is Elysian Fields Avenue, the boundary with the 7th Ward of New Orleans.


History
As in most of New Orleans, the area along natural high ground of the riverfront was developed for urban use first; this is now part of Faubourg Marigny. Other than the narrow high ground of Gentilly Ridge, the majority of the area between Claiborne Avenue and the Lake was little developed until improved drainage was initiated at the start of the 20th century (see: Drainage in New Orleans).

In the 19th century, in the area from Gentilly Ridge to the lake, the People's Avenue Canal formerly stretched along the ward's back boundary, with the Lower Line Protection Levee in back of it, marking the city limit of New Orleans. This section of the canal has been filled in, but a raised railroad line built atop the old levee still gives a distinct dividing line from the neighborhoods of the 9th Ward on the other side.

On the upper edge of the Ward, the commercially important New Orleans and Pontchartrain Railway ran for about 100 years, connecting the Riverfront with Milneburg on the Lakefront.

Neighborhoods in the 8th Ward include the Marigny Rectangle, St. Roch, Gentilly Terrace, Milneburg, Seabrook and Lake Oaks.


Faubourg Marigny
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Marigny
New Orleans Neighborhood

Residential architecture in Faubourg Marigny
Country United States
State Louisiana
City New Orleans
Planning District District 7, Bywater District
Area 0.33 sq mi (0.9 km²)
- land 0.31 sq mi (0.8 km²)
- water 0.02 sq mi (0.1 km²), 6.06%
Center
- coordinates 29°57'53?N 90°03'19?W? / ?29.96472°N 90.05528°W? / 29.96472; -90.05528Coordinates: 29°57'53?N 90°03'19?W? / ?29.96472°N 90.05528°W? / 29.96472; -90.05528
- elevation 1 ft (0.3 m)
Population 3,145 (2000)
Density 9,530 /sq mi (3,680 /km²)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code 504
The Marigny (often referred to as Faubourg Marigny) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: North Rampart Street and St. Claude Avenue to the north, Franklin Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River to the south and Esplanade Avenue to the west.


Geography
The Marigny is located at 29°57'53?N 90°03'19?W? / ?29.96472°N 90.05528°W? / 29.96472; -90.05528 [1] and has an elevation of 1 foot (0.3 m)[2]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 0.33 square miles (0.9 km2). 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2) of which is land and 0.02 square miles (0.1 km2) (6.06%) of which is water.

In the 19th century Marigny was the old Third Municipality of New Orleans. The triangular area between Esplanade and Elysian Fields Avenue is sometimes called "The Marigny Triangle", and is part of the 7th Ward of New Orleans. The remainder is in the 8th Ward of New Orleans, unless one counts the three blocks between Franklin and Press, which would extend Marigny into the 9th Ward as well.


Adjacent Neighborhoods
Seventh Ward (north)
St. Roch (north)
Bywater (east)
Mississippi River (south)
French Quarter (west)

Boundaries
The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of the Marigny as these streets: North Rampart Street, St. Claude Avenue, Franklin Avenue, the Mississippi River and Esplanade Avenue.[3]

The area further back from Rampart/St. Claude to Claiborne Avenue is sometimes called "New Marigny", the name dating back to the early 19th century. The lower boundary, with the Bywater neighborhood, is either Press Street (a traditional boundary that is along the railroad tracks) or Franklin Avenue (the upper boundary of the city's 9th Ward).


Demographics
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 3,145 people, 1,960 households, and 391 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 10,145 /mi² (3,931 /km²).


History
The Marigny was laid out in the first decade of the 19th century by eccentric Creole millionaire developer Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville on land that had been his family plantation just down river from the old city limits of New Orleans. The portion of Marigny closer to the river was built up first; the area on the side of St. Claude Avenue (formerly "Goodchildren Street") away from the river was sometimes called "New Marigny." In the early 19th century, New Marigny was where white Creole gentlemen set up households for their colored mistresses (and their offspring) in the tradition of "plaçage."

Wide Elysian Fields Avenue, named after the Champs-Élysées in Paris, was designed to be the main street of the Faubourg Marigny. It was the first street in New Orleans to extend all the way from the riverfront straight to Lake Pontchartrain 8 km (5 miles) away. In 1830-31 the Pontchartrain Railroad was built with tracks down the center of Elysian Fields. The area at the other end of the rail line developed into Milneburg. Marigny's town square, Washington Square, fronts Elysian Fields.

The neighborhood declined badly in the mid 20th century, and the area around Washington Square was nicknamed "Little Angola" (after the prison of that name) for the dangerous criminals there. It came back strongly in the late 20th century. Profiteering around the 1984 World's Fair drove many long-term residents from the French Quarter into Marigny. Frenchmen Street developed one of the city's premier collections of live music venues and restaurants, and is a popular destination with music lovers from other parts of the city and knowledgeable out-of-town visitors in the early 21st century.

Marigny is one of the centers for homegrown New Orleans Mardi Gras (see Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes). The neighborhood is also home to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront facility.

Notable people from The Marigny include jazz composer/musician Jelly Roll Morton and singer Lizzie Miles.

Hurricane Katrina, which had a disastrous effect on the majority of New Orleans (see Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans), had a less severe aftermath here than in much of the city. The section on the river side of Rampart experienced some wind damage, but was at a high enough elevation to escape the great flood. The lower lying areas of New Marigny flooded, but not as deeply as elsewhere. A good portion of the 19th century style raised houses were elevated enough so that the flood waters did not reach high enough to cause significant damage, even as far back as Claiborne Avenue. A free community kitchen and goods exchange camp was set up in Washington Square for a couple months after the storm. The official reopening of Marigny was delayed in September and early October by the fact that at first decisions were made to reopen areas by ZIP code, and Marigny shares a ZIP code with more badly damaged areas. However after reopening, the area rebounded quickly.

Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans
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Esplanade Avenue is an street in New Orleans, Louisiana.


History

19th century residential architecture along Esplanade Avenue
Esplanade runs from the Mississippi River front to the intersection with Carrollton Avenue just past Bayou St. John, and the entrance to City Park. In the 19th century it was important as a portage route of trade between the Bayou which linked to Lake Pontchartrain and the River. Many 19th century mansions still line the street; it functioned as a "millionaire's row" for the Louisiana Creole section of the city similar to that of St. Charles Avenue for the Anglophone section in Uptown New Orleans.

Esplanade Avenue is the dividing line between the 6th Ward and 7th Ward of New Orleans.

From the River to Claiborne Avenue, Esplanade has one lane of traffic in both directions, with a raised neutral ground (median) in the center. From Claiborne to Carrollton it has two lanes in each direction, with a smaller neutral ground.

The segment from the River to Rampart Street separates the French Quarter from the Faubourg Marigny. Near the river on the French Quarter side is the old New Orleans Mint building.

Passing by the Faubourg Treme neighborhood, Esplanade goes through the area known alternatively as "Faubourg St. John" or "Esplanade Ridge", near the New Orleans Fairgrounds. The house where Edgar Degas stayed during his time in New Orleans is in this section.

Just past Carrollton Avenue is the entrance to the New Orleans Museum of Art.


More About Gustave Morney:
Baptism: 1867, New Orleans, Louisiana



Children of Gustave Morney and Elizabeth Caraby are:
2 i. Paul Joseph Morney, born January 08, 1888 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died April 19, 1956 in Los Angeles, California; married Dixie Leodious Slaughter
ii. Escamillo Morney, born 1894.
iii. Cecelia Mary Morney, born December 06, 1899; died 1987; married Paul Albert Viltz; born 1905; died 1940.
iv. Eulalie LaChutte Morney, born September 16, 1892 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; died May 25, 1972 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; married Ruby Felton

6. Benjamin Franklin Slaughter, born 1880 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was the son of 12. Charles B. Slaughter and 13. Laura Stribling. He married 7. Corah Ann Bowie 1902 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
7. Corah Ann Bowie, born July 1886. She was the daughter of 14. Calvin R. Bowie and 15. Adeline (Ann) Bowie.

Notes for Benjamin Franklin Slaughter:
Slaughter, B. J. see Collier
Bowie, Cora
1902
C-42?

http://neshoba.msgen.info/marriages/coloreds2.htm

Child of Benjamin Slaughter and Corah Bowie is:
3 i. Dixie Leodious Slaughter, born March 18, 1908 in Neshoba County, Mississippi; died January 30, 1986 in Los Angeles, California; married Paul Joseph Morney


Generation No. 4

8. Augustin Morney, born 1842 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana. He was the son of 16. Gustave Morney (Mornet) and 17. Adelaide Gabriel. He married 9. Claire St. Martin.
9. Claire St. Martin, born January 01, 1842 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana. She was the daughter of 18. Pierre St. Martin and 19. La Chutte (Marie Louise) Fondal.

Children of Augustin Morney and Claire St. Martin are:
4 i. Gustave Morney, born October 10, 1866 in New Orleans, Louisisana; married Elizabeth Caraby March 18, 1899.
ii. Agnes Morney
iii. Louis Morney
iv. Victoria Morney
v. Louise Morney

10. Armand Carraby, born 1840 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of 20. Pierre Leo Carraby and 21. Elina Gardelle. He married 11. Eulalie St. Martin 1867.
11. Eulalie St. Martin, born 1842 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 22. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin III and 23. Marie Louise (LaChutte) Fondal.

Children of Armand Carraby and Eulalie St. Martin are:
5 i. Elizabeth Caraby, born January 06, 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died November 01, 1936 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Gustave Morney March 18, 1899.
ii. Pierre (Carabi) Caraby, born 1862.
iii. John (Carribbi) Caraby, born 1867.
iv. Charles (Carribbi) Caraby, born 1867.
v. Armantine (Carribbi) Caraby, born 1868.
vi. Alphonsine (Carabi) Caraby, born 1873.
vii. Marie (Carabi) Caraby, born 1874.
viii. Jean (Carabi) Caraby, born 1877.

12. Charles B. Slaughter He married 13. Laura Stribling.
13. Laura Stribling, born 1850. She was the daughter of 26. James Madison Stribling and 27. Mariah Stribling.

Child of Charles Slaughter and Laura Stribling is:
6 i. Benjamin Franklin Slaughter, born 1880 in Neshoba County, Mississippi; married Corah Ann Bowie 1902 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

14. Calvin R. Bowie, born 1848. He married 15. Adeline (Ann) Bowie.
15. Adeline (Ann) Bowie, born 1848.

Child of Calvin Bowie and Adeline Bowie is:
7 i. Corah Ann Bowie, born July 1886; married Benjamin Franklin Slaughter 1902 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.


Generation No. 5

16. Gustave Morney (Mornet), born 1820 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of 32. Antoine-Marie Mornat and 33. Marie Mortique. He married 17. Adelaide Gabriel.
17. Adelaide Gabriel, born 1820 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Children of Gustave (Mornet) and Adelaide Gabriel are:
8 i. Augustin Morney, born 1842 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana; married Claire St. Martin
ii. Odile Morney, married Michel Milon

18. Pierre St. Martin, born 1798 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; died 1859 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana. He married 19. La Chutte (Marie Louise) Fondal.
19. La Chutte (Marie Louise) Fondal, born 1825 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana. She was the daughter of 39. Marie Louise Mathieu Fondall.

Children of Pierre St. Martin and La Fondal are:
9 i. Claire St. Martin, born January 01, 1842 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana; married Augustin Morney
ii. Eulalie St. Martin
iii. Barthelemy St. Martin, born April 01, 1843.
iv. Joseph St. Martin, born November 10, 1846.
v. Mathieu St. Martin, born January 04, 1848.

20. Pierre Leo Carraby, born 1824 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died November 12, 1909. He was the son of 40. Pierre Etienne Carraby and 41. Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle. He married 21. Elina Gardelle.
21. Elina Gardelle, born 1811.

Children of Pierre Carraby and Elina Gardelle are:
10 i. Armand Carraby, born 1840 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Eulalie St. Martin 1867.
ii. Samuel Carraby, born 1855.
iii. Alphonse Carraby, born 1857.

22. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin III, born February 08, 1798 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; died April 20, 1859 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of 44. Pierre Auguste Bauchet St. Martin II and 45. Genevieve Therese De Collonge. He married 23. Marie Louise (LaChutte) Fondal.
23. Marie Louise (LaChutte) Fondal, born 1825 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 46. Fondal and 47. Marie.

Child of Pierre St. Martin and Marie Fondal is:
11 i. Eulalie St. Martin, born 1842 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Armand Carraby 1867.

26. James Madison Stribling, born 1805 in South Carolina; died 1885. He was the son of 52. John Birdsong "Long Jack" Stribling and 53. Hannah White. He met 27. Mariah Stribling.
27. Mariah Stribling, born 1825 in Union County, South Carolina.

Notes for James Madison Stribling:
Birth: 1812
Randolph County
Alabama, USA
Death: Dec. 11, 1885

Son of John Birdsong "Long Jack" and Hannah (White) Stribling, he married Mary Leah Stribling, his first cousin, once removed.. [Biographical information provided by Elreeta Weathers.]


Family links:
Parents:
John Birdsong Stribling (1789 - ____)
Hannah White Stribling (1790 - ____)

Spouse:
Mary Leah Stribling (1805 - 1884)*

Children:
John Calhoun Stribling (1836 - 1927)*
William James Stribling (1843 - 1911)*
Samuel Henderson Stribling (1848 - 1934)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Mississippi, USA

Created by: NatalieMaynor
Record added: Oct 04, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16001981

Child of James Stribling and Mariah Stribling is:
13 i. Laura Stribling, born 1850; married Charles B. Slaughter


Generation No. 6

32. Antoine-Marie Mornat, born 1776 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of 64. Gilbert Mornat and 65. Blaize Cassay Caissey. He married 33. Marie Mortique.
33. Marie Mortique, born 1787 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Children of Antoine-Marie Mornat and Marie Mortique are:
16 i. Gustave Morney (Mornet), born 1820 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Adelaide Gabriel
ii. Antoinette Mahne (Mornet), born 1830 in Germany; died in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Leon Emile Leonard St Etienne; born 1823 in France; died 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
iii. Paulina (Mornet), born 1831 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Robert Michel; born 1820 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died in New Orleans, Louisiana.

39. Marie Louise Mathieu Fondall, born 1794 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died October 05, 1866. She was the daughter of 78. Fondal.

Child of Marie Louise Mathieu Fondall is:
19 i. La Chutte (Marie Louise) Fondal, born 1825 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died in New Orleans, Louisisana; married Pierre St. Martin

40. Pierre Etienne Carraby, born November 27, 1775 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 04, 1855 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of 80. Etienne Carraby (Dubois) and 81. Marie Genevieve Rivard. He married 41. Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle July 01, 1815.
41. Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle, born February 04, 1798 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died July 28, 1837 in Mandeville, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 82. Joachin Courcelle and 83. Eulalia Lemaire.

Notes for Pierre Etienne Carraby:
See also ANTOINE Carraby.
(1)August 11, 1825. Sale of Plantation to Jean Delassize.
(2)Louisiana Court of Probates (Orleans Parish) Index to suite record, numbered series, 1823-1845. Defendants names beginning with letter "C". Numerous records concerning Carraby, Antoine as Executor of estates.
(3)St. Louis Cathedral Baptismal Reegister, Vol. VII. Jan. 3, 1772-Dec.30.1776. Carraby et RIVARD, p. 8,36,53.


More About Etienne Caraby:
Military service: 1812, Company: 1 Reg't. (Dejan's) Louisiana Militia. Louisiana Soldiers in War of 1812.



Notes for Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle:
See St. Louis Cathedral Funeral Regiter 1837-1840, p. 45.
St. Louis Cathedral Baptismal Book 2. May 3, 1818 to August 14, 1822.
CARABY/COURCELL, Esteban. p. 79
Caraby/COURCELL, Maria Luisa.p.132



Child of Pierre Carraby and Antoinette Courcelle is:
20 i. Pierre Leo Carraby, born 1824 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died November 12, 1909; married Elina Gardelle

44. Pierre Auguste Bauchet St. Martin II, born 1761 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died 1830 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana. He was the son of 88. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin and 89. Charlotte Therese Gallot. He married 45. Genevieve Therese De Collonge May 19, 1785.
45. Genevieve Therese De Collonge, born 1758 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died 1811 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Notes for Pierre Auguste Bauchet St. Martin II:
•ID: I6167
•Name: Pierre Auguste Bauchet de St Martin
•Sex: M
•Birth: ABT 1757
•Death: aft 1795 bef 1819 1 2
•ALIA: Pedro Samarten ; Pedro Vosche Sin Martin ; Pierre Augusto Bauchet St Martin 3 4
•Note: 5 5 5

Witness: Baptism of Pierre Labatut. Nov 30. 1788.
Witness: Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Toutant Beauregard & Eugénie Dubord. Apr 23, 1793.
Witness: Baptism of Marie Céleste St. Martin. Apr 12, 1795.Page: P172Page: P368Page: P342
•_UID: 4986A7682EA54EC5A8937C6B7B83F8EAC69F
•Change Date: 17 DEC 2009




Father: Pierre Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1734 in CAN, Nova Scotia, Isle Royale, Louisbourg
Mother: Charlotte Brillant Galot b: ABT 1729 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans

Marriage 1 Geneviève Thérèse de Calongne b: 5 JUN 1758 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 13 JUN 1758 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Married: 19 MAY 1785 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Note: Catholic 6
Children
1. Marie Charlotte Bauchet De St Martin b: 26 FEB 1788 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 30 NOV 1788 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral

Sources:
1.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p342 2.Text: Note:
Page: [sp widowed in 1819 at the time of her death] 1819 Orleans Parish Probate Court Index 3.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [Pierre Augusto Bauchet St Martin] ; p172 [Pedro Samarten] 4.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p342 [Pedro Vosche Sin Martin] 5.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book] 6.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20




Notes for Genevieve Therese De Collonge:
•ID: I6731
•Name: Geneviève Thérèse de Calongne
•Sex: F
•Birth: 5 JUN 1758 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans 1 2
•Christening: 13 JUN 1758 LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Note: Catholic 1
•Death: ABT 1819 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans 3 4
•ALIA: Genevieve Theresa De Callongne ; Genevieve De Calogne ; Genovea Calona ; Genevieve Tereza De Callongne 5 6
•Note: 7 7

Witness: Baptism of Marie-Anne Eugénie de Calongne. Jan 16, 1776.
Witness: Baptism of Marie-Thérèse Henriette Dauphin Cavelièr. Apr 18, 1779.Page: P76Page: P72
•Note:

Baptism: Joseph Carrier & Margueritte Trepanier, the infant?s grandparents.

Marriage to Chouriac: Joseph Foucher [sp. Marguerite Carriere] ; Antoine Cavelièr [sp. Françoise Carriere] ; Gerard Ca rriere ; Andres Carriere ; Du Callongne ; LeMoine.

Marriage to St Martin: Callongne ; St Martin, Charlotte St Martin ; Antoine Cavelier ; Juan Bauptista Labatut.
•_UID: DF9992CDCD3642758C65BD73745FE5BC262E
•Change Date: 11 JAN 2009




Father: Louis Antoine de Calongne b: ABT 1730 in FRA, Île De France, Département Paris 75, Paris
Mother: Marie-Thérèse Mombrun Carrière b: ABT 1735 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans

Marriage 1 Antoine Chouriac b: ABT 1756 in FRA, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, Département Bouches-Du-Rhône, Aix-En-Provence, Provence, Marseilles
•Married: 26 JUN 1779 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Note: Catholic 8
Children
1. Marie-Thérèse Eloïse Chouriac b: 3 JUL 1780 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 28 JUL 1780 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
2. Geneviève Chouriac b: 27 FEB 1782 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 20 MAR 1782 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral

Marriage 2 Pierre Auguste Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1757
•Married: 19 MAY 1785 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Note: Catholic 9
Children
1. Marie Charlotte Bauchet De St Martin b: 26 FEB 1788 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 30 NOV 1788 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral

Sources:
1.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p70 2.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [29 yrs old, b. 1759] 3.Text: Note:
Page: 1819 Orleans Parish Probate Court Index 4.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [d. Mar 1788, 29 yrs old, b. 1759] 5.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p58 [Genevieve Theresa De Callongne] ; p72 [Genevieve de Calogne] 6.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [Genoveva Calona ; Genevieve Tereza de Callongne] 7.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book] 8.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p58 & 76 9.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20


Children of Pierre St. Martin and Genevieve De Collonge are:
22 i. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin III, born February 08, 1798 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; died April 20, 1859 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; married (1) Marie Louise (LaChutte) Fondal; married (2) Marie Aimee Bernoudy; married (3) Celestine Perret
ii. Aimee St. Martin, born 1780 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; died 1880 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; married Yves Julien Joseph Le Monnier; born 1772 in Rennes, Bretagne, France; died 1832 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana.

Notes for Yves Julien Joseph Le Monnier:
Yves Julian Joseph LeMonnier


M:W: Yves Julien Joseph LeMonnier, the son of Rene LeMonnier and Ann Marie Viel,
was born February 28, 1772 at Rennes in Bretagne, France. The LeMonniers were a
family of physicians and scientists, dating back to the seventeenth century. Among
them we find botanists, painters, philosophers, astronomers, and especially physicians
and surgeons. An ancestor was the physician to Louis XIV. Your researcher has
discovered very little about his boyhood other than he attended the best schools and
lived the life of opulence among the aristocracy. He attended the College Royal du
Rennes and probably earned his medical training at that institution.

Shortly after reaching the age of manhood (1791) he and his older brother, Rene,
migrated to Saint Dominque (Haiti) probably because of the French revolution. They
acquired a coffee plantation and other property in Cap-Français (Parish). He also
engaged in the practice of medicine among the French residents of the region.

Most of the coffee plantations were tended by slaves introduced from Africa, which in
1790 numbered 450,000 or more. The slave uprising, under the leadership of Pierre
Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture, was cataclysmic in its affront to production from
the more than 800 plantations that were in the hands of the grands blancs-the rich.

Many of the French colonists including Yves LeMonnier were driven from their
homes and settled in Cuba. Their settlements were chiefly in the vicinity of Santiago,
de Cuba, where they introduced the culture of the coffee-plant, and being men of
intelligence and education, flourishing plantations soon replaced the native forests. But
their misfortunes were not yet over, and they were not destined to reap the fruits of
their patient industry. In 1808, Napoleon invaded Spain and placed his brother Joseph
on the throne. This aroused the national prejudices of the Spanish officials in Cuba
against the French refugees, whose rich possessions whetted their rapacity. An order
expelling all French subjects, and confiscating their property, was accordingly issued.
It was carried into execution with heartless rigor, and the unfortunate colonists
resolved to seek asylum in the United States. The proximity of Louisiana to Cuba, and
the fact that it had been originally settled by the French, induced the refugees to select
New Orleans as their new home. Thus in May 1809, Yves LeMonnier chartered the
Brig Fair America, commanded by Captain Abraham Barges, to transport his party,
their baggage and slaves from Santiago de Cuba to New Orleans, arriving at Balise (a
port at the mouth of the Mississippi River) June 21, 1809.

