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Edwin J.\Quett Sellers PRESEXTED BY EDWIN J.\QUETT SELLERS, S00-803 BETZ BUILDINC, PHILADELPHIA. PA. GENEALOGY OP THE JAQUETT FAMILY BY EDWIN JAQUETT SELLERS REVISED EDITION PHILADELPHIA 1907 EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRESS 01' ALLEN, LANE • SCOTT PBJLADELPUJA JAQUETT FAMILY L 1. PIERRE JAQUET, a citizen of Geneva, was born the latter part of the fifteenth century. The family is said to have originated in the vicinity of Gex, Savoy, France. (" Armorial Genevois. ") The arms of the family* are pro­ duced in color in "Armorial Genevois, par J. B.-G. Galiffe, Adolphe Gautier et Aymon Ga­ liffe. Nouvelle editione. Gen­ eve. Georg & Co., Libraires­ editeurs, 1896," at plate 22. These same arms are mentioned by Rietsta.p as d'azur au chev., acc. en chef de deu,: ltoiles (5), en p. d'un croiss. These arms were modified at later date by various branches of the family, apparently for differentiation. On page 19 of the "Armorial" is the following:- "Jaquet, Galiffe, Grenus, Na,1iile (authorities). Variantes: 1° Se/on un cachet z665, le croissant remplacl par une fieur de l:,,s, ac­ compagntc ou non de J ltoilcs. 2° Selan un cachet z693 avcc le nom, une fieur de l:,,s accompagntc de 6 ftoilcs, une en chef, une en poime ct de= a chaque fianc. 3° le chevron d'or. Les Jaquet annoblis par dipl6me de Prusse 1723t portent d'argem au chevron de gculcs ac­ compagntc en chef d'unc fascc haussfc d'a..-ur chargfc de 3 ttoilcs du champ, et en poime d'unc aigle lpl,o:,,fc de sable." Pierre Jaquet is mentioned in 1550 as the late Pierre Jaquet, father of Frangois (3), in the marriage: contract of the latter, hereafter quoted. He must have married • The arms in former edition n.re incorrect. t 1723 is error. J713 being correct date. 4 JAQUETT FAMILY the beginning of the sbcteenth century, as his eldest son Odet (2) purchased a house in I538. Pierre Jaquet had issue: 2. ODET. 3. FRANS,01S. II. 2. M:AtTRE OnET JAQUET,* son of Pierre Jaquet (I), was born the beginning of the sbcteenth century. He married Jeanne--. Jan. 29, I538, PierreJaccod, son of the late Jehan Jaccod, citizen of Geneva, and Janne, his wife, convey to "Oddet Jacquet," a citizen of Geneva, broker, a house together with the garden behind it, situate in Geneva in the Bourg-de-Four, ad­ joining north the house and garden of the Commonalty of the Lords of Geneva who were of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, south the house and garden of the said Commonalty which was formerly of Mr. de Filliez, etc. (Instrumente of Notary Claude- de Compois, Vol. X, p. I66.) t October I6, I539. Richard Orjollet, surnamed Dela­ cour, of Bossey, principal, and Jehan Dunant, surnamed Jugnyer, pastryman, bourgeois, of Geneva, and Pierre Dunant, of Bossey, sureties. The principal borrows one hundred florins of Odet Jaquet, broker, on a mortgage. (Ibid., Vol. XII, p. 308.) Monday, January II, I546. Odet Jaquet petitions the Lords Trustees of St. Victor's concerning the col­ lection of tithes at Troyne.