Descendants of Simeon de Ste Croix


The Limes, built in the early 19th century for Aaron de Ste Croix (1756-1835), merchant and shipowner. Fort Regent can be seen in the background, on the left. In the 20th century, it was used as a nursing home, before being demolished. The garden was used for housing
This descent has caused us considerable problems over the years. Nevertheless, the tree now displayed on this page was thoroughly revised in 2022 and is regarded as reliable.
Changes include the following: Generation 1 of this tree was previously shown as Pierre, but it has now been positively established from the 1655 marriage record of Mathieu and Marie Sohier that Mathieu was not born in 1636, the son of Pierre, but in 1633, the son of Simeon, who now heads the tree. Furthermore, baptisms of the children of Charles de Ste Croix, formerly in generation 4, and his wife Elizabeth Le Gallais, show that the father was Charles, son of Moyse, not son of Jean, as once shown. These are now to be found on their own tree, Descendants of Moyse de Ste Croix.
Jean de Ste Croix, in generation 3, was previously shown as marrying when aged fifteen or sixteen. Godparent or other evidence to support this having not being found, the issue of this couple, and their descendants, are now featured in Descendants of Jean de Ste Croix - 2
It has now been established that the Philippe de Ste Croix, previously shown as a descendant of Aaron, and the founder of the auctioneer and estate agent business at 9 Library Place does not fit into this tree here. His tree has now been traced, and can be viewed at Descendants of Philippe de Ste Croix
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- 1 Simeon de Ste Croix (1600- ) (St H)
- 2 Mathieu de Ste Croix (1633-1705) (St H) [1] m (1655, St Mt) Marie Sohier (1632-1702) [2] daughter of Jean
- 3 Simeon de Ste Croix (1656-1724) (St H) [3] m (1682, St L) Elizabeth Allein ( -1720) [4]
- 3 Mathieu de Ste Croix (1658- ) (St H) Liv 1702 m (1681, St L) Jeanne Piton (1657-1693?) daughter of Philippe (St B) (with issue)
- 3 Nicolas de Ste Croix (1660-by 1668) (St H) [7]
- 3 Elizabeth de Ste Croix (1662- ) (St H)
- 3 Jean de Ste Croix (1664-by 1669) [8](St H) [9]
- 3 Edouard de Ste Croix (1664- ) [10] (St H) [11]
- 3 Marie de Ste Croix (1665- ) (St H) [12]
- 3 Nicolas de Ste Croix (1668- ) (St H)
- 3 Jean de Ste Croix (8/1669- ) (St H)
- 3 Aaron de Ste Croix (1672-by 1728) [13] m (1704, St H) Elizabeth Falle ( -1744) Liv 1735
- 4 Aaron de Ste Croix (1706-1773) (St H) [14] m 1 (1727, London) Sara L'Isle (1698-1744) sister of Jean (Lon); 2 (1746, St H) Esther Neel (below)
- 5 Elizabeth de Ste Croix (1728-1743) (St H) [15]
- 5 Marie de Ste Croix (1730- ) (St H)
- 5 Jean de Ste Croix (1732-1771) (St H) [16] m (1755, St H) Rachel Cartault (1731-1778) [17] daughter of Thomas
- 6 Aaron de Ste Croix (1756-1835) (St H) [18] m 1 (1778, St B) Jeanne Winter (1757-1795) (St B)
- 7 Jeanne de Ste Croix (1780- ) (St H)
- 7 Marie de Ste Croix (1782-by 1785) (St H) [19]
- 7 Anne de Ste Croix (1783- ) (St H) m Philippe Journeaux (St H) [20]
- 7 Aaron de Ste Croix (1784-by 1787) (St H)
- 7 Marie de Ste Croix (1785-1828) (St H) m Elias Durell [21]
- 7 Jean de Ste Croix (1786-by 1801) (St H)
- 7 Philippe de Ste Croix (1787-by 1797) (St H)
- 7 Aaron de Ste Croix (1787-1827) [22]
- 2nd wife of Aaron de Ste Croix (1796, St O) Jeanne d'Auvergne (1775-1831) daughter of Philippe (St O) [23]
- 7 Philippe de Ste Croix (1797-1873) (St H) [24]
- 7 Francois de Ste Croix (1799- ) (St H) [25] m (1842, Gsy) Amelia Elizabeth Dauvergne (1810-1876) [26] daughter of Charles (Gsy)