Since many of the early settlers of New Orleans were French, LeMonnier had no
trouble fitting into the life of the city. He lost no time in resuming the practice of
medicine and became one of the best known and respected doctors of New Orleans.
Charles Gayarre, in an address before the New Orleans Medical and Surgical
Association, on December 3, 1887, described Dr. Yves LeMonnier as "a pale
complexioned, modest, mild-mannered man, with a soft, low voice, and eminently
prudent in his mode of treatment. His system seemed to be to leave nature to her free
action and powers of recuperation, whilst merely assisting her in her efforts to cure
herself." He had a trick of violently rubbing his nose when a case assumed a grave
aspect, so that it was a matter of importance for a patient's friends to notice whether
the doctor's proboscis had itched during the visit.

Dr. LeMonnier served with distinction during the Battle of New Orleans, prompting a
certificate to be issued by President Andrew Jackson on October 13, 1829, which
reads:
"I do hereby make known to all whom it may concern that Dr. Yves LeMonier,
during the campaign of 1812-15 in the army under my command as chief
surgeon of the uniformed battalion of the city militia, which corps was engaged
in all operations that terminating in the retreat of the invading army and that
Dr. 182 LerMonnier's conduct was such as to meet my warmest approbation."
He also donated his services to relieve the distress of many victims of the yellow fever
epidemic which prevailed in New Orleans.

In 1811, Yves LeMonnier and François Grandchamps purchased the lot and unfinished
building located on the southeast corner of Royal and St. Peter Streets for the sum of
$16,000. They immediately engaged the services of two well known engineers and
architects: Arséne Lacarriere Latour, General Jackson's principal engineer during the
Battle of New Orleans, and Hyacinthe Laclotte, the engineer whose spirited engraving
of the famous battle has been frequently reproduced. They set to work and on
November 13, 1811 the "first sky-scraper" building (three stories) was completed and
ready for occupancy, and the $7,600 promised the architects for their work was paid.

Doctor LeMonnier moved into the two upper stories and selected for his study the
beautiful corner oval room on the third floor. The ground floor was rented for shops.
From its corner window one can look at the iron-girded balcony which still bears his
exquisitely wrought "YLM" mono- gram.

In 1814 he married Marie Charlotte Aimée Bouchet St. Martin, daughter of Pierre
Bouchet St. Martin and the late Genevive Decalogue St. Martin of the Parish of St.
Charles at the German Coast (Des Allemands). From this union were born four
children: Amire, René, Ann Celeste, and Aimée.

Soon after arriving in New Orleans, LeMonnier became a member of Charity Lodge
No. 93. He was Junior Warden of the Lodge in 1812 when he was selected to serve on
the "special committee for the formation of the Grand Lodge." He was subsequently
elected Grand Pursuivant.

In 1816-1818 he served as Grand Junior Warden; in 1819 Grand Senior Warden; and
in 1820 was elected Grand Master.

Sometime in 1821 Charity Lodge No. 2 (formally No. 93) became extinct. Its records
break off abruptly July 8, 1821, and there is no documentary evidence as to the cause
of its dissolution. Yves LeMonnier, a Past Master of the Lodge, and Past Grand Master
in 1820, became Worshipful Master of "Loge les Amis Reunis, No.7787 (Friends of
Order). Since this was a French Rite Lodge and since Charity Lodge had no French
Rite members, it is more than probable that the question of Rites being mooted in the
lodge is the reason for its dissolution.

Early in March, 1829, an arrangement was completed by which Les Amis Reunis
Lodge No.7787 became attached to Perseverance Lodge No.4, and the members of
each Lodge became active members of the other other. The Lodge was annexed to
Perseverance Lodge in 1833.

M:W: LeMonnier was one of the group of petitioners who appeared before the Senate and House of
Representatives, State of Louisiana, in 1816 for the purpose of incorporating the
Grand Lodge. He also served on the committee that directed the ceremonies in
connection with the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the Grand Lodge in 1825.

M:W: Yves Julien Joseph LeMonnier died on June 6, 1832 and was interred in St.
Louis Cemetery No.1, New Orleans Louisiana. His burial site cannot be located.

http://www.masoniclight.com/papers/08St.%20Doninque.txt

iii. Marie Charlotte St. Martin, born 1788.

Notes for Marie Charlotte St. Martin:
•ID: I12305
•Name: Marie Charlotte Bauchet De St Martin
•Sex: F
•Birth: 26 FEB 1788 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans 1
•Christening: 30 NOV 1788 LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral
•Note: Catholic 1
•Note:

Baptism: Juan Bautista Labatut [sp (Marie) Félicité Bauchet De St Martin, infant?s paternal aunt] & Carlota Samarten [ Charlotte Bauchet de St Martin, infant?s paternal aunt]
•_UID: A0244ACB825348CBA90D2711F837A8B3397D
•Change Date: 10 OCT 2003




Father: Pierre Auguste Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1757
Mother: Geneviève Thérèse de Calongne b: 5 JUN 1758 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 13 JUN 1758 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral

Sources:
1.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20
.

46. Fondal He married 47. Marie.
47. Marie, born Abt. 1799 in Saint Martinsville, St. Martin, Louisiana.

Children of Fondal and Marie are:
23 i. Marie Louise (LaChutte) Fondal, born 1825 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Pierre Bauchet St. Martin III
ii. Joseph Fondal, born 1830.

52. John Birdsong "Long Jack" Stribling, born 1790. He was the son of 104. Sigismund Stribling and 105. Mary Nancy Birdsong. He married 53. Hannah White.
53. Hannah White, born 1790.

Child of John Stribling and Hannah White is:
26 i. James Madison Stribling, born 1805 in South Carolina; died 1885; met (1) Mariah Stribling; married (2) Mary Leah Stribling June 01, 1830.


Generation No. 7

64. Gilbert Mornat, born 1742 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He was the son of 128. Jean Mornat and 129. Marie Gourlat. He married 65. Blaize Cassay Caissey.
65. Blaize Cassay Caissey, born 1745 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

Child of Gilbert Mornat and Blaize Caissey is:
32 i. Antoine-Marie Mornat, born 1776 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Marie Mortique

78. Fondal

Notes for Fondal:
See Joseph FONDAL. To Bernardo IZURRA. Sale of Slave. April 4, 1797.



Child of Fondal is:
39 i. Marie Louise Mathieu Fondall, born 1794 in New Orleans, Louisisana; died October 05, 1866.

80. Etienne Carraby (Dubois), born 1731 in Montagne, Avranches, France; died July 25, 1799 in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Pouisiana. He was the son of 160. Toussaint Carraby (Dubois) and 161. Louise Arras. He married 81. Marie Genevieve Rivard May 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
81. Marie Genevieve Rivard, born 1739 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died June 11, 1809 in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Pouisiana. She was the daughter of 162. Jean Baptiste Rivard and 163. Marie Paul Cousere.

Notes for Etienne Carraby (Dubois):
Etienne Carraby called DUBOIS was a Tailor. Son of TOUSSAINT CARRABY and of Louise ARRAS a native of Montagne, Parish of du ROCHER, Bishopric of Avranches. There are conflicting sources concerning lineage of Etienne Carraby Dubois. On May 28, 1758 Caraby-DUBOIS married Marie Genevieve rivarde, minor daughter of Jean Baptiste Rivarde, a wig-maker and the deceased Marie Paul GRU, a native of the Bishopric of Quebec, New France (Canada). Also see ARRABY, Estevan (DUBOIS) to Francois DUPLESSIS, receipt, 28 July 1778. According to Index to the Black Boxes, Estiene (W) Bourbon St., 1791 Census. Son of Jean Baptiste, member of tailoring firm CARRABY & Sons. Importer of wigs and powders. Brother of Eloise and Antoine.

More About Etienne Caraby-Dubois:
Occupation: Source:http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/METISGEN/2002-01/1012007924



Notes for Marie Genevieve Rivard:
ALIA: Marie Genevieve Rivard, Sp. Carabi, Genoveba Ribal, Marie Genevieve Rivard, Jenevieve Caraby, Marie Gve. Rivard, Veuve Caraby.



Child of Etienne (Dubois) and Marie Rivard is:
40 i. Pierre Etienne Carraby, born November 27, 1775 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 04, 1855 in New Orleans, Louisiana; married Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle July 01, 1815.

82. Joachin Courcelle He married 83. Eulalia Lemaire.
83. Eulalia Lemaire

Child of Joachin Courcelle and Eulalia Lemaire is:
41 i. Antoinette Marie Ann Courcelle, born February 04, 1798 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died July 28, 1837 in Mandeville, Louisiana; married Pierre Etienne Carraby July 01, 1815.

88. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin, born 1723 in Cape Brenton Island, Acadia; died 1805 in Algiers, Louisiana. He was the son of 176. Pierre Martin and 177. Marie Josephe Clemenceau. He married 89. Charlotte Therese Gallot 1758.
89. Charlotte Therese Gallot, born 1735 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; died 1830 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana.

Notes for Pierre Bauchet St. Martin:
•ID: I4102
•Name: Pierre Bauchet de St Martin
•Sex: M
•Birth: ABT 1734 in CAN, Nova Scotia, Isle Royale, Louisbourg 1 2 3
•Death: AFT 1785 4
•ALIA: Pedro San Martin ; Pedro Bauche St Martin 5 6
•Occupation: Sea Captain 7
•Note: 8 8

Witness: Marriage of Antoine Chouriac & Geneviève Thérèse DeCallonge. Jun 26, 1779.
Witness: Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Labatut & Marie Félicité Bauchet De St. Martin. Apr 2, 1785.
Witness: Marriage of Pierre Auguste Bauchet de St Martin & Geneviève Thérèse de Calongne. May 19, 1785.Page: P58Page: P20
•_UID: 7ECEA58E06BA4B42B78618DAEDF80A200AB8
•Change Date: 17 DEC 2009


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Marriage 1 Charlotte Brillant Galot b: ABT 1729 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans
•Married: ABT 1756
Children
1. Pierre Auguste Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1757
2. (Marie) Charlotte Amélie Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1764
3. (Marie) Félicité Bauchet de St Martin b: 2 SEP 1768 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans
4. Louis Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1770
5. François Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1772
6. Marie-Anne Perette Bauchet de St Martin b: ABT 1774

Sources:
1.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [native of Isla Royal] 2.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p219 [native of the Duchy of Wurttemberg, Swabia, Luisburg] ; p342 [native of Canada] 3.Text: Note:
Page: [Louisbourg Isle RoyaI was also called Acadia. Renamed Nova Scotia] 4.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p172 5.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p219 [Pedro San Martin ; Pedro Bauche St Martin] 6.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p189 [Pedro Bose St Martin] 7.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p20 [former sea captain (1785)] 8.Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]


St. Martin family papers, 1732-1950 Louisiana Research Collection
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Collection Overview
Title: St. Martin family papers, 1732-1950

Predominant Dates:1834-1949

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 68

Primary Creator: St. Martin family.

Extent: 18.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement:

Boxes 1-10 are arranged chronologically and include copies of marriage and baptismal certificates, and the correspondence of several generations of the St. Martin and Perret families. The correspondence for the period 1834-1839 is composed chiefly of letters from members of the Charles Perret and Drausin Perret families. The letters for the period 1846-1893 are of Louis St. Martin, his wife Louise Perret, and his children. There are also numerous letters to Louis St. Martin from friends and associates regarding his business affairs and his political career. The material for the period 1894-1947 is composed chiefly of the personal and business correspondence of three of the Louis St. Martin children. Between 1926 and 1949 most of the material pertains to the business activities of Armand E. St. Martin and Joseph Preston St. Martin.

Boxes 11-18 contain miscellaneous materials, including theatre programs, Mardi Gras mementos, and genealogical notes (Box 11); journals kept by various members of the family (Box 13); school notebooks (Box 14); printed political materials, 1852-1891 (Box 15); marriage announcements and death notices (Box 16); and photographs (Box 17).

In an oversized folder are several Louisiana newspapers of the 1880s.

The collection is arranged chronologically. The collection consists of 18 boxes and 1 oversize folder. The collection is 10.5 linear feet.


Date Acquired: 11/10/1964

Subjects: D'Arensbourg family., French Americans -- Louisiana -- History., Legislators -- United States., Louisiana -- Politics and government., New Orleans (La.) -- Genealogy., Perret family., St. Martin, Louis, 1820-1893., St. Martin family.

Forms of Material: Correspondence., Genealogies.

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials
The St. Martin family papers consist of letters, journals, legal documents, business records, bills and receipts, genealogical material, and newspapers. The materials pertain chiefly to the St. Martin family, but there is also material relating to allied families, including the Perret and D'Arensbourg. These families are among the earliest European settlers in Louisiana.
Biographical Note
The St. Martins are descendants of Pierre Bauchet St. Martin, who immigrated to Louisiana from Canada, and who in 1758 was the owner of a plantation on the present site of Algiers. The family has had a long and distinguished record of public service. A large group of papers relate to Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1851, 1866, 1868, and 1884; was register of the United States Land Office for the Southeastern district of Louisiana from 1846 to 1849; and was the first registrar of voters in New Orleans.
Subject/Index Terms
D'Arensbourg family.
French Americans -- Louisiana -- History.
Legislators -- United States.
Louisiana -- Politics and government.
New Orleans (La.) -- Genealogy.
Perret family.
St. Martin, Louis, 1820-1893.
St. Martin family.

Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Alternate Extent Statement: 10.5 linear feet

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Isabel St. Martin Reynaud; Ruth St. Martin Ulmer; Hilda St. Martin Hartogh; Colonel Joseph Preston St. Martin, Jr.; Dr. Maurice Edward St. Martin.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: St. Martin family papers, Manuscripts Collection 68, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1965.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.


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[Box 6: Papers, 1903-1919],
[Box 7: Papers, 1920-1925],
[Box 8: Papers, 1926-1929],
[Box 9: Papers, 1930-1937],
[Box 10: Papers, 1938-1949],
[Box 11: Undated material, miscellaneous material],
[Box 12: Panola Company records, 1921-1941],
[Box 13: Journals, diaries],
[Box 14: Cancelled checks, school notebooks, other papers],
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[Box 16: Newspaper clippings, 1855-1950],
[Box 17: Photographs, prints, and plates],
[Box 18: Empty mailed envelopes],
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Box 3: Papers, 1892-1897
1880-1893. Letters to and from Louis St. Martin relating to his business and public affairs. Letters within the Louis St. Martin family. Bulletin of Berthe St. Martin from the Academie des Saints-Anges (1883 February 19).

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[Box 9: Papers, 1930-1937],
[Box 10: Papers, 1938-1949],
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[Box 12: Panola Company records, 1921-1941],
[Box 13: Journals, diaries],
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[Box 17: Photographs, prints, and plates],
[Box 18: Empty mailed envelopes],
[[information restricted]],
[[information restricted]],
[Oversize folder 1: Newspapers],
[All]



Children of Pierre St. Martin and Charlotte Gallot are:
44 i. Pierre Auguste Bauchet St. Martin II, born 1761 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died 1830 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; married Genevieve Therese De Collonge May 19, 1785.
ii. Charlotte St. Martin, born 1759.
iii. Louis St. Martin, born 1762.
iv. Francois Louis St. Martin, born 1766.
v. Marie Felicite St. Martin, born 1768 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; died August 31, 1838 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana; married Jean Baptiste Labatut April 02, 1785 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; born 1752 in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France; died 1839 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana.

Notes for Jean Baptiste Labatut:
The earliest known appearance of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana was in New Orleans in 1811. While research is ongoing, there are, unfortunately, no known surviving documents or minutes from this body. All the information that has been collected concerning the 1811 Grand Consistory is recorded in a few secondary sources. James Scot gives us, in his 1873 Outline of the Rise and Progress of Freemasonry in Louisiana, the first known published account concerning this body by reproducing a communication dated April 20, 1811, from the Sov. Grand Consistory of Princes of the Royal Secret of Louisiana to Etoile Polaire Lodge. The communication seeks to establish relations between the Grand Consistory and Etoile Polaire Lodge and is issued under the name of ""Des Bois, Grand Secretary. Scot explains: "The signature is that of Bro. Jean Baptiste Des Bois, who was Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1818. He was Master of Bienfaisance Lodge No. 1 in 1811, and Master of Concord Lodge No. 3 in 1815."


Scot also theorizes that the members of the Consistory were likely "men of advanced age, and it may be that the Consistory" of 1811 was formed more for the purpose of social reunion than propagating the Rite."


However, Scot acknowledges: "This, however, is mere conjecture and it is not known how long the Consistory of 1811 maintained its organization." and "Beyond the mere fact of its existence, nothing is known in regard to it." Scot''s report, in effect, only establishes that this consistory existed at the time that the communication was written. In addition to Scot being uncertain as to the length of time this body existed after the date of the communication, he, also, gives no clue as to its length of existence prior to the communication.


More information concerning the 1811 Grand Consistory is contributed by Albert Pike in his 1882 Official Bulletin V. Pike not only gives additional names of those who were associated with this body, but he also offers an explanation as to how this consistory was formed. Pike reports that Louis D''Huard, Pierre Joseph Duhulquod, Christian Miltenberger, Jean Baptiste Des Bois, Nicolas Roche, Laurent Segui, Jean Baptiste Labatut, Jean Soulié, Thomas Urquhart & Pierre Francois Dubourg were members of this body. The consistory was granted a charter on March 28, 1811, by Louis Jean Lusson and Jean Baptiste Modeste Lefebvre, both S.G.I.G.''s of the Supreme Council of Kingston Jamaica, and the first meeting was held on Sunday April 7, 1811, at 5:00 p.m. in the hall of Perfect Union Lodge.

http://204.3.136.66/web/heredom-files/volume8/early-years-of-grand-consistory.htm


In 1811, Arnaud Beauvais married Louise Delphine Labatut. Louise was a native of New Orleans and her background is rather unclear. It is assumed that she was one of the seven children of Jean Baptiste Labatut and Marie Felicite St. Martin. Labatut was distinguished as Attorney General (named by the Cabildo) and at the time of his daughter Louise’s marriage, he was the Director of the Bank of Louisiana (He is buried in St. Louis No. 2 in New Orleans). It is natural that Arnaud would decide to marry someone of Louise’s background. Most planters who owned plantations along the river also owned town homes in New Orleans. This would probably account for the connection of Beauvais to the Labatut’s. It is not unreasonable to assume that he participated in social and political events in New Orleans and spent a decent amount of time there, even though his primary residence was in Point Coupee. Therefore, he would have connections with respectable, wealthy families in the city as well as in his own parish.

http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Beauvais,%20Arnaud%20Jules/Biography%20by%20JenniferDyer.shtml






vi. Francois Louis Bauchet St. Martin, born 1776.

104. Sigismund Stribling, born 1777. He was the son of 208. Thomas Stribling and 209. Nancy Ann Kinchloe. He married 105. Mary Nancy Birdsong.
105. Mary Nancy Birdsong, born 1777; died 1852. She was the daughter of 210. John Birdsong Jr. and 211. Mary L. Armistead.

Child of Sigismund Stribling and Mary Birdsong is:
52 i. John Birdsong "Long Jack" Stribling, born 1790; married Hannah White


Generation No. 8

128. Jean Mornat, born 1718 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He was the son of 256. Gilbert Mornat and 257. Benoite Guereau. He married 129. Marie Gourlat.
129. Marie Gourlat, born 1720 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. She was the daughter of 258. Cyr Gorlat Gourlat and 259. Jeanne Beaufranc.

Child of Jean Mornat and Marie Gourlat is:
64 i. Gilbert Mornat, born 1742 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; married Blaize Cassay Caissey

160. Toussaint Carraby (Dubois) He was the son of 320. Gabriel Joseph Caraby Dubois and 321. Marie Elisabeth Bonnier. He married 161. Louise Arras.
161. Louise Arras, born Abt. 1710 in Avranches, France.

Child of Toussaint (Dubois) and Louise Arras is:
80 i. Etienne Carraby (Dubois), born 1731 in Montagne, Avranches, France; died July 25, 1799 in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Pouisiana; married Marie Genevieve Rivard May 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

162. Jean Baptiste Rivard He was the son of 324. Francois Antoine Rivard and 325. Jeanne A. De Villemont. He married 163. Marie Paul Cousere.
163. Marie Paul Cousere

Child of Jean Rivard and Marie Cousere is:
81 i. Marie Genevieve Rivard, born 1739 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died June 11, 1809 in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Pouisiana; married Etienne Carraby (Dubois) May 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

176. Pierre Martin, born 1691 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada; died January 01, 1752 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of 352. Pierre Martin and 353. Anne Goudin Chatillion. He married 177. Marie Josephe Clemenceau 1725 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada.
177. Marie Josephe Clemenceau, born 1706; died 1734.

Child of Pierre Martin and Marie Clemenceau is:
88 i. Pierre Bauchet St. Martin, born 1723 in Cape Brenton Island, Acadia; died 1805 in Algiers, Louisiana; married (1) Marianne Perret; married (2) Charlotte Therese Gallot 1758.

208. Thomas Stribling, born 1734 in Prince William County, Virginia; died 1819. He was the son of 416. Thomas Stribling and 417. Eliza Taliaferro. He married 209. Nancy Ann Kinchloe.
209. Nancy Ann Kinchloe, born 1734 in Prince William County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 418. John Kinchloe and 419. Elizabeth Canterbury.

Notes for Thomas Stribling:
Birth: 1730
Prince William County
Virginia, USA
Death: Mar. 17, 1819
Anderson County
South Carolina, USA

Thomas STRIBLING, II (I have added I and II to keep the Thomas Striblings separated.) was the son of Thomas Stribling, I and Elizabeth (Taliaferro) Stribling.

Ann and Thomas, II, moved from Virginia to the Pendleton District of South Carolina about 1778.

From 1-Apr-1782 to 29 June, 1782, Thomas, II, was a Pvt. in the South Carolina Milita in the American Revolution, (A111332) in Capt Hughes' Co, Col Brandon's Regt, Militia.

Thomas Stribling, II, and William Buchanan purchased a tact of 450 acres on Brown Creek in 1786.

Thomas, II, signed his will on 24 Sep 1818. His will was probated 7 Jun 1819.

Thomas, II, and Ann were the parents of nine children:

1. Frances (STRIBLING) Buchanan

2. Elizabeth Taliaferro (STRIBLING) Farr

3. James Clayton Stribling, I.

4. Capt. Thomas STRIBLING, III

5. Lucy (STRIBLING) Trimmier

6. Sigismund/Sejazmond STRIBLING, II

7. Jesse STRIBLING

8. Catherine/Katherine (STRIBLING) Webb

9. Nancy Ann (STRIBLING) Tate

WILL OF THOMAS STRIBLING

(This is the will of Thomas2 STRIBLING, son of
Thomas1 Stribling and Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling. Thomas2 married Nancy Ann Kincheloe.)

State of So. Carolina}
Pendleton District } In the name of God Amen. I, Thomas Stribling of the State and District aforesaid

Being weak in Body and of Perfect Sound Mind and Memory, thanks be unto God for his mercies,--but Calling to Mind the mortality of My body And Knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, have thought Proper to Make and ordain in this My Last Will and Testament.

First I Recommend My Soul to God who gave it, And My Body to be buried in Christian burial.

--Second that all of My Just Debts be paid.

