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#	Person ID	Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Living	note	Tree
501	I1443	DEBURE	Marie	1647	11 Oct 1700	0	Hotel-Dieu, Quebec, Canada	tree1
502	I3256	DECANTILUPE	Eve	1245	1271	0	Bergavenny, Norfolk, England	tree1
503	I3273	DECANTILUPE	Joan	1240	1271	0	Coventry, Wiltshire, England	tree1
504	I183	DEFALAISE	Harlette	1003	1050	0	Normandy, France	tree1
505	I234	DEFRANCE	Emma	894	935	0	Vermandois, Normandie, France	tree1
506	I234	DEFRANCE	Emma	894	935	0	Vermandois, Normandy, France	tree1
507	I653	DEGREY	Richard	1281	10 Mar 1335	0	Richard De Grey was a special favourite of King John and in return for his services in the later years of King John’s life, Richard was awarded the ‘Right of Presentation’ to Heanor church and lands in Leicestershire. During the reign of Henry III, Richard was made Governor of the islands of Guernsey and Jersey in 1226. Then ten years later in 1236, he became Sheriff of Northumberland. Richard and his brother John were among the few Lords and nobles who supported Henry III’s plan to invade the Holy land in another crusade. This earned them the gratitude of the King at a level not normally given to Barons their age and Richard was made Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports. Richard was also made custodian of the castles at Bamburgh and Newcastle-on-Tyne. In 1238 he was made Constable of Kenilworth and in the following year Sheriff of Essex and Hertford and Constable of the Tower of London, where he was responsible for storing money and goods of the order of Cluny for the King. In 1238 Richard founded the Carmelite friary in Aylesford, Kent with friars he brought to England on his return from the Holy Land.	tree1
508	I954	DEMOHUN	Sir John I th Lord of	1224	11 Jun 1279	0	Gascony, Normandy, France	tree1
509	I195	DENOYON	Gabrielle	10 Mar 1706	11 Feb 1761	0	Boucherville, Quebec, Canada	tree1
510	I195	DENOYON	Gabrielle	10 Mar 1706	11 Feb 1761	0	Boucherville, Quebec, Canada	tree1
511	I15846	DEPOITIERS BUISSON	Marie Catherine	Bef 1671	22 Jan 1745	0	Source: PRDH Family #3379	tree1
512	I2180	DEROCHEMONT	Abraham Fortunatas	Abt 1780	4 Nov 1858	0	Tournai (Doornik), Belgium	tree1
513	I2180	DEROCHEMONT	Abraham Fortunatas	Abt 1780	4 Nov 1858	0	Notes from Debbie Patch Wilson: Abrham remained in Holland after the death of his parents in Demarrara. He was poor, married, and had eleven children. The account of his children is given in the appendix of the "Commemorative Gathering, Notes of Proceedings at the Meeting of the de Rochemont Family". It does not say who wrote the appendix, but whoever it is says he corresponds with a son of Maximilian's brother Abraham Fortunatus who stayed in Holland. The comments on each of the children were made by his son, Charles Peter William, probably at the time of the gathering or at least after 1854 when he notes that one child had left.	tree1
514	I877	DEROCHEMONT	Amelia Blanche	6 Sep 1869	20 Feb 1940	0	Obituary	tree1
515	I877	DEROCHEMONT	Amelia Blanche	6 Sep 1869	20 Feb 1940	0	According to her death record, Amelia died from breast cancer that had matastisized to the lungs.	tree1
516	I899	DEROCHEMONT	Amelia McCoy	23 Aug 1843	15 Oct 1869	0	There are no parents listed by the Newington town clerk on Amelia's death record. Her cause of death was "unknown".	tree1
517	I1616	DEROCHEMONT	Ann (Charisa LLL)	22 May 1850	29 May 1910	0	A twin to John, Ann was called Anna M. on her marriage record.	tree1
518	I298	DEROCHEMONT	Bernard M	8 Mar 1906	17 Oct 1906	0	Bernard died from acute colic at 7 months and 9 days. His mother had died during childbirth (a couple of days after he was born).	tree1
519	I1216	DEROCHEMONT	Carel Pieter Wlhelm	Jun 1752	Bef 4 Feb 1803	0	Burial in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana	tree1
520	I1216	DEROCHEMONT	Carel Pieter Wlhelm	Jun 1752	Bef 4 Feb 1803	0	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.	tree1
521	I1621	DEROCHEMONT	Charles Frederick	Abt 1842	4 Feb 1885	0	Charles died from consumption and his death record says he was married at the time.	tree1
522	I902	DEROCHEMONT	Charles John Frederick	6 Oct 1831	24 Dec 1845	0	St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana	tree1
523	I902	DEROCHEMONT	Charles John Frederick	6 Oct 1831	24 Dec 1845	0	He was also called John on the monument in the Newington Cemetery.	tree1
