Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes"© 1996

Of Jersey

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  Adams, Ahier, Aldridge, Alexandres, Alix, Anley, Anthoine, Antoine, Arthur, Atkin, Auley, Ayre, Baker, Balin, Baldwin, Balleine, Bandinel, Baptiste, Barbier, Bartholemew, Bartlett, Bass, Baudains, Baudoin, Baxter, Beaucamp, Benest, Berry, Berkeley, Berteau, Bertheau, Bertin, Bertram, Bicknell, Bishop, Bisson, Blampied, Blewett, Blondel, Bohier, Bonespoir, Bonhomme, Bonnell, Bott, Botts, Boudier, Bouillon, Bowden, Brackenbury, Brackett, Brasdefer, Brayer, Bree, Brelade, Brevin, Brevint, Breyant, Briant, Brown, Brue, Bryant, Bryce, Brydges, Cabot, Canute, Carter, Carteret, Cartier, Castillon, Chastray, Chestes, Chevalier, Chevallier, Clement, Cobbold, Colas, Colin, Collot, Combes, Combs, Coombs, Corbel, Corbett, Cosnard, Coutanche, Croix, Cruickshank, Curnew, Gusue, Daigle, Daigneux, Dangy, D'Anneville, Dare, d'Assigny, Dawson, Dean, De Beauvoir, de Besa, de Caslitton, de Carteret, De Chautmont, De Froiderue, De Granville, De Grasse, de Greshe, de Grish, de Gruchy, De Gruchy, de Guernseze, De Halleville, de jersey, De La Branche, De-la-cour, De La Haye, De la Mare, de la Mare, de la Place, de La Place, de la Primaudaye, De La Ripáudière, De La Rue, De La Taste, de la Trinité, de Laval, de Liage, de Méléches, De Montforsey, de Montgomery, de Montmorial, De Moyneville, Dennis, Denton, Des Colombiers, d'Escury, Des Granges, Deslands, Des Moulins, De Quetteville, Des Serfs, Dessouard, De St Croix, de Ste. Dumaresq, Des Travaux, de St. Voist, Des Virge, Dolbel, Dorey, Du Cane, Du Canes, Duchemin, Dumaresq, Dumaresq(ue), Dumeresque, Dumoulin, Du Parcq, Du Perron, Du Quesne, Durell, Du Tot, Du Val, Du Verge, Esnouf, Falle, Fallu, Feret, Filleul, Fillier, Finch, Fiot, Fiott, Fleury, Forster, Francois, Furey, Gallichan, Gareau, Garrett, George, Gerin, Gernet, Gervaise, Girard, Godfray, Godwin, Goodwin, Gosselin, Gowans, Grandin, Grandy, Grouchy, Gruchy, Guernseze, Guille, Guillet, Haggie, Hamon, Hamptonne, Hardy, Hawco, Hedden, Helier, Hellyer, Helyer, Henice, Henri, Henry, Herault, Heylin, Hilgrove, Hilt, Holmes, Hookey, Hooper, Hotton, Hue, Hulon, Hyde, Janvrin, Jean, Jeffreys, Jelf, Jermyn, Jerrett, Johanne, Joseph, Journeaux, Keats, Kilboy, King, Kirby, Knight, Labey, La Cloche, la Comtesse, Laffoley, La Four, Laignaux, Lalague, Lambert, La Riviere, Laurens, Lawrence, Le Bailly, Leblancq, Le Boutillier, le Bouvier, Le Breton, Le Brocq, Le Brun, Le Cannu, Le Cerf, Le Cheminant, LeChene, Le Chevalier, Le Churel, LeConsteur, Le Corneu, Le Couteur, Le Cras, Le Drew, le Duc, Le Feuvre, Le Folley, Le Geyt, Le Gros, Le Grow, le Hardy, Le Liard, Le Lievre, Le Maistre, LeMarchant, Le Marquand, Le Mas, Le Master, Le Masurier, Le Merchant, Le Messurier, Lempreiere, Lempriere, Lempriére, LeNeveu, Lenoir, Le Potier, Le Quesne, Le Riche, Lesbirel, LeShane, Le Sueur, Le Telleur, Le Vesconte, L'eveque, Lihou, Lloyd, Lougee, Lowgie, Lucas, Luce, Lydcot, Lys., ma??re, Machon, Maglorius, Malet, Malzard, Marchant, Maret, Marett, Marie, Marmet, Marrtens, Martell, Martin, Mauger, Maugier, Maynard, McIntyre, McKendrick, McLaws, Merseve, Mesnier, Messervey, Messervy, Millington, Moignard , McCuistion, Monange, Moriarty, Moulinos, Murrin, Neel, Newsam, Nicholle, Nicolle, Noel, Norman, Olliver, Orange, Orengette, Ormeaux, Overton, Ozouf, Parent, Parkins, Patriarche, Paul, Payn, Pays, Perchard, Pepsy, Perrot, Perry, Philippe, Piccott, Pickering, Picot, Pill, Pinçon, Pinel, Pipon, Pivis, Poingdestre, Poulion, Pratt, Primerose, Puddister, Quetyvel, Rainsborough, Raleigh, Renouf, Riche, Robin, Robinson, Rogier, Rondell, Roo, Sacrey, Salmon, Sampson, Sarre, Saurin, Scott, Seale, Seward, Shano, Sheavallier, Shepherd, Simonet, Skinner, Sloper, Slowley, Slowly, Smith, Snow, Sohier, Sorsoleil, Staunton, St. Croix, Stephens, Strickland, Strong, Syvret, Tate, Temple, Tessier, Thoreau, Townsend, Touzel, Touzell, Trachy, Treffroy, Valpy, Vandersil, Van Dieman, Vane, Vaudin, Verge, Vibert, Vincent, Virgee, Wake, Walke, Waller, Walters, Waterman, Watkins, Wayte, White, Whittemore, Whittom, Wybone,  

The sweet land laughs from sea to sea, filled full of sun.,, (E. E. Bicknell, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS)

'The Channel Islands lie in the form of a half-circle in Bay of Mont St. Michel and off the West coast of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. This former duchy was, of course, the motherland of the Islands.

The most northern of the Islands is Alderney which is about 3 miles long by 1 1/2 miles at its broadest with an area about 2, 000 acres, and some nine miles due West of Cap de La Hague, Normandy. The most exposed of the archipelago, Alderney, which had a population of 1,686 at the 1971 census is about 60 miles South of Weymouth, England, and 24 miles Northeast of Guernsey. The latter, the most westerly of the larger Channel Islands, is triangular in shape and approximately 9 1/2 miles by 7 miles in extreme measurements. It has area of 15,654 English acres (about 24 square miles) and Population at the 1976 census of over 54, 000. Apart from Alderney the other main dependencies of the Bailiwick of Guernsey are Sark (7 112 miles to the East of the main island), about 3 miles long by 1 112 miles at its widest and with an area over 1, 000 acres, about 2 square miles, and a population 1971 of 590 and Herm (some 3 miles from Guernsey), a mile and a half by half a mile, an area of 320 acres and with a small resident population.

Jersey, the largest and most southern of the main Islands, some 14 miles from the West coast of Normandy and 30 miles from the northern coast of Brittany. It measures around 10 miles from East to West and nearly 6 from North to South having an area of approximately 28,176 acres or 45 square miles although there are about 62 square miles if off the land to low water mark is included. Jersey is about 20 miss South East of Guernsey at the nearest points and some 96 miles, South of Weymouth, England. It is divided into 12 parishes, Guemsey having 10 parishes. At the 1976 census Jersey had a population of 74,470 approximately one-half of whom are not of Island descent.

The Channel Islands have been inhabited from prehistoric times and various races have /left behind traces of their Civilizations, these including many Neolithic megaliths. Gauls preceded Roman and Frankish domination, but the Vikings, progenitors of the Normans, were the greatest of the invaders, and their descendants have influenced the Islands ever since.

GUERNSEY, a bailiwick, and one of the islands under the dominion of Great Britain, lying in a part of the English channel called Mount St. Michael's Bay, on the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, the port being situated in 49º 28' (N.Lat.), and 2º 33' (W.Lon.), 13½ English miles (N.W.) from Jersey, 7 (W.) from Sark, and 15 (S.W. by S.) from Alderney. It is the most westward of these islands, and the most distant from the coast of Normandy, being 26 English miles (S.W.) from Cape La Hogue, and 36 (W. by S.) from Cherbourg. The extreme length, from north-east to south-west, is about eight miles; the breadth, from north-west to south-east, nearly six; and the circumference about thirty. It contains 20,302 inhabitants, of which number, 11,173 are in the town and parish of St. Peter's Port, 838 in the parish of St. Sampson, 1215 in the Vale parish, 375 in Torteval parish, 1022 in St. Saviour's, 611 in the Forest parish, 1093 in St. Peter's du Bois, 1429 in St. Martin's, 1747 in that of the Catel, and 799 in St. Andrew's.

A Topographical Dictionary of England: Volume 2 page 268 Guernsey

Respecting the early history of the island but few authentic particulars can be collected. Its surface was, in a state of nature, covered with woods and overrun with briars, when it was visited by the Romans, about seventeen years before the birth of Christ, and Octavius Augustus, then emperor, appointed a governor over it. It is the generally received opinion, that this is the island mentioned in Antoninus's Itinerary by the name of Sarnia; and that Alderney is called in the same Itinerary, Riduna; Sark, Sarnica; the little islands of Herm and Jethou, Armia and Sarmia, respectively. The next mention of Guernsey is about the year 520, when it was visited by Sampson, Bishop of Dol in Brittany, who is said to have landed at what is now called St. Sampson's harbour, where he built a chapel. His successor in the bishoprick, Maglorius, prosecuted the work of converting the inhabitants to Christianity, and built a chapel in the present parish of the Vale, on a spot still called St. Magloire, and by the peasantry, by corruption, St. Maliere. At this period the inhabitants subsisted entirely by fishing; and Guernsey was reckoned, though the most distant from France, the most considerable of these islands, on account of the safety and convenience of its harbours, and the quantity of fish on its coast; and in course of time, when the fishery was well established, most of the religious houses, and many of the great families in Normandy and Brittany, were constantly supplied with fish from it. As Christianity advanced, and the population increased, chapels were built in different parts of the island, near the seashore, and the priests that officiated in them were allowed for their subsistence the tithe of all the fish that was caught, which custom has continued ever since. A Topographical Dictionary of England

