Friday 19 July 2013

Italian reader

If you go to Italy it will come in handy .
If you stay at home it will come in handy as well, as you can pretend you have been abroad.
This year we go for J:N Vlielands Italian reader.
we start with the preface.

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Jean Pierre Eschauzier

James le Marchant was the widower of Jeanne Eschauzier
deceasedJeanne Eschauzier
wife ofJames le Marchant
PlaceRotterdam
burial
date
03-07-1760
remarks Franse kerk huer; 15 gld; Wijnhaven in ledikant bij Bierstraat; overledene liet na 1 minderjarig kind
BronDTB Rotterdam Begraven

Bruidegom
Jean Pierre Eschauzier , van Rotterdam
BruidEsther Brand , van Gorcum
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum trouwen14-05-1769 
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Dopeling



Marie Madelaine Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
GetuigeSamuel Eschauzier
Marie Madelaine Varin
Jean Eschauzier L' Ainé
James le Marchant
Jeanne Thomas
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop29-08-1770
Geboortedatum24-08-1770 
Opmerkingenkind: tweelingzuster van Corneille; getuige 6 Corneille Brand getuige 7 Gertrude Brand getuige 8 Cornelis van Gennep; getuige 1 oom v.h. kind voor t' meisje pasteur á la haye; getuige 2 grootmoeder v.h. kind en veuve van getuige 3 en voor de jongen; getuige 5 diens vrouw vertegenwoordigd getuige 6 grootvader v.h. kind; getuige 7 veuve van getuige 8.
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DopelingCorneille Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
GetuigeSamuel Eschauzier
Marie Madelaine Varin
Jean Eschauzier L' Ainé
James Marchant
Jeanne Thomas
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop29-08-1770
Geboortedatum24-08-1770 
Opmerkingenkind: tweelingbroer van marie madelaine; getuige 6 camert Brand getuige 7 Gertrude Brand getuige 8 Cornelis van Gennep; getuige 1 oom v.h. kind voor t' meisje pasteur á la haye; getuige 2 grootmoeder v.h. kind en veuve van getuige 3 en voor de jongen; getuige 5 diens vrouw vertegenwoordigd getuige 6 grootvader v.h. kind; getuige 7 veuve van getuige 8.
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DopelingPierre Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
GetuigeJames le Marchant
Pierre Eschauzier
Elizabeth Eschauzier
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop15-04-1772
Geboortedatum09-04-1772 
Opmerkingengetuige: 1 vertegenwoordigd getuige 2 oud oom v.h. kind; getuige 3 tante v.h. kind.
BronDTB Rotterdam Doop Waals



DopelingJacques Jean Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
GetuigeJames le Marchant
Jeanne le Marchant Geb Thomas
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop02-07-1775
Geboortedatum25-06-1775 
Opmerkingengetuige: 2 vrouw van getuige 1.
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DopelingMadelaine Anne Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
GetuigeJames le Marchant
Isaac Godefroij De Paris
Marie Eschauzier
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop15-12-1776
Geboortedatum09-12-1776 
Opmerkingengetuige: 1 vertegenwoordigd getuige 2; getuige 3 tante v.h. kind.
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DopelingAnne Esther Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEsther Brand
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop22-09-1773
Geboortedatum30-08-1773 
Opmerkingengetuige: de vader en moeder zelf.
BronDTB Rotterdam Doop Waals
DopelingSamuel Louis Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEster Brand
GetuigeJames le Marchant
Jeanne Thomas
Samuel Eschauzier
Louise de Joncourt
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop20-05-1778
Geboortedatum14-05-1778 
Opmerkingengetuige 2 vrouw van getuige 1 vertegenwoordigend getuige 3 pasteur de l' église Wallonne de la Haie oom v.h. kind; getuige 4 tante v.h. kind.
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DopelingEster Cornelia Jean Eschauzier
VaderJean Pierre Eschauzier
MoederEster Brand
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop28-02-1781
Geboortedatum15-02-1781 
Opmerkingengetuige: de vader en moeder zelf.
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DopelingJean André André Eschauzier
VaderAndré Boucher Eschauzier
MoederWijnat Jacoba Verhammen
GetuigeJean Eschauzier De La Tremblade
J.m. Boucher De La Tremblade
James le Marchant
Jeanne le Marchant Geb Thomas
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop23-01-1788
Geboortedatum14-01-1788 
Opmerkingengetuige 1 grootvader v.h. kind; getuige 2 oud tante v.h. kind; getuige 2: vertegenwoordigd door getuige 3: getuige 4 zijn vrouw van getuige 3.
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DopelingWijna Jacoba André Eschauzier
VaderAndré Boucher Eschauzier
MoederWijna Jacoba Verhamme
GetuigeJames le Marchant
Jeanne Thomas
Jacobus Verhamme
Johanna Maria Cras
PlaatsRotterdam
Datum doop21-02-1790
Geboortedatum08-02-1790 
Opmerkingengetuige: 1 en zijn vrouw; getuige 3 grootvader v.h. kind; getuige 4 tante v.h. kind beide wonende te Amsterdam.
BronDTB Rotterdam Doop Waals




