Descendants of Leonard Romeril and Jehanette Le Boutillier

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Descendants of Leonard Romeril





La Fontaine, Ville à L`Evêcque, Trinity. An early 19th century house, built on the site of that of the Romerils, which will have dated from the late 15th or early 16th century. Ownership passed in the late 17th century, by inheritance in the female line, to a branch of the Le Couteur family. It was afterwards a Dorey and then a Nicolle house.

Romeril of La Fontaine

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  • 1 Leonard Romeril (1500-1570) [1] m Jehanette Le Boutillier, daughter of Jean [2]
    • 2 Philippe Romeril (1525-1605) [3] m 1 (1545) Jeanette Coutanche ( -1566) daughter of Guillaume; 2 Elizabeth Unknown
      • 3 Helier Romeril (1546- ) [4]
      • 3 Marie Romeril (1550-1617)
      • 3 Elizabeth Romeril (1555-1615)
      • 3 Martin Romeril (1560-1634) [5] m Sara Lemprière, daughter of Michel [6]
        • 4 Edouard Romeril ( -3/1676) [7] m Sara Le Boutillier ( -1688) [8] daughter of Drouet
        • 4 Philippe Romeril [10]
        • 4 Rachel Romeril ( -1628) m Jean Pinel son of Jean [11]
        • 4 Marie Romeril ( -1664) m Gilles de Gruchy [12]
        • 4 Sara Romeril m Guyon Ahier of St Saviour
        • 4 Jeanne Romeril ( -1650) m Thomas Le Marinel (St J) [13]
        • 4 Mabel Romeril m 1 (1655) Benest Le Gros of Trinity; 2 (1659) Philippe Nicolle of St Martin
      • 3 Catherine Romeril (1563- ) m 1 (1590) Jean Le Geyt (1560-1604) [14]; 2 Abraham Hamptonne
      • 3 Jean Romeril (1566-1613) [15] m Jeanne Le Boutillier, daughter of Jean [16]
        • 4 Elizabeth Romeril (1595- )
        • 4 Marie Romeril (1597- )
        • 4 Collette Romeril (1599- )
        • 4 Marie Romeril (1600- 1680) m (1624, St J) Etienne Hubert, son of Edouard (St S) [17]
        • 4 Helier Romeril (1602-1682) [18] (St J) m 1 (1624) Jeanne Poingdestre (1598-1641) daughter of Jean [19] and of Elizabeth Messervy; 2 (1645, St J) Anne Mourant ( -1658), widow of Jacques Langlois (St L); [20] 3 (1674, St J) Rachel Fleury (1632- ) daughter of Philippe (St J), liv.1685 [21]
          • 5 Jean Romeril (1625-1690) [22] liv. 1687 m 1 (1650, St J) Marie Baudains (1627-1658) [23] daughter of Jean [24] and Collette Romeril, daughter of Jean, son of Collas (St J)
            • 6 Jean Romeril (1650-by 1702), no issue [25]
            • 6 Helier Romeril (1653-by 1661?) [26]
            • 6 Simon Romeril (1654-by 1702), no issue [27]
            • 6 Edouard Romeril (1656?-1731) "aine" (1702) [28] (Herupe) m Anne Le Masurier
              • 7 Rachel Romeril (1685- ) (St J) [29]
              • 7 Jeanne Romeril (1691- ) (St J) [30]
          • by the 2nd marriage of Jean Romeril, son of (H)elier, (1660, Tr) Mabel Le Boutillier [31]
            • 6 Helier Romeril (1661-1667) (St J) [32]
            • 6 Pierre Romeril (1663- ) (St J) [33]
            • 6 Jeanne Romeril (1665-1716) (St J) m (1687, St L) Edouard Baudains (St J)
            • 6 Marie Romeril (1667-1744) (Tr) [34] m (1688, St J) Noe de Gruchy (St J)
            • 6 Rachel Romeril (1672- ) (St J)
          • 5 Elizabeth Romeril (1629- ) m (1656, St J) Jean Mauger [35] son of Jacques (St J)
          • 5 Jeanne Romeril (1632- ) m (1658, St J) Jean Le Boutillier (St J)
          • 5 Elie Romeril (1635-1671) (St J) [36] m (1667, St L) Marie Gruchy (1647- ) (St J) [37] daughter of Jean and of Genette Le Marquand (St J) [38]
            • 6 Marie Romeril (1671- ), liv. 1702 [39]
        • 3rd wife of "Helier Romeril, son of Jean", m (1674, St J) Rachel Fleury
          • 5 Helier Romeril (1676-by 1702) (St J), no issue [40]
        • 4 Jean Romeril (1605- ) [41]