This island, which had anciently formed part of the province of Neustria, and, with the rest of that province, was included in the kingdom of France, established by Pharamond, in 420, became, in like manner, on the cession of Neustria to the Norman invaders of France, a part of the duchy of Normandy, created about the year 892. On the diminution of the ecclesiastical revenues in Normandy, by Duke Richard, the number of monks in the abbey of Mount St. Michael, on the Norman coast, being reduced in proportion to the reduction of its income, those that were driven out retiring to Guernsey, founded, in the year 962, an abbey in that part of the island now called the Close of the Vale, dedicating it to the same patron saint. Fishing having hitherto been the only occupation of the inhabitants, their dwellings were all built close to the sea-shore; but the monks soon prevailed on them to commence clearing the land and raising corn, so that, in a few years, the greater part of the Vale was brought into cultivation. The religious soon became celebrated for their great piety, not only on the continent, but in England; they were visited by devout persons from Normandy, France, and Britain; insomuch that. Guernsey acquired the name of the Holy Island, which it long retained, and by which it was designated not only in the papal bulls, but also in the charters and other acts of the Norman and English sovereigns. The Danes, in the course of their devastations towards the close of the tenth century, ravaged the monastery, and subsequently plundered the defenceless inhabitants of their corn and cattle. It was to afford means of protection from these ravages that a spacious castle was erected on an eminence in the Vale, originally called St. Michael's castle, or the castle of the Archangel, and now the Vale castle, which is still well calculated to defend the mouth of St. Sampson's harbour, where vessels of heavy burden find secure shelter. About the year 1030, when the fleet of Robert, Duke of Normandy, conveying the forces designed to support the claim of his cousins, Alfred and Edward, to the English crown, against Canute, was dispersed by a tempest, the vessel which [p.269] contained the duke himself was, together with about twenty others, carried down the channel as far as Guernsey, where they would have been dashed upon the rocks, but for the fishermen, who hastened to their assistance, and piloted them into a bay on the north side of the Vale, where they moored in safety. The duke having landed, he was conducted to the abbey of St. Michael, and the stormy weather preventing his departure for some time, afforded him an opportunity of surveying the island. To reward the abbot for his hospitality, he gave to him and his successors, in fee, all the lands within the Close of the Vale for ever, by the name of the fief of St. Michael, with leave to extend the same without the Close of the Vale, towards the north-western part of the island, whenever settlers could be found to clear and cultivate the land. And to recompense the islanders for the succour they had rendered him, he left engineers and workmen to finish the castle of St. Michael, and to erect such other fortresses as might be necessary for protecting them and their property from the piratical invaders. The duke departed about a fortnight after his landing, and, in commemoration of the event, the place where his fleet lay has ever since been called L'Ancresse, or the Anchoring-place. In the course of a few years, the officers and artisans whom the duke had left, erected two other very strong castles: a part of one of these, called, from its marshy situation, Le Château des Marais, still remains in the Town parish, and, from its walls being mantled with ivy, has acquired the name of Ivy Castle: the site of the other, called the castle of Jerbourg, is on a point of land on the southern coast, now called St. Martin's point, but there are no remains of the buildings. At the same time mounds were thrown up on the most elevated parts of the island, to enable the inhabitants to observe when ships came in sight: one of these ancient alarm posts, called La Hougue Hatenas, remains in St. Martin's parish; and another, called La Hougue Fonque, in St. Saviour's.> A Topographical Dictionary of England: Volume 2 Preface page 269

Robert, Duke of Normandy, when about to depart for the crusade, among the other bountiful presents which he made to the clergy of his duchy, gave tracts of land in Guernsey to the Bishop of Coutances, the Abbess of Caën, the Bishop of Avranches, the Abbot of Mount St. Michael, and the Abbot of Blanchelande, by virtue of which grants, the priory of Lihou, or Lihoumel, and the abbeys of Normoustier, Blanchelande, La Rue Frèrie, La Croix St. Geffroy, and Caën, were founded in the island. All these, except the priory of Lihou, were erected into franc-fiefs, the abbots holding immediately of the Duke of Normandy; but the priory of Lihou was an arrière-fief, or appendage to the abbey of St. Michael. About the middle of the eleventh century, Guernsey was infested by a new race of pirates from the south coast of the bay of Biscay, who built a castle in the centre of it, called Le Château des Sarrasins, near the spot where the Catel church now stands. Duke William sent a force to their relief, under the command of his esquire, Sampson D'Anneville, who landed near the castle of the Vale, when a great number of the pirates was put to the sword, the remainder, with great difficulty, escaping to their ships: in reward for this service, Sampson received a considerable tract of land in the island, by the title of the fief and seigneurie D'Anneville. Other tracts being bestowed by the same sovereign upon other Norman gentlemen, the greater part of Guernsey was soon brought into tillage; and about this period it was divided into ten parishes. Each free fief had a manorial court for litigating disputes among the tenants; and the Abbot of St. Michael, and the Seigneur D'Anneville, had droit de haute justice, or the privilege of judging, condemning, and executing criminals, so that the civil polity of the island was completely settled before the Norman Conquest of England. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Volume 2 Preface page 269

933 Many of the older people/e still speak Norman-French and Channel Islanders of native stock have the same names and characteristics as their Cotentin "cousins' ' Part of the Duchy of Normandy since about 933.

1066 The Islands began their connection with the Crown of England when Duke William // of Normandy assumed the kingship after the Conquest of 1066.

Guernsey, ST. SAVIOUR'S parish lies on the western side of the island, but the exact quantity of land within its limits has not been ascertained. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at £10, and in the patronage of the Governor. The church, consecrated in 1154, is a commodious building, standing in a lofty and picturesque situation, and consisting of a nave and side aisle, with a handsome tower at one end, surmounted by a very low spire. The ancient chapel of St. Apoline still remains entire, and is now used as a barn; the interior of the roof is circular, and formed of stone. There is a place of worship for French Methodists. The priory of Lihou, or Lihoumel, which stood on a small island to the south-west, communicating with the main land at low-water, is said to have been built in 1114; part of one of the walls is remaining: in the rock are two natural baths, hollowed out by the continued friction of stones washed round by the eddy of the sea: the islet is uninhabited, but contains a great number of rabbits.

The remains of five Druidical temples can be distinctly traced in Guernsey: one of them is situated on a rocky ridge between the points of land formerly occupied by Le Rée, and Richmond barracks, at the western extremity of the island; another near Norman point, on the north-east, consists of one large slab of granite, sixteen feet long, eight feet broad, and three feet thick, forming an inclined plane, and supported on rude masses of stone; and three others on L'Ancresse common. The island of Lihou, which, like Castle Cornet in St. Peter's Port, is connected with Guernsey at low water, is situated to the north of Rocquaine bay, and is the property of Eleazar le Marchant, Esq., lieutenant-bailiff of Guernsey. Guernsey gives the inferior title of baron to the family of Finch, Earls of Aylesford. Topographical Dictionary of England: Volume 2 G. page 277

CHANNEL ISLANDS AND CANADA, CHRONOLOGY

1246 " In the English Channel is a group of islands, the chief of which is called Jersey. When the Romans invaded Britain these islands were called Caesarea, in honour of Claudius Caesar. This was shortened into Jersey. Their men were great sea rovers. As early as 1246 it is recorded that ships from Jersey were engaged in the Iceland fisheries. The Jersey settlers in Newfoundland always maintained that Cabot learned of this western island from Jersey sailors. On the north coast of the island of Jersey there are three places lying near each other in this order -- St. John's Bay, Petit Port and Bouley Bay. Can it be coincidence that in Newfoundland we have St. John's, Petty Harbour and Bay Bulls (formerly Bouley Bay) appearing in the same order as these Jersey harbours?

  Jersey is divided into twelve parishes. Many of these parish names are prominent in Newfoundland, such as St. Mary's, St. Lawrence and Trinity. In the Jersey islands there were in those days no safe winter harbours or mooring places, and Brehat, Conche and Croque on the Norman coast were used. All these are Newfoundland names. Gouffre is a name to be found both here and in Jersey. Our harbour known as Heliers was formerly called St. Helier, the name of the chief town in Jersey. Blanc Pignon and Cormorant are of Jersey origin. Carbonear is Charbonier -- that is, charcoal, pits for which are known to have been made there by Jersey men. Harbour Grace was Havre de Grace. Bay Roberts was Baie de Roberts, showing Jersey origin, as does Priaulx Hill in that town. Bauline is from Baleine, a village in the Jersey island, which it strongly resembles.

  Family names from Conception Bay tell the same story. Gushue, Puddister, Perchard, Hookey, Le Grow, Fillier, Hawco, Nicholle, Piccott, Furey, Norman, Noel, Le Drew, Gosselin, Grouchy, Murrin, Curnew are all names peculiar to Jersey, although many of these people have no knowledge from whence their forefathers came.

  St. Shotts and St. Shores were formerly named St. Jacques and St. George. The French pronunciation of these two names is responsible for the corruption. It is not likely that the French would have named a place after the patron saint of England, whereas the Channel Islanders would. Colinet is peculiar to Jersey, and Marquise is probably from La Marquise near by. Paradise, Croney Island, Corbin, Villeneuve Island (Burin), Fortune and Harbour Mille are all of Channel Island origin. Millers Passage is probably Mouilliers. Mose Ambrose is Mon Jambe. Pass Island is Passee Island. Hermitage also is a Jersey name.

  Channel Island names on the south coast include Messervy, Clement, Pays, Tessier, Le Messurier, Grandy, Lesbirel, Dumeresque, Le Feuvre, Hulon, Ayre, St. Croix, Cabot, De-la-cour, Renouf, Berteau, Du Tot, Le Marquand, Le Drew, Bonnell, Knight, Hue, Lambert, Sacrey, Bisson, Beaucamp, Chevalier and many, many more.   Gaultois is old Norman for pinnacle. Ramea recalls the old Norman for vetches. St. Aubin and St. Helier, hills near Rencontre, are called after two towns in Jersey." H. W. Le Messurier (1848-1932) Dorothy Pederson

1274 "SHORT INQUISITION OF 1274; Anley, Arthur, Benest, Blondel, Brasdefer, Cabot, Chevalier, Corbel, De Carteret, De La Haye, De La Rue, De Quetteville, Falle, Gallichan, Gervaise, Hamon, Herault, Jean, Laffoley, Le Boutillier, Le Breton, Le Cannu, Le Geyt, Le Liard, Le Potier, Le Telleur, Lucas, Malet, Marett, Ozouf, Payn, Pinel, Robin, Sarre. Some of the names in the earliest documents did re-appear in the later ones (and accumulated) but I have not repeated them in this list. Ray Le Pivert. Cont:-picus@itl.net

1341 In King Edward III issued the most important of the charters granted to the Channel Islands. This confirmed the privileges, liberties, immunities and customs granted by his forebears and stated that the Islanders should continue to enjoy them freely without molestation by him, his heirs or officers. This charter has been renewed by successive sovereigns-reigns. As a generality it may be said that the Channel Islands are self-governing although as Charles Cruickshank writes in, 'The German Occupation of the Channel Islands", acts of the United Kingdom parliament can apply to them but only by express provision.

1504 Channel Islanders believed to be on the small Norman sailing vessels that were in the habit of visiting the coast of Newfoundland and adjacent waters from as early as 1504. (ENGLAND IN AMERICA, by Tyler, Vol. 4)

1507 "CHEVALIER, ANTOINE-RODOLPHK, a Realous Huguenot, born at Montchamps in 1507. When a youth he was compelled to fly into England for life. He completed his studies at Oxford, and being recommended to the Duke of Somerset, he was selected by him to teach the Princess (afterward Queen) Elizabeth the French language. Chevalier subsequently held the professorship of Hebrew at Cambridge, but resigned it in 1570 to return to France. He was again compelled to fly by the renewed per??ecution at the time of the Bartholomew ma??re, and he died in exile at Guernsey in 1572. He was a voluminous author on classical subjects. During his short residence abroad, he left his son Samuel at Geneva, for the purpose of being educated for the Church, under Theodore de Besa. On the revival of the persecutions in France, Samuel took refuge in England, and was appointed minister of the French church in London in 1591, and afterward of the Walloon church at Canterbury in 1595. Mr. Chevalier Cobbold, M.P., belongs to this family. Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1534 Jacques Cartier of France landed on the Gaspe coast of what is now Quebec. Marguerite Syvret in JERSEY SETTLEMENTS IN GASPE, suggests that among Cartiers’ crew were some Channel Islanders. Guillaume de Guernseze represented that Island, and perhaps from Jersey were those named Antoine, Fleury, Olliver, Le Breton and Colas.

1550 "Among the ministers of the church were Francois La Riviere and Richard Francois, appointed in 1550; Samuel le Chevalier (1591); Gilbert Primerose, also king's chaplain (1623); Pierre Dumoulin (1624); Ezekiel Marmet (1631); Charles Bertheau (1687); Jacques Saurin " Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1562 Channel Island fishermen noted on the Grand Banks, south of Newfoundland.

