Descendants of Laurens Esnouf (1545)

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Descendants of Laurens Esnouf





Edouard Esnouf (1816-1875), Master Mariner and shipbuilder, partner in Esnouf & Mauger which was founded in 1827, by his late father, Edouard (1783-1841)

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  • 1 Laurens Esnouf (1545-1609) [1]
    • 2 Edmond Esnouf (1570-1620 m Katherine de la Court, daughter of Jacques and Raulline [2]
      • 3 Jean Esnouf (1595- m (1627, St J) Sara Le Quesne, daughter of Leonard [3]
        • 4 Edmond Esnouf (1630-1676) [4] m (1656, St L) Ester Le Veslet, daughter of Jean
          • 5 Ester Esnouf (1657- ) (St L)
          • 5 Elizabeth Esnouf (1659- ) (St L) m (1679, St L) Clement Romeril (1650 - 1720) (St L) [5]
          • 5 Edmond Esnouf (1660- ) (St L) m (1679, St L) Foy Valpy dit Janvrin
          • 5 Katherine Esnouf (1662- ) (St L)
          • 5 Martin Esnouf (1664- ) (St L) m (1687, St L) Catherine Remon
            • 6 Catherine Esnouf (1688- ) (St L)
            • 6 Edmond Esnouf (1690-1720) (St L) [6] m Unknown
              • 7 Esther Esnouf (1710- ) (St L)
              • 7 Jean Esnouf (1712-c1746) (St L) m (1742, St H) Marguerite de Ste Croix (St H)
                • 8 Edmond Esnouf (1744, St L) [7] m (1767, St L) Elizabeth Le Boutillier (St L)
                  • 9 Edmond Esnouf (1767- ) (St L) [8]
                  • 9 Elizabeth Esnouf (1769- ) (St L)
                  • 9 Philippe Esnouf (1772-by 1781) (St L)
                  • 9 Jean Esnouf (1778- ) (St L) [9]
                  • 9 Philippe Esnouf (1781- ) (St L)
                  • 9 Edouard Esnouf (1783-1841) (St L) [10] m (1809, St L) Jeanne Denize (1782-1/1840) (St L) [11]
                    • 10 Jeanne Esnouf (1810-liv 1849 ) (St L)
                    • 10 Edouard Esnouf (1812-by 1816) (St L)
                    • 10 Jean Esnouf (1814-by 1820) (St L)
                    • 10 Edouard Esnouf (1816-1875) (St L) [12] m (1840, St P) Rachel Mauger (1819- ) daughter of Charles [13] and Rachel Le Feuvre (St P)
                      • 11 Rachel Esnouf (1841-1842) (St L)
                      • 11 Rachel Emma Esnouf (1842-1940) (St L) m (1871, St B) Walter Charles Mauger (1842-1895) (St P) [14] son of Charles Mauger [15]
                      • 11 Walter Edward Esnouf (1845-1845) (St L)
                      • 11 Edouard Mauger Esnouf (1846- ) (St H) [16] m (1876, St P) Adelina Rachel Simon (1848-1929) daughter of John [17]
                      • 11 Albina Jane Esnouf (1849-1925) (St H) [18] m (1911, St My) Elias George Whitley (1858-1929) (St Mt) [19] son of Elie [20]
                      • 11 Ada Esnouf (1850-1935) (St H)
                      • 11 Ernest Esnouf (1861- ) (St H) [21] m (1895, St H) Martha Lydia Jane Voisin, daughter of Francis Bishop [22] and Martha Lydia, nee Hazzard
                        • 12 Doris Violet Esnouf (1896-1969) (St H) [23] m Cyril Walker ( -1981) (Epsom)
                        • 12 Cecil Ernest Esnouf (1898-1982) (St H) [24] m (1925, Lon) Ethel Lydia Abbott Stamberg, daughter of Arthur Clement (St H) [25]
                          • 13 Valerie Esnouf (1927-1927) (Ldn)
                          • 13 Michael P. Esnouf (1930-liv 2012) (Fylde) m (1956, Oxford) Jill Perrett
                          • 13 Barbara Joan Esnouf (1934- ) (Fylde) [26]
                    • 10 Elizabeth Esnouf (1819- ) (St L) m (1853, St S) Jean Luce (1823- ) [27] son of Philippe [28]
                    • 10 Jean Esnouf (1820-liv 1871 ) (St L) [29]
                    • 10 Anne Esnouf (1824- ) (St L)
