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From: JOHN JAMES SIMONS III <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] GUERRYand JEANNERET families of South Carolina and North Carolina
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 13:00:26 -0400


Edgar,

What do you have on the Child Family. I cannot find much.

Edgar Taylor wrote:

> i am afraid I have not been paying enough attention to the postings of
> GUERRY data on the Huguenot past as I should have. Nor have I seen any
> postings on the JEANNERET family since joining the forum a short time ago.
>
> I had forgotten that there is a connection of <my> CHICKEN family in South
> Carolina with the GUERRY family. So far as I know Chicken is NOT French but
> probably relates back to the Chicken family of Northumberland England, some
> of whom were seamen - and possibly buccaneers. But the <founder> of the
> family in South Carolina, Col. George Chicken, married about 1707 Catharine,
> the widow of Thomas BELLAMY, and settled in the St James Santee area,
> probably on land of Catharine's late husband.
>
> There is a petition, with regard to the will of Andrew REMBERT of 1736,.
> naming his GUERRY grandchildren. It names Magdalene GUERRY as the wife of
> Jacob JENERETT, as well as Margaret GUERRY as the wife of Thomas CHICKEN.
>
> Jeanneret appears to be spelled in many different ways in the records -
> Jenrette, Janret and Genright among a number of other ways.
>
> Thomas Chicken was a brother to my ancestor William Chicken, both sons of
> George [Sr] and Catharine. There are also some connections of Jeannerets and
> Chickens with the several Noah SERRE's. Catherine Chicken, a daughter of
> George [Sr] and Catherine Chicken married, Noah Serre'. One correspondent
> says that Elizabeth, the wife of Jacob Perret Jeanneret, was a god-daughter
> of one of the Noah Serre'.
>
> William Chicken married as his second wife the twice - widowed Elizabeth
> [ROBERT] JAUDON CHOVIN [CHAUVIN?].
>
> Lydia T. Child,the daughter of Isaac Child who married Elias Ball in 1747,
> as given in the Red Cap Ball descendants previously posted, was the widow of
> George Chicken [Jr], another brother to my ancestor William Chicken. The
> only daughter and recorded child of George and Lydia, Catherine Chicken
> married Ben SIMONS.
>
> The names of the children of Thomas and Margaret [Guerry] Chicken were given
> in a will of one of the Elias Jenneret as John, Lidy, Elias, and Isaac
> Chicken. Thomas had died earlier and Margaret and her children were still in
> Santee. This will, leaving his entire estate to Margaret [Guerry] Chicken
> and her children, is said to be in the records of New Hanover Co North
> Carolina, though I have not been able to locate the will to confirm this
> information.
>
> As a Chicken family resercher I am interested in finding out what happened
> to the children of Thomas and Margaret [Guerry] Chicken. It has been stated
> in correspondence that in 1802 John Chicken changed his name to John Edmonds
> or Edwrds in Bladen Co. NC. There was also a John and Isac Jeanneret lving
> in North Carolina.
>
> I would very much appreciate hearing from anyone researching the JEANNERET
> families in North Carolina and any further connection that they are aware of
> the JEANNERET to the CHICKEN family.
>
> Thank you to those who have resd throught this long post. Ed T of PGH.



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