1565 "To all intents and purposes the family historian's interest in Sark will begin in 1563. In that year, the uninhabited Island was granted to the Seigneur of St Ouen (Jersey), Helier de Carteret, who had offered to take on the defence of the island, which was in danger of becoming occupied by the French. In 1565 Helier, his wife Margaret and a number of their St Ouen tenants, moved to Sark and began a settlement, bringing everything they needed with them. He was obliged to ensure that the Island would never again become depopulated and could be defended by at least forty men (a quarantine). He parcelled out leased land at a low rental, made large enough to support a family, on condition that a house was put up and the tenant provided one man, armed with a musket and ammunition, to defend the island if necessary. Helier reserved one sixth of Sark for himself and built his house (Le Manoir). To repay a debt to the Gosselin family of Guernsey, he let them have the second largest site on the Island (Beauregard) on condition they provided four men and paid a rent set at 50 shillings. Gosselin brought the Vaudin and Du Val families and subleased some of his land to them. The Tenants

Other parcels went to those who had accompanied Helier - their surnames were Le Cerf, Vibert, Chevalier, Le Brocq, Le Couteur, Rogier and Guille from St Ouen and Le Gros from St Lawrence. Later arrivals came from St Saviour and St John (Hamon and Hotton), the Alexandres came from St Peter, Le Masurier from Trinity and soon a few English folk with vital skills joined them - Smith, Dare, Brayer, Slowley and Roo. http://user.itl.net/~glen/sark.html

16th cent. "Jean Chevalier of Sark 16c" Angela mikrad@guernsey.net

1591 " Mr. Chevalier Cobbold is descended by the female side from Samuel le Chevalier, minister of the French church in London in 1591, one of whose descendants introduced the well-known Chevalier barley. Mr. Du Cane is descended from the same family to which the great admiral belonged. The first Du Cane or Du Quesne who fled into England for refuge settled at Canterbury, and afterward in London. The head of this family was an alderman of the city in 1666, and in the next century his grandson Richard sat for Colchester in Parliament, the present representative of the Du Canes being the member for North Essex."Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1600 "After the drowning of his half-brother [Sir Humphrey Gilbert] at the age of forty-eight, Sir Walter Raleigh obtained a grant of a large plantation in Newfoundland. According to the Jersey historian, A.C. Saunders, when Raleigh became governor of the Channel Island of Jersey in 1600 he induced the sailormen of Jersey to start fishing in and around St. John's, 'a territory over which he was Lord'." "The Oldest City", the story of St. John's by Paul O'Neill. Barbara Pederson

1600's In the 1600's the Governor of Cherbourg, France, was deploring the activity of the Islanders as privateers and noted their... "habit of encountering the dangers of the sea renders the natives very brave ... excellent marksmen ... always in a state of warfare, now against the customs house officers, now against the French commercial marine. A population of this character greatly enhances the natural strength of these 'Islands' The fact that they were among the very earliest settlers in the New World speaks volumes about their character. What did the Islanders leave when they signed the indentures and manifests and sailed away from the Islands? They left quiet little towns like St. Peter Port, St. Sampson, St. Helier and St. Aubin or they left ten acre farms or fishing villages like St. Clements in Jersey. Their homes? In Jersey buildings both in town and country are substantial and strong being made of stone ... In the Parish of St. John on a hill cal/called Mont Mado a rich quarry of excellent stone rising In great blocks, cut or shaped, like the Portland stone of England .. the Mont Mado stone for corners, doors and windows, the ragstone for filling up the walls... makes a handsome show .,.Rich merchants will have their's faced with Mont Mado or Chausey stone.-. of a fine grain ... a magnificence equal to a capital of a kingdom... Thatching which here is done with long, chosen wheat straw ... laid on...cut so smooth and even-.. :.At the work not only looks good but will resist a storm of wind better than / have observed common tiling to do in England... These Jersey houses with proper care will stand some of years and would much surpass the slighter buildings of other countries." (Richard Wamer) Although written several hundred years ago this is still true, and many Island homes of the 1600's are still in use today.

25 Aug. 1606 --deed of Philip Gavet of Marblehead. Witness Jean Jeanarin, Hen: Penny before Geo. Jaffreys, a justice of the Peace at Portsmouth, NH 25 Aug. 1696. The records of these transcripts preserved in Jersey were acknowledged "in presence of Clement Lempriere, Jean Jeanvrin testis Josue Milles testis Hen Penny," the surname Jeanvrin being probably the correct form for the name Jeanarin of the Boston records---*

*It is not an unreasonable conjecture that Jean Jeanvrin was a mariner from the Channel Islands, probably a master mariner, who was about to sail from Portsmouth, N.H. on his return voyage to Europe, and the two documents were entrusted to him for delivery to the officials in Jersey. http://www.nehgs.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=88&pg=256

1607 "Hello Allen, I was interested to see your message which caused me to look up my Chevallier ancestry as the name Temple struck a chord:-

A Clement Chevalier [0ne l] 1607-1687 married Susanne Temple of Stowe. There are various Stowes in England but I think that this is the one near Buckingham which is now a well known school. They had Temple Chevalier 1674-1722. He moved from Jersey to Suffolk in 1702 but had no family. He left his Suffolk estate to a nephew, Clement Benjamin, and the name Temple contnued for at least the next 5 generations. I was also inerested in your privateer and attach my list of Cheval[l]ier sea captains. If you can add to it I should be grateful I can elaborate on all this if it is of interest. " regards Allen Whitworth whitwort@guernsey.net

1608 Thomas Le Merchant, agent in Spain of James De Beauvoir, . . - later traded on his own account with Newfoundland, for on June 6, 1608, the Royal Court of Guernsey granted him permission to transport out of the Island, as provision for his ship--aux parties de Terre Neuve--ten thousand biscuits, provided that, should during the following summer, the harvest prove poor and the necessity of the island require it, he should supply 80 quarters of wheat, local measure, of good quality, to be sold to the Islanders at the current prive of 12 sous sterling per quarter.' (OLD TIME NEWFOUNDLAND, papers of H. W. Le Messurier, edited by C. R. Pay, 1955)

April 21, 1610 "V. André Collot, sgr. d'Escury et de Landauran, b. 21 Ap. 1610, at Vitré, Governor of St. Quintin in Brittany in 1650. Maintained his noblesse in 1666; fled from France at the Revolution, and d. at Nymeguen in Holland. He m. Dlle. Marguerite de la Primaudaye(D) in 1640. She d. 26 June 1649 at VitrO. By this marriage André Collot left eight children: (a) Henri, b. 25 Feb. 1641; (b) André, b. 18 Feb. 1642; (c) Daniel, who succeeds, VI; (d) Anne, b. 29 July 1644. Her godmother was Anne de la Primaudaye, Dame de la Motte. (e) Suzanne, b. 27 Sept. 1645. She abjured, but took refuge in Jersey, where she again abjured at St. Heliers, 27 March 1686. She was godmother to her niece, Anne Collot d'Escury, at Nymeguen, in 1688. (f) Simeon, b. 13 Jan. 1647, Lieut. in the Auvergne Regt., wounded at the battle of Sencftc, and d. soon afterwards; (g) Charlotte, b. 11 March 1648; (h) Marie, b. 11 March 1649, d. 23 Jan. 1653. (All at Vitré)" Huguenot Pedigrees, Vol. 2

April 15, 1620 "Few sessions of the States have been as stormy as that on 15 April 1620, when he was sworn in. There was uproar when he handed his Patent to the Governor instead of to the Bailiff, more uproar as to whether he should be allowed to wear his hat. Jurats spoke with their bats on, and Bandinel tried to do the same, but the Bailiff refused to hear him unless he spoke bare-headed. Two Rectors, Samuel de la Place of St Mary and Daniel Brevint of St John, rose and protested that they would never acknowledge him as Dean, 'that the word Dean was not in Scripture, and that they had signed another Discipline'.. When Bandinel presented a letter from the Council ordering the States to pay his expenses in England, this was the last straw. They replied: 'We think it hard to be called to bear the charges he was at for his preferment. We think we should not bear the charges of one not chosen by ourselves, nor liked, being a stranger'.

But he was sworn in, and began at once to enforce the Anglican system. When de la Place of St Mary 'uttered irreverent speeches against the Book of Common Prayer', Bandinel deprived him of his living and he went to Guernsey," where Presbyterianism survived for another 40 years. When no one could be found to take his place, the Dean himself took charge of St Mary in addition to his own parish of St Brelade. The new French prayer book met with passive resistance from clergy and people. When Brevint died 30 years later, Chevalier, himself a Church officer, wrote approvingly- 'Of all the ministers he was the most loyal to the Reformed religion. He accepted the Prayer Book most against his will. From the first he never used the responses, and set aside all ceremonies and vain repetitions!'." The rubric ordering the Communion to be received kneeling was everywhere ignored, even in the Dean's own churches. A quarter of a century later Heylin called Jerseymen, 'a strange and stubborn generation; and stiffer in the hams than an elephant; such as will neither bow the knee to the name of Jesus, nor kneel to Him in His Sacraments'." Balleine's History Of Jersey, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1624 "The number of inhabitants was estimated by de Carteret at about 25,000 and these fell into clearly defined groups. At the top of the tree stood the Seigneurs, the squirarchy; their number varied from time to time as fiefs were amalgamated by marriage or divided, but it ranged from about 100 to 130, many of the fiefs being very small indeed, though the holders endeavoured to keep up the dignity of their fiefs by holding their individual courts, at which substantial justice was meted out. To these seigneurs must be added their relations; and seigneurial families, like others, were large: Sir Philippe himself had nine brothers and sisters and 11 children; so with aunts and cousins, this group may have numbered about two thousand. There were subtle distinctions among them and childish disputes about precedence. One fief differed from another in -glory, and the Seigneur of Saval was not equal to the Seigneur of Samarés. In 1624 the Seigneur of Diélament preferred to go to prison rather than sit on the bench of jurats below the Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas; this may have been because the former owed Suite de Cour and the latter did not. But as a class these seigneurs stood apart from the rest of the populace; they were addressed by the names of their fiefs: Monsieur de Méléches, Monsieur de la Trinité and so on, and were spoken of as the noblesse, for in Jersey, as in France, nobility began with the écuyer (esquire), not as in England with the baron. The seigneurs were well-to-do men, swaggering about in smart clothes, with broad lace collars and rapiers at their sides. A bundle of tradesmen's bills helps us to picture Elie Dumaresq of La Haule in an olive-green suit trimmed with satin ribbons, gold-fringed gloves and sky-blue stockings." When the Seigneur of Trinity died there was a family brawl about his pearl collars, gold chain and silver-hilted sword and about whether the heir who received the clothes was entitled to the gold buttons. Balleine's History Of Jersey, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1638 "Lowgie, or Lougee, John, came at the age of 16, in the Confidence of London, from Southampton 1638, with Grace, perhaps his sis. as serv. of John Stephens of Caversham, Oxfordsh. This name is preserv. in N. H. but the tradit. of the fam. derives t from a John, wh. came from the Isle of Jersey, seventy yrs. later. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1634 "Marie Chevalier of La Rondellerie, Sark married Robert Slowly l16c (he died 1634). children Susanne, Philippe, Judith" ref. Guernsey People by James Marr, Angela mikrad@guernsey.net