originals

Still looking for the birth or baptism of Jan Hollander 
We looked at all these originals but so far no good.

Religion or Other Record Category

  • Alle Gezindten
  • Doopsgezinde
  • Engels Presbyteriaans
  • Engelse Episcopaals
  • Engelse Nederlands Hervormd
  • Evangelisch Luthers
  • Fries Doopsgezinde
  • Grieks Katholiek
  • Hersteld Evangelisch Luthers
  • Hersteld Luthers
  • Luthers
  • Nederlands Hervormd
  • Oud Katholiek
  • Oud Rooms Katholiek
  • Remonstrants
  • Rooms Katholiek
  • Waals Hervormd
  • These books are  the baptism records of  all the  different religions in Amsterdam around 1750.


    Sunday 14 July 2013

    Jannes le Marchant

    OverledeneJeanne Thomas
    Huisvrouw vanJannes le Marchant
    PlaatsCool
    Datum begraven14-08-1806
    Opmerkingenop heden is ter Secretarie dezer Ambachte geëxibeerd een Permissiebiljet van de Secretarie der Stad Rotterdam tot het begraven van Jeanne Thomas; op 12 dezer casuëel binnen deze Ambachte overleden, doch hebbende vast domicilium te Rotterdam
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    Friday 12 July 2013

    Mr Josias Le Marchant


    Mr Josias Le Marchant of the Haye du Puits was a very quiet country gentleman, and a man of great probity.

     Reserved and hesitating in his speech, as a jurat of the Royal Court his orations were neither lucid nor lengthy. 
    He married a Miss Judith Ozanne of the Hougette in the Câtel parish, sister of Mary Ozanne, wife of Robert Porret Le Marchant, Jurat 1784, Bailiff 1800. 
    This office he resigned in 1810 and Peter de Havilland was selected in his stead. 
    Mr Robert Porret Le Marchant, though an excellent man, was weak both in body and mind, and never interfered in the politics of the island after his resignation. 
    He retired to his house at the Câtel, where he died, and which is still known as 'the Cottage', a name which recalls the littleness of the grandee-ism of that day, for it is the largest house in the parish.

    Robert Porret Le Marchant was HM Receiver for some years, and had his office in LeFebvre Street, opposite his late father’s mansion (lately purchased by Dr McGrath).

