Saturday, September 16, 2017

Surname Saturday -- MERCEREAU (France to colonial New York)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #2013, who is Marie MERCEREAU (1670-1733) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this MERCEREAU family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1862-1952)

30.  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)
31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874)

62.  Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907)
63.  Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895)

124.  Frederick Sovereen (1786-1875)
125.  Mary Jane Hutchinson (1792-1868)

250.  William Hutchinson (1745-1826)
251.  Catherine Lewis (1759-1845)

502.  Jonathan Lewis (1715-1785)
503.  Marie LaTourette (1734-1786)

1006.  David LaTourette (1699-1764)
1007.  Catherine Poillon (1713-????)

2012.  Jean La Tourette, born 1651 in Osse, France; died July 1725 in Fresh Kills, Richmond, New York, United States.  He was the son of 4024. Henri La Tourette.  He married 16 July 1693 in New York, New York, New York, United States.
2013.  Marie Mercereau, born 06 November 1670 in Moëze, Poitou-Charentes, France; died about  1733 in Fresh Kills, Richmond, New York, United States.

Children of Jean La Tourette and Marie Mercereau are:
*  Marie LaTourette (1693-1772), married 1710 Samuel Broome (1690-????).
*  Jean LaTourette (1695-1794), married 1725 Marie Mercereau (1695-1770).
*  Esther LaTourette (1696-1781), married 1716 Paul Mercereau (1668-????).
*  Pierre LaTourette (1697-1754), married 1725 Marianne Mercereau (1699-????).
*  David LaTourette (1699-1764), married 1730 Catherine Poillon (1713-????).
*  Susanna LaTourette (1704-????), married 1724 Jan Van Pelt (1700-????).
*  Jacques LaTourette (1706-1738).
*  Henry LaTourette (1708-1794), married (1) 1743 Susanna Parlier (1712-1764); (2) 1764 Sarah Lane (1719-1806).

4026.  Jean Mercereau, born 1638 in Saint-Onge, Rochelle, France; died before 1681 in Saint-Onge, Rochelle, France.  He was the son of 8052. Joshua Mercereau.  He married before 1658 in France.
4027.  Elizabeth Dubois, born 1643 in France; died 1693 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States.

Children of Jean Mercereau and Elizabeth Dubois are:
*  Joshua Mercereau (1658-1756), married 1693 Marie Chadeayne (1672-1756).
*  Elisabeth Mercereau (1660-????, married 1681 Pierre Masse (1656-????).
*  Jean Mercereau (1662-????).
*  Daniel Mercereau (1665-????).
*  Paul Mercereau (1668-????), married 1716 Esther LaTourette (1696-1781).
*  Marie Mercereau (1670-1733), married 1693 Jean MaTourette (1651-1725).
*  Daniel Mercereau (1672-????), married 1693 Susanna Marie Doucinat (1670-????).
*  Martha Mercereau (1674-????), married 1694 Shadine LNU (1672-????).


Information about this Mercereau family was obtained from:

*  Lyman E. LaTourette, LaTourette Annals in America (Portland, Ore.: s.p., 1954).


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1 comment:

Jane said...

Randy, I really enjoy your Surname Sunday postings, even though most of them are not my ancestors. But something about this one confuses me -- Did Paul Mercereau really marry his niece Esther LaTourette?

Thanks, Jane