1643 " The chronicle which forms the basis of the present work is entitled, " JOURNAL ET RECUEIL DE CHOSES REMARQUABLES EN L'ISLE DE JERSEY, ARRIVÉS PENDANT LES GUERRES CIVILES SOUS LE REGNES DES ROIS, CHARLES PREMIER, ET CHARLES SECOND." It is written in French, sufficiently pure to indicate that its author was neither uneducated nor illiterate, and it records the most remarkable events of every month, from the commencement of 1643 to the middle of February 1650. "John Chevalier," says Durell, " Was a plain good man, and a moderate royalist, Who lived at the period of which he treats;" he was avowedly an eye-witness---sometimes an official actor in the scenes which he describes. The journal, moreover, is considered by local historians as a sort of semi-official authority, from its containing various documents copied by Chevalier from missing registers, namely, the 2d volume of " the book of the States," and another volume in which the proceedings of the Royal Commissioners were inscribed in 1645. Wherever Chevalier's transcripts can be collated with originals still in existence, they are found to be so scrupulously exact, that his accuracy in other respects is fully admitted. The Rev. E. Durell, in a note appended to some of these copies, says : " Monsr. Chevalier a copié cette pièce, et I'acte des Etats du 5c Septembre 1605, mot à mot, sur le Premier des Etats. D'après cet exemple il est à presumer que les autres pièces insérèes dans le cours de son Recueil, et qui ont été tirées du deuxieme Livre des Etats, qui a été perdu, ont été copiées avec la même exactitude." Charles II IN The Channel Isle, Dr. Hoskins Vol.1 DA446 H82 NEHGS

Oct. 21,1643 "We frequently find in Chevalier references to two Captains Bowden and Baudains and although Sir George was head of the Royalist party in Jersey yet his Captains appear to have had such roving commissions that they did what pleased them without reference to any united actions, Bowden happened to be in Guernsey on the 21st October, 1643 when he invited the Parliamentary Commissioners on board his vessel the " George " to discuss the affairs of the Island. Once on board Bowden seized the opportunity of making them prisoners and handing these unfortunate men over to the Governor of Cornet Castle who promptly put then into one of the dungeons of the Castle. Later on they were imprisoned in a room above with a window, and having obtained some rope they let themselves down on to the rocks below and eventually managed to get back to their Parliamentarian friends who were then attending service in the Town Church.

Captain Baudains in his frigate of 24 guns arrived in Jersey with a prize which he had captured off the Isle of Wight loaded with oranges, lemons, &c. and hearing that an English convoy was leaving St. Malo, consisting of a 24 gun ship and three or four armed barques, he decided to try and capture the convoy. Captain George Bowden agreed to help him, and during the month of August 1645 they sailed from Jersey and met the English convoy, but .... " Page 154,155, JERSEY IN THE I8TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. Jersey Chamber of Commerce DA 670, .J5S3

1645 "Labey for the ship called the " Fox," being a row boat, lug-sail rigged, carrying two swivel guns and 20 men. This vessel was supposed to carry 9 tons and by the Letter of Marque, Labey was authorized to attack, seize and take any place or fortress on the land or any ship or vessel, ammunition, arms, stores of war, merchandise belonging to or possessed by any of His Majesty's enemies.

We can imagine how the " Fox" would cruise about the opposite coast of France on the look-out for any: vessel making for the Ports of St.-Malo and Granville for we know that in those days most goods were carried by ship along the Coast of France as the roads especially in Brittany were impossible for heavy traffic. Young in his delightful book of travels in France in the decade of the eighteenth century, graphically describes condition of the people, villages, and roads in the N. W. comer of France where, apart from the larger towns, civilized existence was only to be found around the ChAteau of the Seigneurs who visited their country seats only when they wanted to save money to spend.later on in Court circles.

Unfortunately there is no trace of any great deed done by the twenty men with their two swivel guns crowded as they must have been in their small 9 ton boat but, they certainly deserved a very successful cruise to make make up for the discomforts they must have had to put up with. Jerseymen are fortunate in having in their midst part of the seventeenth century a diarist like Chevalier. He was a Pepys his way and he details in his diary all the news he was able to obtain; and we are thereby able to get an idea of the condition of those days. His French is somewhat difficult to read and some of his spelling would make any Welshman shudder For instance he describes the actions of the Earl of Warwick and this Parliamentary General would probably not have recognized his name if he had seen it as spelt by Chevalier "Wouarreuoico " and as Warwick is spelt so are many other words and one has to arrive at speedy conclusions reading by a hasty reading of his diary in order to get the pith of what he has to say. But the diarist gives us a very graphic picture of the state of affairs during the time that "Sire Gorge" was Governor of the Island and we have some records of the deeds of his merry men who ventured out to sea in small boats and made war on the shipping under the protection of the Parliamentarian Government.

For Jersey during the latter years of the reign of Charles I . and the early years of the Commonwealth proved to be a very irritable thorn in the life of British Shipping. Until the surrender of Elizabeth Castle, Sir George Carteret, then Governor of Jersey, sent out his vessels, manned by as many men and guns as he could spare, to capture any British Vessel they could seize by force or stratagem. Any provisions and stores so captured went to provision the Island of Jersey and the Royalists defending Castle Comet in Guernsey. At that time Jersey and Guernsey joined opposite parties-Jersey remaining faithful to the Crown whilst Guernsey-except for Castle Cornet, joining the Parliamentarians. If "Sire Gorge" fitted out his privateers so did the Guernseymen fit out theirs and the Guernseymen were quite as ready as the Jerseymen to take advantage of any possibility of piracy which might come their way. So in 1645 we hear of a Guernsey vessel lying in wait and capturing a French vessel on her way from St. Malo to Jersey with a cargo of wine. The vessel was taken to Guernsey, Condemned as a prize, the cargo discharged, and, as Guernsey was not at war with France, the vessel was allowed to return to france minus her cargo. Page 152,153, JERSEY IN THE I8TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. Jersey Chamber of Commerce DA 670, .J5S3

July 14,1645 later on Guernseymen captured another vesel bound for Jersey loaded with hides and a general cargo. This was too much for Sir George who resented the unfriendly action of his neighbours so he manned his galley with 30 picked men and went cruising along the coast of Guernsey and Sark. The Guemseymen saw the two pataches in port at the time, and chased the Govemor's galley , but the Jersey vessel was a better sailer and so Sir George's galley returned to Jersey " batant le tembour et sonnant la trompette."

Shortly afterwards the galley set sail again accompanied by two pataches under the command of Captain Joseph conveying two boats loaded with provisions for Castle Cornet, but as the sea was rough they were unable to reach Castle-Cornet so the vessels separated and one returned to Jersey and the other crossed over to France and sold her stores there before returning home. Two of the pataches headed for the English Coast where they captured five prizes from the Parliamentarian party.. One of the prizes was a vessel of 120 tons loaded with coal from Newcastle. Later on a patache took three vessels loaded with mercerie destined for the Fair at Southampton.

 It does not follow that all the people in the Island approved of the piratical tendencies of Sir George's supporters. His power over his sea captains was very slight, who seemed to do more or less as they liked and recognised his authority simply as a cover for self seeking war against their own countrymen. Many of his Captains were simply free lances of the sea and when they could not obtain the necessary commission or letter of Marque from Sir George, as representing the King, they were quite willing to sail under other flags.

 Mr. La Cloche, the Rector of St. Ouens, was one of those who disapproved of waging a war against the mariners of their own, country and openly stated that by the actions of Sir George, Jersey was becoming a regular Dunkirque. Now about this time Dunkirque had quite an evil reputation, and her corsairs were feared by all vessels sailing in the English Channel and what with Dunkirque and Jersey the owners of English vessels refused to allow their vessels to sail in the English Channel unless they were properly convoyed. But these were not the days of free criticism so on the 14th July 1645 Mr. La Cloche found himself in prison and was given time to realize the dangers of criticising the actions of a Governor of Jersey. Page 154,155, JERSEY IN THE I8TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. Jersey Chamber of Commerce DA 670, .J5S3

Jan. 1647 "In January 1647 the war in England seemed to be over. The King was a prisoner, and Parliament had time to attend to outlying pockets of Royalists like the Isle of Wight and Jersey. Carteret knew that an attack was coming and that there was likely to be a rising in the Island to welcome it. Chevalier, himself a Royalist, confesses again and again that, though Cornish and Irish mercenaries held both castles for the King, most of his fellow islanders were on the other side; official documents confirm this. When Lydcot fled, the King's proclamation admitted that 'Parliament hath seduced the majority of the people from their obedience'; the States under Carteret spoke of 'the rebellion committed by the greater part of the inhabitants" and now Chevalier wrote, 'Sir George knew well that if the enemy landed, most of the people would join hands with them'.

In January Hyde still felt safe. 'There be many fugitives in London, who pretend great power, but they can do nothing. The common people can do no part without the help of the army'. But by March things looked more serious. Hardress Waller had been given 3,000 men and 20 ships. Hyde began to grow anxious: "We are threatened with the whole power of those who have taken all the King's other dominions': on 3 April he made his will, 'being in a place threatened to be assaulted, and having reason to expect to be called out of this worldl".

But at Westminster the invasion plans were not going smoothly, for the refugees, like their fellow Roundheads, were split into two factions, Lempriére, Dumaresq and the main body were working with the Independents, and on 1 May they nominated Rainsborough to command the expedition. This was a good choice; theologically and politically he was an extremist, an Independent and a red-hot Republican, but as a soldier he always got things done. 'You talk of difficulties', he once told the Commons, 'but if you fear difficulties, why was the war begun?' On the 12th the Commons reported that 'all things necessary for reducing Jersey are ready to be embarked', and waited merely for the Lords to confirm Rainsborough's commission.

But another group of refugees, led by old Samuel de La Place, whom Bandinel had ejected from St Mary, and the rampageous Pierre d'Assigny, late Rector of St Helier, all true-blue Presbyterians, bombarded the Lords with petitions protesting that 'if Parliament send to Jersey independent forces, they shall spoil the isle by their tubpreaching and overthrow true religion'. They urged the Lords to revert to their choice of Colonel Aldridge as Commander, 'who hath declared himself a Presbyterian, and speaketh French, a thing absolutely necessary' This group delayed the expedition until a sudden unheaval in England made its sailing impossible. Now that the war seemed over, Parliament tried to disband the Army, but the Army refused to be disbanded. Rainsborough's men joined the mutiny and he threw in his lot with them. In June the soldiers seized the King, taking him out of the custody of Parliament; in August they marched on London, and Rainsborough's troops occupied Southwark. Amid all this excitement, not surprisingly, Jersey was forgotten. To Chevalier it seemed a miracle: 'God brake their plans and saved us', was his comment. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 129, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1647 "farmers were busy with ploughing and reaping, making black butter' and cider. Every spring the fishing fleet still sailed for Newfoundland, though now every captain had to pay a pistole (nearly £l and every seaman a piece-of-eight (about 22p) in lieu of militia duty. The war hit the stocking trade badly, as no wool could be obtained from England, and when knitters began to use large needles to eke out the local supplies, France refused to buy the goods. The States tried to revive the manufacture of linen 'which had once been a great boon to the island', so every farm was ordered to grow at least ten perch of flax, the quality of which "was considered superior to that grown in France.' Strenuous efforts were made to solve the pauper problem; Rectors were forbidden to marry 'persons of the lower orders' until they had proved that they could support a family. Carteret presented a house in town, to be used as une Maison de Correction where all who begged without a licence from their Constable, or refused to work for a reasonable wage, all able-bodied men found knitting and all habitual drunkards would be confined on bread and water. But the beggars remained a scandal and a public nuisance, and although the States accepted Carteret's gift, they were less enthusiastic when asked to contribute to its maintenance, and according to Chevalier 'received the idea so coldly' that the scheme was eventually dropped. In 1647 the old Court House in town was pulled down. It was a low, thatched, barn-like building, 'not much to look at', according to Chevalier, and was replaced by a solid granite structure. On the front of it were placed the arms of the King, of the Governor Lord Jermyn, and of Sir George himself, as Lieutenant-Governor and Bailiff. Masons were brought over from St Malo to do the carving." Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 130, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1648 "The war against witches continued, but there was no panic persecution, for each witch was given a fair trial. First the Constable and six sermentés (sworn witnesses) had to be convinced of her guilt, and then the Crown officers had to agree to prosecute. The accused had unlimited right to challenge unfriendly jurors, and five votes out of 24 were enough to secure acquittal. Of seven witch trials in 1648, two of the accused were banished, two were discharged with a warning, one was flogged, only two were executed. Marie Esnouf, grand-daughter of a former Rector of St John, was accused of 'having by diabolic spells caused many human beings to die, and others to fall into a decline, and also much cattle'. She strenuously denied her guilt, but more than sixty witnesses appeared against her. At her execution in the Market Place, 'no such crowd had been seen since the Prince came to Jersey; men, women, lads and girls, thronged the churchyard walls and the slopes of the Town Hill'. A fortnight later Marie Grandin paid the same penalty. 'She was accused', says Chevalier, 'of atrocious acts, and from seventy to eighty witnesses gave evidence against her. The "Devil's Mark" was found on her head'. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 130, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