- 8 Francis Dauvergne de Ste Croix (1843-1915) [27]
- 8 Amelia Hoskins de Ste Croix (1846-1919) (St H)
- 8 Jane Dauvergne de Ste Croix (1850-1898) (St H)[28]
- 8 Philip Charles de Ste Croix (1852-1928) (St H) [29] m (1877, Kensington) Annie Frances Morgan, daughter of James Hungerford Morgan
- 9 Harold Philip de Ste Croix (1880-1919) (St H) [30] m (1918, Bombay) Catherine Annie Pilkington
- 9 Wilfred Hungerford de Ste Croix (1882-1917) (St H) [31]
- 9 Leslie Lawson de Ste Croix (1885-1975, St S) [32] m (1924, Falmouth) Marjorie Austin
- 10 David Aaron de Ste Croix (1927-2020) [33] (married with a son and daughter)
- 7 Jean de Ste Croix (1801-1856) (St H) [34] m (1830, St O) Rachel Dauvergne (1803-1884) [35] daughter of Philippe, Jurat (St O) [36]
- 8 Emily Jane de St Croix (1831-1837) (St H)
- 8 Helen Weekes de Ste Croix (1833-1844) (St H)
- 8 Alice Rachel de Ste Croix (1835- ) (St H) m (1863, St Lk) Alexander Findlay, Lieut.-Colonel
- 8 Jessica Mary de Ste Croix (1837-1918) (St H) unm.
- 8 Dauvergne de Ste Croix (1841-1897) (St H) [37] m (1872, Horfield) Emily Hitchins [38] daughter of Richard [39] (Glos)
- 9 Marie Dauvergne de Ste Croix (1873-1874) (Liverpool)
- 9 Henri Dauvergne de Ste Croix (1874-1881) (Anfield) [40]
- 8 Emma Lempriere de Ste Croix (1843-1917) (St H) [41] unm.
- 8 Aaron de Ste Croix (1846-1890) (St H) OV; liv. 1879 [42]
- 6 Sara de Ste Croix (1758- ) (St H) [43]
- 6 Jean de Ste Croix (1759- ) (St H) [44]
- 6 Clement de Ste Croix (1761?- ) [45]
- 6 Marie de Ste Croix (1763-1820) (St H) [46] m (1788, St S) Philippe Jean (then of London) [47]
- 6 Aaron de Ste Croix (1756-1835) (St H) [18] m 1 (1778, St B) Jeanne Winter (1757-1795) (St B)
- 5 Aaron de Ste Croix (1735-by 1741) (St H) [48]
- 5 Sara de Ste Croix (1737- ) (St H) Liv. 1755
- 5 Jeanne Marie de Ste Croix (1739- ) (St H)
- 5 Aaron de Ste Croix (1741-1743) (St H)
- by the 2nd wife of Aaron de Ste Croix (1706-1773) m (1746, St H) Esther Neel (1722-1809) daughter and eventual heiress of Elie (St H) and Esther Le Geyt, daughter of Jean
- 4 Jean de Ste Croix (1709- ) (St H) [54] Liv 1758 m (1734, St H) Elizabeth Perrochon daughter of Jean and Elizabeth Le Feuvre (St H)
- 4 Jacques de Ste Croix (1711- ) (St H)
- 4 Aaron de Ste Croix (1706-1773) (St H) [14] m 1 (1727, London) Sara L'Isle (1698-1744) sister of Jean (Lon); 2 (1746, St H) Esther Neel (below)
- 3 Noe de Ste Croix (1675- ) (St H)
- 2 Mathieu de Ste Croix (1633-1705) (St H) [1] m (1655, St Mt) Marie Sohier (1632-1702) [2] daughter of Jean
Notes and references
- ↑ Baptised as son of Symon, married as son of Semeon - variants of Simon. His godfather was another Mathieu de Ste Croix
- ↑ Marie Sohier, wife of Mathieu de Ste Croix, son of Simeon, divided her late father`s inheritance in April 1658, with Thomas Sohier, her elder brother: L/C/103/A/4/8, at Jersey Archive. She was buried in 1702, in St Helier, as the wife of Mathieu de Ste Croix senior. Her son, Mathieu, was therefore then alive
- ↑ Godparents: Philippe de Ste Croix and the grandmother of the child
- ↑ Buried in St Helier in 1720 as the wife of Semion de Ste Croix
- ↑ Godparents: Mathieu de Ste Croix and Jeanne Piton, his wife
- ↑ Her godparents were French Protestants
- ↑ Baptised on 6 January 1661, Nicolas Le Gallais and his wife, godparents
- ↑ Twin
- ↑ Godparents: Jean Le Gallais and Sara de la Garde, his wife, of Rouge Bouillon
- ↑ Twin
- ↑ Named after his godfather, Edouard Le Preveu
- ↑ Edouard Le Preveu and his wife godparents
