Descendants of Philippe Giffard

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Descendants of Edouard Giffard



Giffard of St Brelade

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Captain Philippe Giffard (1817-1893) photographed by Ernest Baudoux

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  • 1 Edouard Giffard (c1615-by 1701) (St B) m (1641, St B) Rachel Le Filliastre (1626-1701), daughter of Abraham (St B)
    • 2 Edouard Giffard (1643- ) (St B) [1] m (1681, St B) Marie Mauger (St B)
    • 2 Rachel Giffard (1646-1725?) (St B) [2]
    • 2 Jean Giffard (1649- ) (St B) [3] m (1680, St L) Jeanne Le Brocq
      • 3 Rachel Giffard (1680-1681) (St B) [4]
      • 3 Marie Giffard (1683- ) (St B)
        • 4 Richard Giffard (1704- ) (St B) [5]
      • 3 Jean Giffard (1685- ) (St B)
      • 3 Edouard Giffard (1689- ) (St B)
      • 3 Moyse Giffard (1693- ) (St B) m (1712, St B) Judith Le Brocq
    • 2 Abraham Giffard (1652-1708) (St B) [6] m (1685, St B) Marie Seward (St B)
      • 3 Abraham Giffard (1686-1707?) (St B) [7]
      • 3 Edouard Giffard (1691- ) (St B) [8] m (1711, St L) Marie Pipon [9]
        • 4 Edouard Giffard (1713- ) (St B) [10] m 1 (1753, St B) Rachel Le Marquand ( -1771) (St B); 2 (1772, St B) Jeanne Gruchy (St B)
      • 3 Marie Giffard (1699- ) (St B)
      • 3 Abraham Giffard (1707-1710) (St B)
      • 3 Philippe Giffard (1709-1754) (St B) [11] m (1732, St B) Elizabeth Cabot ( -1782) (St B) [12]
        • 4 Philippe Giffard (1733- ) (St B) [13] m (1755, St B) Elizabeth Jeffrey
          • 5 Elizabeth Giffard (1755- ) (St B) m (1778, St P) David Mauger (St H) [14]
            • 6 Elizabeth Giffard (1779- ) [15]
            • 6 Esther Giffard (1781- )
            • 6 David Giffard (1783- )
            • 6 Catherine Giffard (1785- ) [16]
            • 6 Philippe (1787- ) [17]
            • 6 Harriet (1797- ) [18]
          • 5 Philippe Giffard (1757- ) (St B)
          • 5 Thomas Giffard (1759- ) (St B) m Marie Madeleine Marett (1762- ), daughter of Henri and Anne Villeneuve (St B)
            • 6 Thomas Giffard (1782- ) (St B) [19]
            • 6 Marie Anne Giffard (1787- ) (St B)
          • 5 Jean Giffard (1760-1789) (St B)
          • 5 Edouard Giffard (1762-1794) (St B) [20] m (1781, St B) Catherine Gallienne (1752-1830)
            • 6 Edouard Giffard (1785- ) (St B)
            • 6 David Giffard (1787-1822) (St B) [21] m (1820, St B) Esther Le Feuvre dit Fillastre ( -1856) (St B)
              • 7 Esther Giffard (1821-1870) (St B) m (1849, St B) Edouard Francois Le Lievre [22]
            • 6 Philippe Giffard (1789- ) (St B?) (Tr) [23] m (1815, St H) Elizabeth Gruchy (Tr)
              • 7 Jeanneton Giffard (1816-1862) (Tr)
              • 7 Philippe Giffard (1817-1893) (Tr) [24] m 2 (1879, Gr) Maria Cantell (1831-1897); 1 (1846) Mary Ann Bott (1826-1873), daughter of Nicolas [25] and Marie Marguerite, nee Deleree (St PP)
                • 8 Mary Ann Patty Giffard (1847-1926) m (1872, St S) Charles Pallot (1832-1894)
                • 8 Amelia Louisa Giffard (1849-1864)
                • 8 Philip John Giffard (1851-1856)
                • 8 Matilda Jane Giffard (1856-1882) m (1879, St S) George Hamon Blampied (1854-1894), [26] son of George (St H) [27]
                • 8 Ellen Melvina Giffard (1859-1860)
                • 8 Philip Bott Giffard (1861-1931) (Jsy > Aus) [28] m (1886) Mary Ann Ryan
                  • 9 Marion Matilda Giffard (1887-1958)
                  • 9 Annette Honoria Giffard (1889- )