-Then I give unto My well beloved wife Ann Stribling Three Negroes, viz Rachel, Alse, and Cato with My household and Movable Property During her life,

And after her Death, I give Unto My Son Thomas Stribling My Negro Man Cato,

above mentioned and my Negro Woman Also, I give unto my Son Jesse Stribling.

--I also give Unto My Daughter Ann Tate one bed And Furniture.

I give unto my Son-in-Law, Charles Webb, one shilling Sterling.

Then I will, that the rest of My property after Deducting all Negroes be Sold and Divided between
Frances Buchanan,
Clayton Stribling,
Elizabeth T. Farr,
Thomas Stribling,
Lucy Trimmier, and
Sigismund Stribling

--allowing My Son Thomas Double the amounts of the Rest of My Children (for his Services to Me.)

--I also appoint My Son Thomas Stribling, Executor of this My last will and Testament. In witness thereof I hereunto have set My hand this 24 Sept., AD 1818.

Witness--
T. Stribling, Jr.
Frances Stribling

Thomas Stribling (Seal)

Recorded in Will Book A, page 237
Recorded June 7, 1818
proved June 7, 1819
John Harris O.P.D.
Roll no. 646

Ann and Thomas were buried in unmarked graves at Andersonville Baptist Church, Andersonville, Pickens District, SC.



In 1826, the part of Pendleton District, SC, in which Thomas, II, and Ann lived and died became Anderson County.



Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Stribling (1688 - 1755)
Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling (1695 - ____)

Spouse:
Nancy Ann Kincheloe Stribling (1731 - 1822)

Children:
James Clayton Stribling (1762 - 1831)*
Thomas Stribling (1763 - 1825)*
Jesse Stribling (1775 - 1841)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Andersonville Cemetery
Anderson County
South Carolina, USA

Created by: Elreeta Weathers
Record added: May 19, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52575073


Notes for Nancy Ann Kinchloe:
Birth: 1731
Prince William County
Virginia, USA
Death: Dec. 2, 1822
Anderson County
South Carolina, USA

Nancy Ann Kincheloe was a daughter of John KINCHELOE, Sr. and Elizabeth (CANTERBURY) (Kincheloe) Emms. Ann was born in Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co., VA and there in about 1755 married Thomas STRIBLING, II.

Ann and Thomas moved from Virginia to the Pendleton District of South Carolina about 1778.

Thomas and Ann were the parents of nine children:

1. Frances (STRIBLING) Buchanan

2. Elizabeth Taliaferro (STRIBLING) Farr

3. James Clayton Stribling, I.

4. Capt. Thomas STRIBLING, III

5. Lucy (STRIBLING) Trimmier

6. Sigismund/Sejazmond STRIBLING, II

7. Jesse STRIBLING

8. Catherine/Katherine (STRIBLING) Webb

9. Nancy Ann (STRIBLING) Tate

"Marriages and Death Notices from Pendleton (SC) Messenger,
1807-1851,"
p. 14

Issue of December 25, 1822

"Died on the 2d inst., at the residence of her son, Jesse
STRIBLING, Esq., Mrs. Ann STRIBLING, aged 91 years.

Ann and Thomas were buried in unmarked graves.

In 1826, the part of Pendleton District, SC, in which Thomas and Ann had lived and had died became Anderson County.


Family links:
Spouse:
Thomas Stribling (1730 - 1819)*

Children:
James Clayton Stribling (1762 - 1831)*
Thomas Stribling (1763 - 1825)*
Jesse Stribling (1775 - 1841)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Andersonville Cemetery
Anderson County
South Carolina, USA

Created by: Elreeta Weathers
Record added: May 19, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52573909

Children of Thomas Stribling and Nancy Kinchloe are:
i. James Clayton Stribling, born January 09, 1762 in South Carolina; married Mary Beckham; born July 10, 1768.

Notes for James Clayton Stribling:
Birth: Jan. 9, 1762
Prince William County
Virginia, USA
Death: Mar. 11, 1831
Union County
South Carolina, USA

Clayton Stribling was a son of Thomas Stribling, Jr. and Nancy Ann (Kincheloe) Stribling.

Clayton moved with his family from Virginia to South Carolina about 1778.

Clayton fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was a private in Col. Brandon's South Carolina Regiment during the Revolutionary War.

According to family legend, Clayton was scalped by Tories who were pretending to be Indians. His future wife, Mary Beckham, swam with a slave to rescue Clayton, bring him to her home, and nursed him back to health.

Other records verify that he was injured--
"State of South Carolina Union District: I John Rogers one Of the Quorum? do certify that Mr. Clayton Stribling is a Gentleman Of high respectability and entitled to the fullest confidence. Given under my hand at Union Court House this 5th Day of December, 1828 J.Rogers


N.B. The affidavits of Wm. Sartor as to my Services now before the Legislature of the last sessions with my petitions for Services rendered also the affidavits of E.T. Farr and Elisabeth Youngs? As to my wound received at Brandons defeat near Stidhams Mill while in the Service of my Country which ought to have been filed and will more fully show the Committee on pensions to whom we refered the petition of Clayton Stribling praying for a pension. Respectfully Report. That they have considered the same and recommend to this house that the prayer of the petitionar be not granted. McComb, Chairman"

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WILL OF CLAYTON STRIBLING

State of South Carolina
Union District

I, Clayton Stribling of the State and District aforesaid, being in health, and of sound mind and memory, do declare the following to be my last will and testament revoking all others.

First -- I commit my soul to God who made it (with full assurance that I shall join with the blessed of Lord in felicity)

Second --I will that all the debts that I may owe at my decease, may be paid off as soon as possible and all debts due me collected in the same manner.

Third -- I will and bequeath unto my dear wife, Mary Stribling during her natural life or widow hood all that I may die possessed of except what shall be hereafter otherwise disposed of.

Fourth -- I will and bequeath unto my Sons, Thomas, John, Samuel, and Clayton, at the death or marriage of my wife all the lands I may die possessed off [sic] to be equally devided [sic] among them according to its value and for Samuel to have the place he has now in possession and has had in cultivation.

Fifth -- I will and bequeath unto my dughter [sic] Frances at the death or marrige [sic] of my wife my Negro Woman Clary, during the afflection [sic] that she now labours [sic] which complaint is termed fits, and should Frances be restored to health the ?? Clary is to be disposed off [sic] as the other Negroes to be hereafter mentioned.

Sixth -- I will and bequeath, unto my children Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Lucy, Mary, Nancy, and Clayton, at the death or marrige [sic] of my wife my Negroes, Carry/Gerry, Moses, and Simeon and the Issue of Clary and all other Negroes I may die possessed off [sic]. Also unto the same children All the horses, hogs, and cattle and all other stock of all description and all other property I may die possessed off [sic] except what is hereafter otherwise disposed to be equally divided among them the before mentioned property to be ___lised, and should any of the children wish to take their part at this valuation they shall do so by paying the osurplus [sic] if any to the other children. --should Frances be restored to health she is to have an equl [sic] part with the other girls.

Seventh, I will and bequeath that my daughters Frances, Mary, and Nancy have at their marriage each a horse sadde [sic] and Bridle, a cow and calf, a feather bed sted [sic] and furniture, and such other furniture as the other Girls had at their marrige [sic]. Frances and Mary's horse to be valued at Fifty dollars each and Nancy, a horse to be valued at ninety dollars, as I have made use of a colt her Aunt Martin gave her.

Eighth, I will and bequeath that my son Clayton have at his marrige [sic] such stock and furniture as my other boys had at their marrig [sic], he is to have no horse given him as I have already given him one.

Ninth, I leave it discretionary with my wife to sell of [sic] at public sale such surplus stock and plunder as she may not stand in need off [sic].

Lastly, I do appoint and nominate my sons Thomas and Samuel, Executors of this my last will and testament, with this injunction to them that they shall set in their office with honesty and punctuality, and I do expressly enjoin upon all my children to act towards each other with Christian meekness and Brotherly love. In testamony [sic] whereof I set my hand & seal this 1st June, 1830.

In the presence of
T_t Hezekiah McDougal

his
Nathan X Wards

mark
Aaron MCollum

Clayton Stribling (seal)

Recorded in Will Book B., page 178,
Box 19, Package 83
Recorded 14th day of March, 1831
J. I. Pratt, Ordy.
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Clayton Stribling was James Clayton STRIBLING, son of
Thomas2 STRIBLING and Nancy Ann KINCHELOE STRIBLING. Clayton's wife was Mary BECKHAM STRIBLING.

This will has been copied from a typed copy of the original will from the South Carolina Archives. I ASSUME that a WPA worker typed this copy from the original will. There were many misspelled words in the typed copy.--Elreeta
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Clayton died at Brown's Creek on March 11, 1831. His grave was not marked with a memorial stone.


Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Stribling (1730 - 1819)
Nancy Ann Kincheloe Stribling (1731 - 1822)

Spouse:
Mary Beckham Stribling (1768 - 1859)

Children:
Thomas Jefferson Stribling (1788 - 1872)*
John Beckham Stribling (1790 - 1867)*
Elizabeth Henderson Stribling Foster (1793 - 1851)*
Samuel Henderson Stribling (1795 - 1841)*
Lucy Henderson Stribling Foster (1799 - 1874)*
Mary Leah Stribling (1805 - 1884)*
Nancy Kincheloe Stribling Rogers (1807 - 1863)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Browns Creek Cemetery
Union
Union County
South Carolina, USA

Created by: Elreeta Weathers
Record added: May 05, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52041412


Notes for Mary Beckham:
Birth: Jul. 10, 1768
Union County
South Carolina, USA
Death: Aug. 26, 1859
Neshoba County
Mississippi, USA

Mary "Molly" was a daughter of John "Jack" Beckham, Sr. and Elizabeth "Betty" "Libby" (Henderson) Beckham. She was born on Pacolet River & Grindal Shoals--now part of Union Country, SC.

Being a daughter of John Beckham brought dire consequences to Mary and her siblings. John, an active Whig and fearless spy, was intensely hated by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton who terrified Elizabeth, her mother, and her siblings when he rode into their yard and burned the Beckham home in the midst of wintry snow.

The destitute family could not afford an itinerant tutor to teach their son and daughters. Mary's signature was always an "X"

James Clayton Stribling recorded in his Bible that he married Mary Beckham on 11-Nov-1787. Clayton fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.

Mary and Clayton had a dozen children:

1. Thomas Jefferson Stribling
2. John Beckham "Short Jack" Stribling, Sr.
3. Frances (Stribling) Webb
4. Elizabeth Henderson (Stribling) Foster
5. Samuel Henderson "Sam" Stribling
6. Clayton Perry Stribling
7. Lucy Henderson (Stribling) Foster
8. Jesse STRIBLING
9. Fanny Martin STRIBLING
10. Mary Leah "Polly" (Stribling) Stribling
11. Nancy Kincheloe (Stribling) Rogers
12. William Stribling

Clayton died before he could file for a Revolutionary War pension. Mary began the process of filing for a widow's pension on 2 Oct., 1840, in Union County, SC. Since Mary could not read and South Carolina did not have marriage records when she married Clayton, the family pages from Clayton's Bible were removed from the Bible and submitted with her pension application.

Before the application process had been completed, Mary moved with her daughter Mary Leah to Neshoba County, MS. Mary (Beckham) Stribling moved to Mississippi because her daughter Mary Leah, with whom she had resided after Clayton's death and other children, had moved.

Mary arrived in Neshoba County before 1 March, 1841, when she completed the application process for a pension.


Family links:
Parents:
John Beckham (1736 - 1789)
Elizabeth Henderson Beckham (1738 - 1831)

Spouse:
James Clayton Stribling (1762 - 1831)*

Children:
Thomas Jefferson Stribling (1788 - 1872)*
John Beckham Stribling (1790 - 1867)*
Elizabeth Henderson Stribling Foster (1793 - 1851)*
Samuel Henderson Stribling (1795 - 1841)*
Lucy Henderson Stribling Foster (1799 - 1874)*
Mary Leah Stribling (1805 - 1884)*
Nancy Kincheloe Stribling Rogers (1807 - 1863)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
"Mary,
wife of Clayton Stribling
Daughter of John & Betty Beckham
Died August 26, 1859
Aged
91 years 1 Month and 16 days
She was a faithful member of the Baptist Church
for 57 years.



Burial:
New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Mississippi, USA

Maintained by: Elreeta Weathers
Originally Created by: NatalieMaynor
Record added: Oct 04, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16002494


104 ii. Sigismund Stribling, born 1777; married Mary Nancy Birdsong

210. John Birdsong Jr., born 1733 in York County, Virginia; died 1790 in Union County, South Carolina. He was the son of 420. John Birdsong II and 421. Sarah Bennett. He married 211. Mary L. Armistead.
211. Mary L. Armistead, born 1730 in Elizabeth County, Virginia; died 1782 in Union County, South Carolina.

Notes for John Birdsong Jr.:
Birth: 1733
York County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1790
Sardis (Union County)
Union County
South Carolina, USA

John Birdsong was born to John Birdsong and Sarah Bennett in 1733. He married Mary Armistead. He was a member of the Halifax Resolve and he was a Major in the Revolutionary war in Chatham Co. NC. He was captured by Colonel David Fanning at the Chatham Co. NC courthouse. He was marched to the Coast at NC and put on a ship that went to Charleston SC. When the war was over he sold his land in Chatham Co. NC and moved to Union Co. SC where he played a part in the building of the first Union Co. SC courthouse.

Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Armstead Birdsong (1730 - 1782)*

Children:
Henry Birdsong (1769 - 1850)*
Jesse Birdsong (1774 - 1836)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Fair Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Jonesville (Union County)
Union County
South Carolina, USA

Created by: Debi Garrett
Record added: Oct 24, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9699023


More About John Birdsong Jr.:
Burial: 1790, Fair Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Notes for Mary L. Armistead:
Birth: 1730
Union (Bedford County)
Bedford County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1782
Union (Bedford County)
Bedford County
Virginia, USA

Wife of Major John Birdsong; mother of Jesse, Mary, Rebkah, Elizabeth, Nancy, Lidia, Lucy Sarah, Batte, John Jr., William, John R., Henry

Family links:
Spouse:
John Birdsong (1733 - 1790)

Children:
Henry Birdsong (1769 - 1850)*
Jesse Birdsong (1774 - 1836)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Fair Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Jonesville (Union County)
Union County
South Carolina, USA

Created by: Sharon
Record added: Dec 22, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 45712371

Child of John Jr. and Mary Armistead is:
105 i. Mary Nancy Birdsong, born 1777; died 1852; married Sigismund Stribling


Generation No. 9

256. Gilbert Mornat, born 1691 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died 1753 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He was the son of 512. Jean Mornat and 513. Antoinette Dugrenot. He married 257. Benoite Guereau.
257. Benoite Guereau, born in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

Children of Gilbert Mornat and Benoite Guereau are:
128 i. Jean Mornat, born 1718 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; married Marie Gourlat
ii. Pierre Mornat, born 1725 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; married Claudine Gourlat; born 1729 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

258. Cyr Gorlat Gourlat, born 1700 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died 1773. He married 259. Jeanne Beaufranc.
259. Jeanne Beaufranc, born 1700 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

Child of Cyr Gourlat and Jeanne Beaufranc is:
129 i. Marie Gourlat, born 1720 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; married Jean Mornat

320. Gabriel Joseph Caraby Dubois He was the son of 640. Caraby. He married 321. Marie Elisabeth Bonnier.
321. Marie Elisabeth Bonnier

Notes for Gabriel Joseph Caraby Dubois:
See sources for Toussaint Carraby dit DUBOIS and Louise Arras. See also DOMINGO dit CARABI, Étienne (M). INSEE:64102. Pl: Bayonne. Zone: Pyrénées-Atl.. Dest: Québec.

Bayonne (French: Bayonne pronounced [baj?n]; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture.

Together with nearby Anglet, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and several smaller communes, Bayonne forms an urban area with 178,965 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 40,078 of whom lived in the city of Bayonne proper (44,300 as of 2004 estimates).

The communes of Bayonne, Biarritz, and Anglet have joined into an intercommunal entity called the Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz.

Bayonne is the main town of Labourd and it is part of the French Basque Country.

In the 3rd century AD, the area was the site of a Roman castrum, named Lapurdum. It was a military site, but not a port. In 840, the Vikings appeared before Lapurdum. In 842, with their chieftain Björn Ironside they launched a large-scale inland offensive and settled outside the city on the river bank. Lapurdum was an oppidum and they needed a port. Bayonne (from Basque ibai "river") became a key place on the route between the Adour and Ebro Rivers, which served as a kind of link between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This commercial route was the main goal of Danish invaders in France. By this route, they could easily reach Tortosa, which was the main marketplace in Europe dealing with slaves.[1]

By the 12th century, the city was an important port, with a mixed Basque and Gascon population. As part of Aquitaine, it was ruled by England between 1151 to 1452 and was a key commercial centre at the southern end of the English kingdom.

Its importance waned somewhat when the French king, Charles VII, took the city at the end of the Hundred Years' War and the Adour changed course shortly afterwards, leaving Bayonne without its access to the sea. The French, however, realised Bayonne's strategic site near the Spanish border and in 1578 dug a canal to redirect the river through the city once again.

Bayonne endured numerous sieges from Plantagenet times until the end of the First French Empire in 1814. In the 17th century, Vauban built large fortifications and the Citadelle in and around the city. These proved crucial in 1813 and 1814, when Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's army besieged the city in the Napoleonic Wars, only taking it when they used a bridge of ships across the Adour to position artillery around the city.

Bayonne's location close to the border, but also within the Basque Country straddling both France and Spain, gave it an often privileged position in commerce. Basque sailors travelled the world, bringing back products such as cinnamon and riches from piracy and the whaling and cod trades. An armaments industry developed, giving the world the "bayonet". Jewish refugees from the Spanish Inquisition from 1560 brought new trades, most notably chocolate-making, which is still important in Bayonne. Spanish Basques also sought refuge in Bayonne in the 20th century during Francisco Franco's repression, with Petit Bayonne still a centre of Basque nationalism.


Bayonne. View from the other sideBy the mid-19th century, Bayonne had declined somewhat with the centralisation of power to Paris and to the new département capital, non-Basque Pau, after the 1789 French Revolution, and with Wellington's bombardment. However, rail links with Paris from 1854 and the growing touristic importance of nearby Biarritz brought industrialisation and development. Bayonne is now part of 'BAB' (Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz), a metropolitan area of almost 200,000 people.

Description

The Nive divides Bayonne into Grand Bayonne and Petit Bayonne, with five bridges between the two, both quarters still backed by Vauban's walls. Indeed the Nive is more like a main street, with many restaurants, squares and the covered market on its quays. The houses lining the Nive are picturesque examples of Basque architecture, with half-timbering and shutters in the national colours of red and green. The much wider Adour is to the north. The Pont St-Esprit connects Petit Bayonne with the Quartier St-Esprit across the Adour, where the massive Citadelle and the railway station are located.

Grand Bayonne is the commercial and civic hub, with small pedestrianised streets packed with shops, plus the cathedral and Hôtel de Ville. The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is an imposing, elegant Gothic building, rising over the houses, glimpsed along the narrow streets. It was constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries. The south tower was completed in the 16th century but the cathedral was only completed in the 19th century with the north tower. The cathedral is noted for its charming cloisters. There are other details and sculptures of note, although much was destroyed in the Revolution. Nearby is the Château-Vieux, some of which dates back to the 12th century, where the governors of the city were based, including the English Black Prince.


Sainte-Marie CathedralPetit Bayonne is lively with Basque bars and restaurants more reminiscent of cities the other side of the Pyrenees. There are two important museums here. The Musée Basque is the finest ethnographic museum of the entire Basque Country. It opened in 1922 but has been closed for a decade recently for refurbishment. It now has special exhibitions on Basque agriculture, seafaring and pelota, handicrafts and Basque history and way of life. The Musée Bonnat began with a large collection bequeathed by the local-born painter Léon Bonnat. The museum is one of the best galleries in south west France and has paintings by Degas, El Greco, Botticelli and Goya among others. At the back of Petit-Bayonne is the Château-Neuf, among the ramparts. Now an exhibition space, it was started by the newly-arrived French in 1460 to control the city. The walls nearby have been opened to visitors. They are important for plantlife now and Bayonne's botanic gardens adjoin the walls on both sides of the Nive.

The area across the Adour is largely residential and industrial, with much demolished to make way for the railway. The St-Esprit church was part of a bigger complex built by Louis XI to care for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. It has an attractive wooden Flight into Egypt sculpture. Overlooking the quarter is Vauban's 1680 Citadelle. The soldiers of Wellington's army who died besieging the citadelle in 1813 are buried in the nearby English Cemetery, visited by Queen Victoria and other British dignitaries when staying in Biarritz. The distillery of the famous local liqueur, Izarra, is on the northern bank of the Adour and is open to visitors.

Culture and sport
Bayonne has the longest tradition of bull-fighting in France and there is a ring beyond the walls of Grand Bayonne. The season runs between July and September. Bull-fighting is a major part of the five-day Fêtes de Bayonne which starts on the first Wednesday of August and attracts people from across the Basque Country and beyond. Parades, music, dance, fireworks, food and drink all feature in the celebrations. Soon after the Assumption festival of 15 August heralds a few more days of bull-fights.

There are also important festivals of Jazz (July), Bayonne ham (Holy Week), theatre and pelota (the Basque sport).

Aviron Bayonnais is the city's rugby union club, founded in 1904 and French champions three times, in 1913, 1934 and 1943. The local football team is Aviron Bayonnais FC.

Economy and products

Bayonne is known for its fine chocolates, produced in the town for 500 years, and Bayonne ham, a cured ham seasoned with peppers from nearby Espelette. Izarra, the liqueur made in bright green or yellow colours, is distilled locally. It is said by some that Bayonne is the birthplace of mayonnaise, supposedly a corruption of Bayonnaise, the French adjective describing the city's people and produce. Now bayonnaise can refer to a particular mayonnaise flavoured with the Espelette chillis.

Bayonne is now the centre of certain craft industries that were once widespread, including the manufacture of makilas, traditional Basque walking-sticks. The Fabrique Alza just outside the city is known for its palas, bats used in pelota, the traditional Basque sport.

As of 1935, its chief industries were shipbuilding, tanning, and pottery. In the late 20th century, the processing of by-products from the Lacq natural gas field near Pau became important, although Bayonne has had higher-than-average unemployment. Metallurgy also provides local jobs.


Transportation
Bayonne is on the high-speed TGV line between Paris and Hendaye for connections with Spain. In practice, the line slows considerably beyond Bordeaux although there are plans to improve the service. There are regional rail services along the Basque coast, to Pau and through the Landes to Dax and Bordeaux. There is a line along the Nive valley through Labourd and Lower Navarre to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, used principally by tourists and hikers.

There are extensive bus connections with Biarritz, Anglet and surrounding villages. The city is near the intersection between the A63 autoroute between Bordeaux and the Spanish border and the A64 from Bayonne to Toulouse.

Bayonne has airport Aéroport de Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne, its 6 km (3.7 mi) away from the city towards Anglet .Its just opposite of N10 road. It's a joined airport with Biarritz and Anglet with flights to destinations across France as well Europe.