                • 8 Anne Esnouf (7/1746- ) (St L) [30] m (1765, St L) Thomas Roberts (Newfoundland)
              • 7 Marie (1714- ) (St L)
              • 7 Philippe Esnouf (1716- ) (St L)
              • 7 Edmond Esnouf (1718?-1763) (St L) [31] m (1736, St L) Marguerite Le Boutillier
              • 7 Edouard Esnouf (1720- ) (St L)
            • 6 Elizabeth Esnouf (1692- ) (St L)
            • 6 Esther Esnouf (1697- ) (St L)
            • 6 Marie Esnouf (1699- ) (St L)
          • 5 Rachel Esnouf (1666-1666) (St L)
          • 5 Jean Esnouf (1666-1666) (St L)
          • 5 Jean Esnouf (1668- ) (St L)
        • 4 Catherine Esnouf ( -1687) m Raulin Bertaut (1625-1688)
        • 4 Marie Esnouf
      • 3 Laurens Esnouf 1597 [32]
      • 3 Edmond Esnouf 1600 [33]
      • 3 Catherine Esnouf ( -1616)
      • 3 Rachel Esnouf ( -1624)
    • 2 Jean Esnouf (1570- ) [34] m 2 (1603, St J) Marie Le Quesne; 1 Catherine Le Cornu, daughter of Guilleaume and Marie Dutot
      • 3 Marie Esnouf (1591- ) m Philippe Hocquard
      • 3 Matthieu Esnouf (1594- ) m (1620, Tr) Elizabeth Benest (1594- ) daughter of Philippe
        • 4 Elizabeth Esnouf (1625-1700) (St J) m Estienne Gallichan (1632- )
        • 4 Catherine Esnouf (1630- ) (St J) m Jean Du Bois (1625- )
        • 4 Jean Esnouf (1633- ) (St J) m (1659, St L) Marie Le Breton (1638-1719) daughter of Pierre and Sara de Gruchy
          • 5 Elizabeth Esnouf (1660-1711) (St J) m Moyse Esnouf (1665-1733) (see below for children)
          • 5 Marie Esnouf (1663- ) (St J)
          • 5 Katherine Esnouf (1667- ) (St J)
        • 4 Thomasse Esnouf (1630- ) m (probably) Edouard Queree
        • 4 Marie Esnouf (1623- ) m Jean Le Moignan (1617- )
      • 3 Thomas Esnouf (1596- ) [35] m Mabel de Ste Croix, eld. daughter of Noe, son of Jean, and of Mabel Le Cras
        • 4 Jean Esnouf (1625- ) (St H) m Catherine Luce (1629- ) daughter of Moyse and Marie
          • 5 Philippe Esnouf (1667- )
          • 5 Moyse Esnouf (1666-1733) (St H) m 1 (1686, St H) Elizabeth Esnouf (1660-1711) (see above)
            • 6 Jean Esnouf (1686-1724) (St H) m Esther Laurens (1688-1720) (St L) daughter of Jean Laurens and Elizabeth Luce[36]
              • 7 Jean Esnouf (1709-1719) (St H)
              • 7 Esther Esnouf (1711- ) (St H)
              • 7 Elizabeth Esnouf (1717-1720) (St H)
            • 6 Moyse Esnouf (1693-1755)
            • 6 Elizabeth Esnouf (1688- ) (St H) m Francois Le Gros (1684- )
            • 6 Esther Esnouf (1697-1720) (St H)
          • 2nd wife of Moyse Esnouf (1711, St H) Elizabeth Anley (1683- )
            • 6 Matthieu Esnouf (1712- ) (St H) m (1752, Tr) Elizabeth Le Maistre (1723- ) daughter of Francois and Marthe Gruchy
              • 7 Elizabeth Esnouf (1754-1801) (St H) m Philippe Le Cornu (1753-1840)
              • 7 Jeanne Esnouf (1757- ) (St H)
              • 7 Matthieu Esnouf (1759-1826) m (1805, St H) Anne Denize (1763- ) daughter of Jourdain
                • 8 Jean Esnouf (1806- ) m (1813, St C) Rachel Monamy (1810- )
                • 8 Matthieu Esnouf (1808- ) (St H) m (1829, St Peter) Elizabeth Viel (1811-1851)
                  • 9 Elizabeth Jane Esnouf (1831-1876) (St My)
                  • 9 Philip Esnouf (1833- ) (St My) m (1863, St My) Henriette Misson (1831- )
                    • 10 Philip Charles Burton Esnouf (1864- ) (St H)
                    • 10 Mary Harriet Esnouf (1866- ) (St H)
                    • 10 Charles David Esnouf (1868- ) (St H)
                    • 10 John David Misson Esnouf (1870-1953) (St H) m (1890, St H) Gertrude Florence Collings (1870-1942)
                      • 11 John Jack Collings (1887-1972) (St H)