        • 4 Philippe Romeril (1608-by 1664) [42] m Unknown
          • 5 Philippe Romeril (c1633- ) liv. 1664 [43]
          • 5 Edouard Romeril ( -1716?) (St J > St L) [44] m (1676, St L) Catherine Le Veslet [45]
            • 6 Edouard Romeril (1677- ) (St My) [46]
            • 6 Catherine Romeril (1681-1751?) (St L) [47]
            • 6 Raulin Romeril (1684- ) (St L)
            • 6 Philippe Romeril (1687- ) (St L) [48]
            • 6 Jean Romeril (1692-1709) (St L) [49]
            • 6 Thomas Romeril (1696-1697) (St L) [50]
          • 5 Marie Romeril (liv 1664) [51] m Thomas Esnouf [52]
          • 5 Jeanne Romeril (liv 1664) m William Jenkin
        • 4 Josué Romeril (1610-1611)
    • 2 Jean Romeril ( -1619) [53]
      • 3 Marie Romeril m Thomas Poingdestre, son of Clement
      • 3 Susanne Romeril ( -1626) m 1 Jean Pinel [54]; m 2 (1623) Helier Faultrart [55]
    • 2 Marie Romeril ( -1613) m Perrin Bisson (Tr) [56]
    • 2 Jacquette Romeril ( -1609) m Jacques Mallet (St Mt)
  • 1 Jean Romeril (1500- ) [57]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ One of the principaux of Trinity, 1542
  2. ↑ Sister of Philippe
  3. ↑ Denonciateur 1571-84, Viscount 1584-97, Jurat 1597-1605
  4. ↑ Living, of age, in 1566 (Câtel 8); no issue
  5. ↑ Constable of Trinity 1597-1628
  6. ↑ Seigneur of Diélament
  7. ↑ Advocate 1622-51 and 1660-68, Constable of Trinity 1639-51, Jurat 1663-1676
  8. ↑ Buried as the widow of Edouard Romeril
  9. ↑ Advocate, 1670-82, Constable of Trinity, 1660-82; Captain in the Militia
  10. ↑ Student at Oxford or Cambridge 1637. Legal documents show that he died without issue
  11. ↑ Rector of Grouville
  12. ↑ Constable of St Lawrence, 1637-43
  13. ↑ Jurat, 1655
  14. ↑ Denonciateur, 1584; Enregistreur des Contrats, 1602, son of Nicolas
  15. ↑ Seigneur du Fief Payn de la Houguette en Herupe, St John, Advocate 1601-13
  16. ↑ Second marriage to Philippe Romeril, son of Clement (St J)
  17. ↑ RP 20/229 (1673) Marie Romeril, daughter of the late Jean Romeril and of the deceased Jeanne Le Boutillier, his wife, sells with the authority of Etienne Hubert, her husband, to Helier Romeril, elder son and principal heir of the said defuncts, part of the inheritance to which Marie is entitled by the death of the said Jeanne Le Boutillier, their mother"
  18. ↑ Of Herupe. Will, dated 4 September 1682, shortly before his death, which he signed as "H. Romeril fs Jean". His eldest son, Jean Romeril, who was still living, received his father`s kitchen cupboard and such furniture as he required; the daughter (singular; this will be Marie, "only daughter and co-heir" in 1702) of my son Elie [he was the second son] received the four-panelled chest from the west bedroom; Rachel Fleury, the testator`s [third] wife received the usufruct and after her death, Helier Romeril, the testator`s "petit fils", being either grandson or "little son" [the latter, in this case; he was then aged 6] would inherit the residue. The testator appointed Nicolas de Carteret, son of Helier, and his neighbour, Pierre Hamon as executors. The will does not indicate that his son Elie was living: D/Y/A/3/26, at the Jersey Archive
  19. ↑ Of La Chenee (St J)
  20. ↑ Anne Mourant`s husband, on marriage, was described as Helier Romeril son of Jean
  21. ↑ See below, and clearly stated in the Will of Helier Romeril, son of Jean, as his wife, who was to be widowed in 1682, in which capacity she featured as godmother of Rachel Romeril, her step-great-grandchild, in 1685
  22. ↑ Jean`s baptismal entry in 1625 reads: "Jean Romeril, son of Helier, son of Jean." He was mentioned as the eldest son, in his father`s 1682 Will, but had Francois Ahier as procureur in a case dated 1687, see below: Cour du Câtel, 23/6/1687, fo. 260