Summer 1648 "That summer Carteret made plans for the invasion of Guernsey. He collected troops and transport, but the scheme broke down through the jealousy of Sir Baldwin Wake, the new Governor of Castle Cornet; yet again Carteret had met a difficult colleague, who feared that Sir George might take Guernsey under his rule. 'He told Sir George', wrote Chevalier, 'that he needed no help from Jersey, and that if he entered Castle Cornet, he must first give up his sword, and he would not be allowed to bring more than 6 men with him'. So Carteret decided to use force for the reduction of Sark, but 'the floodgates of heaven opened, and Aeolus blew, and Neptune foamed with such angry waves', that this plan too was abandoned.

In December the King was removed to Hurst Castle, which stands in the Solent at the end of a long spit of shingle. Carteret now resolved to make another attempt at rescue. Falle wrote, 'The thing, though hazardous, was not thought absolutely impossible, for, as all ships going to Southampton pass close to this castle, it was presumed that four or five vessels of this island "-with a sufficient number of chosen hands concealed under hatches might come so near without creating jealousy as to give opportunity to the men to sally forth suddenly and scale the walls'. But before the ships were ready, Charles had been hurried to Windsor, to Westminster and to the block.

On 7 February Captain Skinner brought the news to Jersey, and on 9 February Sir John Poulet, or to quote Chevalier 'collonnel paullet with another english gentleman' told that the King had been beheaded. Sir George could not bring himself to believe such shocking news, until on the 16th it was confirmed by a letter from the Prince's secretary. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 131, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

Nov. 23, 1648 "Book: Folio 14: 407 - dated 23.11.1648 Jeanne Sohier wife of Elie Poingdestre sells her inheritance to Jacques Le Sueur - again no Parish is mentioned and no father's name given. 14: 407 - did have time to look at this one. Elie Poingdestre acquires a rente from Thomas Chevallier. Results of a Land Registry search for Elie Poingdestre" Alex Glendinning <glen@itl.net>

1649 "Of the Jersey houses which claim to have received the King as a guest, Vinchelez de Bas Manor used to show some gloves that the King was said to have left behind, Vinchelez de Haut treasured a gold-headed walking-stick, while Hamptonne pointed with pride to the bedstead in which he had slept. But Chevalier's testimony is clear proof that this was not so:" 'If any of the island gentry invited the Duke to their house, neither he nor the King ever accepted the invitation, but the Lords of the court used to accept, and the King counted this as a compliment paid to himself'. The story of a visit from a Lord, or of one actually staying in the house, could so easily, as retold over the years' have been translated into a visit from the King in person.

Yet the King's easy-going amiability made him popular. He stood as godfather to Carteret's baby and gave her the name Caroline, which, as Chevalier explains, is 'feminine for Charles'. Laurens Hamptonne was granted leave to rebuild a dovecot, thus raising his house to the rank of a manor. When George Dumaresq," a Parliamentary exile, disgusted at the King's execution, returned to make his peace, Sir George demanded 1,000 crowns for his pardon, but the King granted it for nothing. When Jean Syvret was condemned to death for striking his father, the King pardoned him. When the mad little Doctor of Divinity was turned out of the Town Church for making faces at the people and avenged himself by throwing stones through the window, one of which nearly hit the King on the head, Charles merely gave him a suit of new clothes and sent him back to France. His clemency probably earned him more loyalty than money could have done, and it was all that he had to give.

Elizabeth Castle now began to see a strange ceremony. One of the most interesting forms of faith-healing was the touching for the King's Evil. Both France and England firmly believed that a King's touch could heal scrofula, and the practice was continuous in England from the time of Henry II to Queen Anne; but under Charles II it became no occasional act of mercy, but a political weapon to magnify the sanctity of kingship. After the Restoration the weekly touchings in the Banqueting Hall were one of the sights of London. Ninety thousand sufferers are said to have been touched. In that free-thinking age some of these cures must have been genuine or the practice would surely have been laughed out of court. Jersey saw the King's first experiment as a healer, and it may be noted that such a ceremony had not been suggested on his first visit as a Prince of Wales, but only now that he was an acknowledged, though not sanctified, king. On 4 December, 11 persons came to the castle chapel, and they were certified by doctors as being scrofulous. The King touched them on the breast as they knelt, saying, 'May God heal thee'. 'And all were cured', says Chevalier. The rite was repeated in January and twice in February, and altogether 24 people were said to have been restored to health. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 133, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1650 By this time there were a number of ships, manned by Channel Islanders that sailed between the Channel Islands, Newfoundland and New England. Marblehead, Mass. was their largest settlement in the American Colonies- Many of the Islanders by this time may have settled in small coves around southern and eastern Newfoundland.

Mid 17th cent. 26 CHARLES THE SECOND

".......inhabitants. Among the refugees* were many zealous and enlightened ministers who inculcated the doctrines of "the religion" in eloquent, persuasive discourses, which, being understood ,and appreciated by the islanders, touched their hearts. Henceforth the formal vapid homilies of the parochial clergy-most of them foreigners, converted monks and priests-became intolerable to .....

* Il y en a eu quy ont resté les uns plus longuement que les autres mais à leur liberté tout le tems qu'ils y ont esté guardez et protégez en toute sureté de danger; les noms desquels pour la plupart ensuivent, et en spécial de ceux qui durant le temps des troubles et persécutions se sont retirez enladite isle de Jersey, tant ministres que d'autres.

Les Ministres- Messrs. De La Ripáudière, Du Val, Dangy, Pierre Henice, Des Travaux, Pinçon, Bonespoir, Des Serfs, Parent, De Froiderue, Du Perron, De Chautmont, De Halleville, Moulinos, Vincent du Val, Gerin, Des Moulins, Cosmes Brevin, Olivier Mesnier, Marin Chestes, Martin, Pierre Baptiste, Nicolas Maret, Thomas Johanne, Toussaint le Bouvier, Thomas Bertram, Julien Dolbel, Laurens Machon, Josué Bonhomme, Edouard Herault ; Nicolas Baudoin, Ministre tant de St. Pierre Port, en L'isle de Guernezey, qu'aussy que de Ste Marie, en L'isle de Jersey. Mr. Monange, a esté Minstre de St. Pierre Port, en L'isle de Guernezey, qu'aussy de Saint Hélier, en L'isle de Jersey. Messrs. Berry, Nicolas le Duc, Bouillon, G. Riche, Maturin Laignaux, G. Alix, Jacques Girard, Le Churel, G. Treffroy, Jean Girard, Mr. Arthur Walke, Ministre du Chasteau de Mont Orgueil, en L'isle de Jersey. Mr. Percival Wybone, Ministre du Chasteau Cornet, en L'isle de Guernezey.

S'ensuit les noms des Seigneurs et autres gentilshommes de France quy se sont retirez tant en L'isle de Jersey, que en L'isle de Guernezey durant les temps des troubles et persécutions en France et ailleurs.

Monsr. le Comte de Montgomery, et madme la Comtesse, sa femme. Mr. de Liage, et Madame sa femme. Mr. de Caslitton, et Madame sa femme. Mr. de Montmorial, et Madame sa femme. Mr. le Commandeur de l'ordre de Malte. Mr. Le Baron de Coulosse. Madame de Laval et son maître d'hotel, et tout son train. Madame, femme du Cardinal (?) Castillon. Messrs. Daigneux, Des Colombiers, Bisson, De Moyneville, De Montforsey, De Granville, De La Branche et sa femme; Mr. de St. Voist, Mr. Des Granges, et plusieurs autres gentils-hommes et gens de bien, desquels les noms ne sont point icy.-Chroniques des Isles de Jersey, Guernsey, Auregny, et Serck. Charles II In The Channel Isle, DR. Hoskins, Vol 1 , Page 26, DA446, H82 NEHGS

1651 "Jersey now became notorious as a nest of pirates, yet few, if any, of these were Jerseymen; for Carteret's privateers were rapscallions of all nations. Of his captains, Skinner, Bowden and Jelf were English, Vandersil, Marrtens and Van Diemen were Dutch, Gernet, Brue and Baudoin French, Hilt and Dessouard Ostenders. Chevalier tells how a Flemish boat put into jersey to buy Letters of Marque which would enable it to prey on English shipping and how Carteret even sold Letters of Marque to the French Governor of Brest. Yet Jersey was blamed for all their misdeeds. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 133, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1654 Jean Chevallier of St. Helier married Marguerite Godfray of St. Clement, November 26, 1654 in St. Helier. They had a daughter, Marguerite, b. 1662 who married Michel Poingdestre about 1685. They had 6 children Alex posted them all to the list recently so I would imagine you have all this. Source: Alex Glendinning from the newsgroup which you probably already have. Daryla Cuthbertson cuthbert@uniserve.com

1659 "John KNIGHT, formerly John CHEVALIER, born 1659 in Jersey, married Bridget Sloper, daughter of Richard Sloper, in Portsmouth, NH in 1684. John may have been the same person as John CHEVALIER of Martinique , West Indies. He was taxed in Portsmouth, NH as a merchant in 1681. and owned much property in Portsmouth and Newington, NH. He died in Newington in 1721. Bridget died about 1740. [The author cites a Knight family history in "The History of Windham, NH", by Leonard Morrison] " The Quiet Adventurers in North America". Les Guille slguille@erols.com

Aug. 30, 1659" John (Chevalier), Jerseyman, b. 30 Aug. 1659 (gr. st.), m. 29 Mar. 1684 in Portsmouth Bridget Sloper (Richard). (It is worth noting that a John Chevalier from the Island of Jersey, mariner, of the Isles of Shoals and Boston, d. in Boston bef. 12 June 1686 when Abraham Gourdon, mariner, was named adm.) Taxed in Portsm. 1681; Gr. j. 1684. Lists 52, 57, 62, 329, 332a. Merchant and owner of much property in Portsm., he bought land in Newington, incl. ownership of the Hilton Point-Kittery ferry, from Bickford, Downing and Trickey from 1702 to 1707, and there d. 11 May 1721. Will 29 Nov. 1720–7 June 1721. Her son Capt. John Knight was app. adm. of Bridget Knight's est. 30 July 1740. Ch: John, b. 29 Jan. 1684-5. Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687, m. 1st 12 Sept. 1706 John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey, whose est. she adm. in 1720; 2d 10 Oct. 1720 Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington; d. bef. Dec. 1760. Her ch. John and Mary Janvrin were ment. in their gr. fa.'s will. William Knight, sole exec. of his fa.'s will, m. 29 Nov. 1722 in No. Ch. Deborah Penhallow, who adm. his est. on his death, 16 Nov. 1730, ag. 37. In 1737 his heirs were sons William and Temple and dau. Deborah (m. Henry Carter, merchant, of Gosport). Mary, given [p.404] a house formerly Edward Polley's by her fa., m. Capt. John Cox, Boston merchant and vestryman of King's Chapel, whose est. she adm. in 1733. 2 daus. Temple Knight, mariner, taxed in Portsm. 1722 and 1724, d. s. p., adm. being gr. 29 Apr. 1741 to his bro. Capt. John Knight." Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 404