524	I2184	DEROCHEMONT	Charles Peter Wilhelm		Aft 1865	0	From Debbie Patch Wilson This was the man who wrote the 12 July 1865 letter to Maria Louisa (de Wit) derochemont. Here is a transciption of the letter which was probably translated from Dutch. Amsterdam July 12th 1865 Dearly beloved Nephew and Niece! You have certainly already thought, that I have not received your letter. Yes, worthy nephew, but many occupations hindered me from answering Your to me so dear letter sooner, for I wished so much to write much; for I was so filialy rejoiced, the Lord our God was so good to me, that, although I have never seen your face, I nevertheless might receive letters written with own hand from the children of the brother and sister of my so heartily loved father. O beloved ones, if you had known that good honest man, you certainly would have loved him too; life’s adversities & troubles never have disturbed his peace & his greatest happiness was the welfare of my dear mother (who also from all her children was heartily beloved) and his children. The Lord had given him eleven children. The oldest, my sister Maria Elizabeth was married, now widow without children & without means; the 2nd Agnita Maria Louise, married, both died, have left 7 children; the 3d Carolina Petronella Wilhelmina, married, both died in the Lord as the former; the 4th is I Carel Peter Wilhelmus (named in honor of our grand father, as also the former) married; Wynandus Elbertus, the fifth, twice married, has 2 children, Abraham Fortunatus (my father’s name) & Wyndelina Elberta (my mother’s name). The 6th Henrietta Louisa Elonora has had two husbands & is widow with 6 children; the 7th Suzetta Henrietta, married, both died, left 4 children. The 8th Wilhelmus Leonardus, unmarried, went as mate to sea in 1854, nothing heard of him since. Cornelia Wyndelina Carolina, the 9th died after a lifetime of 20 years. The 10th Jacoba Elizabeth Antonia Johanna, married, has 3 children living, her husband H van Binnendyk is instructor in a religious school in Vreesland. Jerard Abraham, the 11th, married has 5 children & sails as mate on a steamboat. Here is worthy nephew a small short account of my brothers and sisters. There live also besides children of the brother of our grandfather CPW deRochemont & our grand-tante J.H. Abraham named but all I have to bear many cares & adversities, but this is indeed the promises for this world of our great God & Savior. I have had no opportunity yet, to inquire about your aunt van der Hass, born de Wit, but as soon as I get some opportunity for it, I will enquire hereafter. Your wife, my dear niece’s brother de Wit was in Middleburg in the family de Rochmont….learnd….was the sister of our grandfather Susette Henrietta de Wit, there died, then….died. I was in the Indies, there I also asked & noticed thereof not much, but I still have a copy of testament, in case your family has nothing received, shall I hereafter inform & give notice thereof to you; then I was yet seaman,--then I was at the nautical seminary, where also my father & uncle Henry have been. Have I still written to Aunt de Wit (Aunt Maria), I had then a great desire to go to Rio Demerarie but could not find an opportunity. O I should have liked so much to see the dear Sister of my good father in the place where our dear grandparents are buried, but it was not granted to me, and now it is my good luck, that I can yet write to her children, it grieves me not to be quick enough to converse in English, then it would be easier for both of us. I have had from your mother de Wit a letter in good Hollandish, o could you also, dear niece, write in Hollanish. You have seen my second sister also has had your name. She was a dear sister, daughter, mother & wife, her memory remains blessed. I have also received a letter from your brother B P Shillaber with portraits of his wife & 2 daughters Lizzie & Emma; it would please me much if you will be so kind, to give him previously the most heartfelt Thanks, I hope to write him soon, but the time is to crowded with business; You have seen how many widows & orphans there are of my brothers & sisters, those all must be from time to time be helped & cared for, a very great blessing have I received from my faithful God & Father, a very healthy & stout body and peace for my aim through Jesus Christ, and this is the greatest treasure. I have been 20 or 25 years ago at Curacao in West Indies & have found also there the family de Rochemont, of the branch of the brother of the father of our grandfather, they had the esentcheon of the family, as with which my letter is sealed, I know not, whether you possess the same, if not, then will I willingly make one for you & send it to you, it is our french esentcheon of nobility; there are also several officers de Rochemont in East Indies, descendants of our uncle Abraham, grand & great grand children. I have found among my papers the certificate of baptism of your father Maximilian Johannes; shall I send it? And now, worthy & dearly beloved nephew & niece shall I close, it