Points of interest
Jardin botanique de Bayonne

Famous residents
Bayonne was the birthplace of:

Dominique Joseph Garat (1749-1833), writer and politician
François Cabarrus (1752-1810), adventurer and Spanish financier, father of Madame Tallien
Armand Joseph Dubernad (1741-1799), financial trader, Freemason, Consul general of the Holy Roman Empire, deputy, mayor, and cofounder of the first Jacobin Club of Brittany.
Jacques Laffitte (1767-1844), banker and politician
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), classical liberal author and political economist
Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), painter
René Cassin (1887-1976), jurist and judge, recipient of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize
Roland Barthes (1915-1980), critic
Michel Camdessus (born 1933), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1997 to 2000
Didier Deschamps (born 1968), World-Cup-winning footballer
Imanol Harinordoquy (born 1980), French international rugby union player
Anthony Dupuis (born 1973), professional tennis player
Sylvain Luc (born 1965), jazz guitarist
Xavier de le Rue (born 1979), snowboarder
Every member of Death metal band Gojira

Civic information
The Mayor of Bayonne (1995-2007) is Jean Grenet of the centre-right UMP. The 39-strong town council is also dominated by the UMP, who hold 31 of the seats. The centre-left group has five seats, the Basque nationalist Baiona Berria have two and the communist LCR one.

Bayonne's twin towns are:

Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Kutaisi, Georgia

Bayonne in Literature
In Wyndham Lewis's The Wild Body (1927) the protagonist, Ker-Orr, in the first story, 'A Soldier of Humour', takes the train from Paris and stays in the town of Bayonne before passing through into Spain. Three of the characters in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises also visit the town en route to Spain.

In Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt (2002), Bayonne is the first city recolonized by the Muslims after the total depopulation of Europe by the Black Death. Named "Baraka", its earliest colonizers are later driven out by rivals from Al-Andalus and flee to the Loire Valley, where they found the city of Nsara.


References
^ Joël Supéry, Le Secret des Vikings

External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bayonne
City council website (French)
Official website of the "Office de commerce de Bayonne"
Webpage about the citadel and fortifications of the town
BAIONA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
Fiestas Songs (French)



Among SPAIN'S LOUISIANA PATRIOTS were Juan Bautista Caraby 1777-78 and Pedro Caraby-Dubois.

The Acadians joined the French Creoles, Creoles of Color, Spanish, Germans and others under General Galvez in the American Revolution War to recapture Baton Rouge and the West Florida Parishes in 1779. However, Spain gave assistance beginning in 1776; therefore, the official period for membership in the DAR/SAR is Dec. 24, 1776 to Nov. 16, 1783.

Note: There is some confusion about qualifications for DAR/SAR membership. Both the French and the Spanish decided to use militias as well as fixed military regiments. All able-boded men between the ages of 14-50 were required to serve in the militias. Since all the militias were responsible for defending against attacks during the Revolutionary Period, it isn't necessary to prove that an ancestor actually served in the campaign to recapture Baton Rouge or in the Pensacola Campaign.

Also, descendants of those who provided financial and other support are eligible for membership. For example, descendants of Spanish troops in New Mexico recently qualified for membership since their ancestors responded to a call from the King of Spain for financial support.

In effect, descendants of all those who were age 14-50 in Louisiana during the period Dec. 24, 1776 to Nov. 16, 1783 are potentially eligible for membership.

Winston De Ville selected and edited records from an unpublished work by Charles Robert Churchill and published Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution in 1991. This is a monumental work for genealogists and historians and for those who wish to document eligibility for membership in the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution.

Granville W. and N.C. Hough are authors of Spain's Louisiana Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England During the American Revolution. In addition to militia lists, this work identifies those who are listed in sacramental and other records during the Revolutionary War Period.




Child of Gabriel Dubois and Marie Bonnier is:
160 i. Toussaint Carraby (Dubois), married Louise Arras

324. Francois Antoine Rivard, born Abt. 1712. He was the son of 648. Antoine Rivard (Lavigny) and 649. Antoinette Fournier. He married 325. Jeanne A. De Villemont.
325. Jeanne A. De Villemont, born Abt. 1714. She was the daughter of 650. Henri M. De Villemont and 651. Antoinette Fournier.

Notes for Francois Antoine Rivard:
A. Rivarde indexed under Parish of Orleans on Louisiana Planters. Petition to U.S. Senate, 27th Congress, 2nd Session, June 24, 1842.



Child of Francois Rivard and Jeanne De Villemont is:
162 i. Jean Baptiste Rivard, married Marie Paul Cousere

352. Pierre Martin, born 1660 in Acadia, New Brunswick, Canada; died December 14, 1739 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of 704. Pierre Martin and 705. Anne Ouestnorouest. He married 353. Anne Goudin Chatillion.
353. Anne Goudin Chatillion, born 1672 in Montreal, Canada; died 1711. She was the daughter of 706. Pierre dit Chatillion Audin and 707. Mari Jeanne Rousseliere.

Child of Pierre Martin and Anne Chatillion is:
176 i. Pierre Martin, born 1691 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada; died January 01, 1752 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada; married Marie Josephe Clemenceau 1725 in Port Royal, New Brunswick, Canada.

416. Thomas Stribling, born 1690 in England; died 1735 in Prince William County, Virginia. He married 417. Eliza Taliaferro.
417. Eliza Taliaferro, born 1698 in Prince William County, Virginia; died 1720 in Prince William County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 834. Francis Taliaferro and 835. Eliza Catlett.

Notes for Thomas Stribling:
Thomas Stribling was born about 1688 in England or VA. Perhaps he was born in Devon, England.

The first record of Thomas Stribling in Virginia was September 4, 1710, when he purchased "worsted stockings, shirting, linens, felt hat, breast buttons, lace shoes, a best horsewhip, horne combe, and best silk handkerchief." The items purchased were to be paid in exchange for seven days' work, the nature of which was not specified, and several pairs of oars (Richmond County, Va., Commercial Accounts Book, Vol. R-17, p. 65) (George Taliaferro Stribling, "Neal and Northern Neck Neighbors," p. 428).

Traditionally Thomas Stribling married Elizabeth Taliaferro about 1710—but no proof can be found of the marriage date. They were likely married at "Taliaferro's Mount," Essex County, VA,

On December 3, 1725, Robert Taliaferro of Stafford made his will in Essex County, VA. Robert Taliaferro was a younger brother of Elizabeth (Taliaferro) Stribling. Robert left property to his sister, wife of Thomas Stribling and to his three young nephews—Francis, William, and Taliaferro Stribling.

On July 17, 1727, Thomas Stribling received a grant of 1050 acres near Bull Run, (now Prince William County, VA.

Thomas Stribing purchased 600 acres at Winchester, Frederick (now Clarke) County, VA, in 1752.

Elizabeth (Taliaferro) Stribling died between 1746 and 1750. In a deed dated July 25, 1746, from Thomas Stribling to Richard Blackburn (both of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County), DB 'I' pp 151-156, Prince William County, the recording of the deed is delayed by the court pending upon Elizabeth Stribling's release of her dower rights, which she subsequently gave.
In 1750, when Thomas sold land and Elizabeth did not co-sign, ever thereafter. This gives evidence that Elizabeth died between 1746 and 1750.

Nov. 26. 1754, COB 1754-1755: Thomas Stribling, former guardian of the orphans of Francis Wright was relieved of that duty, and several new guardians were appointed.

Thomas Stribling died in March, 1755 in Prince William County, VA

Children of Thomas Stribling and Elizabeth (Taliaferro) Stribling:

1. Francis Stribling, b. about 1714
2. William Stribling, b. about 1721
3. Taliaferro Stribling, b. 1723
4. Thomas Stribling, Jr., b. 1730
5. Robert Stribling, b. before 1733
And possibly:
6. Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling, b. 1739
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Land Grant by Lord FAIRFAX to Thomas STRIBLIN[sic] 1727
Book B Folio 87
(From microfilm of the original, July 1999)

The Rt. Honble. Thos., Lord FAIRFAX of Leeds Castle in ye County of Kent & Baron of Cameron in Scotland & Wm Cage of Milgate in ye Psh of Bearstead in ye sd County of Kent Esq. Devisee in trust and Sole Exect of last will & testament of ye Rt Honble Catherine Lady Fairfax, decd. propes of ye Northern Neck of Virginia to all to whom this present writing shall come send greeting Know yee that for diverse good causes and Consideracons but more especially for and in consideracon of ye composition for our use paid unto our Agent & Attorney and for ye annual rent hereafter reserved We have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for us, our heirs & assignes Do give grant and confirm unto Thomas STRIBLIN of Stafford County One certain tract or parcel of land containing one thousand and fifty acres, situate lying and being in Stafford County on ye middle grounds twixt ye Broad Run of Occaquan and ye Bull Run and is bounded as followeth Viz: Begining at A, a Red Oak, Corner to ye land surveyed for McGLOUGHLIN, thence along ye line of ye said land South eighty degs West three hundred and eighteen po. to B, a
white Oak, thence So. one hundred and thirty eight po. to C, anoth white oak, thence South forty degs East One hundred and sixty po. to three White Oaks at D, thence South sixty five degs East one hundred and seventy po. to E, a white Oak, thence South fifteen degs West seventy six po. to a stooping white oak at F, thence South thirty five degs E down a small branch one hundred and eight po. to G, anoth white oak,thence crossing ye said branch South ten degs East one hundred and eight po. to H, a box oak corner to land of John FISCHBACK, thence along his line North fifty five degs East two hundred and seventy two po. to I, ye beginning of ye sd land, finally North twenty three degs West five hundred and twenty four po. to the first station. Together with all rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging, royal mines excepted and a full third part of all Lead, Copper, Tin, Coals, Iron mines and Iron Oar that shall be found thereon To Have & To Hold the said one thousand and fifty acres of land together with all Rights Profits and Benefitts to ye same belonging or in any wise appertaining Except before Excepted to him ye sd Thomas STRIBLIN - his heirs and assignes for ever he ye said Thomas STRIBLIN - his heirs and assignes therefore Yeilding and Paying to us our heirs and assignes or to ye
certain Attorney or Attorneys Agent or Agents of us ye said proprietors or to ye certain Attorney or Attorneys of our heirs and Assignes propes of ye said Northern Neck Yearly and every year on the Feast of Saint Michael ye Archangel ye fee Rent of one shill sterl money for every fifty acres of land hereby Granted and so proportionably for a greater or lessor quantity, provided that ye sd Thomas STRIBLIN - his heirs or assigns shall not pay ye before sd Annual rent so that ye same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by ye space of two whole years
after ye same shall become due if lawfully Demanded That then it shall and may be lawfull for us our heirs or assignes propes as aforesaid Our or their certain Attorney or Attorneys Agent or Agents Into ye above granted premises to reenter and hold ye same so as if this Grant had never passed. Given at our office in Lancst County within our said Proprietary under our seal. Witness our Agent and Attorney fully authorized thereto, Dated ye Eleventh Day of July in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George of Great Brittain France and Irland. King Defender of ye faith Anno Domini: 1727 -

Thomas STRIBLIN, Deed
for 1050 acres of Land
In Stafford County


Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling (1695 - ____)

Children:
Francis Stribling (1714 - 1796)*
William Stribling (1721 - 1748)*
Taliaferro Stribling (1723 - 1774)*
Thomas Stribling (1730 - 1819)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Elreeta Weathers
Record added: Nov 05, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 61180629


Notes for Eliza Taliaferro:
Birth: 1695
Essex County
Virginia, USA
Death: unknown
Prince William County
Virginia, USA

Eliazbeth Taliaferro was a daughter of Francis Taliarerro, I and Elizabeth (Catlett) Taliaferro.

Elizabeth was born about 1695 and died between 1746--1750 probably in Prince William County, VA.

Elizabeth signed dower interest in 1746, but in 1750, when Thomas sold land and she did not co-sign; thence giving evidence that Elizabeth died between 1746 and 1750.

Eliazbeth was the mother of:

1. Francis Stribling, b. about 1714
2. William Stribling, b. about 1721
3. Taliaferro Stribling, b. 1723
4. Thomas Stribling, Jr., b. 1730
5. Robert Stribling, b. before 1733
And possibly:
6. Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling, b. 1739



Family links:
Parents:
Francis Taliaferro (1654 - 1710)
Elizabeth Catlett Taliaferro (1663 - ____)

Spouse:
Thomas Stribling (1688 - 1755)*

Children:
Francis Stribling (1714 - 1796)*
William Stribling (1721 - 1748)*
Taliaferro Stribling (1723 - 1774)*
Thomas Stribling (1730 - 1819)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Elreeta Weathers
Record added: Nov 05, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 61182074


Child of Thomas Stribling and Eliza Taliaferro is:
208 i. Thomas Stribling, born 1734 in Prince William County, Virginia; died 1819; married Nancy Ann Kinchloe

418. John Kinchloe, born 1694; died March 25, 1746. He was the son of 836. Cornelius Kinchloe and 837. Williams. He married 419. Elizabeth Canterbury.
419. Elizabeth Canterbury, born 1695; died 1776. She was the daughter of 838. John Canterbury and 839. Ruth Williams.

Child of John Kinchloe and Elizabeth Canterbury is:
209 i. Nancy Ann Kinchloe, born 1734 in Prince William County, Virginia; married Thomas Stribling

420. John Birdsong II, born 1701; died 1785. He was the son of 840. John Birdsong and 841. Elizabeth. He married 421. Sarah Bennett.
421. Sarah Bennett, died 1735.

Child of John Birdsong and Sarah Bennett is:
210 i. John Birdsong Jr., born 1733 in York County, Virginia; died 1790 in Union County, South Carolina; married Mary L. Armistead


Generation No. 10

512. Jean Mornat, born 1648 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died 1720 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. He married 513. Antoinette Dugrenot.
513. Antoinette Dugrenot, born 1649 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died 1719 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

Child of Jean Mornat and Antoinette Dugrenot is:
256 i. Gilbert Mornat, born 1691 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died 1753 in Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; married Benoite Guereau

640. Caraby

Notes for Caraby:
(1)Leufroy Caraby. See General Index to All Successions Opened in the Parish of Orleans (1806-1846) as compiled by P.M. Bertin. Vol. 4, 1828.

(2)See Digest of the Acts and Deliberations of the Cabildo Ward 5, District 37 1/7/1803 Third Ward. Don Pedro Caraby, Commissioner of the 3rd District.

(3)See Louisiana Judicial Court Suit Records. 1813-1835. http://nutrias.org/inv/1jdc/c1jdc.htm. Carraby,Antoine and Pierre vs. C.Vivant and Others, John Davis, Alphonse Desmar, Descotaux Saucier, Rene Lemeuse, Francois Bureau, Joseph Bourgeois, Frank Bourgeois, Louis Bourgeois.

(4)Jeanne Carraby

(5)Pierre Etienne Carraby

(6)Marie Marguerite Ybry. See Capet. Spain, Two Sicilies, Parma, Luxembourg, Orleans and Orleans-Braganza (Brazil) http://worldroots.com/brigete/theroff/ahn.index. "Black Irish" see Montserrat="Emerald Isle".



Child of Caraby is:
320 i. Gabriel Joseph Caraby Dubois, married Marie Elisabeth Bonnier

648. Antoine Rivard (Lavigny), born 1675 in Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec; died February 11, 1728/29 in Bayou St. John, Louisiana. He was the son of 1296. Nicholas Rivard and 1297. Catherine Isabelle Saint-Pere. He married 649. Antoinette Fournier.
649. Antoinette Fournier, born 1685.

Notes for Antoine Rivard (Lavigny):
[My Story.FTW]

[Caraby-Rivarde.FTW]

In the Spring of 1708, in hopes of creating a breadbasket for the colony, still headquartered at Mobile in present-day Alabama, Bienville sent five Canadians to the area where Bayou Tchoupitoulas joins Bayou St. Jean and granted them 4-arpent-by-36-arpent holdings along the St. Jean. These Canadians included Antoine Rivard de La Vigne, Francois Dugue, Jean-Baptiste Poitie, and Nicolas Delon. None of them brought along their wives or children. They planted two wheat crops, but both failed because of the intense heat and humidity, The Canadians abandoned the site in 1710. In 1714, St. Denis moved his observation point to a site farter inland and established a post at Natchitoches on the Red River.

ALIA: Rivarde; Antoine Rivard dit LAVIGNE.
Occupation: Original settler, Bayou St. Jean.
Marriage 1:Marie Briard. August 18, 1704 in Alabama, Mobile.
Marriage 2:Antoinette Fournier, abt. 1711.
Note:Batiscan, Quebec (1685); Mobile (1704); Bayou St. Jean [Bayous St Jean & Gentilly] pop 678, 1785 Census, p. 204, p. 239

ID: I4048
Name: Antoine Rivarde
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1685 in Canada, Quebec, Batiscan 1
Death: BEF 1745 2
ALIA: Rivard ; Antoine Rivard dit Lavigne 3 4
Occupation: Original Settler, Bayou St Jean 5
Note: 6 7

Batiscan, Quebec (1685) ; Mobile, AL (1704) ; Bayou St Jean [Bayous St Jean & Gentilly, pop. 678, 1785 census]Page: p204Page: p239
_UID: 7F481E5420AE44CA8796CB183ABB58FD5F1E
Change Date: 3 JAN 2002

Marriage 1 Marie Briard b: ABT 1687
Married: 18 AUG 1704 in AL, Mobile Co 8

Marriage 2 Antoinette Fournièr b: ABT 1685
Married: ABT 1711
Children
(François) Antoine Rivarde b: ABT 1712

Sources:
Text: Note:
Page: [b. 1685, Batiscan Quebec (Mary Anne Rivard Mickey, Sep 2001)]
Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p44 [sp widowed by 1745]
Type: Book
Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec.
Media: [book]
Page: p87 [Rivard]
Text: Note:
Page: [Antoine Rivard Dit Lavigne (Mary Anne Rivard Mickey, Sep 2001)]
Type: Book
Author: King, Grace
Media: [book]
Periodical: Creole Families of New Orleans
Publication: New York: Macmillan, c1921
Page: p204
Type: Book
Author: King, Grace
Media: [book]
Periodical: Creole Families of New Orleans
Publication: New York: Macmillan, c1921
Type: Book
Author: Martin, François-Xavier
Media: [book]
Periodical: History of Louisiana
Publication: New Orleans: Gresham, 1882
Text: Note:
Page: AL, Mobile Co, Mobile, Fort Louis (or perhaps Fort Louis, New Biloxi, MS.

See 1300 Moss. A History of the Old Spanish Custom House.
http://ww.talbothp.com/1300history2.php


Hausa
Hausa is a Chadic language with about 39 million speakers. It is spoken mainly in northern Nigeria and Niger, and also in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Sudan and Togo.

Since the beginning of the 17th century, Hausa has been written with a version of the Arabic script known as ajami. Most of the early writing in Hausa was Islamic poetry or on Islamic themes. Ajami is still used, mainly to write poetry, but also for at least one newpaper and some books. There is no standard spelling system for Hausa written with the Arabic script so there is some variation in spelling between different writers.

A version of Hausa written with the Latin alphabet and known as boko began to emerge during the 19th century. Until the 1950s ajami and boko were both used, though since then boko has been the main alphabet for most Hausa speakers.

Arabic alphabet for Hausa (ajami)


Latin alphabet for Hausa (boko)


Notes
Long vowels are either indicated by doubling (aa, ee, etc) in Nigeria, and by a macron (a, e, etc) elsewhere. Long consonants are indicated by doubling.
Hausa has a number of tones: a high tone, which is indicate by an acute accent, (á, é, etc), a low tone, which is indicate by a grave accent, (à, è, etc), and a high-low falling tone, which is indicate by a circumflex accent, (â, ê, etc)
Sample text in ajami

A verse from Aljiyu Namangi, Imfiraji, Part 3 (Verse 3)

Sample text in boko
Su dai yan-adam, ana haifuwarsu ne duka yantattu, kuma kowannensu na da mutunci da hakkoki daidai da na kowa. Suna da hankali da tunani, saboda haka duk abin da za su aikata wa juna, ya kamata su yi shi a cikin yan-uwanci.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Longer sample text in boko (Tower of Babel)

Links
UCLA Hausa Home Page - information about the Hausa language, poetry, culture and Hausa courses at UCLA: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/Hausa/hausa.html

Information about the Hausa language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_language
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/Hausa/indexframe.html
http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Hausa

Teach Yourself Hausa
http://www.teachyourselfhausa.com

Online Hausa dictionaries
http://dictionary.kasahorow.com/all/ha
http://www.univie.ac.at/Hausa/oracle/KofarHausaE2.html
http://maguzawa.dyndns.ws

Online radio and news in Hausa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa/
http://hausa.cri.cn
http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa/
http://www.voanews.com/hausa/

Other languages written with the Arabic and Latin alphabets.

A History of the Old Spanish Custom House.

The land was part of a French land grant to Antoine Rivard de la Virgne in 1708, a decade before the City of New Orleans was founded. The grounds are enclosed by a cement and brick post fence with iron rails and galvanized wire. A large two room slave quarter stands separate from the house. The original carriage house stands with a granite stone driveway reportedly made from old stones retrieved from Canal Street. Bay, citrus, banana and fig trees stand in the yard with two giant old live oak trees. The original plantation grew indigo which could be processed into a purple dye for export to Europe. But the difficulties of the processing led to the development in 1795 of Etienne de Bore's commercial sugar cane processing in open kettles, resulting in refined sugar that could be loaded into barrels for shipment to the sugar loving masses of the Continent. It was a money crop that prospered Louisiana plantation families.

The Custom House stands at the corner of Moss Street beside the bayou and Grand Route Bayou St. John, the oldest street in New Orleans, having originated as an Indian portage between the bayou and the Mississippi River. Pierre le Moyne Sieur de Iberville and his brother Jean Baptiste le Moyne Sieur Bienville, founders of the French Louisiana colony, walked over this trail through swamps and cane breaks on their first voyage of discovery led by Biloxi Indians in 1699. Moss Street was named after the familiar Spanish moss hanging from old, live oak trees. The Indians thought it looked like the Spaniards' gray beards. So it got its name. The home sits in a curve of the old bayou that once flourished with flatboat shipping when Spanish Governor Carondolet built a canal from the end of the bayou to the back of the French Quarter. The ruins of the old Spanish Fort stand beside the bayou a mile away. The bayou empties into Lake Pontchartrain a few miles from the residence.

The immediate area surrounding the Custom House traces back to Colapissas Indians that lived along the bayou, planting corn and hunting the wild game. Across the bayou is the site of the old Allard Plantation, bought by legendary philanthropist John McDonogh and given to the city, now a famed city park. Metairie Bayou crossed Bayou St. John only a few hundred yards away, but was later filled in for roads, a race track and cemeteries.

It was designated in 1957 an Orleans Parish landmark and in 1984 a New Orleans Historic District landmark. Today, the Faubourg St. John is a prestigious residential area of the City.


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In the spring of 1708, in hopes of creating a breadbasket for the colony, still headquartered at Mobile in present-day Alabama, Bienville sent five Canadians to the area where Bayou Tchoupitalas joins Bayou St.Jean and granted them 4-arpent-by-36-arpent holdings along the St. Jean. These Canadians included Antoine Rvard de La Vigne, Francois Dugue, Jean-Baptiste Poitie and Nicolas Delon. None of them brought along wives or children. They planted two wheat crops, but both failed because of ntense heat and humidity. The Canadians abandoned the site in 1710. In 1714, St. Denis moved his observtion point to a site farther inland and established a post at Natchitoches on the Red River.