-.c, and prays that it may be according to the custom of previous years. Petition refused. {Register of the Council.) Odet Jaquet became a member of the Council of Two Hundred in I:,44- (Records of the Coux:.cil.) He was present at his brother Frangois' marriage in I550. He died Jan. Io, I554. They had issue: • An account of the descendants of Odet Jnquet. compiled by Mr. Louis Dufour. Vemes, the State Arcllivist, was published in ,ss,. in .. Xoticcs Gcn,!alogiques sur Jes Famillcs Gene..-oises." Vol. V. p. 382. tThesearchesat Geneva were made by Mr. Louis Dufour-Vornes, Govemment An:hi,-ist. The tr.msl:Ltioru; throughout the work "·ere mnde by the la.to !\Ir. Adrian ..-an Heiden. of Phtbdclpbia. JAQUETT FAMILY 5 4- MARTINE, d. Sept. 27, 1552. 5. JAQtrEllllA, m. Jan. 23, 1558, Antoine, son of Claude Marchand. 6. PE1t.,.ETTE, m. 1st, May 24, 1562, Pierre Tondu; 2nd, Jean Tullier. 7. PI= 8. FJlAN!jOIS. 9. SYLvESTilE, m. Dec. u, 1569, Jacob Comte. :ro. ETIENNE, bap. Sept. 19, 1550. III. 7. SEIGNEUR PIERRE JAQUET, son of Odet Jaquet (:z) and Jeanne --, m. 1st, March 21, 1563, Clauda, dau. of Thomas Beruffy, of Nyon (Vaud); 2nd, Sept. 26, 1569, Anne, dau. of the late Fran!;ois Dupont; 3rd, Feb. 5, 1571, Mie Anmoal. He was a merchant. He was a member of the Council of Two Hundred in 1571 and remained a member until his death, May 24, 1591; a Director of the General Hospital in 1573; in 1576 clerk keeper of the Boulevard St. Antoine; 1576-1580 a member of the Consistory; Jan. xo, 1577, member of the Council of Sixty; in 1582 a court auditor: Aug. r8, 1589, he was rewarded for guarding Fort d'Arve. By his first marriage he had issue: u. PIERRE, bap. Dec. 26, :r563. I2. --. d. April IS, 1565. 13. PIERRE, bap. May 15, 1566. 14- ODET, bap. Jan. u, 156S. Issue by third marriage: 15. PIERRE. 16. ETIENNE, bap. Feb. 16, 1576. 17. DAVID. 18. JACQUES, bap. May 31, 1579; d. June 13, 1580. 19. JEANNE, b. March 18, 1581; d. Nov. 10, 1589. 20. JEAN. 21. PE:R.,.ETTE, b. Jan. 26, 1584; m. Feb. 5, 1604, Etienne, son of Thivent de Cusineas (marriage contract of March 23, 1604, P. Dassier, Notary); d. May 18, 1643; her will dated May 15, 1643 (T. Vautier, Not.). IV. 15. PIERRE JAQUET, son of Pierre Jaquet (7) and Mie Annibal, bap. Feb. 19, 1572; "1\!aitre impri- 6 JAQUETT FAMILY meur"; m. June 6. t597, Fernette, dau. of Jean Due; d. Feb. 21, r6r9. She d. Jan. 6, r63r, "of the Plague," aged 55 yrs. Issue: 22. JEANNE, b. Feb. 24, I598. 23. LoutsE, b. Oct. IS, 1599; m. Dec. 2, I622 (Contract of June 7, 1629, Etne. Bon, Not.), Louis, son of the late Pierre Emetaz, of Landecy, near Geneva. 24- JACQUES, living in I650 and in that year mentioned in the will of his sister J aquema. 25. JEAN. 26. 11.LuuE, b. July 20, :r604; d. Aug. IO, I6I9. 27. ABRAHAM. 