- ↑ His baptism shows that he was named after his godfather, Aaron Le Feubvre, husband of Susanne Le Vavasseur dit Durell, the godmother
- ↑ Merchant in 1740: A C Saunders Jersey in the 18th & 19th Centuries. Saunders, citing Extracts from protests and sworn declarations made before Peter de Ste Croix, Notary Public, Jersey, 1739-44, mentions a charter party dated 20 June 1740. It was an agreement between Captain Carteret Dean, master and part owner of the 60 ton brigantine, Thomas and Jane of Jersey, and Aaron de Ste Croix, merchant of Jersey, whereby Dean would sail to River St Mary, Potomack, Maryland, to deliver cargo to John Clark. The ship would remain there 60 or more days, to load tobacco, before sailing to Dartmouth. A further entry relating to Aaron de Ste Croix was on 18 September 1741, when he received a letter from Jean Ahier...his cousin, stating that he and his ship had been captured by the Spaniards. Ahier was back in Jersey by 12 October, that year, having lost his vessel. From these entries it is evident that de Ste Croix was already an established merchant, with an interest in the American colonies. Joan Stevens, in Old Jersey Houses, Volume 2, wrote "In collections of documents there are always many bills. An account with Aaron de Ste Croix, for goods supplied to Captain Snow in 1759, included sugar, wine, black tea (at 4s a lb), thread, garters, handkerchiefs, Indian chintz, grenadine silk, persian cloth and camlo, a cheap cotton material. In another account, with the same customer, he owed for soap, coffee, brandy, , wine, tea black and green, and sugar loaf . De Ste Croix would appear to have been, like Abraham de Gruchy two generations later, both merchant and retailer. Marguerite Syvret and Joan Stevens, in Balleine`s History of Jersey, mention a bill for £128 to Aaron de Ste Croix for 1600 tiles. His family was soon to enter the Newfoundland trade, before eventually concentrating on that of Honduras in mahogany. His godparents were Simon Le Chastri [La Fosse Chastry] and Marie Syvret, his wife. He left no will. However, his burial is likely to have been one of two Aaron de Ste Croix burials. The first was on 2 December 1773, the next on 9 February 1779
- ↑ Godparents: Simon La Fosse Chastry and Elizabeth Falle, widow of the late Aaron de Ste Croix, grandmother. Elizabeth de Ste Croix was buried in St Helier on 29 September 1743: daughter of Aaron de Ste Croix
- ↑ Merchant, a member of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce, on its foundation on 24 February 1768, answering for 30 tons: A C Saunders, Jersey in the 18th and 19th Centuries. His Will was dated 1768 and proved in 1771: D/Y/A/12/30, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ The will of Rachel Cartaut, or Cartault, widow of Jean de Ste Croix, dated March 1778 and proved in August, named their surviving children, see below: D/Y/A/12/109, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ Godparents: Aaron de Ste Croix, grandfather, and Sara de Ste Croix, aunt. Aaron de Ste Croix was of The Limes, an impressive Georgian house, now demolished, off Green Street, within walking distance of his ropewalks and shipyard at Havre des Pas. He was a Jurat (1814-1833); a very wealthy ship and privateer owner, banker, shipyard and ropewalk owner, and merchant in the Honduras mahogany trade. His name appeared as a Jersey shipowner in 1783. By 1792, when he was 36, he was in partnership with James Poingdestre of London, owning six vessels totalling 399 tons. De Ste Croix and Poingdestre can claim to be the pioneers of Jersey`s Honduras trade. In 1818, Poingdestre had