Source:
http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-Acadian%20Communities%20in%20LA.htm

See Directory of Persons Living in New Orleans in 1805.
Antoine Carraby 8 Leve St.
Veuve Caraby 4 Rue de Bourbon S.
Piere DUBOIS 12 Rue Dauphine S.
Francis DUPLESSIS 20 Rue de Conti
Madame DUPLESSIS 15 Rue de Bourbon N.
Jose FONDAL 3 Levee N.
Pierre LANIX 40 ue St. Philipe
Jean Baptiste RIVARD 52 Rue de Toulouse










Child of Antoine (Lavigny) and Antoinette Fournier is:
324 i. Francois Antoine Rivard, born Abt. 1712; married Jeanne A. De Villemont

650. Henri M. De Villemont, born Abt. 1680. He married 651. Antoinette Fournier.
651. Antoinette Fournier, born Abt. 1685.

Notes for Henri M. De Villemont:
ALIA: Vilmon, Henry Martin De Mirebois, Sieur De Vuillmont
Occupation:Concessionaire, Louisiana Colony; Escuyer (Squire)
New Orleans Census 1766, page 118.

More About Henri Martin Du Mirabaize De Villemont:
Immigration: 1719, France to Ouchita River, Louisiana.


Child of Henri De Villemont and Antoinette Fournier is:
325 i. Jeanne A. De Villemont, born Abt. 1714; married Francois Antoine Rivard

704. Pierre Martin, born 1632; died 1701. He was the son of 1408. Pierre Martin and 1409. Catherine Vignau. He married 705. Anne Ouestnorouest.
705. Anne Ouestnorouest, born 1644; died 1686. She was the daughter of 1410. Martin Aucoin and 1411. Abenaque.

Child of Pierre Martin and Anne Ouestnorouest is:
352 i. Pierre Martin, born 1660 in Acadia, New Brunswick, Canada; died December 14, 1739 in Nova Scotia, Canada; married Anne Goudin Chatillion

706. Pierre dit Chatillion Audin, born 1630; died 1700. He was the son of 1412. Claude Gaudin and 1413. Marie Barin. He married 707. Mari Jeanne Rousseliere.
707. Mari Jeanne Rousseliere, born 1636 in France; died 1667 in Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of 1414. Louis Rousseliere and 1415. Isabel Pars de Xaintes.

Child of Pierre Audin and Mari Rousseliere is:
353 i. Anne Goudin Chatillion, born 1672 in Montreal, Canada; died 1711; married Pierre Martin

834. Francis Taliaferro, born 1654. He was the son of 1668. Robert Taliaferro and 1669. Katherine Grimes-Dedman. He married 835. Eliza Catlett.
835. Eliza Catlett, born 1663. She was the daughter of 1670. John Catlett and 1671. Elizabeth Underwood.

Notes for Francis Taliaferro:
Francis TALIAFERRO "of the Mount" [NOTE] was born in 1654 in Virginia, the eldest son of Robert TALIAFERRO, The Immigrant, and wife Katherine DEADMAN. He married Elizabeth CATLETT in 1685. She was the daughter of Col. John CATLETT and his wife, Elizabeth UNDERWOOD. Francis died in 1710, and his widow died in 1716.

Francis TALIAFERRO was living in Gloucester county in 1682. He was Justice of the Peace in Essex County from 1690 to 1700. In 1701, Francis and Elizabeth TALIAFERRO sold 416 acres in Essex 10 1660, and by his will given to his two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah. In 1710 Elizabeth, as administratrix of Francis TALIAFERRO, presented an inventory of estate. March 20, 1716 John TALIAFERRO of "The Mount" and Thomas CATLETT go on Elizabeth TALIAFERRO's bond as administratrix. She qualified as administratrix of his estate and presented an inventory August 31, 1710. The value was f374-7-2. On March 20, 1716/7 an account for settlement of her funeral charges was filed. The inventory of Francis she filed showed Imprimis Negroes, Furniture, etc.; in the Hall, in the Chamber, in the small Chamber, in the Parson's Room, in the Kitchen, Wearing apparel, Cattle, etc., showing that the family lived in style.

Francis and Elizabeth had seven children:

John TALIAFERRO, who married Agatha STROTHER;
Zachariah TALIAFERRO, about whom little is known but through whom our line continues. He is the subject of Section H.
Robert TALIAFERRO IV "of Stafford county" who died without issue in 1725. His will recorded in Essex, December 3, 1725. He names his brothers and sister Eliza, wife of Thomas STRIBLING and their children and sister Agatha TALIAFERRO. [NOTE]
Capt. William TALIAFERRO, born January 17, 1707; married Anne WALKER. He was a Justice of the Peace in Essex County. His children include Walker TALIAFERRO (who was a member of the House of Burgesses from Caroline County 1765, 1766-1768, 1769-1777, 1772, 1773, and member of the County Committee 1775-6); Christopher TALIAFERRO; and Lucy TALIAFERRO CARTER JONES (married (1) Col. Charles CARTER, of Cleves, (2) William JONES) Col. Richard TALIAFERRO, born 1705; lived in James City County; died July 3, 1779: "died Richard TALIAFERRO, Esq., in the 74th year of his age with the gout in the heart". [NOTE] He married Elizabeth EGGLESTON, and they had two children:
Elizabeth TALIAFERRO WYTHE, who married as his second wife George WYTHE. George WYTHE, the husband of Elizabeth, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was Professor of Law and Police at William and Mary in 1786 when he carried on correspondence with Thomas JEFFERSON about the family name of TALIAFERRO. James MADISON was President and Professor of Natural and Moral Philosophy at William and Mary and WYTHE mentions him several times as a mutual friend of the two men. The subject of the correspondence included the preparation of a copper plate with Latin words and the name Richard TALIAFERRO about which Jefferson said "You do not mention the size of the plate, but presuming it is intended for labels for the inside of books, I have had it made of the proper size for that." [NOTE] Richard TALIAFERRO's other child was
Richard TALIAFERRO.
Elizabeth/Eliza TALIAFERRO married Thomas STRIBLING and died in 1775.
Francis TALIAFERRO, the youngest child of Francis TALIAFERRO and wife Elizabeth CATLETT, died young.


Child of Francis Taliaferro and Eliza Catlett is:
417 i. Eliza Taliaferro, born 1698 in Prince William County, Virginia; died 1720 in Prince William County, Virginia; married Thomas Stribling

836. Cornelius Kinchloe, born 1661. He was the son of 1672. Hugh Kinchloe and 1673. Marion Haley. He married 837. Williams.
837. Williams, born 1667.

Child of Cornelius Kinchloe and Williams is:
418 i. John Kinchloe, born 1694; died March 25, 1746; married Elizabeth Canterbury

838. John Canterbury, born 1665. He married 839. Ruth Williams.
839. Ruth Williams, born February 02, 1672/73. She was the daughter of 1678. Roger Williams and 1679. Joane "Jen" Firth.

Child of John Canterbury and Ruth Williams is:
419 i. Elizabeth Canterbury, born 1695; died 1776; married John Kinchloe

840. John Birdsong, born 1682 in England; died 1750 in Sussex County, Virginia. He married 841. Elizabeth.
841. Elizabeth, born 1682 in Sussex County, Virginia.

Children of John Birdsong and Elizabeth are:
420 i. John Birdsong II, born 1701; died 1785; married Sarah Bennett
ii. James Birdsong
iii. Frances Birdsong
iv. Charles Birdsong


Generation No. 11

1296. Nicholas Rivard, born June 16, 1617 in France; died 1701 in Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec. He was the son of 2592. Nicolas Pierre Rivard and 2593. Jeanne Mullard. He married 1297. Catherine Isabelle Saint-Pere November 04 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.
1297. Catherine Isabelle Saint-Pere, born August 26, 1634 in St. Jean Angely, France; died June 27, 1709 in Batiscan, Quebec. She was the daughter of 2594. Etienne Saint-Pere and 2595. Noemie Madeleine Couteau.

Notes for Nicholas Rivard:
Granted 25 arpents of land.
Source: "Tourouvre et les JUCHEREAU." Quebec, 1965, by Madame Pierre Montagne.
" Memoire et Documentes Genealogiques" by Pierre Georges Roy, Volume XIII, pp. 191-203.
Rapport de la Province de Quebec, 1940-41, page 306.


See: http://homepage.mac.com/robertyandow/ps03/ps03_208.html

Nicolas Rivard was the son of a prosperou merchant and on March 6, 1648 signed a contract to emigrate and work in New France. In 1651 he was named Captain of the Militia in Cap De la Madeline. Settled on land granted him by the Jesuits in Batiscan.

Had 10 children, 5 sons, 8 matured and married.

Son of a prosperous merchant. On 6 Mar 1648 signed contract to emigrate & work in New France. In 1651 was named Captain of the Militia in Cap De la Madeleine. Settled on land granted to him by the Jesuits in Batiscan. Had 10 children, 5 sons, 8 matured and married.

From Laforest's, "Our French-Canadian Ancestors", Chapter 20, page 215 to 221, entitled Nicolas Rivard, Sieur De la Vigne.
"It was on a Friday, 6 March 1648 when Nicolas knocked on the Door of notary Chouaiseau in Tourouvre. He was there to sign a contract to work in Canada. He had been recruited by Pierre Juchereau, Sieur Des Moulineaux, on behalf of his brother Noel Juchereau Sieur Des Chastellees, living in Quebec, "for a time of three years to begin the Day of embarkation which will be this year from la Rochelle". Rivard was promised free passage to and from Canada, including meals and 66 livres "tournois" as an anual wage. He was also advanced 15 livres, Deducted from his first years pay. A normal livre was worth 25% less than a livre tournois at the time. As early as 27 February 1649, Nicolas appeared as a Godfather in the parish registry of Trois-Rivieres. In 1651, he was named Captain of the Militia in Cap-de-la-Madeleine and later in Batiscan. "This was an honorary position and held without monetary compensation. The captain of the militia was, in fact the administrator of the seigeury. He trained the troops, led them into battle, carried out the orders of the Interdant, and was also the governor's agent. When thw seigneur lived outside the seigneury, the captain had the first pew in church, on the left side of the main isle. He was usually referred to as "Sieur" and most often, at his Demise, he was buried in the crypt of the church." He worked at his Duty until old age overtook him. On June 6, 1649, he received a land grant from the Jesuits, measuring two arpents in frontage on the river by twenty arpents in Depth.
The Date of marriage of Nicolas Rivard is not exactly known. Some genealogists say the ceremony took place on 25 November 1652, others opt for 21 June 1653. Whichever it is, we Do know that on 25 November 1652, Nicolas and his brother-in-law Pierre Guillet Dit Lajeunesse took part in a sale to Gilles Trottier, of lands belonging to the late Mathurin Guillet and his wife, Catherine de Sainte-Pere. Mathurin was the brother of Pierre and had been killed by the Iroquois during a sortie organized by the governor, in August 1652. Later, Nicolas Rivard, baptised on 10 June 1617 at Saint-Antoine De Tourouvre, son of Pierre Rivard and of Jeanne Mullard, was married to Catherine De Sainte-Pere. She was baptised on 26 August 1634, at Saint-Jean D'Angely De Tourouvre, and was widow of Mathurin Guillet. Nicolas was 35 and Catherine 18. Their first child was born on 1 February 1654, a son named Nicolas like his father.
On March 7, 1661, notary Claude Herlin drew up a most unusual contract. It concerned the purchase of a chapel by the literate and well respected Nicolas Rivard from Governor Pierre Boucher. The deed read in part "A chapel which he (Boucher) had built in his yard, 20 feet wide, would be disassenbled piece by piece, transported to the Cap and reassembled. It was erected on the precise spot where the second church, which still exists, is located.
Research
Information from Dr.A.E.Edwards.

Notes from Excerpts from the Funeral Registers of the St. Louis Cathedral.

Nicolas RIVARD, Sieur de LAVIGNE, age 40 years. Wife, Catherine Saint Peire, age 27 year. Children: Nicolas 13, Jeanne, 11, Julien, 9, Francois, 8, Pierre, 6, Magdeleine, 4, Michel, 2.






Child of Nicholas Rivard and Catherine Saint-Pere is:
648 i. Antoine Rivard (Lavigny), born 1675 in Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec; died February 11, 1728/29 in Bayou St. John, Louisiana; married Antoinette Fournier

1408. Pierre Martin, born 1601; died 1686. He was the son of 2816. Rene Martin and 2817. Estiennette Poyrier. He married 1409. Catherine Vignau.
1409. Catherine Vignau, born 1602; died 1678.

Children of Pierre Martin and Catherine Vignau are:
704 i. Pierre Martin, born 1632; died 1701; married Anne Ouestnorouest
ii. Mathieu Martin

1410. Martin Aucoin, born 1570; died 1650. He married 1411. Abenaque.
1411. Abenaque, born 1615; died 1700.

Child of Martin Aucoin and Abenaque is:
705 i. Anne Ouestnorouest, born 1644; died 1686; married Pierre Martin

1412. Claude Gaudin, born 1600; died 1634. He was the son of 2824. Vorie Tenturier Gaudin and 2825. Brigitte Gouzier. He married 1413. Marie Barin.
1413. Marie Barin, born 1600; died 1640.

Child of Claude Gaudin and Marie Barin is:
706 i. Pierre dit Chatillion Audin, born 1630; died 1700; married Mari Jeanne Rousseliere

1414. Louis Rousseliere, born 1615; died 1654. He was the son of 2828. Ancetre Poussele. He married 1415. Isabel Pars de Xaintes.
1415. Isabel Pars de Xaintes She was the daughter of 2830. Parise A de Xaintes.

Child of Louis Rousseliere and Isabel de Xaintes is:
707 i. Mari Jeanne Rousseliere, born 1636 in France; died 1667 in Quebec, Canada; married Pierre dit Chatillion Audin

1668. Robert Taliaferro, born November 11, 1626 in England; died 1671 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was the son of 3336. Francis Taliaferro and 3337. Bennett Haie. He married 1669. Katherine Grimes-Dedman.
1669. Katherine Grimes-Dedman, born 1626 in Igtham, Kent, England. She was the daughter of 3338. Henry Dedman and 3339. Katherine.

Notes for Robert Taliaferro:
Birth: Nov. 11, 1626, England
Death: 1671
York River Farms
Gloucester County
Virginia, USA

Immigrants from Middlesex, England. Married 1654 Katherine Debnam. Father of "John The Ranger", Frances, Charles Taliaferro. There may be more children.

Family links:
Parents:
Francis Taliaferro (1589 - 1647)
Bennett Haie Taliaferro (1588 - 1642)

Spouse:
Katherine Debnam Taliaferro (1630 - ____)*

Children:
Francis Taliaferro (1654 - 1710)*
John Taliaferro (1656 - 1720)*
Richard Taliaferro (1660 - 1712)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Warner Hall Graveyard
Naxera
Gloucester County
Virginia, USA

Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining
Record added: Jan 04, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 12889015

Robert Taliaferro, the American Immigrant
(1626-1671)

The first Robert Taliaferro immigrated as a young man to Virginia. It is possible that he came initially for some purpose other than immigration - he was from a merchandizing family - and decided that Virginia, with her fertile, verdant landscape and busy water courses, was his land of opportunity.

Robert Taliaferro appears to be the only son of Francis and Bennett Haie Taliaferro. He was baptized at Stepney, outside London, "aged 8 days old," on 19 November 1626. He was born on 11 November 1626, twelve years after the marriage of Francis and Bennett Haie Taliaferro. He had an older sister, Anne. There are no recordings in the parish records of the baptism or burial of other children, so it must be that Anne and Robert were the only children.

Robert Taliaferro grew up in the semi-rural, prosperous village of Bethnal Green, Stepney Parish. By the time of his birth in 1626, much of the shipping activity of the busy Thames had shifted away from the area near the Tower of London to Stepney, east of the city. The three tiny Jamestown ships departed from the Stepney with their "gentleman adventurers" in 1607. [Noted that Weldon Rogers and I disagree on the nature of Bethnal Green. As he says, the Britannica agrees with him, but not my gazateers and histories of 10 or 12 years ago]

Bethnal Green was an ancient little English village, originally called Mile End, and changed to the more fashionable Bethnal Green when it became a popular suburb of London. In the early seventeenth century, it was one of the safe retreats for wealthy citizens of London. The founder of another old Virginia family, William Claiborne, also has associations with Bethnal Green. His parents Thomas and Sarah Smith Claiborne married there and lived in Bethnal Green before they moved the Kent, even further from the London milieu.

What sort of life did young Robert Taliaferro have growing up in a community of fairly prosperous households. What were his interests? Who were his companions? His friends had families much like his own, their fathers active in the commercial whirl of London, with a seasoning of merchants and ship captains. Did he slip off to the docks to observe the bustle of activity and did he, perhaps, hear stories about this new land across the ocean and did the stories capture his imagination and become the stuff of his daydreams? Probably not. There were enough other activities in England to engage his interest, and his Bethnal Green home was some distance from the dock area. He evidently lived in reasonably comfortable circumstances and received an above average education. Young Robert Taliaferro could read, write, and calculate, and probably had good grounding in the classics and geography, a popular discipline now that English ships were sailing all over the world.

It is doubtful that Robert Taliaferro's family continued its close association with the Italian community of his grandfather, Bartholomew Taliaferro or even with the Italian community in London. More likely, he came under the influence of his mother's Haie (Hay) familiy who lived across the Thames in Southwarke.

When his Father, Francis Taliaferro, died in mid August 1647, Robert Taliaferro was only a few months shy of his 21st birthday. Normal practice would have been for young Robert Taliaferro to underake administration of his father's estate; but he did not. His elder sister, Anne Gray, was named Administratrix of their father's estate. As the turn of events occurred in England in 1647, Robert Taliaferro probably could not act as Administrator of his father's estate.

England was in turmoil in 1647. The English civil war had just ended. Victorious Puritans would soon behead the King, Charles II. Oliver Cromwell was in the early stages of his protectorate and still battling competitors for supremacy among their Puritan comrades. As the Puritan government became established, Englishmen who supported the monarchy found that England was no longer a safe haven for them. Not only might they lose their financial wealth, some were in danger of losing their heads if they remained in England. The Stepney docks must have been frantically busy as entire families and their retainers sought passage out of England.

Among the ships standing by to sail from the Stepney docks in August 1647 was the "Honor" which, two months later, docked at the York River port in Virginia. York County records show that passengers were making preparations to sail as early as February 1647. The "Honor," owned by Thomas Harwood and captained by William Harrison, embarked from its Stepney dock on 24 August 1647. Both Thomas Harwood and William Harrison were residents of Stepney.

Young Robert Taliaferro, two months shy of his 21st birthday, was a passenger on the "Honor" when it pushed away from the dock on August 24th 1647, less than two weeks after his father was buried. This is why the estate of Francis Taliaferro was presented for probate the day after he died, and why Anne Taliaferro Gray was granted administration of estate instead of the son, Robert.

Evidently, Robert Taliaferro's plans to sail on the "Honor" had been made some time before his father died. This was a very awkward time for this young man to be traveling out of England, leaving it to his sister and her husband to settle the affairs of their father.

Was it, perhaps, imperative that he leave the country at just this time? Was Robert Taliaferro so closely associated with the Royalist cause that he had to flee for his safety? It seems that this might be so; otherwise, custom being waht it was in 1647, administration of Francis Taliaferro's estate would have been reserved for his son who was only a few months shy of 21 years. Instead, administration was very quickly granted to the other child, a daughter - definately not the usual way of doing business in the seventeenth century. (To be continued)

Source:
http://www.spingola.com/TaliaferroTimes/TT10.htm

Gloucester County is on the north side of the York River. The York River was originally known by the Indian name of Chiskiake. Englishmen rechristined it Charles River in honor of the King of England. After the English Civil War in the mid 1600s, it became known as the York River. The York River is formed by the confluence of the Mattapony (Mat-ta-pon-i) and Pamunkey (Pa-mun-ki) Rivers which reach well back into Orange and Spotsylvania Counties. There is still a Pamunkey Indian Reservation in this area. The point of land formed by the junction of the Mattapony and Pamunkey was first owned by William Claiborn, Robert Taliaferro's 'almost' neighbor in Bethnal Green. It is occupied now by the town of West Point. At the very birth of the New World, Pocahuntas grew to young womanhood beside these streams that watered Virginia's Gloucester County . The native Indians bestowed on them the gift of their language which still colors the landscape: Mattapony .. Cappahosic .. Poropotank .. Romancoke ... Pamunkey ... Chesapeake, "Mother of Waters."

The Poropotank cited in Robert Taliaferro's early patents is a large tributary of the Mattapony River; and the Attopotomoyes Creek is a tributary of the Poropotank. Three hundred and fifty years ago when Robert Taliaferro and an associate, Samuel Sallis, selected this as their homesites, the Poropotank was navigable for a short distance inland. Previously reserved for the Indians, the Gloucester land was newly opened for settlement by Englishmen when Robert Taliaferro began patenting land. The Pamunkey Indian Reservation is not far distant from this site in Gloucester County.

1651 Samuel Sallate and Robert Troliver 800 acres Gloster 200 acres upon southeast side of Poropotanke and upon northeast towards head of Attopotomoys Cr.; adjacent land of Oliver Green. The other 600 acres upon the southwest side of a branch or swamp of said creek upon the head thereof, extending itself along the swamp which divides this and land of Isaac Richardson.

1655 Samuel Sollace and Robert Troliver 900 acres Glouster (re-patent to enlarge). On southeast side of Poropotanck Creek. 200 acres upon northeast side of a branch of same called Attapotomays Cr. Adjacent land of Oliver Green. 700 acres upon southwest side of a branch or swamp, along the swamp dividing this and land of Isaac Richardson. Also, same date: Sam. Sollace, 352 acres on southeast side of Poropotank Cr. upon northest side of a swampe dividing this and land of Isaac Richardson and extending along a branch of same dividing this and land of John Day (302 acres grand to William Ginsey in 1652, deserted, and reassigned to Sollace).

Child of Robert Taliaferro and Katherine Grimes-Dedman is:
834 i. Francis Taliaferro, born 1654; married Eliza Catlett

1670. John Catlett, born 1622 in England. He married 1671. Elizabeth Underwood.
1671. Elizabeth Underwood, born 1622 in Exxex, Virginia; died 1673 in Virginia. She was the daughter of 3342. William Underwood and 3343. Margaret Mason.

Notes for John Catlett:
Col. John CATLETT and His Wife, Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, with Her Family.

Col. John CATLETT, the father of Elizabeth CATLETT, the wife of Francis TALIAFERRO, was born in Kent, England. After immigrating to Virginia, he married, as the third of her four husbands, a woman whose maiden name was Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, before January 17, 1664.

John CATLETT of Essex County, Virginia, was Presiding Justice, Burgess, Sheriff, and Colonel of the Militia. He was a member of the Vestry and one of three Commissioners to settle the boundary betweeen Maryland and Virginia. He was in Essex County by September 10, 1660, when 832 acres was granted him.