1659 "JEAN CHEVALIER (anglicized to JOHN KNIGHT) was b. 1659 at an unknown location - possibly Jersey. He was an Huguenot refugee - and the National Huguenot Society agrees with this. He married Bridget Sloper of Portsmouth NH, dau. of Lt. Richard Sloper and Mary Sherburne. Their daughter, Elizabeth Knight ( Elise Chevalier), married Capt. JEAN JANVRIN (John Knight's friend). Born in 1671, Jean Janvrin was captain of his ship "The Four Friends" when he settled in Portsmouth. He was born in Jersey and the s/o Jacques Janvrin and Marie Le Coutour, grandson of Jacques Janvrin and Thomasse le Lecq, great grandson of Nicolle Janvrin and Georgette Le Court and gg grandson of Valpy dit Janvrin of Jersey. He came to Portsmouth in 1695, apparently having made many voyages to New England. Should any of this ring bells with you, I would appreciate any leads you might have as to how I might trace this JEAN CHEVALIER. Thank you for your patience, Janvrin Newsome jnewsom7@airmail.net

Sept. 1666 Dr Gilbert Millington died in Mont Orgueilthere before September 1666 and was buried in 'common ground';

Oct.11,1666 "After the Restoration Mont Orgueil remained an important State prison. Five of the late King's judges, who escaped the hangman's rope, were immured there for life: Sir Hardress Waller, who 15 years before had been chosen to recapture Jersey, was reported as being 'desperately ill' on 11 October 1666 Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1666 "Hi, As to the Pickerings, I know very little. I have a John Pickering, b 1666. Mary, his dau. married Ambrose Sloper. I assume (scary thing in this business) this is the same Sloper family that John Chevalier married, but I cannot be certain. I also have a Thomas Pickering who married a Mary Janvrin in 1743 (NH I guess). Have no idea where the Pickerings originated.Don't know if what I have is a "real" citation or not, but here goes: "Quiet Adventurers in North America" by Turk, published 1983 except for parenthesis, this is a direct quote from KNIGHT, John formerly John CHEVALIER:

A2. Elizabeth b. 1687 mar John JANVRIN of J (Jersey), whose estate she admin . in 1720. She mar 2. Rev. Joseph Adams, 1689-1783, son of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams, uncle of President John Adams. Rev. Joseph mar. 2. Elizabeth Brackett of Greenland, NH. See record of Elizabeth's (sic) JANVRIN chn under JANVRIN. " Genealogy Dictionary of Maine and NH" by Noyes partial quote of JOHN Chevalier listing:

Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687 ......

I also found a handwritten genealogy of John Knight in the library of the NH Historical Soc. in Concord. The genealogy was done by the wife of a NH governor who was really into this stuff. Don't know her name or if she was considered reliable. I sensed that she was really good from the librarian, but this is just a subjective conclusion on my part. I returned from a jaunt to the NH seacoast in early June. To my delight, I saw the house that Elizabeth and Joseph Adams lived in. It is still owned and lived in my descendants of the Adams family. It is right across from the fire station and in good condition. In the Newington library is also some stuff which I did not have a chance to see. Should you be anywhere nearby, Newington, NH is just north of Portsmouth. Also, the Congregationalist Church in which he preached is still used. Bet there was a lot of fire and brimstone there. There is a brass plaque to Elizabeth there.

. I do know that John Knight (Chevalier) is "said" to be the same man who was a refugee (from Jersey) to Martinique. (The story that I was told is that there was a bounty on his head.) This "allegation" has been repeated several times - none of which are followed up with documentation. Either he was a very shadowy and crafty guy or the tales are a bunch of hot air. Perhaps John and James were confused over the years. Possibly they are related by blood and pirate craft. In all likelihood, there was a shadow figure named Jean Chevalier in Martinique and we shall never know if he was John Knight of Portsmouth. Of mild interest is that John Knight is said to have fought in the religious wars in Europe as a Huguenot and to have fought in the French & Indian War. If so, he certainly did a lot of fighting. >From a rational standpoint, he is probably a better figure for a novel than a study for genealogy. From an intuitional standpoint, where there is smoke there may be fire. Jan Newsome jnewsom7@airmail.net

1667 This year was formed the Hudson's Bay Company, in London, England. One of the founders and directors was Sir George Carteret of Jersey, "the guiding mind in the beginning of the enterprise. " (THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF THE HUDSON'S BY COMPANY, by George Bryce, London, 1-900)

Feb.9, 1667 Hardress Waller died at Mont Orgueil on 9 February 1667; Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

Aug. 27, 1667 "English, or Encles, Clement, Salem, m. 27 Aug. 1667, Mary, d. of Richard Waters, had Mary, b. 18 Feb. 1669; Eliz. 19 Feb. 1671; Joseph, 12 Mar. 1673; Benjamin, 19 Oct. 1676; Abigail, 6 Dec. 1680, d. at 17 yrs.; and Clement, posthum. 7 Mar. 1683. he f. d. 23 Dec. bef. JAMES, Boston, m. 7 Jan. 1658, perhaps as sec. w. Joanna, d. of John Farnum, wh. was not 14 yrs. old. We kn. too little of him to affirm or deny that he was d. 14 Mar. 1698; freem. 1691; or that he may be the man in last parag. MAUDET, Boston, by w. Jane had [p.124] Hannah, b. 2 Mar. 1639, bapt. 6 Sept. 1640, had join. the ch. one day bef.; Mary, Nov. 1644. Sometimes his name is Maded Inglyss, or Engles; and in Geneal. Reg. V. 398, 468, was transmut. to Jugs. His will of Nov. 1684 is sign. Madett Engs. That doc. makes excor. his s. Samuel, names d.-in-law Mary, and gr.ch. Madet, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Mary. Perhaps that d.-in-law Mary, was the wid. Engs, wh. m. 14 Dec. 1688, Joshua Lee. * PHILIP, Salem, s. of John of the Isle of Jersey,there bapt. 30 June 1651, a merch. m. 1675, Mary, d. of Richard Hollingworth, suffer. very much in the blind ferocity against witcheraft. His w. was the greater sufferer, and liv. very few yrs. after escape. This was manag. with equal skill and firmness by Rev. Joshua Moodey, then min. with Willard, at the O. S. ch. in Boston." Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

Feb. 1668 Henry Smith died at Elizabeth Castle sometime after February 1668. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

 "role des habitants de Saint Christophe" embraces some twelve hundred names. Among them are the following which re-appear among the Huguenot families in America: Jacques Allaire, Jean Baton, Elie Baudry, Elie Bonrepos, Francois Bellereau, Antoine Bocquet, Jean Boyer, Francois Bourdeaux, Pierre Bureau, Jean Buretel, Isaac Caillaud, Jean and Pierre Campion, Ayme [Ami] Canche, Charles Carrelet, Pierre Chevalier, Jean David, Francois Deschamps, Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

Dec. 2, 1669 "Voden, Voeden, Vorden or Vouden, John, Salem, came from the Isle of Jersey, m. 2 Dec. 1669, a Waters, perhaps d. of Richard (but so perversely spell. is the bapt. name in the rec. Mr. Felt transcrib. for me, that I dare not present it, and ventur only to suggest, that it is impossib.) had Mary, b. 14 Nov. 1672, wh. d. young; John, 5 Feb. 1674; and Eliz. 10 July 1675, wh. m. Benjamin Jones of Swanzey. MOSES, Salem, br. of the preced. b. in Jersey in the Eng. chan. m. 1 Mar. 1674, [p.376] Mary Ormes eldest d. of John, had Mary, b. 6 Apr. 1677, wh. m. Richard Palmer; and Eliz. 9 July 1679, wh. m. John Preston or Presson, as was sw. 24 Oct. 1716, by three witness. at S. his neighbors and d. 28 Mar. 1681, leav. wid. Mary. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1671 "Among the inhabitants of Guadeloupe in 1671, we recognize the following American names: Jean and Pierre Allaire, Thomas Colin, Michel Cotonneau, Elie Coudret, Jean Dalle, Delanoe, Jean Gombault, Paul Guionneau, Elie Gosselin, Jean Hamel, Abraham Hulin, Francois Le Blond, Jean Lespinard, Jean Le Comte, Jamain, Edouard Machet, Thomas and Vincent Mahau, Jacques Potel, Daniel Roberdeau. Among the inhabitants of Martinique in 1671 were Antoine Bonneau, Jean and Thomas Chevalier" Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

Dec. 6,1671 'General Robert Overton, though not a regicide, was too sturdy a Republican to be left at liberty, and he returned to the cell from which Cromwell's death had released him. He was sent back to England and died on 6 December 1671." There were others too, whom the Council thought dangerous, including Colonel Edward Salmon, accused of treason, and Colonel Corbett. Colonel John Lambert was closely confined in Castle Cornet for eight years. In many cases the Dictionary of National Biography gives the year of imprisonment in Jersey adding 'date of death unknown'. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

Aug. 21, 1672 "Major, George, Newbury, from Isle of Jersey, says Coffin, took w. Susanna 21 Aug. 1672, had Hannah, b. 18 May 1673; and George, 20 Nov. 1676. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1674 "The first Temple Chevalier was born in St Helier in 1674, the son of Clement Chevalier and Susanne Temple his 2nd wife m. (St H) 1671. Also his cousin Clement Chevalier m. Marie Dumaresq and had 12 children, two were named Temple." Alex Glendinning glen@itl.net

 Sept. 27, 1675 " MORRALL, PETER, Salem, m. 27 Sept. 1675, Mary Butler, both were from Isle of Jersey. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1677 "Augustine, John, Reading 1677, had come from the Isle of Jersey, and had serv. in the comp. of Turner in the latter part of Philip's war, and in that yr. by deed on our rec. sold to John Brock of the same place all the goods and chat. ho. and lds left to him by f. and mo. He m. 10 Jan. 1678, Eliz. d. of John Brown of Watertown, as Bond, 145, tells; and in 1680 took a gr. of ld. at Falmouth from Presid. Danforth, and bot. more; but on destr. by the Ind. and French, 1690, he rem. to Lynn, but [p.80]went back to F. 1719. He left wid. Eliz. and ch. Samuel, John, Ebenezer, Thomas, David, Sarah, and Abigail, of wh. descend. are found in the vicin. to this day. Gradual change occurs in his name to Gustan, or Gustin, and is justif. by his own writ. but the wild perversity of a scrivener had pleasure in turning him into Augustine John. See Suff. Deeds, X. 131, and Willis, I. 161, 210. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1677. Philippe Valpy dit Janvrin. Born in St. Brelade, Jersey, the third son of Jacques Valpy dit   Janvrin and Marie Le Couteur. c.1700 Engaged in trading with Newfoundland and in New England where his   brother, John Janvrin, was a settler of some prominence (1707) in   Dover, New Hampshire. (John married Elizabeth Knight) 1710 (Sept). Married Elizabeth, the daughter of Philippe Orange of   St. Brelade, Jersey. (Ship Owner and Gaspé trader) 1721. Returning to Jersey, as Master of the “Esther” in September of this   year Philippe Janvrin was obliged to spend a quarantine period   off-shore - the vessel had visited Bordeaux and Nantes in France where a virulent plague was endemic. He dropped anchor just off Belcroute in the west of St. Aubin’s bay where just a few days later he himself succumbed to the illness and, aged 44 years, died.   The Jersey Authorities were unwilling to allow his body to be brought ashore but give instructions that a burial could take place on a little (uninhabited) islet in Portelet Bay, just around the Noirmont   Point. Philippe’s body was lowered into a small boat and rowed around the headland by three of the crew to be interred in a   shallow hollow scraped in the thin soil of the rocky islet. A signal was given to the shore where his wife and some members of the family had gathered. The Minister from St. Brelade had been called and he read the usual service for the burial of the dead and another signal then made to the islet. The crew men covered the body and then returned to the “Esther” by rowing again around the headland and awaited the end of the quarantine period. Philippe’s wife Elizabeth later had an inscribed memorial erected on the spot but there is no evidence now. It has been suggested that the remains were re-buried later in St. Brelade’s churchyard; there is no record in the registers. The entire top of this islet, the Ile au   Guerdain as it was known, was cleared during the Napoleonic wars early in the nineteenth century to build a large Watch Tower.   This watch tower remains there today and the islet is still known colloquially as “Janvrin’s Tomb”. Ray Le Pivert >Jersey.  picus@itl.net