retired, and Aaron de Ste Croix features in shipping lists as the Island`s third largest shipowner, with five vessels, totalling 1019 tons. In 1828 he founded, with his Dauvergne in-laws, Philippe Nicolle and Le Quesne, the Jersey Banking Company, which was, until 1886, although in different hands, Jersey`s leading bank. An event in 1809 that most local boys were brought up on, involved Aaron de Ste Croix`s capture of the French ship Calista. John Jean wrote, in Tales of Jersey`s Tall Ships, (Jersey: La Haule Books, 1994): "Aaron de Ste Croix, who lived at The Limes in Green Street, St Helier, was a shipbuilder and owner. He had a yard at the lower end of Green Street. On 4 December 1809, de Ste Croix, with four men from his yard, rowed out in an open boat to a French vessel that was in trouble among the rocks off the Island`s south coast, boarding the ship, they took charge and piloted her into St Helier Harbour whereupon de Ste Croix claimed her as a prize, much to the disgust of the Frenchmen. The prize, named Calista, had come from Surinam bound for London, when two days earlier she was taken by a French privateer. Two of the eight cannon from Calista stood for some years outside the gateway to The Limes. From that time, there was usually a ship of this name owned by the de Ste Croix family: A G Jamieson A People of the Sea,. The value of his ships, on his death in 1835, was estimated as being at least £25,000 sterling: cited in ABSJ, VIII
- ↑ In earlier centuries, Jersey families would sometimes have two surviving children of the same name. This occurred when a child was expected to die, and the same name was used for the next-born. Should the ailing child unexpectedly survive, both were possessed of the same name. This was rarely seen at this date
- ↑ Notary and Seigneur of the Fiefs ès Cras and St Clair. Their home was in New Street, St Helier, almost opposite St Paul`s Church, of which Anne`s father, Aaron de St Croix, was in 1819 both founder and proprietor, together with Clement Bailhache, Philippe Winter and the Winters` relative, Philippe Nicolle, merchant. Philippe and Anne had sons Philippe Journeaux, Advocate and Major in the Militia and Francois Journeaux, Captain in the Militia. Their home has been recently renovated, restored to its Georgian splendour and is now a National Trust for Jersey property: ABSJ IV and G/C/21/D1/19, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ Merchant and shipowner of 7 Pier Road, St Helier. Between 1813 and 1818, he owned Calista, a 26 ton cutter, Rowcliffe, a 354 ton barque, and Venus, a 65 ton schooner, in conjunction with the de Ste Croix family. He was, from 1803, the joint owner, with Janvrin, of the Jersey privateer Vulture, of 104 tons, also co-owning eleven vessels between 1803 and 1819: John Jean, Jersey Ships and Railways,. From John Jean`s list of Elias Durell vessels, there appear to be two generations of the same name within this firm. In the earlier generation, the renowned privateer Vulture, the Durells` and Janvrins` first vessel of that name, between 1776 and 1801, captured 37 prizes. It was replaced in 1803, as above
- ↑ Lieutenant, Militia (1809), Captain (1815-1821-); Officier du Connétable (1815) and Centenier of St Helier (1818-1821). Godfather and uncle of Francois Journeaux, in 1805
- ↑ Deputy-Viscount