Col. John CATLETT died before 1672. He is said to have been killed while defending a fort at Port Royal against Indians.

Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, the wife of Col. John CATLETT, was the daughter of Margaret ____, who married three times. [NOTE] The first marriage was to Mr. UNDERWOOD, whose first name is not known. All of her children were of this marriage and included William UNDERWOOD who died in 1662; Elizabeth UNDERWOOD CATLETT who will be discussed next; Sarah UNDERWOOD, the wife of Col. William PIERCE; Ann UNDERWOOD, the wife of James WILLIAMSON; and Margaret UNDERWOOD, the wife of Humphrey BOOTH. Margaret ____ UNDERWOOD married second Capt. John UPTON, and third, Capt. Thomas LUCAS. She died before her third husband, between September 15, 1663 and October 14, 1669.

Perhaps her longest marriage was to Captain John UPTON. He had at least one wife prior to Margaret. He came to Virginia and settled at the Isle of Wight according to one record in 1620. He represented the Isle of Wight in the House of Burgesses from 1630 to 1645 with some omissions. He was appointed Mint Master General for Virginia and was Justice for the Isle of Wight. He was married to Margaret by November 18, 1630. [NOTE] On October 13, 1644 they executed another deed together. For the most part, he was the father who raised her UNDERWOOD children. His will is proved December 16, 1652 but he died by February 3, 1651. In his will he gives bequests to "my eldest son John UPTON" and to William, Elizabeth, Sarah & Margaret UNDERWOOD and to Ann WILLIAMSON, the wife of James WILLIAMSON. In about the only specific bequest of personal property, he gives Elizabeth UNDERWOOD "one pillion and pillion cloth to be delivered at her day of marriage". Evidently, this is a sitting place for a horse in addition to a saddle. He makes "my very Loveing and Wellbeloved Wife Margaret UPTON" his sole executrix.

It looks to me as though William UNDERWOOD, the son of Margaret ____ UNDERWOOD UPTON LUCAS, is treated as an adult by August 16, 1637. He later became one of the first justices of the new county of Lancaster (January 1, 1652) as was James WILLIAMSON, his brother-in-law. He represented that county in the House of Burgesses at the session for April, 1652.

The UNDERWOODS seems to have gone to the Rappahannock River country about the year 1655 or 1656 since Margaret UPTON sold her last lands in Isle of Wight County March 8, 1655 to her son-in- law Francis SLAUGHTER (Elizabeth's second husband). The massacre of 1644 was quite a blow to the settlers on the James River and many of them left for the upper country in order to be among more friendly Indians as cited in a document of record in York County. Mrs. Margaret UPTON was styling herself as of Lancaster County in the year 1656 so had made her new home by that time, some of her children seeming to have preceded her while others followed her later to the new home.

On April 10, 1657 there is a marriage agreement between Captain Thomas LUCAS, the Elder, of Rappahannock in Virginia Gentleman, Coll. More FANTLEROY and Captain William UNDERWOOD of the county aforesaid on ... (pieces missing from original) in Consideration of a marriage (God willing) shortly to be solemnized between the said Thomas LUCAS and Margaret UPTON late wife of Capt. John UPTON deceased ... but if the said Margaret UPTON shall happen to survive ... the said Coll. More FAUNTLEROY and Capt. William UNDERWOOD and their heirs and administrators that all of the said estate shall return to her and said Margaret UPTON. In case a servant of the said UPTON should die one of the said LUCAS is to be put in his stead that has at least four years to serve. The sons of the said LUCAS are not to be disturbed on the land on which they shall be seated. The bond is for 12000 pounds of tobacco, executed to Col. More FANTLEROY and William UNDERWOOD. [NOTE]

Margaret's daughter Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, who is our ancestor through her marriage to Col. John CATLETT, married first Dr. James TAYLOR who died before March 26, 1654. Evidently this was far from a happy marriage. In the first volume of Surry County, Virginia, records, page 27, Elizabeth was having a sad time with her recreant husband Dr. James TAYLOR and made an appeal to the Governor and Council for a separation and that she be allowed to go live at her mother's and have considerable maintenance out of his estate. Evidently the requirements for this action were that it would have been impossible for her to have remained with him without being killed or maimed. Before the matter was finally settled, Dr. TAYLOR died, an event which is recorded on March 26, 1654. In May of 1655 when his estate was settled, she was already married to her second husband, Francis SLAUGHTER. They sold her third of the estate and moved to Rapahannock River soon after selling it. He did not live long after the move since his will was recorded on page 83 of the volume of records containing records from 1656 to 1664. He bequeathed to his mother in law Mrs. Margaret UPTON 10 shillings to buy a pair of gloves and to his brother in law Col. More FANTLEROY a book entitled Hookers Eclesistical Policy. Of that marriage there was one child born, also named Francis SLAUGHTER. Elizabeth's third marriage was to Col. CATLETT. After his death, she married again, this time to Rev. Amory BUTLER.

On April 20, 1672 there was recorded a marriage agreement between Amory BUTLER of Rappahannock County, Clerk (means preacher), and Mrs. Elizabeth CATLETT which was dated May 1671. It says her children were at that time in England. She did not live long after the marriage; her will was admitted for probate May 7, 1673, two years from the date of her marriage agreement. She left her son Francis SLAUGHTER furniture in her chamber, the furniture and other things given her by her mother, to be given him when he reaches nineteen (this was her oldest child); to her daughter Elizabeth the bed and furniture in the dining room, her largest diamond ring, necklace with the biggest pearl and some other things. To Sarah, two stone rings, small pearl necklace, wedding ring, etc. To sons John and William, books mentioned in their father's will.

Col. John CATLETT and his wife Elizabeth UNDERWOOD were the parents of the following children:

John CATLETT, who married Elizabeth GAINES;
William CATLETT;
Elizabeth CATLETT, the wife of Francis TALIAFERRO, who is discussed above; and
Sarah CATLETT, the wife of Robert TALIAFERRO. Her son Robert and Elizabeth's children are double first cousins.


Notes for Elizabeth Underwood:
Elizabeth UNDERWOOD
(Taylor Slaughter Catlett Butler)
of Isle of Wight & Old Rappa. Cos, VA
Wife of (1) James TAYLOR; (2) Francis SLAUGHTER; (3) John CATLETT; (4) Rev. Amory BUTLER


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III. Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, d/o Unknown & Margaret UNKNOWN Underwood (Upton) (Lucas), born before 1640, died testate in 1673 in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. Married (1) between 1652 and 1654, possibly in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, Dr. James TAYLOR, died 1655, Surry Co, Virginia, from whom she legally separated on 26 Mar 1654/55 in Virginia. No Issue. Married (2) bef 1656, Francis SLAUGHTER Sr. (son of John SLAUGHTER), born about 1630, died in 1657/58 in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. Issue: Francis SLAUGHTER Jr. Married (3) bef 1664, Col. John CATLETT, born about 1622 in Sittingbourne, County Kent, England, died between 1669 and 1671. Issue: John CATLETT. Jr.; William CATLETT; Elizabeth CATLETT; Sarah CATLETT. Married (4) in 1671, in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia, Rev. Amory BUTLER, born before 1649, died testate in 1678/79 in Sittingbourne Parish, Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. He may have resided in 1669 in New Kent Co, Virginia. They signed a marriage contract in May 1671 in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. No Issue.


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1651/2 Elizabeth UNDERWOOD was still unmarried at the time her step-father, Capt. John UPTON, wrote his will (Isle of Wight Records, Vol. VII, p. 220) (Underweood, Fothergill)

By 26 Mar 1654/55 she and James TAYLOR had married and legally separated (ibid.), and by May of that same year, James TAYLOR was deceased, and Elizabeth had already remarried, to Francis SLAUGHTER, Sr.:

1 May 1655 (Surry? Vol 1, p. 53) James TAYLOR Est. Inv. ret'd. Mr. SLAUGHTER paid 1/3 on acct. of his wife. (ibid.)

6 Nov 1655 (Surry VA, Vol 1, p. 83) Francis SLAUGHTER to be pd. by Thomas CULMER of Surry, County Chyrurgion [Surgeon?], all claim (in right of his wife) unto house and plantation where he now lives. (Underwood, Fothergill)

Francis SLAUGHTER, Jr., s/o Francis & Elizabeth UNDERWOOD Slaughter, Sr., was born before 1657 when Elizabeth deeded a mare to her son:

10 Apr 1657 (?) (Old Rappa. VA Recs., I:22) Eliza. SLAUGHTER of Rappahannock in Virginia… natural affection & motherly love beloved son (mising) divers good causes… unto said Francis (missing) years old (missing) said mare dye before (missing) to him the said Francis another mare foal in lieu (mising) the age betwen (missing)teen & thirty years… when he attains the full age of Twenty one years (missing) formerly priviledged by his Father Capt. Francis SLAUGHTER (missing) the said Eliza. do freely give and bestow… female Increase with a feather bed & all the appurts… 10th day of April (missing) Eliza. SLAUGHTER, Wits: Thomas HAWKINS, Ant:STEPHENS. (Sparacio)

Francis SLAUGHTER, Sr., was deceased by 1658 when his will, in which he named his wife, his mother-in-law, and two brothers-in-law, was proved:

Undated but 1657-1658 (Old Rappa. Recs. 1656-1664, I:65) (missing) Francis SLAUGHTER sick in body but… First I give and bequeath unto my Mother In Law Mrs. Margaret UPTON ten shillings to buy her a pair of gloves…secondly to my Brother in Law Coll. More FANTLEROY my Book Intituled "Hookers Eclesiasticall Policy" Thirdly I give unto Andrew DEW my Overseer as much broadcloth as will make him a suite. Fourthly to dear Wife Mrs. Eliza. SLAUGHTER all the rest… excepting my Rapier & belt and a young mare tht runs either about Lyns or lower Chipoake Creek (missing) River lastly my very good friend & loving br(missing) Humphrey BOOTH assistant to my Wife to do what shall be needful in reference to (missing) estate & for his care & pains I give him the sd Rapier & (missing) as before reserved & excepted (missing) us. S/Francis SLAUGHTER, Wits: (missiing)hn JUM(mising), Phillip SANDERS (Sparacio…)

Note: How was Col. More FANTLEROY (a.k.a. FAUNTLEROY) brother-in-law to Francis SLAUGHTER? Was Mary FANTLEROY neè UNDERWOOD, or otherwise…

Elizabeth married next Col. John CATLETT:

05 Jun 1663-4 (Rappa. Co VA Records 1656-64, p. 326) Mrs. Margaret UPTON als LUCAS to "Francis SLAUGHTER, Junr., Son and heir unto my Son in Law Francis SLAUGHTER, deceased," one cow & increase… if Francis SLAUGHTER, Junr. dies bef 21 years, then to be disposed by "my Daughter Elizabeth CATLETT his lawful Mother… s/Margt [ML] LUCAS. Wits/Allex. FLEMING, John DANDY. (Underwood, Fothergill & Sparacio).

Notes: Could DANDY have been DENBY? DABNEY? (See Old Rappahannock Co VA)

John CATLETT was still alive on 17 June 1670 when "John MEATTOR and Henry PEETERS by his Attorney Simon MILLER, and Jane wife of sd Henry by her Attorney Robt. PAYNE, appeared before John CATLETT and Thomas HAWKINS, two Justices of the Peace for Rappa. Co, and acknowledged the conveyance…" (Old Rappa Vol. 1, 1672-1676) but deceased by May 1671 when his widow signed a marriage agreement with the Rev. Amory BUTLER.

Note: John MEADOR was the brother-in-law (somehow) to Abraham Combs of Old Rappa Co VA and St. Mary's Co MD who is believed to have been closely related to Archdale Combs of Old Rappa who had m the widow of Elizabeth's brother, Col. William UNDERWOOD. No early Old Rappahannock records have been found for the Rev. BUTLER, but he may have come to Old Rappahannock from New Kent Co, Virginia; to wit:

(Patent Book No. 6, p. 230) 17 Apr 1669. Mr. Amory BUTLER, 280 acs, New Kent Co., upon head br of Hartquake Sw., on N. side of Mattapony Riv., Running to Bridge Sw., a br. of Peanketank Sw, Trans. of 6 pers: Geo. UPTON, Willm GROVES, Arth. BROMLEY, Ambro. BINGHAM, Wm. RAVEN, Susan DODD (C&P II, p. 59)

Notes: It is not known if the above George UPTON was kin to Capt. John UPTON, Elizabeth's late step-father. By 1673, she was deceased, leaving a new husband, five minor children from her SLAUGHTER and CATLETT marriages, and a will:

7 May 1673 - 16 Jun 1673 (Old Rappa. D&W, 1665-1677:136-43) Will of Elizabeth BUTLER of Parish of Sittingbourne in County of Rappahannock being in sound and perfect sence and memory… to my son Francis SLAUGHTER all the furniture of my Chamber except a Chest of drawers which I give to my daughter, Sarah to have delivered to hir at hir age of Seventeen or day of Marriage which shall first happen and a close Stool to my Sonne John CATLETT to be delivered to him when he goes to housekeeping…my Sonne Francis SLAUGHTER all the goods money plate rings and Tobaco mentioned in an Account now in the hands of Mr. Daniel GAINES and one negro boy and equall share of the Sheep pewter brass and iron and also Great Chair and small Couch and Chest and such of the things in my house as my Mother gave me by Will the same to bee delivered into his possession when he comes to the age of Nineteen yeares… and not dispose or sell without consent of Exec till he comes to age of one & twenty years… daughter Elizabeth bed & furniture now is standing in the dining rooms and presse and cushion thereon the great Looking Glasse, Drawing Table and Turkey Carpet, and my Child bed linning blanketts and fine baskett and my wedding ring and my biggest diamond ring gilded bodkin and my necklace with the biggest pearle and one small Bible a Silver Sucking bottle and my small Cabinett… To daughter, Sarah, two of my biggest stone rings, a small pearl necklace, a silver bodkin, my new trunk, napkin presse, one small bible, small Testament & a dram cup, my Wedding ring and ovall table… to son, John, a small diamond ring the mapp in the dining roome, one rapier, and one great cutlash, a pair of Silver buttons, a pair of Silver buckles and the Antimonial cupp… to son, William one small cutlash, a ring with a stone in it enameled blew and a silver seal… to two daughters, all my wearing apparel, cloathes and linen… to sons, John and William all the bookes mentioned in the Inventory equally between them according to their Fathers Will… to my two sons, John and William CATLETT and two daughters all of my plate except three spoons with their names on them to whom they belong equally devided between them… all my pewter, brass, linnen and other household stuff unto my two Sonnes John and William and my two Daughters (except what is before bequeathed to my Sonne Francis with a bed furnished to each of my two Sones and my Daughter Sarah (except two Suites of Damask which I give to my two Daughters) to bee equally devided between my two Sonnes and two Daughtes aforesd… to each of my three sons a Carbine… my gray mare and her increase to the four children of my deceased husband, John CATLETT, two daughters shall have delivered to them their former legacies at their day of marriage or at the years of Seventeene and likewise that my two Sons John and William have theirs delivered when they come of age… to my cousin Wm. UNDERWOOD the elder, one Stoned colt which came of the Sorrell mare… to my cousin, Humphrey BOOTH, the chest with the goods in it which were my mothers… to cousin Catherine BOOTH one silver candle cup which was her grandmother's and in case she dyes unto hir Bro. Humphrey… If my Son Francis dye before he comes to age that my Children Surviving enjoy the whole Estate both formerly and now bequeathed unto him… if my Executor hereafter mentioned shall brake up housekeeping that then all my household stuff aforesd bequeath to my Children shall be well packed and locked up & kept from use and that the linnnen and other things that are in the Cask & trunck be forthwith locked up till the time of their delivery and that all my Sonne Francis his household stuff be likewise reserved and kept by itself… to my sister PIERCE, a mourning ring of 20 shillings… if my Executor hereafter mentioned shall voluntarily surrender up the estate that then Mr. Daniel GAINES if he hath the Children shall have the estate provided that he give good Security to keep the sd Estate entire and deliver the same in kind according to my Will and that this my Will bee by him in all respects performed… My executor to supply what Tobacco shall be required for my children's education in England, according to my Husband's Will and that he make sufficient provision when they shall come from Schoole for their accomodation and their bringing of them home to Virginia… all my wearing cloathes which last yeare I sent for as the profitt of my Tobaccoes bee upon the arrival locked in my Cask kept for & devided between my two daughters and the rest my Executor to have for his household use… what remains in the hands of Messrs. JEFFRIES [GIFFORD?] and MANFORDS [MUNFORD?] hands in London be disbursed by them for a bed & furniture for my son Francis, in lieu of one his Father in Law did owe him and two small Silver Tankards (if it so holds out) to be added to the rest of the plate for the children of my deceased husband… Childrens Estate be kept entire and not parted before their legacies given by me become due unto them and if the Court shall take my Childrens Estate out of my Executors hands that then my Children shall altogether be mained well educated & provided for by and with the profitt of their own estate and that my thirds and the profitts thereof shall remain in my Executors hands till they come of age… my Beloved husband, Amory BUTLER, Sole Executor and Guardian to my Children and my cousin, Captain Thos. HAWKINS my brother, Edward ROWSEE and Mr. Daniel GAINES, overseers of this my will… provided that if my Executor do not Educate & keep them well that then Mr. Daniel GAINES shall have Guardianship of my Children my sd Executor allowing him a sufficient maintenance for their well being and education according as my Overseers and Executor shll agree and if they do not what the Court shall determine for the same and if Mr. GAINES shall dye my desire is that my Cousin HAWKINS do take the Children upon the same terms and if my Executor shall imbezill the estate or forsake the Country then my will is that my Overseers shall call him to account and finding him delinquent my Executor shall be either bound to make good the same out of his own Estate or else yield it up to Mr. Daniel GAINES the sd GAINES doing as before for the Security of the Estate… my sd Executor doe purchase as soon as he can a negro man for my Sonne Francis by or with the profitt of the Estate in lieu of one his Father in Law deceased did owe him… give and bequeath of the catle that were my Mothers and now in the keeping of Thomas KIRK two of the female to my Sister PEIRCE hir children with their increase for ever and also the other two of the female kind with their increase and eight steers to my Bro BOOTHS children, the sd Steers and encrease… when they come of age and quality excepted… if the Estate of my Children be taken out of my Executors hand within halfe a year after my decease and if my Executor be compelled to make good of the sd Estate what sall be falling short my Executor sall make good the same out of the encrease of the negroes that have bin since the same have bin committed to him the sd increase to bee delivered to my children in kind when they come of age and if it shall not suffice then the same to bee made good out of my thirds or the portions thereof as my Executor shall think best for my Children… to beloved husband, Amory BUTLER, a bed, furniture, and a mourning ring of 22 Shillings price in England… when my Executor shall have paid all my legacies that then if there be remaining any of my thirds in his hands he shall surrender up the same unto my children the profitts thereof excepted. In witness whereof… hand & Seale the day & yeare above written [sic]. S/Elizabeth BUTLER {Seal}; Wits: Thomas LUCAS Senr., John DAWSON, Sworne before me James KAY by order of Court. Juratus est in Cu Co Rappahannock 7 die May 1673. Probtr Recordat 16 Jun 1673. (Sparacio)

Note that Elizabeth refers to her nephew, William UNDERWOOD, Sr. (son of her brother, Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD), as her 'cousin' (nephew), William UNDERWOOD, the Elder… which, by implication, confirms that there is an adult William UNDERWOOD the Younger; i.e., William UNDERWOOD, Jr., s/o Unknown UNDERWOOD, and Elizabeth UNKNOWN, who later m Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD, then Archdale Combs. Also note that the above is the only known record which comes close to confirming that Elizabeth's sister, Sarah UNDERWOOD, is the same Sarah who m William PIERCE. One Edward ROWZIE m Mary, d/o William and Sarah (UNDERWOOD?) Pierce. Col. John CATLETT was half-brother to an earlier Edward ROWZIE as well as Ralph ROWZIE who m Mary, d/o Daniel GAINES. Also note that no mention is made of FAUNTLEROYS.

Elizabeth UNDERWOOD'S widower, Amory BUTLER, appears in a few more Old Rappahannock records, but he remained executor and guardian of his wife's CATLETT children for only a short period of time after her death:

9 Feb 1673/4 - 1 Jul 1674 (Rappahannock Deeds, Wills 5:227-229) Amory BUTLER, Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ now Inhabitant of the Countie of Rappahannock in Virginia for the indemnity, discharge and saving harmless of me, Mr. George JONES and Mr. William MOSSE and every of our heirs Executrs. and assigns and every of them from all manner or binds writings, obligations whatsoever wherein we … are bound or they for me… to any persons within the Colony of Virginia on Account of ye Estate of Collo. John CATLETT deceased as also for diverse other good causes and considerations me thereunto moving by these prnts doe give and make over unto my loving kinsman William UNDERWOOD of the same County all leases, lands, goods and Chattels whatsoever as well Real as prsonell of what kind nature quantity or condition soever the same are of be and in what place soever the same shall or may be found as well in my owne Custody and possession as of any other psons whatsoever excepting my Bookes wearing apparel and parochiall dues within this Colony aforesaid To have and to hold all and singular the said lands leases goods and chattells… to the said William UNDERWOOD and his heirs and assigns forever to his and their own proper use and behoofe and I the said Amory do hereby further freely and willingly surrender and deposit into the hands of the said William UNDERWOOD all that part of the third of Collo. CATLETTS Estate late of this County left in my hands by his Relict Elizabeth since my Lawfull wife but late deceased to remain in my hands to whom she gave the profitts thereof with certain provisoes in her Will exprest as thereby will more at large appears till her children to be to certain ages to have each their several parts of the said thirds or what shall remain in myne or his hands after the Estate of Collo. CATLETT shall be first made good out of the same which said profitts I doe hereby give unto the said William UNDERWOOD and his heirs forever and together with the premises I doe give upon consideratin that he accepts of the Thirds and pformes the covenants hereafter mentioned, that is to say Provided that the said UNDERWOOD his heirs and assigns shall and do from time to time and at all times hereafter acquit and discharge or otherwise sufficiently save and keep harmless me the said Amory my heirs and particularly the said George JONES and William MOSSE together with their heirs who became Security for me in regard of the Estate of Collo. John CATLETT of and from all and singular… which shall or may in any wise hereafter happen to or against the said Amory. George JONES and William MOSSE his Securities four mentioned by reasons of any the … and that the said UNDERWOOD doe according to the Will of the afour mentioned Elizabeth BUTLER late deceased deliver to each of her Children there part of the said Thirds if any shall remain in his hands after the said John CATLETTS Estate shall be made good and further yt the said UNDERWOOD doe by himself his heirs or assigns pay to the said Amory (BUTLER marked out) or his ordere in the term of tenn years by equall portions Twelve thousand pounds of good sound merchantable Tobacco and Cask to contain the same with Convenience on the Rises of Rappahannock and the first payment to be made the 10th of November … 1674… [next] in pformance of all and singular the premises we have mutually sett our hands and seals this 9th day of February in ye year of our Lord 1673. s/Amory BUTLER, William UNDERWOOD, Sn. Teste. W. MOSELEY, Richard CAWTHORNE. Recognitr in Cur Com Rappahannock primo die July 1674. (Old Rappahannock Co, VA Records, 1672-1676, Part II, Sparacio)

The added proviso re Warwick CAMMOCK and the 600 acres was quickly rectified:

Feb 1673/4 (Rappahannock Deeds, Wills Book 5:229-30) Amory BUTLER of the County of Rappa. Clerk doe hereby acknowledge that it is the true his intent and meaning of the within instrument & it is hereby intended that amongst the land and lease therein mentioned the Six hundred acres purchased by me of Mr. Warwick CAMMOCK is thereby intended and whereby conveyed and made over upon the Conditions & according to the tennor of the said instrument though the same be not yett acknoweldged to me by the said CAMMACK what said Six hundred acres I do hereby confirm and Warrent to the said UNDERWOODE and his heirs forever together with all appurtenances… and doe further oblige myselfe or my heirs or assigns to build on the said land one Thirtie foot house with a sheade at each end, two outside chimneys on the broadside and to Planck one Rowme and this at my charge and further it is meant and intended in that article of the said Instrument wherein the said UNDERWOOD is bound to make good all damages and bear all charges and expenses and bear harmless me the said Amory and Securities in all things concerning the whole or thirds of Coll. CATLETTS Estate that it is meant what charges or damages shall hereinafter come only Excepting such fees as are already due to Officers living out of the Countie of Rappahannock and that he the said UNDERWOOD do pay and discharge all dues and demands due from me on the account of the said CATLETTS estate and that is further to say the said UNDERWOOD is to have and possess all such goods lands and nay estate usuall or psonall mentioned in the within Instrument on consideration he discharge me of and pay for me and my Securities all debts charges and damages and demands whatsoever that are already or shall be due from me and my said Securities for conveying the said CATLETT'S Estate or Wifes thirds as Witness my hand and seal this ( ) day of Febry 1673/4. s/Amory BUTLER. Test. W. MOSELEY, Richard CAWTHORNE. Recognitr in Co Com Rappahannock primo die Jul 1674. (ibid.)