                  • 9 Philip Ryan Giffard (1890-1890)
                  • 9 Philip William Giffard (1892- )
                  • 9 Ethel Marjorie Giffard (1896- )
                • 8 Charles James Giffard (1863-1947) [29] m 1 (1885, Queensland) Isabella Grant (1860-1929)
                  • 9 Mary Ann Giffard (1886- )
                  • 9 May Ethel Giffard (1888- )
                  • 9 Alfred Charles Giffard (1890-1948) m 1 (1927) Amy Dorothy Flux (1891-1941); 2 (1944) Rose Appleton (1916-1987)
                    • 10 Alfred James Giffard (1946-1950)
                • 2nd wife of Charles James Giffard (1899) Emily Maud Williams
                  • 9 Colin Frederick Giffard (1900- )
                  • 9 Winifred Violet Giffard (1903-1980)
                  • 9 Phyllis Daisy Giffard (1904- )
                  • 9 Emily Maud Giffard (1909- )
              • 7 Jean Giffard (1818-1856) (Tr)
          • 5 William Giffard (1764- ) (St B)
          • 5 Catherine Giffard (1768- ) (St B) m (1789, St S) Philippe Bechervaise (St My) [30]
    • 2 Philippe Giffard (1659- ) (St B)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Godparents: Elie Dumaresq, son of Abraham, and Jeanne, wife of unknown Giffard, grandfather and grandmother
  2. ↑ A Rachel Giffard was buried in St Brelade in 1727, "the widow of Jean Hocquard," whom she had married in 1690
  3. ↑ There was a "Jean Giffard, Centenier of this parish buried in February 1691." Furthermore, there is evidence that a Jean Giffard married twice and had issue of his second marriage, which probably took place in St Brelade on 27 September 1702, to Jeanne Pipon. His identity is unclear. The burial of his first wife and further detail of their issue and of their dates of death are required
  4. ↑ Godparents: Edouard Giffard and Rachel his mother, the child`s uncle and grandmother. Rachel`s godparents tend to confirm the parents` marriage entry in St Lawrence, in which the parties` parishes were not recorded
  5. ↑ Godparents: Jean Giffard and Susanne Le Brocq, wife of Jean Guillaume
  6. ↑ Named after his godfather, Abraham Le Filliastre. His godmother was Le Filliastre`s wife Elizabeth
  7. ↑ William Seward, godfather
  8. ↑ Edouard`s godparents were Edouard Giffard and his wife, who may have been either of two couples, but were probably the child`s grandparents
  9. ↑ Their son Edouard Giffard and his wife Rachel Le Marquand, were godparents in 1762 to Edouard, the child of Philippe Giffard and Elizabeth Jeffrey, his wife, Edouard and Philippe being 1st cousins. There was, however, another Edouard, one generation further removed, being Edouard (1689- ), son of Jean. He may have been the man of this name who married Marie Pipon
  10. ↑ Of the two burials in St Brelade of an Edouard Giffard in 1778 and 1799, the latter may refer to the younger Edouard, the former to his father
  11. ↑ Son of Abraham (1651-1708), son of Edouard (1620-by 1701), of St Brelade
  12. ↑ Philippe Giffard and Elizabeth Cabot, his wife, were chosen as godparents in 1745 for Philippe, the son of Francois Giffard and Anne Le Sebirel, suggesting that the two families were related, even if not closely
  13. ↑ Son of Philippe Giffard and Elizabeth Cabot of St Brelade. His godmother in 1733 was Delaval Pipon, who was also godmother in 1764 to Philippe`s own son, William Giffard. He lived in St Brelade and was a master mariner; master of Eole, (1778), among other vessels: John Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships, . His marriage is now established. Philippe, as previously shown on this page, formerly believed to have been born to Francois and Anne, nee Le Sebirel, in 1739, was shown to have died in 1743. His younger brother of the same name (1745-1768), could not have married in 1755
