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Clement Chevalier F/M [Chevalier-517] c Married Married Jeanne Malzard F/Mc | |||||||||||
| Jean Chevalier [Chevalier-516] [CFT #2671] Born: 1589 Died: 1675 |
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| Occupation: Between 1646-75, Deacon of the Town Church Residence: Between 1643-51, Market Square/Royal Square Book extract thinks he was the diarist of events during 1643 & 1650. The SJ 1902 Bulletin describes him as Vingtenier de la Vingtaine de la Ville, 1638-51. Officier pour l'Extente, 1665, Diacre (Deacon) de St Helier. Balleine describes him as Constables Officer in 1624. Chevalier, John (1569-1675), chronicler of Jersey, son of Clement le Chevalier of St Helier, by his second wife Jane, daughter of John Malzard. He was vingtenier, or tything man, of the town of St Helier. He was somewhat superstitious, and a moderate royalist. The events which he related happened during his lifetime. His narrative is divided into three parts; the first opens with the dissensions of Dean Bandinel [q.v.] with the lieutenant-governor about a royal grant of the great titles of St Saviour's parish, and ends with the death of Sir Philip de Carterat [q.v.] in 1643; the second contains the journal of Major Lydcott's government, and of the sieges of the castles, and covers scarely three months; the last is the most voluminous, and contains a minute account of the administration of St George de Carteret [q.v.] Chevalier died 30 Nov 1675, aged 86. He Married Marie , daughter of Edward La Cloche [Falle's Account of Jersey (Durell), p299] [Source: The Dictionary of National Biography, vol 4, published 1917, Oxford University Press - Solihull library, 31 Jul 2003] Died in St Helier, Jersey. Was buried 1 December 1675 |
1: 1620 Clement Chevaliercw W/C 2: 1622 Jean Chevalier (A) C 3: 1630 Thomas Chevalier (A) W/C 4: 1632 Jeanne Chevalier 5: 1637 Marie Chevalier (F) | ||||||||||
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