Aug. 4, 1678 "Page 104, 1. 22, for Dell. r. Dellaclose. – also, aft. Felt, add, II. 589, shows, that Mrs. B. a French lady, from the Isle of Jersey, join. the ch. of S. 4 Aug. 1678. In a MS. he had redue. her name, when wid. to the first syl. " Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

Feb. 17, 1680 Colonel James Temple died at Elizabeth Castle on 17 February 1680 Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1685 Françoise Le Coq, wife of Paul Rambouillet above, was imprisoned in the Convent of Bellechasse in 1685, and expelled from France in 1688 as a determined Protestant. She left four children: (i) Nicolas de Rambouillet, d. before 1667; (ii) Theodore de Rambouillet, d. before 1667; (iii) Marie de Rambouillet, b. 1662, m. 3 Sept. 1685 to John Temple, son of Sir William Temple, English Ambassador in Paris, and of his wife, Dorothy Osborne. John Temple drowned himself in the Thames near London Bridge, 18 Ap. 1689. His widow, Marie de Rambouillet, d. Sept. 1711. Their eldest daur., Elizabeth Temple, d. I May 1772, and was buried in the south cloister, Westminster Abbey (Westminster Abbey Reg.). The marriage licence of John Temple (Vic. Gen. 1685) gives: "John Temple, Esq., of Westminster, bach., 35, to Mlle. du Ptessis-Rambouillet of Paris. Huguenot Pedigrees, Vol. 2 page 78

1671 "The first Temple Chevalier was born in St Helier in 1674, the son of Clement Chevalier and Susanne Temple his 2nd wife m. (St H) 1671. Alex Glendinning <glen@itl.net>

1677 "Laurens Rochia, the founder of a well-known family, fled from France to Ireland and from thence he came to Delaware. Richard Saye, of Nisms, arrived in 1686. Prior to 1677 appear the names of Philipe Chevalier, Henri Clerq, Albert Blocq, Math. d'Ring, Mosis de Gan, Hubert Laurans, Paul Mincq" Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1677 " At the Revocation Pierre Chevallier of a noble family of Normandy fled to England. Soon after this date we find a Pierre Le Chevalier in Charleston, S. C., and Jean Le Chevalier in New York, while Philip Chevalier appears in Delaware as early as 1677. That they were immediate relatives is quite probable. The refugee to England had a son also named Pierre, who married an English lady, and who in 1720 came to Philadelphia where he founded an honorable posterity." Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

English had made his way to Salem from the Island of Jersey, and he was instrumental in bringing over a number of his compatriots who had taken refuge there. There is no complete record of their names, but we know that among those who came to Salem were John Touzell, John Browne (Jean Le Brun), Nicholas Chevalier, Peter Morall, Edward Feveryear, John Voudin, Rachel Dellaclose, the Valpy family, the Lefavors and the Cabots."Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1686 " Luc Ravenel and Renée de Gennes fled from Brittany in 1686 (Vaugiraud, Vol. III, p. 146). Renée de Gennes, who may have been wife of Luc Ravenel, was expelled in 1688 as a "huguenote opiniatre" (Haag), in which case she must have been imprisoned in 1685. Their property was given to their three sons, Jacques sr. de Seran, Luc, and Paul, sr. de St. Remy, who remained in France. The wife of Jacques Ravenel, sr. de Seran, went to Jersey, with her daughters Marthe and Anne, whose will was proved in London 8 Ap. 1756 by Marthe Coulon, wife of Charles Coulon, her sister and only next of kin. (Anne Ravenel Seran, alias Ravel, late of Jersey. Witnesses, Mrs. Judith Lignard and Mrs. Aubin de Querbouchard)." Huguenot Pedigrees, Vol. 2

Oct.18, 1688 Thomas Wayte was buried at St Saviour on 18 October 1688 and his wife Jeanne on 19 November 1689. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 148, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1690 In those good old days sailors had to, face many dangers. Life had not then that glamour of romance which tradition, has since gathered around the lives of our forefathers , and in the year 1690 Captain Pierre Valpy dit Janvrin of the good ship " Elias and Anne " of Jersey, complained to the Privy Council that, when employed in the Newfoundland trade his vessel had been plundered by an Ostend Pirate. Things moved slowly in those days,:and it was not until August 1694 that the Privy Council applied to the Royal Court of Jersey for further particulars. Magistrates took some time to consider the matter and in June 1696 Valpy and one of his crew named Thomas Rondell appeared before the Lieut.-Bailly, Jean Durell and jurat Charles de Carteret to make the following statement,-That on a voyage from Newfoundland an Ostend Pirate boarded his vessel and took all sorts of stores and merchandise including "premiere une barrique d'eau de vie, plus une barrique de vin gaste, plus des habits, blanchets, camecons, &c., trois quintaux de pain, fishing and boat gear, personel belongings and many other things." Later on, some Spaniards robbed the ships of ropes and twelve quintaux of fish worth 1400 livres toumois We can imagine the gloom on that homeward voyage and the language used by the crew as they discussed their helplessness in defending their property. The crew of the "Elias and Anne" consisted of Maître Pierre Valpy dit Janvrin, le Contre-Maître Daniel Dorey, Daniel Balin, Jean Chevallier, François Cabot, Amice Barbier, Thomas Rondell." Jersey In The 18th And 19th Centuries, pages 160,161 Boston Public Lib. DA670 .J5S3

 1692 "The New York Chevaliers are descended from Jean le Chevalier, who was probably related to the other emigrants of that name who settled in Philadelphia and Charleston. He married Marie de la Plaine in the Dutch Church in 1692." Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

in South Carolina received grants of lots in Charles Town: "Peter Le Chevalier, Sr.; Isaac Dugue, Sr.; Ja. Dubourdeaux, Jr.; Jonas Bonhoste; Peter Le Chevalier, Jr.: and Jas. DeBourdeaux, Sr." Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1693 "Henriette, b. 1693; married, at Dublin, 21 Aug. 1720, Cirus Guinebald de La Milliere.{(C)} She is described as the eldest daur. of "Charles Janvre, chevalier, sgr. de La Bouchetiere, de Haut Poitou, colonel de dragons, et Dame Marie de Falaiseau, de Paris. Henriette d. at Dublin 2 Oct. 1775, aged 82; (d) Marguerite, b. at Ghent, 23 Oct. 1696, d. at Dublin 11 Jan. 1788,{(D)} aged 92. She is described as second daur. of Charles Janvre, chev., sgr. de La Bouchetiere, de Poitou; " Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

Sir George Prevost was the eldest son of Major-General Augustin Prevost (who served under Wolfe), by his wife Anne, daughter of Chevalier George Grand of Amsterdam and of Huguenot" Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

134. PIERRE LA CHEVALIER, natif de St. Lo en Normandie, fils de Rolland le Chevallier et d'Ester Dallain, ses pere et mere, et Madelainne Garillion, sa femme, natit de Grenoble, fille d'Israel Garillion et Susanne Saunier, sa mere." Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1696 "Both Temple and Clement Chevalier signed the Oath of Association Roll in 1696 so I did some sketchy research on them for the book see: <http://user.itl.net/~glen/MyBooks.html>. Alex Glendinning glen@itl.net

Sept 12, 1706 "Janvrin (Jambrin). John,Capt., mariner, Portsm., from Isle of Jersey, his parents named by the Brackett Gen. as Jean Janvrin and Elizabeth LeCosteur, poss. intended for le Couteur, an armorial fam. there. He m. 12 Sept. 1706 Elizabeth Knight(9), whose fa. deeded to her in Feb. 1717-8 the Portsm. ho. she was liv. in and deeded to her husb. 23 Apr. 1719. Adm. to her, bond with Clement Hughes and Jos. Sherburne 13 Oct. 1720, when he prob. had been dead some time, as she m. 2d 23 Oct. 1720 Rev. Jos. Adams of Newington; d. 10 Feb. 1757. Ch., bp. No. Ch.: John, 2 Oct. 1709, H. C. 1728, schoolmaster Kit. 1732, Berw. 1743, Newington 1751, when heirs of Wm. Knight sold him ho. and 53 a. in Newington; d. 1780. Mrs. Mary adm. to Newington Ch. with him 5 Nov. 1738, poss. his sis., not w. Elizabeth, 30 Sept. 1711, adm. to Newingt. Ch. 19 June 1727. George, 19 July 1713, m. 10 Nov. 1738 Elizabeth Mendum of Portsm. Son Mendum bp. So. Ch. Jan. 1745-6. Mary, prob. the ch. bp. Dec. 1715, named in gr. fa. Knight's will; m. 19 May 1743 Thos. Pickering of Newingt.

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1700 "Hi Alex, or anybody else out there with an interest, You would'nt happen to know who the 12 children of Clement & Marie are. I have 3 on the Dbase, Clement, Deborah & Elizabeth. (Elizabeth I note married one Joshua Pipon, seeing there is a 'Pipon' interest on the list of late.) Marie Dumaresq calculates out to be a 2nd cousin to me some 11 generations removed. My interest in Chevalier is to see if this line can be connected to one Catherine Chevalier, daughter of John Chevalier who married Richard Valpy mc. 1750. of the Valpy's of St John. Catherine would probably have been born c.1725 and her father John some 20 - 30 yrs before that. c.1700. Thus far I have never been able to establish a link connecting myself to the Valpy's of St John, the link just may exist thru the marriage of Catherine Chevalier to Richard Valpy and knowing more about the 12 siblings of Clement Chevalier & Marie Dumaresq might turn up the goods. Descendants of Richard Valpy and Catherine Chevalier live here in New Zealand and the original emigrants W.H. Valpy & Caroline Jeffreys and their family settled here in Dunedin in 1849. (see: Amorial of Jersey). I'd certainly like to be able to show a link up with our local Valpy's of Dunedin. Regards. Donald Valpy Weston. (Don). weston.d@es.co.nz

1702 "Have two deeds on chevalier family that are transcribed gedeon chevalier dated 17 27 and Nicolas chevalier dated 17.02 have one more but is not transcribed will send details by post many thanks ernest miguel@jerseymail.co.uk

1706 Although links between Jersey and New England and Jersey and Newfoundland had existed for some time, they differed in many respects. Merchants in New England had often settled there and were shore-based. Records show that in 1706 John Janvrin of Jersey married Elizabeth Knight (alias Chevalier) at Dover, New Hampshire, where Janvrin was considered a man of importance and good judgment He is thought to have been a brother of Philippe Janvrin. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 170, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

Nov. 6, 1706 "Punchard, John, Salem, prob. s. of William, m. 6 Nov. 1706, Martha Hooper. WILLIAM, Salem, by tradit. said to have come from Isle of Jersey, m. 26 Oct. 1669, Abigail, d. of Richard Waters of the same, had Abigail, b. 3 Sept. 1670; Mary, 17 Jan. 174, d. young; William, 11 Nov. 1677; John, 2 Apr. 1682; and Sarah, 27 Oct. 1685. His name is Punshin in Geneal. Reg. IX. 86" Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers

1707 "In 1707 John Janvrin of Jersey was among the prominent citizens who signed an address to the Queen in the name of the Governor.' He is thought to have been a brother of Philippe Janvrin, who, in 1721, died on the Esther while in quarantine for plague off Noirmont and was originally buried on the Ile au Guerdain, Portelet.' On John Janvrin's death, his widow married Joseph Adams, uncle of a future American President. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 170, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1709 241. HC.IE.1709. Helier Chevalier and Jeanne Esnouf; Highcliff (St J). http://user.itl.net/~glen/stonejsy201-300.html

1700"s At one time in the 1700s the main business of the Islanders was knitting, hence the common term 'Jersey' for knitted goods. There was a period, too, when many Islanders were involved in some aspect of smuggling. This required casks, barrels and tubs, many of which were made in the islands. Leather was used in the manufacture of the boots and shoes that were sent in such quantities to the New World.

