Descendants of Regnault Coutanche

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Descendants of Regnault Coutanche



Coutanche of Coutanche Farm, Trinity, and Maupertuis, St Clement

This is the family tree of Alexander Coutanche, later Sir Alexander, and then Lord Coutanche, Jersey's wartime Bailiff. The tree was added to the site in 2011, enlarged in 2014 and reviewed in 2019.

A review of all our Coutanche trees in 2021 failed to find a connection between this tree and the definitive St John tree which includes generations which settled in Trinity in the mid-17th century, indicating that this branch was present in Trinity a century earlier. Indeed, The Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550, 28, mentions Romyl Coustances of Trinity. The two families probably had a common ancestor, but he has not yet been identified. We are also unconvinced that Jean Coutanche, generation 7, married as previously shown, Jeanne Le Sueur, as godparents unanimously point elsewhere. The suggested marriage and its issue have been removed

The continuing absence of a number of marriage records is a cause for concern

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  • 1 Regnault Coutanche (1580- ) [1] m Marie Cabot (1650- )
    • 2 Jean Coutanche (1611-1654) m [2] Jeanne Blampied
      • 3 Susanne Coutanche (1639- )
      • 3 Caterine Coutanche (1641- )
      • 3 Anne Coutanche (1643- )
      • 3 Regnault Coutanche (1645-1718) (Tr) m [3] Jeanne Binet (1645-1718) daughter of Jean and Jeanne Effard [4]
        • 4 Amice Coutanche (1664- )
        • 4 Catherine Coutanche (1665- )
        • 4 Regnault Coutanche (1666-1725 ) (Tr) m [5] Marie Mauger (1680-1765) daughter of Jean and Marie Le Bailey
          • 5 Marie Coutanche (1706- ) m Richard Esnouf (1695-1777)
          • 5 Jeanne Coutanche (1708-1710)
          • 5 Amyce Coutanche (1711-1772) (Tr) m [6] Rachel Pinel (1713-1779) daughter of Philippe and Marie Le Hardy
            • 6 Marie Coutanche (1732- ) liv. 1772
            • 6 Amyce Coutanche (1733-1810) (Tr) [7] m (1765, St P) Jeanne Marett (1748-1821), younger daughter and co-heiress of Josue and Jeanne Joubaire [8]
              • 7 Charles Coutanche (1766-1826?) (Tr) [9] m (1793, St S) Jeanne Le Bas (1772-1857), daughter of Jean (St P) [10] and Marie Marett [11]
                • 8 Charles Coutanche (1794-1857) (Tr > St C) [12] m (1818, St C) Marguerite Godfray (1796-1868), daughter of Clement and Jane Millais
                  • 9 Jane Marguerite Coutanche (1819- ) m (1842, St C) Nicholas Dumaresq, [13] son of Jacques (St P) [14]
                  • 9 Charles Coutanche (1822- )
                  • 9 John Coutanche (1826-1901) [15] m (1851) Augusta Arnold (1819-1879), [16] daughter of James (Gsy) [17]
                    • 10 John Arnold Coutanche (1853-1911) [18] m (1900, St H) Dora Elizabeth Green, daughter of Frederick (Lancs) [19]
                    • 10 Alfred Mansell Coutanche (1855-1855)
                    • 10 Adolphus Arnold Coutanche (1856-1921) [20] m (1887, St Luke) Jane Alexandrina Finlayson (1867-1909), daughter of Alexander (Sc.) and Mary Gibson [21]
                      • 11 John Keith Finlayson Coutanche (1889-1951) [22] m (1922, Lon) Dorothy Honor Cortland Trotter (1895-1975), daughter of Henry [23]
                        • 12 Pamela Honor Coutanche (1925-2011) (Eng) m (1948, Kent) John Alexander Barlas (1921-2003) [24]
                        • 12 Michael Finlayson Coutanche (1927-2009) (Eng) [25] (married, probably with issue)