Note: It appears that the above action served not only to relieve the Rev. Amory BUTLER of his responsibilities to Elizabeth's estate, but also to secure for himself a living for the next ten years. It is also possible that, although not so stated, that he was pressured into signing these documents due to some problem with his administration of Col. John CATLETT'S very large Estate, and/or his wife's thirds of same. Also note that the above George JONES was the h/o Honoria UNKNOWN, widow of John WARE (See Burroughs-Ware-Vassall Families and Cammock Families). Amory's "loving kinsman, William UNDERWOOD," was his wife's nephew, William UNDERWOOD, Sr., who was also Amory's brother-in-law by virtue of his marriage to Mary BUTLER, Amory's sister, as is evidenced by Amory's will:

11 Aug 1678 - 29 Jan 1678/9 (Rappa. Records, 1677-1682, pp. 113-4) Will of Amory BUTLER of the Parish of Sittingbourne, County of Rappa… all my Books, Sermon Noats and papers to my loveing Brother Mr. Wm. BUTLER, Ministr. of Washington Parish [Westmoreland County]… all my wearing Cloaths Linnen and Wollen to my Brother John BUTLER… unto Valentine ALLEN sixty pounds of Tobaccoe in leiu of a paire of Shooes I owe him… unto my Godson, Wm. PANNELL, one Bible and likewise on Bible to my Godson CAWTHORNE… to my Brother John BUTLER aforesaid, two thousand pounds of Tobacco and cask… All my other Estate I give and bequeath unto my Godson and Nephew John UNDERWOOD… Executor Daniel GAINES… to be Refferring… to the Assistance of my Brother Wm. UNDERWOOD…ordring that Mr. Samll. BLOMFIELD … be first satisfied out of my Estate for mine & my Brother John BUTLERS Accomodation at his house… unto my Execr… his choice of any three Bookes in my Studio… this xith day of August Anno. Dom 1678. S/Amory BUTLER; Wits: Samll. BLOOMFIELD, Lawr: ROCHEFORT. Recordat. xx9th Janrii Ano 1678/9. (Old Rappahannock Vol. 1677-82, Part I, Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Antient Press, McLean, VA, pp. 35-6)

The above will is very specific that William UNDERWOOD was the 'brother' of Amory BUTLER, and that John UNDERWOOD was his nephew. This will, in conjunction with the earlier deeds, would appear to refer to William UNDERWOOD, Sr., son of Col. Wm. and Mary (BURTON? MOSELEY?) Underwood. He is most certainly not referring to the Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD who had been deceased for over twenty years when this will was written, and who also does not appear to have had a son named John whereas the eldest son of William UNDERWOOD, Sr. was named John. Confusion has arisen in the past due to the Rev. BUTLER'S late wife, Elizabeth, also having been an UNDERWOOD - and the sister of the Colonel; however, this will appears to document that Mary, wife of William UNDERWOOD, Sr., was the Rev. BUTLER'S sister rather than Elizabeth, relict of Col. William UNDERWOOD, and later wife of Archdale Combs.

Note: Elizabeth UNKNOWN Underwood Underwood Combs may have been a BUTLER, but only coincidentally, not based on any records found. Is it possibly significant that Amory BUTLER 'owed shooes' to Valentine ALLEN, and later we have William Combs the shoemaker? (second s/o Archdale and Elizabeth Combs). And Charles Combs apprenticed to John BUTLER? (See Old Rappa and Essex Cos VA). Also note that Amory was apparently not living on the property as agreed to between him and William UNDERWOOD, Sr., but in the house of Samuel BLOOMFIELD, whose property was adjacent to that of William and Mary BUTLER Underwood, Sr. (See also Butler-Combs Connections)

In regard to the descendants of Elizabeth UNDERWOOD Taylor Slaughter Catlett Butlerr, more will be added shortly, but the following record indicates that following the death of Daniel GAINES, further action was necessary to protect the interests of her CATLETT Children:

02 Oct 1684 (Old Rappahannock OB, 1683-1686, p. 45 (61)) 2 Oct 1684. Ordered that Mr. Henry AWBREY, Capt. Saml. BLOMFEILD, Mr. Robert PLEA and Mr. John SMITH, Junyr. to meet at ye house of Capt. Daniel GAINES late deced on the twentieth Instant… to take & server the Estate of ye Orphans of Col. Jno. CATLETT deced out of and from the Estate of the said Capt. Daniel GAINES. And that the said Estate remain in the hands of the Relict & Executrx of the above named Capt. Daniel GAINES untill the next South side Court as aforesaid where such further proceedings will be had therein. (Old Rappahannock Order Book Abstracts, 1683-85, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1990)

Search Words: BLOOMFIELD AUBREY PLAY

Also Note: The ancestry of Amory BUTLER and his siblings is unknown; however, see also Butler--Combs Connections

To Be Continued…

http://www.combs-families.org/combs/assoc/u-butler.htm

Child of John Catlett and Elizabeth Underwood is:
835 i. Eliza Catlett, born 1663; married Francis Taliaferro

1672. Hugh Kinchloe, born 1620. He married 1673. Marion Haley.
1673. Marion Haley, born 1640.

Child of Hugh Kinchloe and Marion Haley is:
836 i. Cornelius Kinchloe, born 1661; married Williams

1678. Roger Williams, born 1638 in Richmond County, Virginia. He married 1679. Joane "Jen" Firth.
1679. Joane "Jen" Firth, born 1650 in Richmond County, Virginia.

Child of Roger Williams and Joane Firth is:
839 i. Ruth Williams, born February 02, 1672/73; married John Canterbury


Generation No. 12

2592. Nicolas Pierre Rivard, born January 07, 1590/91 in St. Aubin, France; died March 06, 1651/52 in St. Aubin, France. He was the son of 5184. Thomas Rivard and 5185. Johane Jeanne Chevreau. He married 2593. Jeanne Mullard November 11, 1613 in St. Aubin, France.
2593. Jeanne Mullard, born July 09, 1597 in St. Aubin, France; died April 21, 1649 in St. Aubin, France. She was the daughter of 5186. Robert Mullard and 5187. Francoise Louche.

Child of Nicolas Rivard and Jeanne Mullard is:
1296 i. Nicholas Rivard, born June 16, 1617 in France; died 1701 in Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec; married Catherine Isabelle Saint-Pere November 04 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.

2594. Etienne Saint-Pere, born 1602 in France; died 1639 in St. Angely, France. He married 2595. Noemie Madeleine Couteau 1626 in France.
2595. Noemie Madeleine Couteau, born 1606 in France; died September 09, 1691 in France. She was the daughter of 5190. Jean Couteau and 5191. Jeanee Morant.

Notes for Noemie Madeleine Couteau:
ALIA: Marie Madeleine BOUCHER.

Child of Etienne Saint-Pere and Noemie Couteau is:
1297 i. Catherine Isabelle Saint-Pere, born August 26, 1634 in St. Jean Angely, France; died June 27, 1709 in Batiscan, Quebec; married Nicholas Rivard November 04 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.

2816. Rene Martin, born 1580; died 1660. He married 2817. Estiennette Poyrier.
2817. Estiennette Poyrier, born 1581; died 1670.

Child of Rene Martin and Estiennette Poyrier is:
1408 i. Pierre Martin, born 1601; died 1686; married Catherine Vignau

2824. Vorie Tenturier Gaudin, born 1570; died 1663. He was the son of 5648. Maurice Gaudin and 5649. Hugutte Pampetune. He married 2825. Brigitte Gouzier.
2825. Brigitte Gouzier, born 1570.

Child of Vorie Gaudin and Brigitte Gouzier is:
1412 i. Claude Gaudin, born 1600; died 1634; married Marie Barin

2828. Ancetre Poussele

Child of Ancetre Poussele is:
1414 i. Louis Rousseliere, born 1615; died 1654; married Isabel Pars de Xaintes

2830. Parise A de Xaintes

Child of Parise A de Xaintes is:
1415 i. Isabel Pars de Xaintes, married Louis Rousseliere

3336. Francis Taliaferro, born 1586; died 1647. He was the son of 6672. Bartholomew Taliaferro and 6673. Joane Lane. He married 3337. Bennett Haie.
3337. Bennett Haie, born 1588; died 1642.

Notes for Francis Taliaferro:
Birth: 1589
Greater London, England
Death: Aug., 1647
Bethnal Green
Greater London, England

Francis Taliaferro was baptised at St. Olave's, Hart Street London on Jan 25 1589/1590 to Bartholomew Taliaferro or Tallafer and his wife Joanne Lane or Laine. Francis married Bennett Haie, possibly the daughter of John Haie or Hay. Francis married a 2nd time to Marian nee Unnamed. Recorded in the Register of St Dunstan, Stepney is the burial of Francis on the 19th of August 1647, Yeoman of Bethnal Green. His wife Bennett was also buried at St Dunstan on the 5th of July 1642. The second wife of Francis, Marian, was also buried at St. Dunstan on the 16th of August 1647

Family links:
Parents:
Bartholomew Taliaferro (1530 - 1601)

Spouses:
Bennett Haie Taliaferro (1588 - 1642)
Marian Unknown Taliaferro (____ - 1647)*

Children:
Robert H. Taliaferro (1626 - 1671)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
St Dunstan Church
Stepney
Greater London, England

Created by: Cherie Lynn
Record added: Jun 09, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71073331


Notes for Bennett Haie:
Birth: 1588, England
Death: Jul., 1642, England

Bennett or Bennet Haie is possibly the daughter of John Haie or Hay. She was born about 1588. Bennett married Francis Taliaferro or Tallafer at St. Savior's, Southwark, County Surrey as noted in the register on the 3rd of Feb 1613/1614. Noted in the register of St Dunstan is the burial of Bennett on the 5th of July 1642 where her husband was also buried five years later.

Family links:
Spouse:
Francis Taliaferro (1589 - 1647)*

Children:
Robert H. Taliaferro (1626 - 1671)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
St Dunstan Church
Stepney
Greater London, England

Created by: Cherie Lynn
Record added: Jun 09, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71073727


Bennet Haie's family lived in Southwarke, across the Thames from London.

Child of Francis Taliaferro and Bennett Haie is:
1668 i. Robert Taliaferro, born November 11, 1626 in England; died 1671 in Gloucester County, Virginia; married Katherine Grimes-Dedman

3338. Henry Dedman, born 1609 in England; died 1655 in England. He married 3339. Katherine.
3339. Katherine

Child of Henry Dedman and Katherine is:
1669 i. Katherine Grimes-Dedman, born 1626 in Igtham, Kent, England; married Robert Taliaferro

3342. William Underwood He married 3343. Margaret Mason.
3343. Margaret Mason

Child of William Underwood and Margaret Mason is:
1671 i. Elizabeth Underwood, born 1622 in Exxex, Virginia; died 1673 in Virginia; married (1) John Catlett; married (2) Francis Slaughter 1652.


Generation No. 13

5184. Thomas Rivard, born 1571 in France; died 1620 in France. He was the son of 10368. Joseph Rivard and 10369. Francoise Chasteau. He married 5185. Johane Jeanne Chevreau 1596 in France.
5185. Johane Jeanne Chevreau, born 1575 in Tourouvre, Percche, Normandy,France; died September 13, 1620 in France.

Children of Thomas Rivard and Johane Chevreau are:
2592 i. Nicolas Pierre Rivard, born January 07, 1590/91 in St. Aubin, France; died March 06, 1651/52 in St. Aubin, France; married Jeanne Mullard November 11, 1613 in St. Aubin, France.
ii. Michel Rivard
iii. Marie Rivard
iv. Sebastien Rivard, born 1606.

5186. Robert Mullard, born 1572 in France; died March 06, 1613/14 in France. He was the son of 10372. Francois Mullard. He married 5187. Francoise Louche.
5187. Francoise Louche, born 1576 in France; died 1614 in France. She was the daughter of 10374. Francois Louche and 10375. Martine Fourtier.

Child of Robert Mullard and Francoise Louche is:
2593 i. Jeanne Mullard, born July 09, 1597 in St. Aubin, France; died April 21, 1649 in St. Aubin, France; married Nicolas Pierre Rivard November 11, 1613 in St. Aubin, France.

5190. Jean Couteau, born 1581 in Saintonge, France. He married 5191. Jeanee Morant.
5191. Jeanee Morant, born 1585 in Saintonge, France.

Child of Jean Couteau and Jeanee Morant is:
2595 i. Noemie Madeleine Couteau, born 1606 in France; died September 09, 1691 in France; married Etienne Saint-Pere 1626 in France.

5648. Maurice Gaudin He married 5649. Hugutte Pampetune.
5649. Hugutte Pampetune

Child of Maurice Gaudin and Hugutte Pampetune is:
2824 i. Vorie Tenturier Gaudin, born 1570; died 1663; married Brigitte Gouzier

6672. Bartholomew Taliaferro, born 1530 in Venice, Italy; died 1601 in England. He married 6673. Joane Lane January 01, 1582/83 in St. Michael's, Cornhill, England.
6673. Joane Lane

Notes for Bartholomew Taliaferro:
Born in Venice, Italy. Lived in various parishes in London until his death. Buried September 22, 1601, at St. Olave's Hart Street London.

Married Joane Lane on 1 JAN 1583 at St. Michaels, Cornhill, London, England. Father of Katherine, Horatio, Ciprion (or Siprion), Francis, Jacob and Isack (twins), Jerome (or Jeromme), Elizabeth (or Elyzabeth) and Bartholomew Taliaferro.

BARTHOLOMEW Tallafer, Taliaferra, Taliaferro, etc., a subject of the Duke of Venice, paid 20 shillings for Letters of Denization in England March 4, 1562.

Will dated September 18, 1601, proved May 3, 1602 P.C.C.

Taliaferro, Bartholomew: Will of 18 Sep 1601:
To my four sons Scipio, Fraunces, Isack, and Jeromme Two hundred pounds sterling when they shall be of age of Twenty one years.

To Elizabeth my daughter to be given at her marriage one hundred pounds sterling, meaning that she shall not marry until she be of age of sixteen years or according to the will of her mother.

To Jone my wife one hundred pounds sterling, if she marries again. If she does not, she is to have the profits of all my estate, and then one hundred pounds when my sons are of the age of twenty one years.

I ordain my overseers of the things contained in this my Testament and Last will John Francisco Soprani Fraunces Rizzo and Phillippe Bernardi.

I do give five pounds sterling to our parish of St. Ollaves on condition that they shall discharge my family of the taxation of the poor of the said parish so long as my wife, sons and daughter shall dwell in the same. And not discharging them of said taxation they shall pay them nothing.

Unto Margery my servant five shillings sterling.

I declare that I have two obligations of Cornelius De Neme, one of one hundred pounds which is paid, but the other of one hundred and twenty five pounds is in force and is due to me.

Made in the City of London the eighteenth day of September 1601 Subscribed in the presence of Jeromme Lopez Pompilio Gaetani Henry Valesi William Parkyns. May 3, 1602.

Letters of Administration granted to Joan Taliaferro the relict of the said deceased. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 29 Montague.

"His will was dated 18 Sep 1601, proved 3 May 1602 in London.

Bartholomew, a subject of the Duke of Venice, paid 20 shillings for Letters of Denization in England on 4 Mar 1562."

SOURCE: TALIAFFERO TIMES, Vol. 2, September 3, 1997 Issue 3.

Family links:
Children:
Francis Taliaferro (1589 - 1647)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
St Olave Hart Street Churchyard
London
Greater London, England

Created by: ReLyRoTh
Record added: Feb 12, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13333794

TALIAFERROS OF EUROPE


1. Who were the parents of Joane Lane who married Bartholomew Taliaferro in London in 1583?

Researchers report (a) that she was the daughter of Thomas Lane, but no one seems to know why this conclusion was reached or have evidence that it is correct; and (b) an unchallenged (but challengeable) theory has been advanced that she may have been the daughter or granddaughter of John Lane/Laynere of Cornhill, London, court musician, whose family owned much property on Hart Street where Bartholomew and Joane Taliaferro lived. No new research has addressed this question. Joane Taliaferro, widowed in 1602, married second Thomas Gray of Whitechapel, Middlesex County.

This record may also provide information about the Taliaferro and Graye families: [Source: "Colonial Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Legal Proceedings in Seventeenth-Century English & Dutch Courts Relating to Immigrant Families," by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1971 pg. 294 (#285) Chancery Cases 1550-1650 (abstracts) C.2.Eliz. G.2/56]

*****Thomas Graye and Johan his wife vs. Thomas Martin (concerning) a garden and certain tenements near Bethelem, in the parish of St. Botolph, without Bishopsgate, demised by Thomas Martin to Bartholomew Taliaferro dec., former husband of Johan; London. [Source: "Colonial Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Legal Proceedings in Seventeenth-Century English & Dutch Courts Relating to Immigrant Families," by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1971 pg. 294 (#285) Chancery Cases 1550-1650 (abstracts) C.2.Eliz. G.2/56]

Continuing the Graye inquiry, Elizabeth, the daughter of Bartholomew Taliaferro married her stepbrother William Graye. She was still living at the time he died. It may be interesting to find out if they had children and what happened to them & whether Elizabeth married again. Her children may be Roger & Anne Taliaferro's only first cousins. [Source: 'Genealogies of Virginia Families,' "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", Volume V, Randolph-Zouch, Indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981., pp. 373-382]

Inquiries about the Graye family has additional, and potentially powerful, relevance when conidering the issues addressed under Question No. 4 below. You will see there that references to the Graye family remain very relevant to study of the Taliaferoor family as late as a century after the birth of Robert Taliaferro.


WE NEED:
(a) Research of English resources to establish the identity of the father of Joane Lane who appears to have lived in the St. Michael's Cornhill section of London in 1564 when she married Bartholomew Taliaferro. Perhaps the Registry of St. Michael's in Cornhill has been published or is available on the IGS of the Church of Latter Day Saints CD-Roms. Can we identify heads of household in Cornhill who might be her parent?

(b) What property did Bartholomew Taliaferro purchase in the St. Botolph's Parish, Bishopsgate, London? Have the St. Botolph's Parish registries been searched for Taliaferro or other other relevant data?

(c) Did Elizabeth and William Graye have children and did any of them marry and come to America?

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2. Did Francis Taliaferro (1590-1647 ) of Bethnal Green, Middlesex Co, England, have two wives: Bennett Haie and Miriam _(?)_? Can we develop information about all of his children?

Agreement is unanimous and long established that Francis Taliaferro, the son of Bartholomew Taliaferro of Venice and Joane Lane/Laynere, was baptized January 25, 1589/90 at St. Olave's Hart Street in London, and that in 1614 he married Bennett Haie at St. Saviour's in Southwarke, Surry Co. They lived in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, a London suburb, and his burial is registered at St. Dunstan's, Stepney Parish.

Many of us were stunned to learn that, indeed, there was a very good reason why fifteen years elapsed between the marriage of Francis and Bennett Taliaferro and the birth of their 'two' children, Ann and Robert. The baptisms of five older daughters of Francis Taliaferro were registered at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. One of our TT participants very generously shared this unpublished, privately acquired research with us. We do not know at this time whether some of the older sisters of Anne and Robert Taliaferro survived, or married, or had Taliaferro descendants.

There is an unconfirmed report that Francis Taliaferro had a second wife, Miriam _?_. It appears that she may have died a few weeks after he died in 1647 and was also buried from St. Dunstan's. Because a young daughter, Anne Taliaferro, administered Francis Taliaferro's estate, it appears that Francis Taliaferro had no living wife to act as Administrator.

As of this date, we have not discovered a date of burial for Bennett Haie Taliaferro, nor found a marriage record for the second marriage, nor discovered any information, other than baptismal, regarding the five daughters of Francis and Bennett Haie.


WE NEED:
(a) Who was the family of Bennett Haie who married Francis Taliaferro in 1614? Did she have brothers and sisters? Did young Robert Taliaferro have Haie/Hay cousins? There may be an easy solution to this. The Huguenot Society Publications contain years of special tax reports from London and its suburbs including Souhwarke. Bennett Haie's family appears in this resource if someone can look up the references. These lists contain an astounding amount of information and do not limit the content to Huguenot data. It accesses the records and surveys in which Huguenot families appear.

(b) When did Bennett Haie die? Is her burial registered at St. Dunstan's, Stepney? Or might it be that she was buried from her childhood parish, St. Savior's in Southwarke across the river.

(c) What happened to the five little daughters whose births preceded the births of Ann and Robert Taliafferro? Did any of them reach maturity, marry, or have descendants?

Did Francis Taliaferro marry a second time to someone named Miriam _?_ who died soon after he did? Did he have any children born after Robert Taliaferro?


COLONIAL TALLIAFERROS

3. What is the correct name of the wife of Robert Taliaferro and who were her parents?

In 1672, soon after the death of Robert Taliaferro, Sr., his widow styled herself "Mrs. Katherine Taliaferro." This early usage is preserved in the Court Record Books of "Old" Rappahannock Co VA (progenitor of Essex and Caroline Counties). In this instance, the widow of Robert Taliaferro, herself, used the name Katherine and spelled it with a "K." The recording clerk would have had her signed statement at hand when the record was originated. [Source: 'Who was Catherine, the Wife of Cadwallader Jones of Virginia?' by Henry G. Taliaferro - "Virginia Genealogist," Vol. 38, No. 3,
July-Sept 1994]

The above source addresses the question that the widowed Katherine Dedman Taliaferro married Cadwallader Jones after the death of her first husband. It is a fully researched, well documented article which reaches an affirmative interpretive conclusion. Interestingly, the author cites the young widow's name as she spelled it, Katherine Taliaferro, but otherwise uses the spelling "Catherine." He does not cite a single other instance where the signature of the wife of Cadwallader Jones is used to create a record. She was always represented by someone else who spelled her name with a "C."