1716 "John Le Riche, proprietor of a meffliage in the manor of Little Rofelle, belonging to Charles Lempriere, the lientenant-bailly, containing about twenty-four verges, or fourteen Englifh acres; paid compart, which is the twelfth fheat, to Lempriere, lord of the manor, for four verges. In this cafe of compart, the king hath the elventh as tythe. In the year 1716, Michael Lempriere, grandfather of Charles, demanded compart from every part of the meffuage. Since the year 1625, this land hath paffed through various hands; and in no deed or contract is there mention made of compart to be paid, but from the four verges, which hath been duly difcharged. So that a quiet poffeffion of ninety-one years, would give a double title to non-payment, were there no other, fince by the laws of Jefey forty years are fufficient to that purpose.

  Notwithftanding this undoubted right, Michael Lempriere intending to exact the compart from all thofe who poffeffed eftates in that fief, and with a view to intimidate the reft to a compliance, felected this man of fmall fubftance, and comenced a fuit in his own manor court of Little Rofelle, for carring his corn from off his meffuage, without paying compart for every verge. Le Riche denied the title of Lempriere to that claim. The caufe was then deferred, and Lempriere was ordered to prove his right to what he demanded. In confequence of his inability to produce any proof, the caufe was fufpended in his fietal court twenty-eight years by different adjournments, till the year 1744. At this time LeRiche was again fummoned to the court of Rofelle, for non-payment of his compart. He again declared he had conftantly paid all that was due; and was ready to pay that which was demanded, as foon as Lempriere could prove his title to it." 18th Century manuscripts on Micro-film , History of Jersey 2, Pages 50,51, 2497.7 Boston Public Lib.

1716 VERGE, DU VERGE, VIRGEE, DES VIRGE. Name in Grouville J 1716, poss Huguenot? Joseph VERGE and Mary BLEWETT mar in Boston 1755, removed to Liverpool, NS. "The Quiet Adventurers in Canada". Guy Le Blancq leblancq@ns.sympatico.ca

1717 These Channel Islanders, in this year, were involved with the Newfoundland trade and fishiness, Seale, Patriarche, Chevallier (alias Knight), Chastray, Denton, Orengette, Janvrin, Carteret, Dean, Pipon, Lempriere, Auley (or Anley?), Le Bailly, Nicolle, Messervy, Marett, Maugier, Brown, Touzell, Martell, Seward and others." (A. c. sounders, co. Jers. Bull)

1722 "Temple moved to Aspall, Suffolk in 1722 and the Land Registry is full of property sales just before he left as he must have been disposing of his Jersey estate. Also his cousin Clement Chevalier m. Marie Dumaresq and had 12 children, two were named Temple" Alex Glendinning <glen@itl.net>

1727 "Have two deeds on chevalier family that are transcribed gedeon chevalier dated 17 27 and Nicolas chevalier dated 17.02 have one more but is not transcribed will send details by post many thanks ernest miguel@jerseymail.co.uk

1727 "DES ORMEAUX, also named COLIN DES ORMEAUX, a Rochelle family. At the Revocation several members of it settled at Norwich. One Catharine Colin was married to Thomas le Chevalier in 1727. Gabriel Colin was minister of Thorpe-le-Soken from 1707 to 1714. A member of the family, Jacques Louis des Ormeaux, was elected a director of the French Hospital in 1798." Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe Cyril DuBourdieu cyril.dub@nf.sympatico.ca

1730 Birth year of "A stray found while looking for my Chevalliers; paraphrased, much more info in the entry. Jan. 14, 1816 John Dawson, mariner of Guernsey, age 86, married 32 years to Sara White (widow Whittemore) had 2 children. Parish Lists of Deaths 1785-1819 MS SAL 90 NEHGS (Can't remember if this was in Salem or Marblehead Ma, USA)

Jan. 7,1736 "Three years prior to the last-mentioned date, or, to be more exact, on January 7th, 1736, the Reverend Philip Falle, "Jersey's Historian," conferred upon the Island its greatest literary boon by founding a public Library, the site then chosen for it ,and upon which the foundation stone was laid, July 4th, 1736, being- still known as Library Place, adjacent to the old Market Square. The building was completed and thrown open in April, 1742, though its worthy founder did not live to see it, he having died at Shenley, England, on May 7th of the preceding year. About this period, and under the direct Governorship of Jean Cavalier, whose name is pretty well known to fame in connection with the Huguenots, an era of structural improvements seems to have dawned, for besides the building of the Public Library we find new barracks constructured at Elizabeth Castle, which itself was at the same time subjected to alterations (in 1746) ; a statue of George II was unveiled in the present Royal Square, July 9th, 1751, during which year, too, the venerable Market Cross was removed from the same locality; five years after this, in 1756, a Hospital was founded at St. Brelade and in 1760---the year of the accession of George III. (1760 to 1820)-the Court House, originally built by Admiral Sir George de Carteret, was pulled down and a new one erected whilst the building of the General Hospital in Gloucester Street, founded on a bequest left by Mrs. Mary Bartlett, was commenced in 1766......" Popular History Of Jersey DA670 J5R3

1737 "John Vincent, b. St Peter, lived at "Lowlands", master of "Rachel" circa 1737" John Jean's book, "Jersey Sailing Ships" Roger de Carteret grdc@itl.net

1737 VESSELS BELONGING TO JERSEY IN I737.

Name.-----------------------------------Rig.----------------------Master.

King Fisher------------------------------Sloop-------------------JOHN Luce.

Elizabeth-------------------------------Brigantine---------------JOHN BOHIER.

Elizabeth---------------------------------Sloop-----------------ELIAS LE GROS.

Anne--------------------------------------Do.-------------------PHILIP PAYN.

Mary--------------------------------------Do.--------------THOMAS BALLEINE.

Willing Indeavour-------------------------Do.----------------PETER MAYNARD.

John--------------------------------------Do.-----------------THOMAS FILLEUL.

Jane--------------------------------------Do.-----------------JOHN LE GROS.

John--------------------------------------Do.-----------------JOHN FILLEUL.

Pearl-------------------------------------Do.----------------JOHN CHEVALIER.

HOPE-----------------------------------Do.----------------PHILIP PERCHARD.

Charming Betty--------------------------Do.----------------JAMES LE CRAS.

Seven Sisters----------------------------Do..----------------PETER QUETYVEL.

Elia-------------------------------------Do.--------------------PETER FIOT.

Thomas and Jane-------------------Brigantine---------------CARTERET DEAN.

The Jersey---------------------------Snow---------------------JOHN PIPON.

Pigeon------------------------------Galley-------------------ABRAM MALZARD.

William--------------------------------Do.-------------------THOMAS SNOW.

Rachel------------------------------Brigantine---------------JOHN VINCENT.

Phoenix-------------------------------Snow-------------------PHILIP MARET.

Union-------------------------------Unknown.------------JOHN LE VESCONTE.

Three Brothers-----------------------Do.---------------NICHOLAS LE VESCOTE

Providence --------------------------Do.----------------MICHAEL LE VESCONTE.

Dolphin------------------------------Do.----------------------EDWARD LUCE.

George and Philip-------------------Do.-------------------------Ph.. R0BIN.

? and the Fly------------------------Do.-------------------AMICE LE FOLLEY.

Philip and John----------------------Do.--------------------RICHARD LE CRAS.

Philip-------------------------------Do.---------------------GUILLAUME NEEL.

Philip-------------------------------Do.----------------------JOHN Du PARCQ.

Jersey in the 18th and 19th Centuries, page 191,Jersey Chamber of Commerce DA 670, .J5S3

1740 "Chevalier, Abraham "Charming Betty" c. 1740 "Philip" 1744 "Industry" 1747 "Jersey Flower" 1756 "Expedition Pkt" 1763 "Sukey" 1764-65. Jersey Sailing Ships

1741 "Apprentices, too, continued to travel from Jersey to New England. In a typical draft indenture of 1741 we learn of Philip Laffoley, bound apprentice for six years to Robert Hooper and his wife of Marblehead, New England. As so many other Jersey youths were to do over the years, he promised that he would 'faithfully serve, their secrets keep, their lawful commands everywhere gladly do'. He was not to marry during the period, nor play cards,. nor frequent taverns. He would be taught to read and write and learn arithmetic as far as the rule of three, and would receive in return, 'good and wholesome eating, drink, washing, lodging and apparel'. After six years he would receive two new suits besides the old ones, 'one of which if not both to be for the Lord's day'.' By mid-century a powerful band of merchants were requesting the Lieutenant Bailiff that foreigners be prevented from hiring young Jersey-men for the voyage to New England to the detriment of Jersey merchants needing sailors.

The situation in Newfoundland was somewhat different. Various 'plantations' had been made there by French and English, but these had not always been successful. In the early days there was constant rivalry between the nationalities involved: Spanish, Portuguese, Basques, French, New Englanders and West Country men, and possiblv too between shore and sedentary fishermen, 'planters' and 'sack' merchants. The latter were merchants with no permanent base in the fisheries, who acted as carriers, collecting in their larger vessels the loads of fish which were to be carried across the Atlantic. 'Sack' is thought to be derived from the sack or wine taken aboard in Spain when the cargo of fish had been delivered, or possibly from 'sec', which describes the dry, salted fish they carried. Balleine's History Of Jersey, page 170, DA670 J-5 B32, NEHGS

1744 " Amice Vincent, privateer, "Jersey Galley" 1744" John Jean's book, "Jersey Sailing Ships" Roger de Carteret grdc@itl.net

IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND, 1700-1775.

ANTHOINE, Nicholas, of Marblehead, Mass.; from Isle of Jersey, cir. 1750; m. 1. Anne Hawkes, Dec. 3, 1755; m. 2. Rebekah LeGrow; Children: Anna, John, Rachel, Nicholas.—Marblehead Vital Records, Cochran’s Antrim, p. 341.

BADGER, George; from Island of Jersey, husbandman; b. abt. 1718; volunteer against the West Indies, 1740.—Colonial Wars 1799.

BRIARD, John, Portsmouth, N.H.; from “Santelin in South Hamshier in Jersey,” before 1726; m. Agnis Leby, Dec. 1, 1726.—N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 24, p. 358.

BUDDY, Nicholas, from Jersey cir. 1730; “whereas one Nicholas Buddy an Idle and Poor man resid