De La Rocque
The 1625 St John burial record of Jean de La Rocque dit Katherine
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Origin of Surname
The name literally means 'of the rock', but more specifically it became a placename for many fortified summits. The commonest spelling in Normandy and northern France is Delaroque, whereas in southern areas Delaroche is more common.
It is not likely that the Jersey surname was derived from La Rocque on the island's east coast.
Early Records
Robert de la Rocque, or Robertus de Rupe, is mentioned in a close letter of 1215 as one of the hostages of Jersey.
There is a record of the name in Normandy in 1250, Johannes de Roqua appearing in the records of Lisieux, and 11 years later there is a reference to la ferme Erneys de la Roque.
The surname appears again in Jersey in the Assize Roll of 1309, with a mention of Raoul de Roke, who was a juror in St Saviour, as was Raoul de la Rocque, perhaps the same man, in the Extente of 1331.
Although Roche and its variants are generally considered in France to be of the same derivation as Rocque and its variants, the de la Rocque and Roche families in Jersey have distinct ancestries.
The Jersey family was influential from the early 15th to the early 17th centuries, giving to the Island a Bailiff, three Jurats and a Vicomte. One of the Jurats predates the trees shown below. He was Guille, or Guillaume, de la Rocque of St Clement, who was a Jurat, 1438-1465, with some sources stating that he was also Lieutenant-Bailiff. His elder daughter and principal heiress, Jeanette de la Rocque, married Guillaume de Hamptonne. A younger daughter and co-heiress, Michelle, married Drouet du Costil of St Clement, which family, in that branch, is now represented by the descendants of Benest Le Brocq.
A particularly notable branch of the de la Rocque family were Seigneurs of Saval, whose Trinity home was Le Menage du Rocquier, this being a corruption of their surname. Another property, perhaps owned by this same branch, was De la Rocque, in Mont au Prêtre, St Helier, where an ancient window lintel has engraved upon it a trefoil, this being a feature of the family`s arms.
Arms
Gules, a fesse between three trefoils, or.
Variants
- de La Rocque, 1515
- de La Roque, 1331
- de La Rocq 1461
- de Roke
- de La Roke 1309
- de Roka 1299
- Delaroche
- Roche
- Roches
- De La Roche, 1299
- de Roches 1331*
Family records
Family trees
- Jean De La Rocque: 15th-17th centuries
- Jean De La Rocque 2: 17th-18th centuries
- Mathieu De La Rocque: 17th-19th centuries
Church records
- De La Rocque baptisms in Jersey
- De La Rocque marriages in Jersey (groom)
- De La Rocque marriages in Jersey (bride)
- De La Rocque burials in Jersey
Family histories and biographies
Family homes
- Le Menage du Rocquier, Trinity
- Maison de La Rocque, St Helier
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