     His chief Clerk was John Carey of the Grange, who succeeded in the Receivership, and held it for many years, getting a pension of £150 a year on his retirement. Mr Le Marchant – Thomas Le Marchant (this patronyme he has obtained since the purchase of the Haye du Puits) – bought this estate at the death of Miss Sophie Le Marchant, the last unmarried daughter, who had been living for some years under the care of the family of le Sieur Le Tissier, formerly tenant farmer of the family, and who became possessed of the estate of La Pouquelaie and £2000 or £3000 by the will of this Miss Le Marchant as remuneration for services rendered since the death of her parents.Mr Peter Le Marchant, brother of William Le Marchant, Bailiff, was a maniac and was under the surveillance of Mr D. Dorey of the Groignet, where he had a room in the gable of the farmhouse, as a place of safety during his fits of insanity, though 'singing aloud' seems to be the true extent of his malady.
    Mr Charles Le Marchant married Mrs W. Le Mesurier [*see below]. (His brother William died unmarried, this William was very simple-minded and considered wanting in intellect. Le petit Billy Le Marchant, he was usually called.) By Mrs Le Mesurier he had Alfred, who had a university education and a short life; Elizabeth, married to Dr Hutchesson; Martha = Mrs Lawrence; Henrietta = Mrs Baynes.
    The alliance of Elizabeth with Dr F[rancis] P[ery] Hutchesson was against the wishes of the three Misses Le Marchant, sisters of Eléazar Le Marchant, Seigneur du Comte and dependancies. Dr Hutchesson had been in the army and came here with his regiment. The Le Marchant property had devolved in the line of Eléazar and his sisters, and the whole ought to have descended to the family of Charles, but the old ladies would not countenance the marriage of Elizabeth with an army man (un Swablin³), and, in consequence, the largest share of the property was diverted from its proper line, and went to John Le Marchant, son of James, of Rotterdam, who had married Mary, the eldest daughter of Robert Porret Le Marchant, and a large share was given to Thomas Priaulx of Montville, a legatee under the will of these ladies. I have noted this act of the Misses Le Marchant, as I had it from Dr Hutchesson himself, who, being on his side descended from one of the most respected families in Canterbury, was in the full expectation of a large share of his aunts’ property. But they, fancying that the name Le Marchant denoted a foreigner or one of French family, left their fortune entirely away from the Doctor! At the same time the conduct of the two sons of the marriage was such that the Canterbury property was irretrievably willed away from them – 'thus'- said Dr Hutchesson 'have I fallen between two fires'.


    From the *Chepmell MSS
    Mr Charles Le Marchant was a very good man, but noted for his immense stupidity. 
    His wife was widow of Mr William Le Mesurier of the College by whom she had a son, the handsome and popular Henry Le Mesurier BA of Brazenose, Oxon., who died an ensign in the army. 
    After the death of her first husband she wrote a letter to her kinsman Charles Le Marchant, who was vegetating somewhere in the West Indies, to come over and marry her. 
    The obedient Adonis hastily embarked in a ship and arrived home, and greatly astounded Mrs Nicolas Le Mesurier, ugly Betty’s sister-in-law, when the flounce4 became known. 
    For only the night before his coming the ugly and disconsolate widow, all tears and sorrow had been at her house, loudly bemoaning the dear departed! 
    His elder brother Thomas, a retired Lieutenant of Mariners (familiarly called [John] Tom Sticks by the Patricians and le Ramoneaux (the chimney sweeper) by the Plebeians) – by his miserly habits had hoarded so much money that he 'cut up' splendidly, and Charles found himself possessed of a very good competence. 
    His son Alfred who was brought up as a barrister, and was heir of the Grandes Maisons, was a man of some natural talent, but he shortened his life by living fast. 
    The Hutchessons and Baynes inherited this property.

    Wednesday 10 July 2013

    Thomas Priaulx

    Thomas Priaulx

    Portrait of Thomas Priaulx. © RBS, 2013.Portrait of Thomas Priaulx. © RBS, 2013.
    Thomas Priaulx (1762-1844) was a merchant and banker. He was a founding partner in, and chairman of, Guernsey Banking Company.