                      • 11 Rosena Gertrude Esnouf (1890-1973) (St H)
                      • 11 Harriet Florence Esnouf (1892-1975) (St H)
                      • 11 Edith Maud Esnouf (1894-1982) (St H)
                      • 11 Maud Maria Esnouf (1896-1960) (St H)
                      • 11 Philip John Richard Esnouf (1897-1961) (St H) [37] m (1925, Thornbury, Victoria) Elizabeth Shoesmith (1904-1983)
                      • 11 Laura Annie Esnouf (1899-1957) (Devon)
                      • 11 Alice Ellen Esnouf (1901-1981) (Devon)
                      • 11 Gertrude Victoria Esnouf (1903-1990) (Devon)
                      • 11 Clara Jane Esnouf (1905-1989) (Devon)
                      • 11 Douglas Charles Esnouf (1906-1991) (Devon) m Lillian Mitchell (1909-1989)
                      • 11 Violet Elsie Esnouf (1908-2006)
                      • 11 Beatrice Esnouf (1911-1975)
                      • 11 Florence Evelyn Esnouf (1912-1948)
                  • 9 Matthew Esnouf (1833-1853) (St P)
                  • 9 John Elie Esnouf (1840- ) (St P)
                  • 9 Charles Daniel Esnouf (1847-1902) (St P)
                • 8 Philippe Esnouf (1809- ) m (1832, St H) Suky Quesnel (1811- )
                • 8 Charles Esnouf (1811- )
              • 7 Sara Esnouf (1763- ) m Daniel Esnouf (1758- )
              • 7 Marie Esnouf (1765- )
            • 6 Anne Elizabeth Esnouf (1714- ) (St H)
            • 6 Anne Esnouf (1715- ) (St H)
            • 6 Elizabeth Esnouf (1717- ) (St H) m Edouard Le Vavasseur (1716- )
            • 6 Sara Esnouf (1721- ) (St H)
            • 6 Esther Esnouf (1723- ) (St H)
          • 5 Jean Esnouf (1659- ) (St H) m (1678, St L) Esther Le Sueur (1658-1711) daughter of Jean and Jeanne Norman
            • 6 Jean Esnouf (1679- ) (St H)
            • 6 Jean Esnouf (1681- ) (St H) m (1703, St L) Elizabeth Horman (1684- )
              • 7 Jean Esnouf (1704- ) m (1732, St Mt) Elizabeth Mattingly (1708- )
            • 6 Esther Esnouf (1689- ) (St H)
            • 6 Elizabeth Esnouf (1695- ) (St H)
          • 5 Thomas Esnouf (1662- ) (St H)
          • 5 Marie Esnouf (1657- ) (St H)
          • 5 Jean Esnouf (1655- ) (St H)
      • 3 Elizabeth Esnouf (1598- ) (St J)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Cour d’Heritage 1566
  2. ↑ Edmond of St L on son Jean’s marriage, RP 5:116 1617 Edmond son of Laurens
  3. ↑ Jean eldest son RP 7:186 1620
  4. ↑ Eldest son RP 16:142 1657
  5. ↑ They had a son Clement Romeril, baptised in 1680, and other children
  6. ↑ Godparents: Edmond Esnouf and Foy Janvrin, his wife
  7. ↑ Godparents: Edmond Esnouf and Marguerite Le Boutillier, his wife
  8. ↑ Godmother: Anne Esnouf, wife of Mr Thomas Roberts
  9. ↑ Godparents: Jean Martel and Rachel de Ste Croix, his mother
  10. ↑ Co-founder and senior partner of Esnouf & Mauger, Shipbuilders and owners, 1827-1870, Esplanade, St Helier. John Jean, in Jersey Sailing Ships, (Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 1982), 117, 7, 12, has the ship owning part of the business commencing in 1827 and the shipbuilding business as starting under Edouard Esnouf, "opposite Castle Bridge", Patriotic Place, in 1834, where he had built by 1842 sixteen vessels. From 1847-1867, as Esnouf & Mauger, a further twenty-one vessels were built. The founder, Edouard Esnouf, is listed in the 1841 St Helier census, months before his death, as Edouard Esnouf, shipbuilder, 55, with John Esnouf 20, shipbuilder, Elizabeth Esnouf 20 and Ann Esnouf 15. In the 1841 census, ages are often rounded off to the nearest five years; relationships are not given, however, the last three were his son and two daughters. At baptism he had as godparents Edouard de Ste Croix and Elizabeth Le Boutillier
