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DEROCHEMONT, Henri Marie Augustus
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Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. DEROCHEMONT, Henri Marie Augustus was born on 19 Oct 1783 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 23 Oct 1783 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (son of DEROCHEMONT, Carel Pieter Wlhelm and VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris); died in 1833 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Notes:
From Debbie Patch:
He was a highly accomplished pianist. When his sister died in Demerara, he
visited her grave often. One morning he was found prostrate upon it, and the
family tradition was that he had died from a broken heart.
2. DEROCHEMONT, Carel Pieter Wlhelm was born in Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; was christened on 16 Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands (son of DE ROCHEMONT, Guillaume (Willem) and DE GAEFNER OR GARTNER OR GERTNER DE ROCHEMONT, Louise Eleonora); died before 4 Feb 1803 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Notes:
All my info here came from Debbie Patch:
Tikwis Begby of Melbourne, Australia sent me the following, "Carle Pieter Wilhelm de Rochemont,
magazinjn-en waagmeester te Demerary 1790". This would place Carle in Demerara by this date.
Waag means "scales", meester "master", magazine probably in the artillery sense.
A little pamphlet entitled "Commemorative Gathering. Notes of Proceedings at the Meeting of the
De Rochemont Family, at Newington, on Piscataqua. August 23, 1866", was published in Boston
by Rockwell and Rollins, Printers, 122 Washington St. In it is a short history of the family as it
was known in 1866. It mentions that one of Maximilian's ancestors was a Huguenot minister who
had settled in Holland. It also says "we find it recorded" that Maximilien was born in Tournay,
French Flanders, Sept. 24, 1781.
The pamphlet further states that Maximilian's father was a captain of cavalry, a soldier, a brave
man. He moved from Tournay to Amsterdam and then to Demerara, a Dutch colony, where he
was ordered with his troop. He took with him his wife, his brother, and his six children--four boys
and two girls. One girl, it states, married the de Wit. The mother, father, and father's brother
subsequently died from the "colony fever". The children, orphans, returned to Amsterdam where
they were cared for by an aunt, the teacher of a seminary. According to the appendix of the
Commemorative Gathering notes with information given by Charles Peter William De Rochemont,
Charles was son of Abraham Fortunatus and named for his grandfather and great grandfather.
Died:
Burial in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerara-Mahaica, GuyanaCarel married VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris on 21 Nov 1778 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Maria was born about 1757 in Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died about 1798 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris was born about 1757 in Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died about 1798 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Notes:
My info here came from Debbie Patch:
Cassel (Dutch is Kassel) is a commune in the nord department in northern France. Built on a
prominent hill overlooking French Flanders, the town has existed since Roman times. It was
developed by the Romans into an important urban centre and was the focus of a network of roads,
which are still in use today, that converge on the hill. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Cassel
became an important fortified stronghold for the rulers of Flanders which was repeatedly fought
over before finally being annexed to France in the 17th century.
Died:
Burial in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerara-Mahaica, GuyanaChildren:
- DEROCHEMONT, Maximillian John was born on 24 Sep 1781 in Tournay, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died between 21 Aug and 9 Dec 1826 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
- DEROCHEMONT, William Leonard was born on 30 May 1779 in Doornik, Bemmel, Gelderland, Netherlands; was christened on 30 May 1779 in Doornik, Bemmel, Gelderland, Netherlands; died on 25 May 1850 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- DEROCHEMONT, Abraham Fortunatas was born about 1780 in Doornik, Bemmel, Gelderland, Netherlands; was christened on 6 Sep 1780 in Doornik, Bemmel, Gelderland, Netherlands; died on 4 Nov 1858 in Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Netherlands.
- 1. DEROCHEMONT, Henri Marie Augustus was born on 19 Oct 1783 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 23 Oct 1783 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1833 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana.
- DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette was born on 20 Nov 1786 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 30 Nov 1786 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 30 Nov 1828 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; was buried .
- DEROCHEMONT, Henrietta Charlotte Winhelmina was born in Feb 1789 in Niet Vermel, Gravenhage, Netherlands Antilles; died on 28 Jul 1817 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- DE ROCHEMONT, (Baby) Pieter was born in 1777 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died on 26 Mar 1778 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Charles Louis Leonor was born on 12 Aug 1785 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died about 1798 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Anthonetta Susanna was born about 1791 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 20 Apr 1811 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.
Generation: 3
4. DE ROCHEMONT, Guillaume (Willem) was born on 8 Aug 1724 in Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 25 Jul 1784 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. Guillaume married DE GAEFNER OR GARTNER OR GERTNER DE ROCHEMONT, Louise Eleonora on 22 Jun 1747 in Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Louise was born about 1726; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. DE GAEFNER OR GARTNER OR GERTNER DE ROCHEMONT, Louise Eleonora was born about 1726; died in UNKNOWN. Children:
- 2. DEROCHEMONT, Carel Pieter Wlhelm was born in Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; was christened on 16 Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died before 4 Feb 1803 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Abraham Fortunatus was born in 1755 in Lisbon, Portugal; died on 5 Nov 1817 in Nieuwer Amstel, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Susette (Suzanna) Henriette was born on 17 Oct 1749 in Niet Vermeld, Netherlands Antilles; died on 17 Oct 1834 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Maria was born about 1758 in Lisbon, Portugal; died in May 1780 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- DE ROCHEMONT, Louisa Francoise Carolina Maria was born in Nov 1769 in S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died in Dec 1769 in S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.