is two hours after midnight, , I hope soon again to hear of you & your family & when one of you comes to Halland & to Amsterdam, so is my residence at Amsterdam in the Bantammerstraat, merchant in fuel, porcelain & earthenware& beloved ones, praise to God, that the united states are calmed again; how has my heart beaten when I read in the newspaper the situation of your country & people, what prayers have been sent up to God for you! With fear have I read daily the events in the U. States, now so disunited. But God thanks, he has granted you, God & Jesus Christ might guard you henceforth. O might it happen that we might see us once! But if not on this earth, then above there, where Christ sits at the right hand of his father & where our dear parents, brothers & sisters are, and now worthy & beloved nephew and niece, great all sisters brothers children and other members of your family from me & my dear wife, who is with heart & soul addicted to my dear parents and family, also my brothers & sisters greet all of you, and believe me to be your loving nephew & friend. v.	tree1
525	I1626	DEROCHEMONT	Clarence	23 Jan 1924	Feb 2004	0	From Foster's 5 Feb 2004 Clarence de Rochemont ROCKLAND, Maine - Clarence R. "Cap" de Rochemont, 80, died Wednesday at Knox Center For Long Term Care in Rockland. Born in Rockland, Jan. 23, 1924, the son of Henry M. and Lena K. Fogg de Rochemont, he attended the University of Vermont, and following service as a flight engineer with the 2nd Army Air Corps during World War II, graduated from Suffolk University Law School. His interest and skill as a photographer grew while working with his uncle, cinematographer Louis de Rochemont. After returning to Rockland, he joined his father's plumbing and heating business before becoming a real estate broker. For more than 40 years, he worked as a Realtor in the mid-coast area, and became known for his integrity, generosity and service to his community and state. His keen wit and wisdom, as well as his faith, were evident to all who knew him. He enjoyed creating slide shows such as his "A Closer Look At..." programs, which he shared with many local groups. He said that if you live in one place long enough, you get to serve on everything at least once, and he did, giving unfailingly of his time and talents. Among these were past president of Rockland Rotary Club, past president of Penobscot Bay Medical Center, former chairman of the Board of Assessment Review of the City of Rockland, former director of the Mid-Coast Mental Health Center and former director of the Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association. He received many honors throughout his life, including the 1972 Jaycee Distinguished Service Award. He was the second member of Rockland Rotary Club to be elected a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, and was the 1999 recipient of Rotary International's Four Avenues of Service Citation. He received the 1983 Member of the Year Award of the Rockland Area Chamber of Commerce. He was a former director of Knox Industries, Inc., former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pratt Memorial United Methodist Church, a life member and former trustee of the Owls Head Transportation Museum, and he served as a director of Camden National Bank for 20 years. He was a charter member of the Board of Overseers of the Maine Bar, from 1978 to 1985, and of the grievance commission of this board for 10 years. He also chaired or served on the boards of directors or advisors of the Knox County Community Concert Association, the Salvation Army, Rockland Area Chamber of Commerce, Penobscot Bay Board of Realtors, the Farnsworth Art Museum, Schooner Bowdoin Inter Island Expeditions, Knox County Airport and the Kelmscott Farm Foundation. In 1987, he was named by Gov. McKernan to serve as lay member of the Maine Judicial Council. He is survived by his wife, Permilla Fraser de Rochemont; two daughters, Katherine M. de Rochemont of Rockland, and Susan de R. Bragg and her husband, John H. Bragg, of Owls Head; two grandchildren, Andrew F. Bragg and Emily M. Bragg; one sister, Helen de R. Cole of Lewiston; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; and by two sisters, Donna de R. Wetzel and Marguerite de Rochemont.	tree1
526	I1627	DEROCHEMONT	Cora L	29 Aug 1858		0	Cora's marriage cannot be seen online, only the year, so it is Unknown as to who her husband was.	tree1
527	I169	DEROCHEMONT	Daniel Moses	1806	15 Jan 1864	0	In the 1850 census, Daniel and Elizabeth had living with them John A. L. de Rochemont, born ca 1835. In the 1851 Portsmouth directory, Daniel was living at 7 Rock St. and was listed as an "overseer PSF". In 1855 he had a child born in Newington, and from 1860 on he was of Portsmouth.	tree1
