Notes for: Francis (François) Bouquet
I am guessing that this is the Francis Bouquet who ended up in England and later British Colonial America. The footnote on page 16 of Charles Baird's book on Huguenot Immigrants to America (v. 2) says this about François Bouquet:
"Francois Bouquet, maitre de barque, sa femme et cinq enfans; biens, 4,000 livres," fled to England in 1681 from Saint Nazaire or Port des Barques. (The name is mentioned in connection with both these localities, which were less than two miles apart.) "Led[it] Bouquet est de retour en 1684, et s'en retourne." -- (Arch. Nat.) Francois appears in New York at the marriage of Suzanne [his daughter ?] to Pierre Dasserex, in the French Church, April 22, 1697. He was an inhabitant of New York, paying taxes, in 1701. Guillaume, Jacob, Jeanne (who married Jean Hain), Abijah, or Abigail (who married Jacques Arden), and Marie, were probably children of Francois. Jacob Bouquet married Marguerite, and died in 1721. -- (N. Y. Wills, IX., 278.) Jacob, son of Jacob and Marguerite Bouquet, was born August 23, 17 19. --(Records of the French Church in New York.) This family is to be distinguished from that of Bock or Bokee, of Flemish extraction probably, which settled at an early day in Dutchess County, N. Y. --(New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, III., 146 ;
Here is their marriage record:
Source: NV3
Code commune: 17429P
Commune: SOUBISE Prot
Code dpt: 17
Département: Charente-Maritime
Acte: M
Date: 19/06/1672
Nom époux: BOUQUET
Prénoms époux: François
Lieu d'origine époux: ST NAZAIRE SUR CHARENTE Prot (17)
Profession époux: Pecheur
Nom épouse: BOURRUT
Prénoms épouse: Françoise
Lieu d'origine épouse: ST NAZAIRE SUR CHARENTE Prot (17)
N° d'enreg.: 583976
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This may be an earlier marriage of François:
Source: NV3
Code commune: 17429P
Commune: SOUBISE Prot
Code dpt: 17
Département: Charente-Maritime
Acte: M
Date: 28/02/1666
Nom époux: BOUCHET
Prénoms époux: François
Lieu d'origine époux: SOUBISE Prot (17)
Nom épouse: BOURRUT
Prénoms épouse: Elisabeth
Lieu d'origine épouse: SOUBISE Prot (17)
N° d'enreg.: 583841
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