                      • 11 Mary Muriel Coutanche (1891- )
                      • 11 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche (1892-1973) m (1924, St B) Ruth Sophia Joan Gore (1902-1973), [26] daughter of Leicester and Sophia Harris, nee Mitchell
                        • 12 John Alexander Gore Coutanche (1925-2006) [27] m 1 (1949) Jean Veronica Dawson ( -1977), daughter of Alexander Thompson (Portelet House); 2 (1978) Gillian Margaret Fisher, daughter of John Douglas Fellowes [28]
                      • 11 Kathleen Augusta Coutanche (1894-1983)
                    • 10 Augusta Mansell Coutanche (1857- ) m (1902, St H) Philip Le Brun, [29] son of Philip John (St O) [30]
                    • 10 Alice Sophia Coutanche (1859- ) m (1887, St Lk) Philip Joshua du Heaume, [31] son of Philip (St O)
                    • 10 Mary Jane Mansell Coutanche (1860- )
                    • 10 Florence Maude Coutanche (1862-1921) m (1903, St H) Ernest Elie Nicolle, [32] son of Elie (Tr) [33]
                  • 9 Marguerite Coutanche (1828- ) [34]
                  • 9 Elizabeth Mary Coutanche (1831-1903)
                • 8 Marie Coutanche (1796- ) [35]
                • 8 Philippe Coutanche (1797- )
                • 8 Jeanne Rachel Coutanche (1800- )
                • 8 Marguerite Coutanche (1802- )
              • 7 Jeanne Coutanche (1769-1843) [36] m (1786, Gr) Charles Mallet (1757-1823) [37]
              • 7 Marie Coutanche (1771- ) (Tr) m (1798) Jean David Le Boutillier (1763- ) [38]
              • 7 Philippe Coutanche (1774-by 1809)
              • 7 Jean Coutanche (1781- ) (Tr) liv 1809
            • 6 Rachel Coutanche (1738?- ) liv 1772
            • 6 Judith Coutanche (1744- ) (Tr) [39] liv 1772
            • 6 Charles Coutanche (1745- ) (Tr) liv 1772
            • 6 Anne Coutanche (1750-by 1772) (Tr)
        • 4 Jean Coutanche (1668- )
          • 5 Susanne Coutanche (1689- )
          • 5 Jeanne Coutanche (1693- )
        • 4 Charles Coutanche (1672- )
        • 4 Jeanne Coutanche (1675- )
        • 4 Philippe Coutanche (1670- )
          • 5 Philippe Coutanche (1707- )
          • 5 Jean Coutanche (1708- ) m (1744, St J) Susanne Messervy
            • 6 Jean Coutanche (1745- )
            • 6 Jeanne Coutanche (1747- )
            • 6 Elizabeth Coutanche (1750- )
            • 6 Marie Coutanche (1753- )
            • 6 Anne Coutanche (1756- )
          • 5 Henry Coutanche (1711- ) m [40] Sara Picot
            • 6 Jeanne Coutanche (1749- )
          • 5 Marie Coutanche (1713- )
          • 5 Sarra Coutanche (1716- )
          • 5 Philippe Coutanche (1716- ) m (1730, St P) Jeanne de Gruchy
            • 6 Jean Coutanche (1743- )
          • 5 Marguerite Coutanche (1718- )
          • 5 Elizabeth Coutanche (1719- )
          • 5 Rachel Coutanche (1721- )
          • 5 Susanne Coutanche (1723- )
          • 5 Elie Coutanche (1725- ) m [41] Jeanne (Anne?) Noel
            • 6 Elie Coutanche (1750- )
            • 6 Elie Coutanche (1752- )
          • 5 Jean Coutanche (1727- )
            • 6 Jean Coutanche (1747- )
            • 6 Marie Coutanche (1750- )
        • 4 Amies Coutanche (1664- )
        • 4 Elie Coutanche (1671- ) m [42] Marie Le Sueur (1671-1694)
          • 5 Sara Coutanche (1690- )
          • 5 Elie Coutanche (1696- )
        • 4 Nicolas Coutanche (1678- )
      • 3 Jeanne Coutanche (1648- )
      • 3 Jean Coutanche (1653- )
      • 3 Marie Coutanche (1655- )
    • 2 Josue Coutanche (1626- )

