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From: Cyril DuBourdieu <>
Subject: [Huguenot] Boudinot
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 18:21:31 -0300

Mary,

and some more:

I did not find a Jannet Boudinot, but the name seems to be a
common Huguenot name.

"Famille de fervents protestants rochelois."--(La France
Protestante, I. p. 724.) Benjamin d'Harriette was the
son of Susanne Papin, by her first husband, Benjamin d'Harriette,
of La Rochelle. She married in London, November
9, 1686, Elie Boudinot, veuf, (Livre des Mariages de I'Eglise
francoise de la Savoye,) with whom she came to New York,
accompanied by her son, who was made freeman of the city
in 1700.

The
Seigneur
de
Cressy.

Marans was the home of Elie Boudinot,{1} a
prosperous merchant, and an earnest adherent
of the Protestant faith. The family to which
he belonged had been identified for several
generations with the Huguenot cause. "Compelled
to abandon his country in order to avoid
the continual persecution to which he was subjected
because of his profession of the Gospel,"
Boudinot came to America, where his descendants
have been conspicuous for their fidelity to
the same principles, and their zeal in spreading
them.

{1} Seigneur de Cressy: so designated on the fly-leaf of a
book of his, in the possession of his descendants.

{2} The will of Elias Boudinot is recorded in the city of
New York, and contains some interesting particulars.

Au nom de Dieu amen. Je soubsigne Elie Boudinot
marchant demeurant cydevant a Marant au gouvernement de
La Rochelle en France ayant este constraint d'abandonner
ma patrie pour eviter la continuelle persecution quon me
fezait pour la profession de l'Evangille mestent retire en ce
lieu avecq Suzanne Papin ma femme et nos enfans....Je
recomande mon ame a la sainte et Glorieuse Trinite a...

Boudinot.--Hardly less distinguished than Jay, stands Elias
Boudinot, who descended from a prominent Huguenot family
of De La Tremblade, France. He was born in Philadelphia, Apri
21, 1740. He was a member of the first convention, (June 11th,
1774), which called for a general congress. He was a member of
the Colonial Congress, 1777-'79-'81-'82. Was elected President of
Congress November 4th, 1782, and in that capacity he signed the
Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, April 15th, 1783. In 1795 he
was appointed Director of the Mint at Philadelphia by Washington,
of whom he was a close personal friend. He was a ripe scholar
and gave to the world a number of valuable histories. He was a
patron and trustee of Princeton College, and a great promoter of
literature. He was no less distinguished as a sincere Christian. In
1812 he became a commissioner for the American Board of Foreign
Missions; and in 1816 was one of the organizers of the American
Bible Society, and was its first president.
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Thomas Bayeux, of Caen, cameto New York shortly after the Revocation,
and became one of the leading merchants of the city. He married
Madeleine Boudinot in 1703 and left a large posterity.

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IN 1686, Elias Boudinot, of La Tremblade, came to
New York. His son, Elias, Jr., left New York some
time prior to 1735 and established himself in Philadelphia.
There his son Elias (third of the name) was
born in 1740. The boy received a good classical education,
and when the usual course of Latin and Greek was
completed he set himself to study law under the guidance
of the famous Richard Stockton....

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The Boudinot family of New Jersey
descends from Elias (Elie) Boudinot, son
of Jean and Marie (Suire) Boudinot of
Marans, France. The family in France had
for several generations been identified
with the Huguenot cause. Apprehensive of
a repetition of the horrors of St. Bartholomew,
Elie Boudinot left his native
land and went to London. He married (1)
Jeanne Barand, who died before he moved
to England, leaving five children (all
born in France): Pierre, Elias, Abraham,
Isaac and Mary. Elie married (2) on
November 2, 1686, in London, at the
French Church in the Savoy, Susanne Papin,
the widow of Benjamin d'Harriette,
a distinguished citizen of La Rochelle.
The same year they took passage for New
Amsterdam. Their children were Magdalene,
Susanne, Jean and Benjamin.

Elias Boudinot of Elizabeth, who was
the fourth of the family to bear that
name, was born in Philadelphia on May 2,
1740. Elias, brother of Elisha, studied
law with Richard Stockton and married
Hannah Stockton, Richard's sister, on
April 21, 1762. Hatfield, in his "History
of Elizabeth, New Jersey," says
that Elias served on the staff of General
Livingston; was appointed Commissary
General of Prisoners by Congress in 1777;
was appointed to Congress in 1778-1781
and chosen president of Congress in 1782;
signed the Treaty of Peace with Great

An index on this name:

Boudinot, Abraham 30
Benjamin 30
Elias 19, 30, 31
Elias (Elie) 30
Elie 31
Boudinot, Elisha 30, 31
Elizabeth 30
Hannah (Stockton) 30
Isaac 30
Jean 30
Jeanne (Barand) 30
Magdalene 30
Maria (Suire) 30
Mary 30
Pierre 30
Richard 30
Susanne 30
Susanne (Papin) 30

There is more but much is repeditive.

Cyril DuBourdieu


wrote:
>
> hi cyril,
> thanks so much.
> is there anything in there about isaac le fevre b. 1660 in france, m. 1685 in
> new utrecht, kings co, ny, and d. 1731 in perth amboy, middlesex co, nj? i
> know he is a member of the huguenot society of nj but cant find his ancestors
> or anything about his first wife (jannetje boudonck/bonderick/boudinot) other
> than her birth 18 jul 1666 in new utrecht. i'm not even sure if she's french
> or dutch. any info would be most appreciated.
> thanks and regards,
> mary c.
>

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