 1775 - 1800 (25 years)
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| Name |
BOISSEAU Joseph Holmes De Saussure |
| Birth |
16 Apr 1775 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
7 Dec 1800 |
Prince George County, VA  |
- Mr Boisseau died in Prince George County December 7, 1800, leaving three children one of whom ( Joseph Holmes Boissea), Joseph married Rebecca E. Heath Simmons December 8, 1819.
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| Notes |
- Boisseau Family
Tradition says that the forefathers of the Virginia family being Huguenots came down to Montauban, France, to assist in carrying on the great Protestant University there. They continued their connection with the University till the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (March 5, 1685) when several of them fled to England. After a sojourn there of several years two brothers, Joseph Ehyrr Boisseau and James Boisseau, whose father, uncle and brother had been killed in the persecutions, sailed for Virginia in the same fleet, but in different vessels. A storm arose, the fleet was scattered and they lost sight of one another. Each had the idea that the other had perished, and for two generations the two families knew naught of one another. James Boisseau was accepted as minister in England, and there is a receipt signed by him, in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, dated 11 November 1689, for money paid to him as an emigrant minister to the colonies. This date doubtless gives about the time of the two brothers leaving England.
Joseph Ehyrr Boisseau, after the storm reached Charleston [South Carolina] with the crew, all in an almost dying condition, and then went to the Island of St. Christopher, where he established himself as a sugar planter. He married in England Mathilde H.S. De Saussure of Swiss Parentage. (H = Huelrich)
Children:
(1) De Saussure Ehyrr Boisseau(2) Five Daughters (names unknown)
Col. De Saussure Ehyrr Boisseau born on St. Christopher's Island, in the West Indies, married about 1720 Caroline Roche (Roache)
Children:
(1) Holmes De Saussure Boisseau---was educated at the University of Geneva---married Judith E. Roberdeau, a daughter of General Daniel Roberdeau, who was born on the Island of St. Christopher in 1727; moved to Philadelphia---[General Daniel Roberdeau] moved to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the lumber business; was member of the State Assembly in 1756-1760; manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital 1756-1758, and member of the Council of Safety 1776-1776; first Brigadier General of Pennsylvania troops 1776-1777, member of the Continental Congress and served from 1777-1779; moved to Alexanderia in 1785 and thence to Winchester, Virginia, where he died June 5, 1795.
The residence of the married pair was on the Island of St. Christopher, but later they went to South Carolina where twins were born on Good Friday, 1775, and the mother Judith E. Roberdeau died soon after, leaving one child surviving.
Child with Judith : Joseph Holmes De Saussure Boisseau
[Holmes De Saussure Boisseau] who had doubtless come to know of his kins people in Prince George County, Virginia , came to Virginia in 1778, where he Married secondly Elizabeth Jordan, daughter of John Jordan. He returned with [Elizabeth Jordan] to the Island of St. Christopher, where he died in 1824. his wife Elizabeth Jordan died in france leaving two children..
Children with Elizabeth:
*Jane Jordan Boisseau, who married Thomas Eldridge*Holmes John Alexander Boisseau, who married Mary Ann Glover
(John Jordan who had a brother Arthur, was probably a descendant of Arthur Jordan of Surry County, Virginia, brother of Col. George Jordan, Attorney General of Virginia (1670-1678)---see tyler's Quarterly VII, p. 48)
(2) James Robert Boisseau, who married on St. Christopher's Island Jean Francois De Bois June 8, 1748.
Children:
(1) Pierre Francois De Bois--joined the American Army during the American Revolution, and was made Brevet Major October 7 1776.---He behaved with utmost gallantry and lost an arm in the battle of "the Woods."---resigned April 9, 1779 and returned to France
(2) Other Daughters (names unknown)
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Joseph Holmes De Saussure Boisseau married in France Marie Anne Westmania Gaberg (Shurouskii) Pattin, daughter of Lt. Josselin and Marie Anne W.G. Pattin, in an apartment of the Catholic Cathedral, at Marseilles France on June 15, 1794. They soon came to Prince George County, Virginia, where their father had lands. She was of a notable family of singers and on another line of distinguished naval men. Mr Boisseau died in Prince George County December 7, 1800, leaving three children of whom Joseph married Rebecca E. Heath Simmons December 8, 1819.
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I12465 |
Booth Family |
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26 Apr 2015 |
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