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Probably son of Jean (1540- )
  2. ↑ Marriage record not found
  3. ↑ Marriage record not found, but confirmed by church records of the baptisms of their children
  4. ↑ A datestone at Coutanche Farm, RC ♥ IP 1696, believed to have been erected by Regnault, the only Coutanche of this name in church records, suggests that his wife was Jeanne Pinel. It is possible that he was married twice. Alternatively, the stone, which is poorly engraved and far from clear, may have read "RC ♥ IB 1696", for Regnault Coutanche and Jeanne Binet
  5. ↑ Marriage record not found, but confirmed by church records of their children`s baptisms and a datestone at Coutanche Farm: "RCT ♥ MMG 1725"
  6. ↑ Marriage record not found, but confirmed by his will and church records of the baptism of their children. Amyce`s will, dated and proved in 1772, names Rachel Pinel and Mr Philip (sic) Pinel as joint-executors and provides, after a bequest to the poor, modest legacies to his sons Amyce and Charles, and to his daughters Marie, Rachel and Judith. His daughter Anne (1750- ) is not mentioned, so may have predeceased her father. Rachel was not previously displayed on this page as a daughter, as her baptism has yet to be found. Her name is featured in the will between those of her sisters Marie (1732) and Judith (1744). She is likely to have been born in about 1738: D/Y/A/12/39, at Jersey Archive
  7. ↑ Amyce`s will, dated 30 April 1809 and proved 25 September 1810, provides an approximate date for his death. His wife, Jeanne Marett, and Philippe Nicolle were the executrix and executor of the will. He left a third of his chattels to be divided between "his four children" - "his sons Charles Coutanche and Jean Coutanche" and his daughters Jeanne and Marie. His son, Philippe (1774- ), seems to have predeceased his father, without issue: D/Y/A/18/25, at Jersey Archive. Amice`s godparents were: Philippe Pinel, Jean Marett and his wife, Marie Pinel
  8. ↑ Daughter and co-heiress of Pierre, Rector of Trinity, 1729-1765. Jeanne married, secondly, Philippe Le Gros of Les Cateaux, Trinity: ABSJ, VII, 396-7
  9. ↑ Captain in the Militia (1802). Datestone at Coutanche Farm has: CCT ♥ ILB 1812
  10. ↑ Of La Presse, St Peter
  11. ↑ The bride and groom were thus maternal first cousins. Jeanne Le Bas`s godparents in 1772 were Amice Coutanche and Jeanne Marett, his wife
  12. ↑ Of Maupertuis, St Clement, Farmer: 1841 Census, Samares. Living with him were his wife, son John, and daughters Jeanne, Marguerite and Elizabeth, and his widowed mother, Jeanne, née Le Bas
  13. ↑ Agent
  14. ↑ Farmer
  15. ↑ Clerk in 1841, then Solicitor (1856), practising as a notary; Registrar of Contracts
  16. ↑ Sister of Adolphus Arnold, chemist, of Commercial Arcade, St Peter Port
  17. ↑ Notary, High Street, St Peter Port
  18. ↑ OV. Of no profession in 1900. The 1911 census of Swindon, Wiltshire, confirms that he and Doris, his wife, were childless. He died in Middlesex shortly afterwards
  19. ↑ Accountant
  20. ↑ Notary and Captain, Militia
  21. ↑ Latterly of St John`s Road, St Helier
  22. ↑ Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple), then Civil servant in Nyasaland and Kenya; latterly of Hildenborough, Kent. Served in WW1 as Private, Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve
  23. ↑ Civil servant
  24. ↑ TD, MRCGP; General Practitioner in Tonbridge, Kent; formerly Lieutenant, RAMC (1944)
  25. ↑ Major, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, previously serving in The Queen`s Royal West Surrey Regiment before being commissioned (1947). Died in Dorset
  26. ↑ CStJ
  27. ↑ Jurat and Lieut-Bailiff of Jersey; formerly Lt-Commander, RNR and Company director
  28. ↑ Brigadier
  29. ↑ Colonel, Militia
  30. ↑ Constable of St Ouen
  31. ↑ Banker; Lieutenant, Militia (1884-1897)
  32. ↑ No profession, in 1903; Lieut-Colonel, Militia (1921)
  33. ↑ Jurat
  34. ↑ Of Roseville Street, St Helier, in 1871, living with her unmarried sister Elizabeth and niece, Louise Dumaresq, a draper`s assistant. Marguerite was still alive in 1901, featuring in that year`s census
  35. ↑ Godparents: Jean Le Bas, who was her grandfather, and his second wife, Marie Alexandre
  36. ↑ Godparents: Jean Marett and Marie Cabot, his mother
  37. ↑ Of Home Farm, Grouville, Lieutenant, Militia and Centenier of Grouville (1813-1819)
  38. ↑ Of La Chasse, St John; Lieutenant, Militia, uncle of Amy and David Le Boutillier, merchants in Gaspé, as Le Boutillier Brothers
  39. ↑ Godparents: Philippe Pinel and Rachel Le Hardy
  40. ↑ Marriage record not found
  41. ↑ Marriage record not found
  42. ↑ Marriage record not found
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