    Background and early life

    Thomas Priaulx was born on 9 May 1762. He was the second son of Thomas Priaulx and his wife Rebecca, daughter of John Le Marchant. The Priaulx family was long-established in Guernsey and had originally gained its wealth through smuggling and privateering. Thomas Priaulx senior himself owned a small fleet of armed merchant vessels.
    Thomas Priaulx senior was also a partner in an agency which acted as bankers to customers and clients of Carteret, Jersey & Co, the firm owned by his brothers-in-law. Carteret, Jersey & Co was one of the largest businesses in Rotterdam and specialised in shipping alcohol and tea to England via the Channel Islands.
    Thomas junior attended a private school at Plympton in England for around three years.

    Career

    At one time Thomas Priaulx considered studying medicine, but in the summer of 1777 he went to work for his uncle James Le Marchant at his office in Rotterdam. He later returned to Guernsey and joined his elder brother in the family shipping company Carteret Priaulx & Co. They operated a global privateering business from their counting house on Cornet Street, St Peter Port.
    In 1827 Priaulx and his fellow merchants John Le Marchant and Hilary Rougier started a bank as an offshoot to their other trading activities. Priaulx, Le Marchant, Rougier & Co, popularly known as Guernsey Banking Company, was the first bank in Guernsey.
    The new enterprise thrived, meeting the island’s need for dedicated banking facilities, in particular providing a way for customers to send remittances to England and France without incurring large premiums.
    Within a few years, the arrival of competitors led Priaulx’s bank to become more commonly known as Guernsey Old Bank. Priaulx himself was chairman of the bank from its foundation until his death in 1844.

    Family life, death and legacy

    On 15 December 1792 Thomas Priaulx married Anne Lihou. They had two sons and eight daughters together: James, Thomas, Letitia, Frances Henrietta, Emma, Eliza Jane, Anne, Louisa, Julia Anne and Mary.
    Thomas Priaulx died on 26 February 1844, aged 81. He was buried at Candie Cemetry, St Peter Port.
    Several of Priaulx’s relatives and descendants held office in Guernsey Old Bank, including:
    • James Priaulx, son of Thomas Priaulx, chairman of the bank, 1849-56
    • de Vic Carey, husband of Thomas Priaulx’s daughter Frances Henrietta, chairman of the bank, 1861-74
    • General de Vic Francis Carey, son of de Vic Carey and Frances Henrietta Priaulx, chairman of the bank, 1879-1906
    • Victor Gosselin Carey, great grandson of Thomas Priaulx, director from 1906
    Thomas’s nephew Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx, the son of his brother Anthony, gifted the Priaulx library to Guernsey.

    DopelingSophie Marie le Marchant
    VaderJames le Marchant
    MoederJeanne Marie le Marchant
    GetuigeJames le Marchant
    Thomas Priaulx
    Marie le Marchant De Guerneseij
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum doop17-02-1790
    Geboortedatum06-02-1790 
    Opmerkingengetuige 1: grootvader van moedersijde van het kind, voor getuige 2; getuige 2: de cette ville actuellement absent; getuige 3: tante van het kind; vader: files Jean
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    Monday 8 July 2013

    James le Marchant

    During the time we are searching for more clues about Jerome Nicholas Vlieland.who was born in Rotterdam.We find a James Le Marchant born in Guernsey and living with wife and children in Rotterdam.
    In an article on Thomas Priaulx (He was the second son of Thomas Priaulx and his wife Rebecca, daughter of John Le Marchant) we find.
    Carteret, Jersey & Co, the firm owned by his brothers-in-law. Carteret, Jersey & Co was one of the largest businesses in Rotterdam and specialised in shipping alcohol and tea to England via the Channel Islands.
    So maybe we can find a connection or new clue.Lets look at their records in Rotterdam.