  23. ↑ Buried as "Marie Baudains, wife of Jean Romeril son of Helier"
  24. ↑ Of Herupe
  25. ↑ See below
  26. ↑ 1653 baptism: "Son of Jean, son of Helier", previously wrongly shown as marrying Jeanne Poingdestre
  27. ↑ 1654 baptism: "Son of Jean, son of Helier, of Herupe." Simon died without issue, see below
  28. ↑ Edouard`s baptismal record has not found, the register having many omissions at this epoch. However, in a case before the C.H. (22/1/1702), Edouard was described as the "eldest son of Jean Romeril, who was the eldest son of Helier Romeril senior". Another party in the proceedings was his first cousin Marie Romeril, daughter of his late uncle Elie Romeril. The parties were also co-heirs regarding the inheritance of their youngest uncle, Helier Romeril junior, who had died prematurely, without issue
  29. ↑ Baptised as "Rachel Romeril, daughter of Edouard, son of Jean, and Anne Le Masurier, his wife." The details of Rachel`s godparents establish beyond doubt that Rachel Fleury was, indeed, the third wife of Helier Romeril whilst, at the same time, confirming the exact placement of her father, Edouard. The baptismal entry reads: "1685..Rachel Romeril, daughter of Edouard, son of Jean, and Anne Le Masurier, his wife." The infant`s godmother was: "Rachel Fleury, widow of Helier Romeril [d. 1682], father of the said Jean"
  30. ↑ Godparents: Edouard Baudains and Jeanne Romeril, his wife. An apparently childless marriage within the parish in 1728, may have been of this Jeanne, although she had a Trinity-born namesake, also daughter of an Edouard, born in 1698, to whom it might have applied. The St John marriage entry did not specify the parties` parishes
  31. ↑ The four children of this marriage were all baptised as children of "Jean Romeril, son of Helier,......"
  32. ↑ Buried as "Elie, son of Jean Romeril, son of Helier, of Herupe"
  33. ↑ Named after his godfather Pierre Hamon, son of Pierre. Nothing is known of him other than his baptism
  34. ↑ Baptised in Trinity, her mother`s parish, 6/10/1667: "Marie daughter of Jean Romeril of the parish of St John", whose godparents were the infant`s uncle and future aunt "Helier Romeril, son of Helier, and M[left blank] his fiancee". The latter was Marie Gruchy, who became Helier`s wife in December. Marie Romeril was described on marriage in St John: "Marie Romeril, daughter of Jean, son of Helier". The godparents of her firstborn son, Noe de Gruchy, in 1691, were Edouard Baudains and his wife, the latter being Marie Romeril`s sister Jeanne
  35. ↑ Of Herupe
  36. ↑ Baptised Elie, often used in Jersey as an abbreviation of Helier, but a different name, being the English Elias. Godparents: Etienne Hubert and Marie Romeril, his wife, of St Saviour. Elie Romeril son of Helier was buried in St John in 1671, having made his Will in his final days, on 24/5/1671, being proved on the 5th June. By the Will, he donated to the poor of St John a Quarter of annual wheat rente, over a period of years, derived from his mother and from Mr Michel Poingdestre. Also mentioned were his wife (unnamed), and their "petite fille," being "their little daughter": D/Y/A/3/33, at the Jersey Archive
  37. ↑ Jean Mauger and Elizabeth Romeril his wife (above, generation 5), had issue Helier Mauger (1671). His godparents were "Marie Gruchy and Helier Romeril, son of Jean, her father-in-law," which clarifies which Elie, or Helier, Romeril married Marie Gruchy. She was previously ascribed to Helier Romeril, son of Nicolas. Rachel Poingdestre, previously shown on this page as Elie`s wife, is now featured on Descendants of Jean Romeril - 4
  38. ↑ Marie Romeril, daughter of Elie Romeril and Marie Gruchy his wife, had for godparents, Jean Gruchy, father of the child`s mother, and Genette Le Marquand, his wife