528	I1629	DEROCHEMONT	Daughter	7 Jan 1924		0	Evidently this twin was stillborn as there is no death record in New Hampshire and both girls were born in Massachusetts.	tree1
529	I1635
530	I897	DEROCHEMONT	Elizabeth Jane Jennie	3 Aug 1848	1918	0	In 1900 Elizabeth was called Jennie. She declared that she had been married for 27 years and had had no children. With her was her husband called "Usher" Parsons and adopted daughter Ida May, aged 17. In the New York state census of 1905 Ida was not with the family, but there were two foster children, Henry Maas, farm laborer and aged 17, and Margaret Erbes, servant and aged 17.	tree1
531	I1640	DEROCHEMONT	Emilie Nutter	4 Mar 1868	30 Nov 1932	0	She died unmarried. She taught Greek in Springfield, Massachusetts.	tree1
532	I1642
533	I1645	DEROCHEMONT	Florence Estelle	29 Jun 1875	22 Apr 1938	0	According to Virginia de Rochemont, Florence had endured a nagging illness that probably kept her in constant pain, and sometimes she could be shrill. She never married.	tree1
534	I812	DEROCHEMONT	Frances Marie	23 Apr 1906	23 Aug 1993	0	According to cousin Amelia (Garland) Patch, Frances gave birth to twins who both died. She said no one knew who the father of the children was. "It could have been almost anyone in Newington", said she even though Amelia and Frances were always good friends.	tree1
535	I1646	DEROCHEMONT	Frederic Stephen	4 Jul 1943	17 Mar 1972	0	Frederic Stephen died as a result of an operation for a tumor in his inner ear. He was an excellent pianist and student. He graduated with honors from UNH with a major in political science and from Boston University of Law with a degree of Juris Doctor. He served as a captain in the US Army for 13 months in the Vietnam War and worked as an attorney in the law firm of Blackwell, Walker, and Gray in Miami until the day of his passing. Amelia Patch said Theresa barricaded herself in her house because she was so distraut and did not come out for months after her son died.	tree1
536	I389	DEROCHEMONT	Frederic William	3 Jul 1876	27 Aug 1953	0	Fred was a farmer and baggagemaster for the Boston and Maine Railroad for 46 years in Portsmouth. He was an accomplished checkers player and competed in New England tournaments. He enjoyed hunting game with his family. The 1900 Newington census enumeration for Frederick included the following: he and his wife, son Harry and his wife Annie, grandchildren Mabel, John and Lawrence and father-in-law Joseph C Adams and sister-in-law Annetta A.	tree1
537	I721	DEROCHEMONT	Frederick William	31 Oct 1804	13 Apr 1885	0	Baptism at the Parish of Saint Andrew	tree1
538	I721	DEROCHEMONT	Frederick William	31 Oct 1804	13 Apr 1885	0	Thanks to Debbie (Patch) Wilson for the following notes. These come from her extensive research which she provided to me on 5 Oct 2014 when I visited her home in Sandwich, NH: Frederick William accompanied his uncle Carsten at about age fourteen to Demerara to live with his father's sister and family. There he worked in a law office. He fell in love with his first cousin, and despite the displeasure of the family concerning a relationship this close, he married Maria Louisa de Wit. When Maria Louisa's parents died twenty months apart, what was left of their insolvent estate was left to the seven minor de Wit children (minority there lasted until the age of 25). The Water Side House, so-called, was auctioned off and bought by Frederick to pay outstanding bills, and twenty-five of the thirty-one slaves were sold. Since Frederick had been given sole guardianship of the minors, he handled the money and brought Maria's younger sisters and six of the slaves north to the United States where they all settled in Newington. Maria's brother Carsten joined them later. There is a copy of the receipt for the purchase of the slaves. Frederic paid a total of 2735 guilders for six slaves: Cupido 890, of the slaves. Frederic paid a total of 2735 guilders for six slaves: Cupido 890, Marianne 325, Calais 335, Isaac 375, Dick 475 and Jeannette 335. In 1861 Frank Pickering and his wife Sophia De Rochemont instituted a suit claiming that Frederick had not given the minors their fair share from the sale of the property located at 310 Werken Rust as well as the slaves and had kept the use of the remaining slaves left to the minors for himself. The Pickerings also asked for compensation for the eleven years of labor and services that Sophia had provided while living with Frederick and his family. There are on file at the New Hampshire State Archives long depositions by all parties involved concerning life in Demerara, the circumstances by which they came north, and other