Now we know that the wife of Robert Taliaferro styled herself "Katherine." The next goal is to consolidate credible reports of her heritage to see if we can find some guidance. In this case, scenarios with some differences have been published by several researchers.

Presentations by the various researchers appear to support each other, and in fact information now current may have all derived from one or two early published sources. Few contain citations from primary record sources. In fact it may be that few primary records are now extant to confirm published information.

As to the opinion that Katherine Dedman/Debnam adopted her stepfather's name, Grymes, there is no primary information that would lead to this conclusion. I suspect that it represents a misstatement of fact or confusion with her Mother's name made some years ago and perpetuated by repitition. Perhaps a researcher, noting that Robert Taliaferro II and III inherited land from Charles and Katherine Grymes fell into the easy trap of assuming that Charles Grymes was the father, not the step-father, of Katherine Dedman Taliaferro.

Information received from TT participants follows the scenario below, a point of difference arising in the given name of Katherine Taliaferro's father; but not the year of his death. Was he William Dedman or Henry Dedman? As so often happened when court clerks and scribes wrote names, the spelling is variable. Was the surname Dedman, Deadman, or Debnam? It would probably take a great deal of research to determine if the name Dedman/Deadman is the same as the modern Debnam.

Whatever the given name, whatever the spelling of the surname, it forms fifty percent of the base of our American family. Information about Katherine Taliaferro's family is crucial to our understanding of our heritage.

The wife of Robert Taliaferro, the young immigrant, was Katherine Dedman (or Deadman or Debnam). Her father's given name was either William or Henry, and her mother's given name was Katherine. Katherine Dedman was widowed in 1657. She married, second, the Reverend Charles Grymes of Middlesex County, moving later to Essex County. Katherine (Dedman) Taliaferro was one of three daughters of William (or Henry) and Katherine Dedman. Her two sisters were: Ann who married Edward Hoyle (first cousin of Major Lawrence Smith) and Mary, the wife of Major Lawrence Smith. [Sources: 'A Discovery Concerning the Townley and Warner Families of Virginia,' by Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy in Vol. 5 (1981), pp. 538-590; and 'Thomas Smith of Fairfax County, Virginia,' by Henry G. Taliaferro in "The Virginia Genealogist," Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan-Mar), 1996, 3-17.]


WE NEED:
(a) Primary Virginia research to confirm the identity and learn more about the life of William/Henry Dedman.

(b) What was the surname of Katherine Taliaferro' Mother, Katherine, who married William/Henry Dedman, first and then the Reverend Charles Grymes?



RESEARCH

4. Are there unknown Taliafero descendants who were the descendants of the daughters of Bartholomew or Francis Taliaferro?

Clearly, this is the most intriguing question we have addressed during this current effort. There does not appear to be any published research which addresses this question, though there is compelling evidence that there may be other Taliaferro descendants in America or England.

Before tackling this question, there are two points to keep in mind:

1- Due to early death by disease, often epidemic, and lack of sanitation, heirs to estates were sometimes not available. For instance, in early Gloucester County VA, a young man of the surname Burnett changed his surname at the request of his mother's brother who needed an heir. The uncle told his young nephew that he would make him his heir if he changed his surname to Brown so that the surname would survive. I think he succeeded! This was an unusual circumstance, but not unheard of in these years of early death.

2- It is crucial to keep in mind when addressing this question, that the widow of Bartholomew TALIAFERRO, Joane Lane, married second Thomas GRAYE; that Elizabeth TALIAFERRO, daughter of Bartholomew and Joane TALIAFERRO, married William GRAYE - her step brother; and that Francis TALIAFERRO, the only son to leave a male heir, married Bennett HAIE/HAY. I believe that it has also been found that Anne, sister of the immigrant, Robert Talilaferro, married a GRAYE.

In consideration of these three names, Taliaferro, Gray and Hay, in intimate association with one another in England, our present quest may take wings and soar.

Read the words of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown:


" "Captain Nelson's Deposition Concerning GRAY als Hay.

"The deposition of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown in Virginia, aged 49 years: Sayeth:

"That he was born in Perrith, in Cumberland and that he has there seen JOHN GRAY als HAY when he was a youth and used to go from Kendall (where his father, Dr. Gray lived, as the deponent has heard) to Scotland and as he returned at several times: and about the year 1695 the deponent came to live in White Haven where found Dr. Gray then living with his family, being married to a second Wife, and his son John, who did that year or the next go from White Haven to Virginia, and in December 1696, this deponent went to Virginia, and arrived in Rappahannock River the latter part of January, and there saw his acquaintance, now called Dr. John Hay and left him living at Colo. Garwin Corbin's; in the year 1698 this deponent went to Virginia, and heard that Dr. Hay was married to Mrs. Ann Robinson and in the spring following at Shrove Tide visited them as man and wife at the house of X'pher Robinson, but dont remember that they had any children, but in the year 1700, Mrs Elizabeth Gray als Hay daughter of Dr. Gray of White Haven went from thence to Va. in the same ship with deponent and was kindly received by her brother Dr. John Hay.

"This deponent before he departed this country went up to Talifor Mount, where the Dr. his family and the said sister Elizabeth then lived.

"Then Dr. John Hay had a son named Francis living, and in the year 1705 this deponent came to settle in York River in Virginia and then (illeg....Dr. Hay?) and his wife Ann lived at Duke's neck in Mid..(illeg....dlesex?).... and had a son Fran(..cis?) and two daughters which this deponent ha....
(torn)...... said Francis(a) the..(torn).... school and still knows him to be the same reputed son of Dr. John Hay and Ann his wife; the Dr. died....(torn) .... or twenty years ago and further sayeth not.

"Thomas Nelson At a Court held for York County, Nov. 18th 1728,
This Deposition was presented and sworn to in court and was admitted to record.
Tests: Philip Lightfoot, C. Co."

In additional testimony relative to this same case, Isbell Schooler testified similarly adding: ". . she has heard that Dr. Gray had three children by his last wife who was before he married her (Ann Robinson) -- they had either one boy and two girls or one girl and two boys she is not sure which that one was named Robert who she has since heard lives now in London and goes by ye name of Robert Gray and one named Ann who also as she has heard lives in London and was married but she knows not to whom and is now a widow. "


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The above cited record was created one hundred years after the Taliaferro-Hay-Gray marriages in England and the birth of Robert Taliaferro in Bethnal Green near London. This record were created in Yorktown, Virginia, 3000 miles from the English birthplace of our immigrant ancestor. They survived all of the depredations inflicted upon the records of eastern Virginia. Even so, the surnames Taliaferro, Gray and Hay are still linked. Surely this is not accidental. I find it to be an uncanny revelation.

Geographical note: the towns, Perrith and Kendal, cited at the beginning of the Nelson deposition, are in the north of England near the border between Northumberland and Cumberland Counties and not many miles south of Carlyle at the border between England and Scotland. Yes, it is a long way from London.

The following information may provide some insight into the 'smallness' of the English population whose sons and daughters came to Virginia. Perrith and Kendal form a geographical triangle in which the third point was the village of Appleby. Appleby is the ancestral seat of the Claiborne family. William Claiborne, sometimes Deputy Governor, Secretary of State and Treasurer of Virginia, was born southside of the Thames River in Kent. His mother, like Robert Taliaferro's mother, was born in Southwarke, Surry, England. When Claiborne's parents, Thomas Claiborne and Sarah (Smith) James married in the 1595, his father was a merchant of Norfolk, England, and she a widow living in Bethnal Green, Middlesex County, the same suburb where Francis and Bennett Haie Taliaferro lived after their marriage William Claiborne's birth preceeded Robert Taliaferro's by twenty-six years and he arrived in Virginia twenty-six years earlier than Robert Taliaferro. Both were in the twenty-first year of their lives when they first came to Virginia. But both found homes in the York River basin.

NEED:

(a) Where is White Haven in England where both the Gray family and Thomas Nelson lived?

(b) Identity of the family of Dr. John Gray of White Haven, Cumberland County, England. Is he a descendant of Elizabeth Taliaferro, daughter of Bartholomew and Joane Taliaferro?

(c) Did Anne Taliaferro, daughter of Francis Taliaferro, also marry a Graye?

(d) Virginia research relative to Dr. John Gray/Hay who married Ann Robinson in Virginia. Is he the progenitor of the Virginia Hay family whose descendants so often married Taliaferros?

(e) Research the reason why Dr. John Gray of Virginia changed his name to Hay. Was Hay a family name?

(f) How was the Hay name which Dr. John Gray adopted connected to the family of Bennett Haie who married Francis Taliaferro in 1614 in Southwarke, Surry, England?

In short we've learned a lot, much of it about how much we don't know; but we've just begun our adventure.

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TALIAFERRO TIMES: Compiled from email and other sources
Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7169@AOL.com
19 February 1997


Child of Bartholomew Taliaferro and Joane Lane is:
3336 i. Francis Taliaferro, born 1586; died 1647; married Bennett Haie


Generation No. 14

10368. Joseph Rivard, born 1540 in France. He married 10369. Francoise Chasteau.
10369. Francoise Chasteau, born Bef. 1545 in France; died 1571.

Notes for Joseph Rivard:
For early Rivard in Louisiana, Opelousas Post. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1785.

Opelousas is a city in and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It lies at the juncture of Interstate 49 and U.S. Route 190. The population was 22,860 at the 2000 census. Although the 2006 population estimate was 23,222, a 2004 annexation should put the city's population to 25,508. Opelousas is the principal city for the Opelousas-Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 91,528 in 2006. Opelousas is also the 3rd largest city in the Lafayette-Acadiana Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 537,947. Founded in 1720, Opelousas is Louisiana's 3rd oldest city. The city served as a major trading post between New Orleans and Natchitoches in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Traditionally an area of settlement by French Creoles and Acadians, Opelousas is the center of zydeco music. It celebrates its heritage at the Creole Heritage Folklife Center, one of the destinations on the new Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. It is also the location of the Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino. The city is known as the spice capital of the world, with production and sale of seasonings such as Tony Chachere's products, Targil Seasonings, Savoie's cajun meats and products, and LouAna Cooking Oil. Opelousas is also home to one of the nation's two Yoohoo Factories.

Opelousas is located at 30°31'41?N 92°5'4?W? / ?30.52806°N 92.08444°W? / 30.52806; -92.08444 (30.528183, -92.084406)[2] and has an elevation of 69 feet (21.0 m)[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18.3 km²), of which, 7.1 square miles (18.3 km²) of it is land and 0.14% is water.

Demographics
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 22,860 people, 8,699 households, and 5,663 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,240.0 people per square mile (1,250.2/km²). There were 9,783 housing units at an average density of 1,386.6/sq mi (535.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 29.30% White, 69.12% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.88% of the population.

There were 8,699 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were married couples living together, 26.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 84.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $14,717, and the median income for a family was $19,966. Males had a median income of $24,588 versus $17,104 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,957. About 37.7% of families and 43.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 57.2% of those under age 18 and 32.0% of those age 65 or over.


History
Opelousas takes its name from the Native American tribe Appalousa who had occupied the area before European contact.

The first recorded European arrived in the Appalousa Territory in 1690. He was a French coureur de bois (trapper and hunter). French traders arrived later to trade with the Appalousa Indians named Michel De Birotte. In 1719, the French sent the first military to the Territory, when Ensign Nicolas Chauvin de la Frénière and two others were sent to patrol the area. In 1720, the French established Opelousas Post as a major trading organization for the developing area.

French encouraged immigration to Opelousas Post before they ceded Louisiana in 1762 to Spain. By 1769 about 100 families, mostly French, were living in the Post. In 1774 the Saint Landry Catholic Church was built.

Don Alejandro O'Reilly, Spanish governor of Louisiana, issued a land ordinance to allow settlers in the frontier of the Opelousas Territory to acquire land grants. The first official land grant was made in 1782. Numerous settlers: French, Creoles and Acadians, mainly from the Attakapas Territory, came to the Opelousas Territory and acquired land grants.

After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, settlers continued to arrive at the relative frontier from St. Martinville. Prejean, Thibodaux, Nezat, Hebert, Babineaux, Mouton, and Provost were some of the early Creole families. (This was Creole as French born in Louisiana, see French Creole.) Other early French Creole families were Roy, Barre, Guenard, Decuir, and Bail. In 1820, Alex Charles Barre, also a French Creole, founded Port Barre. His ancestors came from the French West Indies, probably after Haiti (St. Domingue) became independent. Jim Bowie and his family were said to settle in the area about 1813.

In 1805 Opelousas became the seat of the newly formed St. Landry Parish, also known as the Imperial Parish of Louisiana. The year 1806 marked the beginning of significant construction in Opelousas. The first courthouse was constructed in the middle of the town. Later in the year the Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church was founded, becoming the first Methodist church in Louisiana, and the first Protestant church in Louisiana. Five years later, the first St. Landry Parish Police Jury met in Opelousas, keeping minutes in the two official languages of English and French.

European and American settlement was based on plantation agriculture, and both groups brought or purchased numerous enslaved Africans and African Americans to work as laborers in cotton cultivation. African Americans influenced all cultures as the people created a creolized cuisine and music. The long decline of cotton prices throughout the 19th century caused problems for all relying on agriculture alone for livelihood.

The city was officially incorporated in 1821 to the United States. After Baton Rouge fell to the Union troops during the Civil War in 1862, Opelousas was designated as the state capital for nine months. The capital was moved again in 1863, this time to Shreveport when Union troops occupied Opelousas. During Reconstruction, the state government operated from New Orleans.

After the defeat of the South and emancipation of slaves, many whites had difficulty accepting the changed conditions, especially as economic problems and dependence on agriculture slowed the South's recovery. Social tensions were high during Reconstruction. In 1868 a white mob rioted and killed 25-50 freedmen in Opelousas. This was one of the single worst instances of Reconstruction violence in south Louisiana. The northern part of the state had much more violence during Reconstruction.

In 1880, the railroad reached Opelousas, giving the city an opportunity to grow and be better connected for trade. After getting the railroad, Opelousas also served as a stop for at least three of the Orphan Trains arranged by New York social services agencies to provide for resettlement of orphans from up until 1929. Opelousas was the heart of a traditional Catholic region of French, Spanish, Canadian and French West Indian heritage. Families in Louisiana took in more than 2,000 mostly Catholic orphans to live in their rural farming communities.[5]

Opelousas later accepted thousands of refugees in May 1927, following the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Heavy rains in northern and midwestern areas caused intense flooding in areas of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana downstream, especially after levées near Moreauville, Cecilia and Melville collapsed. Over 81% of St. Landry Parish suffered some flooding, with 77% of the inhabitants affected. People in more southern areas of Louisiana, especially those communities along Bayou Teche, were forced to flee their homes for areas which suffered less damage. By May 20th, over 5,700 refugees were registered in Opelousas, which itself had a population of only 6,000 people. Many of the refugees were later able to return to their homes and begin the rebuilding process.[6]

The city of Opelousas is constructing an Orphan Train Museum (second in the nation) in an old train depot located in Le Vieux Village. The first museum dedicated to the Orphan Train children is located in Kansas. [7]


Festivals
Since 1982, Opelousas has hosted the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival. Usually held the Saturday before Labor Day, the festival features a day of performances by Zydeco musicians, with the goal of keeping the genre alive.[8] The exposure helped the city to be named the Zydeco Capital of the World on May 27, 2000, reflecting its significance in the history and continuing evolution of zydeco. Opelousas is the home of Clifton Chenier, the king of Zydeco.

The Yambilee Festival is held each year in Opelousas. 80's synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby speaks of Opelousas in the first person within his song, "I Love You Goodbye" from his Astronauts and heretics album of 1992.


Social sciences and society
Opelousas is home to Opelousas Catholic School.This school was formed 35 years ago when the Academy of the Immaculate Conception (AIC) and Holy Ghost merged. Other private schools in the city include Westminster Christian Academy, Acadiana Preparatory School, Apostolic Christian Academy, and New Hope Christian Academy.


Media
Opelousas is home to KOCZ-LP, a low power community radio station owned and operated by the Southern Development Foundation. The station was built by numerous volunteers from Opelousas and around the country at the third Prometheus Radio Project barnraising. KOCZ broadcasts music, news, and public affairs to listeners at 103.7FM. Opelousas is also home to The Mix KOGM 107.1FM which is owned by KSLO Broadcasting, Inc. There is 1 TV station in Opelousas, KDCG TV Channel 22. The city also uses the ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates of nearby Lafayette.


Economy
The primary industries in Opelousas are agriculture, oil, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail. In 2000, Wal-Mart opened a large distribution center just north of the city. Horse racing track Evangeline Downs relocated to Opelousas from its former home in Carencro, Louisiana in 2003. Evangeline Downs has one of the largest slot machine casinos in Louisiana with over 2,000 machines.


People
Brigadier General J.J. Alfred Mouton, CSA. Born in Opelousas February 29, 1829. Confederate General who served under General Richard Taylor, CSA and was killed during the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana
Clifton Chenier, legendary zydeco musician
Jim Bowie, legendary adventurer and hero of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas for a time. His first marriage is recorded in the archives of the St. Landry Catholic Church.
Richard Eastham (1916-2005), an American actor, was born in Opelousas. He played Harris Claibourne, a newspaper editor in the 1957-1960 ABC and later syndicated western series, Tombstone Territory.
Rodney Milburn, 1972 Olympic champion
John Ed Bradley, author
Paul Prudhomme, chef
Lloyd Mumphord, standout NFL cornerback and special teams captain of the legendary perfect season Miami Dolphins (1972-73) and two-time Super Bowl champion
Chef Tony Chachere was born in Opelousas where the Chachere family still owns and operates Tony Chachere's Creole Foods.
Judge Benjamin Pavy, father-in-law of Carl Weiss, the young doctor who allegedly killed U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., was from Opelousas.
Another famous judge from Opelousas was Louisiana Chief Justice Albert Tate, Jr., who later served on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
Devery Henderson, New Orleans Saints wide receiver
Thomas T. Wartelle, professional golfer and renowned golf instructor
Tex Brashear, voice-over and cartoon voice actor
Marvin White from Port Barre plays for the Cincinnati Bengals-safety



Child of Joseph Rivard and Francoise Chasteau is:
5184 i. Thomas Rivard, born 1571 in France; died 1620 in France; married Johane Jeanne Chevreau 1596 in France.

10372. Francois Mullard, born 1540.

Child of Francois Mullard is:
5186 i. Robert Mullard, born 1572 in France; died March 06, 1613/14 in France; married Francoise Louche

10374. Francois Louche, born 1535 in France; died November 26, 1604 in France. He was the son of 20748. Thomas Lousche and 20749. Perrine Mercier. He married 10375. Martine Fourtier.
10375. Martine Fourtier, born 1555 in France; died 1582.

Child of Francois Louche and Martine Fourtier is:
5187 i. Francoise Louche, born 1576 in France; died 1614 in France; married Robert Mullard


Generation No. 15

20748. Thomas Lousche, died Abt. 1562. He married 20749. Perrine Mercier.
20749. Perrine Mercier, born Abt. 1505. She was the daughter of 41498. Jean Mercier and 41499. Thienette Lablond.

Child of Thomas Lousche and Perrine Mercier is:
10374 i. Francois Louche, born 1535 in France; died November 26, 1604 in France; married Martine Fourtier


Generation No. 16

41498. Jean Mercier, died 1563. He married 41499. Thienette Lablond 1505 in France.
41499. Thienette Lablond, born in Champeaux, France.

Notes for Jean Mercier:
MERCIER was derived from the Old French word 'mercier' a dealer in clothes, a draper, one who dealt in textile fabrics, especially in silks, velvets and other costly materials. The name was rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form of MERCARIUS. Variant spellings of the name include Mercer, Merchier, Merzari, and Mersier. The earliest French hereditary surnames are found in the 12th century, at more or less the same time as they arose in England, but they are by no means common before the 13th century, and it was not until the 15th century that they stabilized to any great extent; before then a surname might be handed down for two or three generations, but then abandoned in favour of another. In the south, many French surnames have come in from Italy over the centuries, and in Northern France, Germanic influence can often be detected. The small villages of Europe, or royal and noble households, even large religious dwellings and monasteries, gave rise to many family names, which reflected the occupation or profession of the original bearer of the name. Following the Crusades in Europe in the 11th 12th and 13th centuries a need was felt for an additional name. This was recognized by those of gentle birth, who realised that it added prestige and practical advantage to their status. A family of this name can trace its ancestry to Thomas Mercer, who was empowered by Edward III in 1341 to obtain money from the Constable of Bordeaux to raise troops in Aquitaine. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield, and embroidered on his surcoat, the draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. Early records of the name mention Gaeml Mercer who was recorded in 1168 in London. John le Mercier was documented in Gloucestershire in 1196. Hamo le Merchier, 1204, County Oxford. Edward le Mercer, County Lincoln, 1273. Johannes Mercer of Yorkshire was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of the year 1379. Baptised. Success, son of Thomas Mercer at St. Michael, Cornhill, London in 1694. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. Arms registered at Fifield, County Berkshire.


Notes for Thienette Lablond:
Champeaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Children of Jean Mercier and Thienette Lablond are:
20749 i. Perrine Mercier, born Abt. 1505; married Thomas Lousche
ii. Jean Mercier, born 1510.

Notes for Jean Mercier:
Jean Mercier, Latin Joannes Mercerus (Uzès ca. 1510 – 1570) was a French Hebraist.
He was a pupil of the less known François Vatable, and succeeded Vatable as professor of Hebrew at the Collège Royal.[1] His students included Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, and Pierre Martinius who became professor at La Rochelle. Mercier was Lecteur du Roi from 1546 onwards.[2]
He fled to Venice because of his sympathies with Protestantism, but returned to France and died of the plague.

Works

Aramaic grammar Tabulae in grammaticen linguae Chaldaeae (Paris, 1560)
Commentary on Genesis (Geneva, posthumous 1598), published by Théodore de Bèze
De notis Hebraeorum liber (1582), revised by Jean Cinqarbres
Translations
Hebrew Jonah with commentary of David Kimchi Jonas cum commentariis R. David Kimhi (1567)
Bishop Jean du Tillet's Italian manuscript of the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew (Paris, 1555)
Talmudic selections: Libellus de abbreviaturis Hebraeorum, tam Talmudicorum quam Masoritarum et aliorum rabbinorum (Paris, 1561)
Translation of Targum Jonathan on the Prophets
Notes to Santes Pagnini's O?ar Leshon ha-Kodesh (Lyons, 1575)
Translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's Commentary on the Ten Commandments (Lyons, ca. 1567)

References

^ Godfrey Edmond Silverman Encyclopedia Judaica Mercier, Jean°
^ Michel Bideaux Les échanges entre les universités européennes à la Renaissance
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