- ↑ Jurat, merchant and banker (Jersey Banking Company) and Lieutenant, Militia. Of Hastings Terrace, St Helier, 1871 Census, living with his brother Francis and his family. John Jean cites local newspapers, in Jersey Ships and Railways,: "The sloop Fanny, while coming from St Malo on the evening of Friday 7 January 1825, struck rocks called Les Buts off Elizabeth Castle. On hearing of the wreck, Philippe, Francis and Jean de Ste Croix - the sons of Jurat Aaron de Ste Croix, with three others, set off in a boat and making two journeys to the Fanny saved the lives of the passengers and the crew. The States were so impressed by their courage that they presented each of the rescuers with a testimonial on parchment." Under the management of the three surviving sons of Aaron de Ste Croix, the size of this family`s fleet returned by 1837, after having briefly dipped in the early 1820s, to five ships totalling 1404 tons, as required for their ongoing and highly profitable Honduras trade in mahogany. In 1863, the American Civil War having adversely affected the Nicolle`s trade in Newfoundland cod, the banking company run by them, in conjunction with the de Ste Croixs, needed, urgently, a new partnership. At the same time all but one of the Nicolles withdrew from shipping. The other banking partners were either ruined or forced to sell substantial assets. As a result, the de Ste Croix shipping business, founded prior to 1740, had returned by 1863 to possessing merely one ship, as in 1768. This, the 435 ton full-rigged ship, aptly called Ste Croix, disappeared from Jersey lists after 1871. The Jersey bank crashes of 1873 and 1886, wrote off the savings of many, if not most, local families. The de Ste Croix business was founded before that of either Charles Robin, David de Quetteville or Philippe Nicolle. The Janvrins, who did predate them, had retired from shipping by 1842, thus the de Ste Croix firm was, in 1870, the Island`s oldest shipping concern. Philippe de Ste Croix, to whom no blame could be attached, any more than it could to others within the family, for the demise of the firm, had been elected Jurat in 1833, serving until 1866, in the place of his father, Aaron de Ste Croix, who had resigned in the former year. Philippe was a bachelor
- ↑ Master mariner, and then merchant; living at 3 Hastings Road, in 1871. Francis de Ste Croix was master of Aaron de Ste Croix`s brig Ann in 1821, and then of his 280 ton barque Ceres in 1824: J Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships,. He was one of those, above, who in January 1825 set off in a boat to the wrecked sloop Fanny to rescue the passengers. He was briefly (1815-1820) a Second Lieutenant, 4th (St Helier) Bn, Militia although, if he was the mariner of this name, he would have had exemption from militia duties whilst absent en mer. This and receiving his first command in 1821, would account for the brevity of his career as a militia officer
- ↑ First cousin of her husband
- ↑ Civil Eng in 1871 Census. His will, dated 1898 and proved 1915, names Amelia Hoskins de Ste Croix, his principal heiress, residual legatee and executrix. A nephew and godson was Wilfred Hungerford de Ste Croix, a beneficiary, as was the testator`s godson, Charles Edward Malet de Carteret: D/Y/A/74/136, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ The will of Jane Dauvergne de Ste Croix, dated 1890, and proved in 1898, named her sister Amelia Hoskins de Ste Croix and her brother Francis Dauvergne de Ste Croix and a nephew, Harold Philip de Ste Croix: D/Y/A/57/57, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ In banking, 1871 and 1881, living at home, as above. At the latter date, he was married to Annie, aged 26, born in Burma, with their one year old son, Harold Philip de Ste Croix (Censuses). By 1911 he and his family had moved to London, living in Ealing. The census that year had Philip Charles de Ste Croix as an accountant, as was his son Wilfred. Leslie Lawson, the youngest son was a stockbroker`s clerk
