Le Bas

Le Bas family page

Records for Le Bas family members go back as far as 1500

A Miss Le Bas photographed in the 1870s by Ernest Baudoux

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Pre-1500 arms as researched by Julian Wilson

Origin of Surname

George Balleine, in his work on the derivation of Jersey family names, makes no mention of Le Bas, which appears as early as 1304, when there was the petition of Mathilda, wife of Guillaume Le Bas. The surname also features in the Assize Roll of 1309. Bas is French for low, which suggests that the original holder of the name was short in stature.

Early records

Baptism records in the parish registers are found from 1598 onwards, but these earlier records have been found

• Nicolas Le Bas was born in St Peter about 1500 and married a Miss Pipon in 1525
• Jean Le Bas was born in St Lawrence about 1532 and married Marie Gibout.
• Rauline Le Bas was born in St Lawrence about 1545, the daughter of Nicolas (1519- ) and Jeanne Trachy

Variants

• Le Bas, 1299
• Lebas, 1515, commonly found in Normandy

Payne's Armorial of Jersey

Normandy is the province whence this family draws its origin, and it has been settled in the island for centuries. The name appears in documents of the 13th century, existing in the archives of St Lo, which relate to the possessions held by the monks of Mont St Michel in Jersey.

The family possesses several branches, settled principally in the parishes of St Peter and St Brelade, which, however, owing to the absence of evidence, cannot be traced to a common origin. Of these, the principal are those of Les Niesmes and La Presse, in the Parish of St Peter, and that of St Brelade, now represented by Nicholas Le Bas, of Mont de Vigne. This latter branch is of great antiquity in its parish, the present representative being the twentieth of the name in lineal descent.

That of Les Niesmes has been in possession of this estate for, at least, 16 generations, when by the marriage of Ann, only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Le Bas, with Philip Le Feuvre, it passed into the possession of the last-named family. The only brother of this Nicholas, Philip Le Bas, having married Anne, only daughter and heiress of Philip Gervaise, of St Brelade, settled on the paternal estate of that very ancient family, which is now in the possession of his eldest son, Philip Le Bas.

The branch of La Presse came originally from St Lawrence, where it held a considerable estate, known to this day as Ville-au-Bas. It became possessed of La Presse by its marriage with the heiress of the Bechervaise family. Its present bead is Henry Philip Le Bas, who also represents a section of the ancient Norman family of Macé, the first insular settler of which was a victim of the French Revolution of 1789.

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Noe Le Bas and Anne Le Maistre
• Descendants of Lorans Le Bas
• Descendants of Guillemin Le Bas Added 2018
• Descendants of Nicolas Le Bas - 2 Added 2018
• Descendants of Jean Le Bas Added 2021

Church records

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• Le Bas baptisms in Jersey
• Le Bas marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Le Bas marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Le Bas burials in Jersey

Biographies

• Hedley Francis Le Bas, publisher

Newspaper records

• John Le Bas, 1848 land valuer
• John Le Bas was owner of the schooner Maria which was feared lost in 1848

Family members who served in the Great War

• Arthur Le Bas (1895-1916), son of Edwin and Ada, nee Le Boutillier, of La Presse, St Peter; Private, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action
• Dumaresq Le Bas, OV, Lieut, RAMC
• Edwin Le Bas (1881- ) (St P), son of Edwin, of La Presse and Ada Le Boutillier; Sergeant, Canadian Forestry Corps
• Frank Le Bas (1894- ), Private, Canadian Infantry
• Henry Le Bas (1888?- ) (St P), son of Edwin, of La Presse and Ada Le Boutillier; Private, RAMC
• Reginald Ernest Le Bas (1884- ) (St H) son of Ernest Thomas and Elsie Mary Gruchy, 2nd Engineer, Mercantile Marine, ss Hantonia
• Spencer Le Bas (1894- ) Private, Canadian Infantry

Family wills

• Le Bas family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

• Le Bas burial records 1820-1978

Family homes

• Argilston, Mont Nicolle, St Brelade
• Bel Air, St Saviour
• Les_Niemes_Farm, St Peter
• La_Presse, St Peter

Family businesses

E Le Bas and Co. issued banknotes as Mont au Pretre Bank in the 1830s. The bank of "Elie Le Bas and G. Falle or Mont au Prêtre Jersey Bank" is listed amongst other 19th century Jersey banks, as existing between 1839-50, by A. L. T. McCammon, in Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles (London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1984), 231. The author links it to the bank of Jean Le Bas of St Brelade, 1818-20; 1836-53, latterly as Elie Le Bas and Jean Grandin, Mont au Prêtre, 1836-53. The St Helier paying agent was Jean Syvret of Broad Street

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Du Heaume Le Bas during the Occupation as a member of the Honorary Police ^[1]

Family album

Le Bas shooting party in 1910

Rogues gallery

Family gravestones

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Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

Notes and references

1. ↑ These cards are held by Jersey Archive. Visit The Archive online catalogue for more information. A subscription may be needed to view some of the site's content