    deceasedJeanne Eschauzier
    wife ofJames le Marchant
    PlaceRotterdam
    burial
    date
    03-07-1760
    remarks Franse kerk huer; 15 gld; Wijnhaven in ledikant bij Bierstraat; overledene liet na 1 minderjarig kind
    BronDTB Rotterdam Begraven



    childMarie Jeanne le Marchant
    fatherJames le Marchant
    motherJeanne Marie le Marchant
    witnessJean le Marchant De Guerneseij
    Marie le Marchant Geb. Broeck
    PlaceRotterdam
    bapt08-10-1783
    birth04-10-1783 
    notice father : fils de Jean; witness 2: grandfather of the child ; and the grandmother on fathers side 
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    Dopeling-childJean le Marchand
    Vader/fatherJames le Marchand
    Moeder/mother Jeanne Marie le Marchant
    witnessJean Thomas
    Jeanne le Marchant Geb. Thomas
    PlaceRotterdam
    Date baptism22-06-1785
    Date of birth11-06-1785 
    noticegetuige 1: grootvader van het kind; getuige 2: grootmoeder van het kind
    source.DTB Rotterdam Doop Waals


    DopelingElizabeth Sophie le Marchant
    VaderJames le Marchant
    MoederJeanne Marie le Marchant
    GetuigeJames le Marchant
    Jeanne Thomas
    Sophie le Marchant De Guerneseij
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum doop22-10-1788
    Geboortedatum15-10-1788 
    Opmerkingengetuige 1: grootvader van moedersijde van het kind, getuige 2 zijn vrouw; getuige 2: vertegendwoordigend getuige 3, tante van het kind; vader: files Jean
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    DopelingSophie Marie le Marchant
    VaderJames le Marchant
    MoederJeanne Marie le Marchant
    GetuigeJames le Marchant
    Thomas Priaulx
    Marie le Marchant De Guerneseij
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum doop17-02-1790
    Geboortedatum06-02-1790 
    Opmerkingengetuige 1: grootvader van moedersijde van het kind, voor getuige 2; getuige 2: de cette ville actuellement absent; getuige 3: tante van het kind; vader: files Jean
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    DopelingLouis William le Marchant
    VaderJames le Marchant
    MoederJeanne Marie le Marchant
    GetuigeWilliam le Marchant De Guernseij
    Catherine Thomas
    Louis Delpuesch De La Nibbe
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum doop24-08-1791
    Geboortedatum20-08-1791 
    Opmerkingengetuige: de vader zelf vertegenwoordigend getuige 1; getuige 2: veurve du getuige 3; mr le pasteur
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    OverledeneJanne Marie le Marchant
    Huisvrouw vanJames le Marchant
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum begraven29-11-1792
    Opmerkingenoverleden 26-11-1792; Franse kerk; overledene liet na 5 minderjarige kinderen; Punt
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    OverledeneJeanne Thomas
    Huisvrouw vanJames le Marchant
    PlaatsRotterdam
    Datum begraven16-08-1806
    Opmerkingenoverleden 12-08-1806; Franse kerk; Binneweg aan 't Eynd; Groote Draaysteeg
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    Overledene Louis William le Marchant , leeftijd 41 jaar, 11 mnd en 24 dgn
    Vader James le Marchant
    Moeder Jeanne Marie le Marchant
    Echtgenoo/te Carterette Lihou
    Plaats Rotterdam
    Datum overlijden 14-08-1833
    Opmerkingen akte nr. 3147
    Geboorteplaats Rotterdam


    The alliance of Elizabeth with Dr F[rancis] P[ery] Hutchesson was against the wishes of the three Misses Le Marchant, sisters of Eléazar Le Marchant, Seigneur du Comte and dependancies. Dr Hutchesson had been in the army and came here with his regiment. The Le Marchant property had devolved in the line of Eléazar and his sisters, and the whole ought to have descended to the family of Charles, but the old ladies would not countenance the marriage of Elizabeth with an army man (un Swablin³), and, in consequence, the largest share of the property was diverted from its proper line, and went to John Le Marchant, son of James, of Rotterdam, who had married Mary, the eldest daughter of Robert Porret Le Marchant, and a large share was given to Thomas Priaulx of Montville, a legatee under the will of these ladies.