  39. ↑ C.H. (22/1/1702): Marie Romeril "only daughter and heir" of her late father Helier, was a party in a case regarding their inheritance, which mentions that Edouard Romeril her first cousin was, by then, the eldest surviving son of Marie`s uncle Jean Romeril, and that her uncle Helier, third son of her grandfather, had died without issue
  40. ↑ C.H. 22/1/1702 describes this Helier as the "late Helier Romeril, 3rd son of Helier Romeril senr.," who had died without issue of his own flesh, and to whose inheritance Edouard Romeril, son of Jean, son of the said Helier senior was the senior heir, with Marie Romeril, only daughter of the late [H]elie[r] Romeril, the second son of the said Helier Romeril senior, as his co-heir
  41. ↑ Godfather: The child`s uncle, Martin Romeril, son of Philippe
  42. ↑ RP 9/33 (1638): Philippe Romeril son of Jean, son of Philippe, sells to Etienne Hubert son of Edouard 1 Quarter of wheat to be received from Elie [Helier] Romeril, his elder brother. And RP 14/79 (1649): Helier Romeril, son of Jean, sells to Etienne Hubert...
  43. ↑ RP 18/25 (1664), below
  44. ↑ Baptism during the period of omissions in the St John register. However, a sous-partage records the plaintiff "Edouard Rommeril, son of Philippe, son of Jean" suing what was evidently his second cousin, through Jeanne Le Boutillier (generation 3), "Philippe Rommeril, son of Philippe, son of Philippe" for his share of the inheritance of their mutual grandmother. Co-plaintiffs were the procureur of his first cousin Jean Romeril, Jean Mauger in right of his wife (Elizabeth Romeril), Jean Le Boutillier in right of his wife (Jeanne Romeril) and Mr Michel Poingdestre, tutor of "the child" of Helier Romeril: Cour du Câtel, 23/6/1687, fo. 260
  45. ↑ Cour du Câtel, 23 June 1687, fo. 260: "Edouard Baudains, son of Simon, ordered to pay to Edouard Romeril and co-heirs 1 Quartier of [annual] wheat rente, with arrears, from the assignation [to Baudains] of Philippe Romeril, son of Philippe, son of Philippe [a grandson, as was the said Edouard Romeril, of Jeanne Le Boutillier, wife of the said Philippe Romeril senior and of Jean Romeril, grandfather of the said Edouard], the action being brought by Catherine Le Veslet, wife and procuratrice of the said Romeril"
  46. ↑ Both parents named at baptism
  47. ↑ Godfather: Philippe Le Boutillier
  48. ↑ Godparents: William Jenkin and his sister
  49. ↑ Godparents: Thomas Esnouf and Marie Romeril, his wife
  50. ↑ Both parents named at baptism
  51. ↑ RP 18/25 (1664) "Marie Romeril, wife of Thomas Esnouf, and Jeanne Romeril, wife of William Jenkin, daughters of the late Philippe Romeril, who was son of Jean Romeril and of Jeanne Le Boutillier, his wife, sold to ...Philippe Romeril, eldest son of the said Philippe, all part or portion of their inheritance to which they would be entitled by the death of the said Philippe Romeril, their father, and...Jeanne Le Boutillier, their grandmother, ..for the price of 18 crowns"
  52. ↑ Both Thomas Esnouf and Marie Romeril, his wife, were still living in 1692, when they were named as godparents, on the baptism in St Lawrence of Jean Romeril, son of Edouard, Marie`s brother
  53. ↑ Advocate 1577-1616, Procureur of St Helier 1578, Procureur-General, 1606
  54. ↑ Rector of Grouville 1603-21
  55. ↑ Rector of St Martin 1589-1618
  56. ↑ Father of Jean Bisson, Advocate, 1605-1646, and Receiver-General
  57. ↑ Probably younger brother or perhaps nephew of Leonard: C. Hér (1546) Leonard Romeril en deffaute regarding John Romeril a aporter l`entier et a le reconoitre au sang
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