Pipon
The Pipon family has been established in Jersey since the beginning of the 14th century, and possibly earlier, much earlier than the mid-15th century date suggested by J Bertrand Payne in his noted 19th century genealogical work, Payne's Armorial of Jersey. The Pipons have held such important fiefs as La Hague and Noirmont and the excellent propery named from its location, La Moye. Members of the family have held many important positions in the island's government, and have achieved notable success in the wider service of the armed forces and civil administration of the British Isles
Robert Pipon (1813-1872), Midshipman, later Lieutenant, RN
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Origin of Surname
Pipon may be a form of Pepin, the Teutonic Peipo, the name of the famous Mayor of the Palace who made himself King of France. However, in Jersey Pepin and Pipon represent two distinct families.
Early records
The earliest published Island record of the name Pipon is in the Assize Roll of 1309, with a mention, amongst others, of Robert Pipoun (sic) of St Peter. The name is found in the Extente of 1331, when Pierre Pipon was a St Peter landholder. L`Aleval, in the Vingtaine du Coin Varin, St Peter, is believed to be the `berceau` or cradle, from which sprang most branches of the family. The Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550 includes Collas, Sire Guillaume, Helier and Johan. This contradicts the information given in the Armorial (see below).
Church baptism records start in St Brelade in 1561 and that parish accounts for 179 of the total of 291 baptisms up to 1842.
Payne's Armorial of Jersey
From an early period this family held the estate called La Moye, which is not, however, a seigneurie, which they inherited in the 16th century from an heiress of the Oranges. More lately, they held the seigneurie of Noirmont. Both estates are in the parish of St Brelade. Elias Pipon purchased Noirmont Manor, having obtained the customary permission by Letters Patent, from Lord Carteret in 1695. On this fief originally existed a priory which gave name to the estate, and which was subject to that of St Clement, and a cell to the Abbey of Mont St Michel. In the 15th century the monks actioned the tenants of this fief, claiming the privileges of having their mill repaired, their tithes collected, and their wood and wine delivered by their lay subordinates.
The earliest mention found of Pipon in Jersey is in 1467 [see Erratum], when John Pipon was a Jurat of the Royal Court. In 1552, Sire Guille Pipon was one of the procureurs of the parish of St Peter, of which he was also, probably, Rector. Robert Pipon collected and transcribed a large number of interesting local acts and charters, which are now preserved in the Landsdowne Collection at the British Museum.
Erratum: For earlier records than 1467, see Early records, above.
In the parish church of St Brelade occur a large number of mural tablets to the memories of members of both branches of the Pipon family, many of whom had attained rank in the Army and Navy.
Variants
The only spelling found in Jersey family records is Pipon, but the following have been found elsewhere
- Pipon, 1331
- Pypon
- Pippon
- Pypon
- Pepon
- Pepin is a distinct family with different name derivation
Family records
Although there has been considerable research into the Pipon family, resulting in six trees, it has proved impossible to establish links between the three main family branches identified. The trees account for virtually all the 291 Pipon baptisms in Jersey from 1561 to 1842, suggesting that the common ancestors, if there were any, will be found in the 15th century or earlier, and that the different branches of the family developed on fairly narrow lines before church registers started.
Family trees
- Guillaume Pipon: 15th-20th centuries
- Jean Pipon: 16th-20th centuries
- Jean Pipon 2: 16th-20th centuries
- Nicolas Pipon: 15th-20th centuries
- Thomas Pipon: 16th-18th centuries
- Thomas Pipon 2: 16th-19th centuries
Church records
- Pipon baptisms in Jersey
- Pipon marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Pipon marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Pipon burials in Jersey
Family histories and biographies
- A Pipon family history
- The Pipons of St Peter and Noirmont, a 1907 article by the Rev J A Messervy
Four articles on James Pipon of Noirmont
- James Pipon of Noirmont in the Commissariat
- James Pipon 1805-1808
- James Pipon and Sir Arthur Wellesley
- James Pipon - a postscript
- Major-General Henry Pipon, Governor of the Tower of London
- Jacques Pipon, Constable of St Brelade
- John Pakenham Pipon, Captain RN
- Josue Pipon, Lieut-Bailiff
- Philippe Pipon, Seigneur of Noirmont and Constable of St Brelade
- Philip Gosset Pipon, C.B., General
- Philippe Pipon, Captain RN
- Thomas Pipon, Constable of St Brelade
- Thomas Pipon, author of 1771 Code and Attorney-General and Lieut-Bailiff
Newspaper records
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family homes
- L'Aleval, St Peter
- Beaumont House, St Peter
- Brook Farm, St Brelade
- La Chaumiere, St Lawrence
- Elliston House, St Aubin
- La Hague Manor, St Peter
- Maison du Coin, St Brelade
- La Moye, St Brelade
- La Place, latterly Hotel de la Place, St Brelade
- Noirmont Manor, St Brelade
- Oaklands, St Lawrence
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In 1796 Maison du Coin, St Brelade, was advertised for sale in the Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey by Thomas Pipon, son of Josue ... -
... and another Pipon property in St Brelade, Maison du Boulevard at St Aubin, was advertised for sale in Chronique de Jersey in 1824 -
In 1890 Edouard John Pipon advertised his Noirmont property for sale in Chronique de Jersey -
Thomas Le Breton Pipon advertised his St Aubin house as suitable for a large family or a hotel in 1830 -
Capt Charles Pipon advertised the sale of his house and eight vergees of land at Beaumont in 1825 -
Lieut-Bailiff Pipon's St Aubin house was the venue for a sale of furniture and household effects in 1798
Family businesses
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Edward John Pipon had a dairy herd at Oaklands in 1924 -
Remon and Pipon advertised barrels of wine captured from the brig Trois Roberts by the privateer Marquis Townshend in 1804 -
In 1804 George Picot had a new supply of yellow soap from England
Family album
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Family historian Alfie Pipon with a 17th century St Lawrence register in 1983 -
Threshing on a Pipon farm in 1970
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Edith Phillipa Pipon (1847-1934)
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Edith Phillipa Beaty Pownall, nee Pipon, and her grandchildren -
A postcard, sent to Miss Pipon in Stopford Road in 1890, posted from the Schweizerhof Hotel in Luzern. This predates by some five years the first postcard sent from Jersey. An 1886 street directory shows Miss Pipon living at 2 Wellington Villas, Stopford Road, and the 1881 census confirms that she was Jane Pipon, born in 1818
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Family gravestones
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