- ↑ Served in the Great War as Assistant-Paymaster, RN. Afterwards Purser, SS Egypt, dying at sea in 1919: National Probate Calendar
- ↑ 2nd Lieutenant, RASC, died on active service, 24 July 1917
- ↑ Captain, RASC, during the Great War; mentioned in despatches. He served also in WW2, retiring in the rank of Major
- ↑ Served as a young officer in the Royal Navy during WW2. His post-war career involved working overseas and much travel
- ↑ Merchant and Captain Militia; also marrying his maternal first cousin: ABSJ, VI, 72, 73
- ↑ Dame de Lecq, which fief she inherited from her father
- ↑ Seigneur de Lecq, Leoville, Orglandres and Ganoire; Lieut.-Colonel Militia
- ↑ Master Mariner, on marriage (1872), and afterwards Surveyor [Shipping] of Lloyds, Liverpool, (1873). They retired to Beau Rivage, Greve d`Azette, St Clement
- ↑ Executrix of her husband`s will, proved in 1897: D/Y/A/56/26, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ Of Horfield
- ↑ Henri Dauvergne de Ste Croix and his sister, Marie, have their dates of death inscribed on a family memorial in Green Street Cemetery, Jersey
- ↑ Baptism not found, but date of birth calculated from age at death, as given on her memorial in St Saviour. She was also named in her mother`s will, dated 1879, as was the testatrix`s son-in-law, Colonel Alexander Findlay: D/Y/A/44/39, at Jersey Archive
- ↑ His dates are recorded on the family memorial in Green Street Cemetery. Apparently, where he died was in Warwick, Queensland, aged 43, 25/10/1890: to be confirmed
- ↑ Godparents: "Jean de Ste Croix, Great-Uncle, Sara de Ste Croix, Aunt...."
- ↑ Godparents: "Me Aaron de Ste Croix, Grandfather, representing Mons. Jean L`Isle, Great-Uncle, and Mse Esther Neel, wife of the said Me Aaron de Ste Croix"
- ↑ Mentioned, in order of age, with his brothers and sisters, by their mother, Rachel Cartault, widow of Jean de Ste Croix, in her will, dated 20 March 1778 and proved that August: D/Y/A/12/109, at Jersey Archive. The testatrix`s uncle - presumably uncle-by-marriage - Jean L`Isle, of London, is also mentioned, as having made testamentary provision for the children
- ↑ See note by her name at Descendants of Jean Jean - 2
- ↑ Artist
- ↑ Godparents: Jean Dumaresq, Consétable of the parish, and Marie Maude La Fosse Chastry, his wife
- ↑ Godparents: Jean de Ste Croix and Elizabeth Perrochon, his wife, uncle and aunt
- ↑ Their son Jean, in 1775, had as godparents Aaron de Ste Croix and Esther Neel, his wife, grandfather and grandmother of the child
- ↑ Godfather: Elie Neel, grandfather
- ↑ Two aron de Ste Croix died within six years of each other in St Helier, in 1773 and 1779, see above. The first date has been provisionally ascribed to the elder
- ↑ Master mariner. Elie may have been the man of that name who was master in 1786 of the Jersey vessel Betsey, as he was engaged in the Honduras trade: A G Jamieson. His godmother was Sara de Ste Croix, sisterof the child. She was born in 1737, and was then aged 18, the half-sister of the child
- ↑ Godparents: Jean de Ste Croix and Marie Trigue, his wife
- ↑ Described at Baptism as Jean, son of Jean de Ste Croix, son of Aaron. His godparents were the Constable, Jean Dumaresq, and Elizabeth Falle, widow of the late Aaron de Ste Croix, grandmother
- ↑ Godparents: Mr Jean Perrochon, Uncle, and Elizabeth Le Feuvre, widow of Jean Perrochon, Grandmother