  11. ↑ Jeanne Denize died aged 57
  12. ↑ Master mariner, Certificate 38,989, dated 27 March 1851, and afterwards in his family firm, as shipbuilder, living at 65 Esplanade: UK Census, 1861. At the baptisms of his children Edward Mauger Esnouf (1846), Albina Jane Esnouf (1849) and Ada Esnouf (1850), his occupation is given as shipbuilder. He went to sea in 1835 on Edward Renouf`s 150-ton brig Nelson, which his father had built in that year, transferring in 1837 to another Esnouf-built brig, Centurion, owned by Charles Mauger, who had been a shipowner from 1832 and was to so remain until 1863: J Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships. Esnouf & Mauger are shown in local directories` and almanacs` Shipping Lists as owning in 1866 six vessels
  13. ↑ Of La Retraite, St Peter, Shipowner, 1832-1863, afterwards jointly with Esnouf. His home, as shown in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, which he had no doubt either built or adapted, is now a flourishing dental practice, along with its premises, named La Retraite Jersey Dental Care
  14. ↑ Master mariner. Issue: Charles Edward Mauger (1873-1925) and Lilian Mauger (1879-1955)
  15. ↑ Shipowner
  16. ↑ OV. Apprenticed in the Merchant Navy, then commission agent and merchant (1876)
  17. ↑ Proprietor
  18. ↑ Godparents: John Esnouf and Jane Esnouf. The former was living with his nieces at the time of the 1871 census, described as their unmarried uncle, aged 50
  19. ↑ Civil Servant
  20. ↑ Master Mariner
  21. ↑ Timber merchant (1901); lived at 5 St Mark`s Road
  22. ↑ Draper
  23. ↑ School teacher (1921)
  24. ↑ MBE, TD, OV. Jurat, -1960-. Schoolmaster, Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Served in the Great War as Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, and afterwards Major, Territorial Army
  25. ↑ Of 8 Windsor Crescent, Doctor
  26. ↑ Nurse, 1961--1963, Royal Free Hospital, Gray`s Inn Road: U.K. and Ireland, Nursing Register, 1898-1968, (1961--3-)
  27. ↑ Mariner
  28. ↑ Plasterer
  29. ↑ Shipbuilder, with his father in 1841, at the Esplanade. Master of sawmill--Esnouf and Mauger. 1871 census, when he was aged 50
  30. ↑ Described, on baptism as daughter of the late Jean Esnouf. Her godmother was Anne de Ste Croix and her husband, Jean Coutanche
  31. ↑ No baptism found. However, in his will, dated 22 April 1743, he described himself as Edmond Esnouf, son of Edmond, of St Lawrence and chronologically named his three brothers as Jean, Philippe and Edouard and his two sisters as Esther and Marie. His wife and executrix was named as Marguerite Le Boutillier. The will was proved on 27 September 1763: D/Y/A/11/22 at Jersey Archive. Edmond Esnouf was also, with Edouard Mauger who witnessed his 1743 will, among those chosen in 1757 to appoint an administrator of the inheritance of the late Jean Esnouf: L/C/139/A1/8, at Jersey Archive
  32. ↑ Second son RP 7:186 1620
  33. ↑ Younger son RP 7:186 1620
  34. ↑ Younger brother of Edmond RP 3:20 1609, partage after father’s death
  35. ↑ Thomas Esnouf, son of Jean, son of Lorens, buys the inheritance of Elizabeth de Ste Croix, 2nd daughter of Noe, son of Jean, and Mabel Le Cras, his wife: L/C/66/C1/55 (1637), at the Jersey Archive. Also, "Thomas Esnouf and Mabel de Ste Croix, his wife, eldest daughter of Noe de Ste Croix, son of Jean": L/C/66/C1/75 (1663), at the same
  36. ↑ Marriage record not found
  37. ↑ Emigrated to Australia after serving as an able seaman on HMS Defiance in the Great War. Changed name to Venten
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