28. JEA.VNE, b. Jan. 28, :r6o8; m. March IJ, :r625, Gideon Desprez, "maitre imprimeur," son of the late Etienne (Contract of Nov. 29, :r625, Et. Bon, Not.); d. Feb. 5, :r657. 29. JUDITH, b. Oct. u, I6Io; m. Feb. IS, I638, Pierre, son of the late Jean Le Coultre. 30. jAQtTEMA. b. Dec. 31, I612; d. Nov. 20, I650, having ma.de her will the day before (B. Vautier, Not.). JI. PER:-.ETTE, b. Dec. 6, 16I4; d. Sept. IS, 16I7. 32. JEANNE, m. Jan. 22, 1660, Miehe!, son of the late Etie=e Gaudy (Contract of Jan. LS, I66o, Grosjean, Not.); d. in :r673; mentioned in her sister Jaquema's will 33. DANIEL, b. Ja.n. IO, I6I7; d. Dec. 6, 1630. V. 25. JEAN JAQUET, son of Pierre Jaquet (rs) and Fernette Due, was b. April 20, r602; m. 1st, Jeanne Baudiere, who d. Jan. 8, 1631, "of the Plague," aged 25 yrs.; m. 2nd, April 7, 1633, Marthe, dau. of Jean Pittard, and who d. March IS, r642, aged 28 yrs.; m. 3rd, Dec. 8, 1642, Judith, dau. of Jean Duboule and Antoina Gentil. He d. May 12, r678. Issue by second marriage: 34. PER:~ETTE, d. Dec. 5, z635, aged 8 mos. 35. JEAN, b. Ja.n. 2, 1636; d. Sept. 3, 1658. 36. ]AQUELISE, b. Aug. 18, I638; d. Sept. 20, I638. 37. JEANNE, b. Aug. 20, 1639; d. sume hours later. 38. JACQUES, b. July 30, 1640; d. Aug. 14, 1656. 39. CLAUDE, b. May 23, I641. Issue by third marriage: 40. ]EA:-. AsTOISE, b. Oct. 1, I643; d. June Io, 1670. 4I. MARIE, b. July I2, 1645; d. Aug. 20, 1646. JAQUETT FAMILY 7 42. A son, still born, Aug. 25, 1646. 43• JEAN PIERRE. 44. PAUL, b. Jan. 29, :r652; d. Nov. 23, :r674. 45. JACQUES, b. Dec. 9, :r655; d. Jan. 24, 1656. 46. SUSANNE, bap. Nov. 18, 1656; d. April 2, :r657. 47. JEAN, b. April 25, 1658. VI. 43· JEA...'l' PIERRE JAQUET, son of JeanJaquet (25) and Judith Duboule, was bap. May 26, 1650; m. Ist, Jan. I6, 1673, Jaquenrine, dau. of Jacques Girod, of Farges (pays de Ge.x, Savoy); 2nd, Dec. I, I690, Jeanne Fer­ nette, dau. of the late Jean Emetaz (Contract of Nov. 30, I690, T. A. Comparet, Not.). Issue by first mar­ riage: 48. JACQUES, b. July 16, 1673; d. May :r8, 1675. Issue by second marriage: 49• MAlllE, b. Oct. 24, :r69:r. V. 27. ABRAHAM JAQUET, son of Pierre Jaquet (I5) and Fernette Due, was b. Sept. Io, I6o6; m. ---. Issue: 50. Amt, b. circa 1641; m. Fran!,oise Dupensat; d. Jan. 22, 1694, aged 53 yrs. Issue: 51. JEANNE, d. Dec. 31, 1684, aged 15 yrs. 52. Mo1sE, d. Sept. 2, 1680, aged 10 yrs. 53. MATTHIEU, d. Sept. 18, 1680, aged 5 yrs. 54. ELIZABETH, d. July II, 1684, aged 6 yrs. 55. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 4, 1681. 56. JACQUES AIME. 57. JEAN::-.E, b. April 21, 1686; d. Jan. 29, 1690. 58. JEANXE URBINE, b. June 19, :r688. VI. 56. JACQUES AIME JAQUET, son of Aime Jaquet (50) and Fran!,oisc Dupensat, b. Sept. II, 1683; m. Dec. I9, 1717, Elizabeth (93), dau. of Andre Jaquet (86) and Louise d'Hainville (Contract of Dec. 10, 1717, Reclan, Not.); d. Dec. 21, 1737, having made his will April 16, 1731 (D. Grosjean, Not.) She d.
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