  14. ↑ Master mariner, master of the 115 ton, 2 gun, brigantine Elizabeth (1790-92), owned by Jean Villeneuve: John Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships
  15. ↑ Godparents: Giffard grandparents and Catherine Giffard
  16. ↑ Grandmother: her aunt, Catherine Giffard
  17. ↑ Godparents Thomas Giffard and Marie Madeleine Marett, his wife
  18. ↑ Godparents: Philippe Benest and Catherine Giffard, wife of Philippe Bechervaise
  19. ↑ Godparents: Henry Marett and Elizabeth Jeffrey, wife of Philippe Giffard
  20. ↑ Godparents: Me Edouard Giffard and Mse Rachel Le Marquand, his wife. He was buried in St Brelade in 1794 as "Me Edouard Giffard, son of Philippe"
  21. ↑ Occupation given as Carpenter, on the marriage of his daughter Esther, in 1849. His godparents were Me David Mauger and Mse Elizabeth Giffard, his wife
  22. ↑ Watchmaker
  23. ↑ Mariner. The original researcher of this tree believed that Philippe Giffard, husband of Elizabeth Gruchy, was St Brelade-born Philippe Giffard (1789- ). However, the St Helier register`s 1815 entry, relating to Philippe and Elizabeth`s marriage, states that both parties were of Trinity. Philippe does not feature in censuses. The St Brelade Philippe Giffard had, in 1789, for godparents: Philippe Bechervaise and Catherine Giffard, his wife
  24. ↑ Of Rouge Bouillon, St Helier; Master mariner (1881 Census), merchant and shipowner (1872-1879), owning with Pallot (above) the 154 ton brigantine Industry, of which he was master. He went to sea before 1836, serving aboard Charles Robin and Company's Blanchard. He was a second mate on various Robin-owned vessels 1840-1843, first mate aboard Dit-on, Seaflower, Telegraph and CRC 1843-1847, and in 1850 was master of the 95 ton schooner Dit-on: UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927. His National Probate Calendar entry, in 1893, described him as of Welton House, Gorey, Jersey, master mariner. The wife of Nicolas Pallot was granted probate. Note: UK and Ireland Masters and Mates Certificates... at www.ancestry.co.uk has Captain Philip Giffard as being "Born 6th June 1818, Jersey." The Philippe Giffard featured on this page was baptised 9/6/1817. There may have been a one-year discrepancy in the date as stated, yet why would a mariner reduce, rather than increase, his age? The nearest namesake of his, in age, was Philippe Giffard, baptised in St Peter 25/10/1818, son of Pierre Giffard and his wife, Elizabeth Le Sueur. This date presents its own difficulties
  25. ↑ Alderney-born paper merchant and hanger, employing ten men, living at 18 Hill Street: 1881 Census
  26. ↑ Mariner, second mate in 1878; died at Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
  27. ↑ Master mariner
  28. ↑ Mariner (1881). Emigrated to Australia
  29. ↑ Sailor on the Screw Steamer Boston of London : 1881 Census, Cornwall. Emigrated to Australia
  30. ↑ Master mariner, master of the 72-ton brig Peace (1786), which belonged to Charles Robin. The master of Peace in 1790-92 was Isaac Malzard, of the future merchant family, who was godfather in 1798 of William Bechervaise, son of Philippe and Catherine, nee Giffard, his wife. Philippe was also master of Amazon (1789-). He died of fever in 1811: John Jean, Jersey Sailing Vessels
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