vital facts, including the deposition that the minors had received a legacy from Holland which amounted to about $32.00 apiece in the fall of 1841 or the spring of 1842. The court eventually ruled that a husband could not sue for property owned by his wife before the marriage, and it found in favor of the defendant Frederick William. In the 1850 census are the following: F. De Rochemont 45 Maria L. 39 William H. 21 Mariah L. 12 Frederick W. 8 Amelia 4 Elizabeth 2 Mariana DeWitt 80 Sarah H. De Rochemont 72 John Hodgdon 14 We know now that Mariana DeWitt in the 1850 Newington census was a slave. She was brought from Demerara with others when Frederick brought his family north and had been inherited by the DeWitt girls when their parents died. Several of the slaves are buried in the garden behind the Derochemont house (I believe Percy's house). Sarah H is Sarah Ham Moses Derochemont, Frederick's mother. In the 1860 census Frederick was listed as the postmaster. He held this position in Newington almost all of his life. In the 1870 census, there was a domestic girl named Mary Loheed with Fred and Maria Derochemont in Newington. She was 17, born MA. Mystery solved! The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Jan/April 2012 included in its articles"Girls Sent to New Hampshire From the Boston Asylum.". In it was find Mary Loheed. July 1857: widow named Mrs. Loheed had brought two little girls to the Asylum. Her husband had recently died leaving her with four children whom she now felt unable to maintain. The committee admitted Catharine Ann and Mary Anne Loheed. In June of 1863 Mrs Loheed applied to take Catharine, now more than 12 years old. It was granted. In February of 1865 Mrs Penhallow of Portsmouth applied for Mary Anne and she was bound to Mr and Mrs Penahallow. However, in November of the same year, "Mr FW de Rochemont from Newington made application for Mary Anne Loheed. He brought two recommendations from persons in the neighborhood" and it was voted to bound Mary Anne Loheed to Mr and Mrs de Rochemont. We find in Boston births that Mary Loheed was born 20 Feb 1854, dau Thomas, bootfitter born Ireland and Mary A also born Ireland. Her sister Catharine Ann was born 11 Nov 1850 Rockingham Court 279-186 Thomas B Leighton as administrator of the estate of Christopher Rymes, deceased and late of Newington, blacksmith sold to John S Pickering the Rymes home and outbuildings along with 52 acres plus a driftway across the old Shackford Farm across the road and to the Piscataqua River. The driftway was to be used for unloading goods and lumber at the beach landing on the old Shackford Farm. Signed 20 Nov 1834. Recorded 28 Dec 1835. 297-321 John S Pickering sold to FW deRochemont for $2800 above property of home with 52 acres plus an additional 14 acres. Derochemont was also to pay the 1838 mortgage given on the property to St John's Church. Mary J Pickering released dower. Signed 24 March 1840. Recorded 6 April 1840. 561-64 Frederick W Derochemont and Maria Louisa Derochemont sold for $4,000 the above property of 52 acres plus buildings as well as 14 additional acres to Clarence Derochemont. He was obligated to assume the payment of the mortgage of $833 mortgage given to St John's Church. Signed 11 April 1881. Recorded 8 June 1897. * In 1895 (546-372) Clarence borrowed $1400 from Henry A and son Harry B Yeaton and gave the property above, including the 14 acres as collateral. There are various tax liens on Clarence Derochmont property in Greenland somewhere in Packer's Bog. It was eventually given in a tax forfeit in 1979 by Clarence's estate.	tree1
539	I878	DEROCHEMONT	Frederick William	11 Apr 1841	8 May 1926	0	According to Amelia Patch, Fred lost a leg and had a wooden one. The leg was cut off by the doctor while he was lying on the kitchen table, and the leg was buried in the back yard. Later, after he had recuperated, his wooden leg was bothering him. They went to the yard, dug the old leg up and there rubbing up against the bone was an English walnut! He insisted that the walnut was the thing that was bothering his wooden leg.	tree1
540	I1648	DEROCHEMONT	George Washington	8 Jan 1837	19 Aug 1910	0	According to Gene de Rochemont of Los Angeles, George was the superintendant of the Bridgeport Brass Corporation in 1903. He worked there until two years before his death and then was a farmer according to his Brimfield, Massachusetts death record. His son was the informant, and he died from paralysis with bright's disease as a contributing factor. For some reason in the 1880 census, George, Catherine and son Irving were living in Austin, Illinois. He was a foreman in a brass factory. Palmer Journal Date: Friday Evening, August 26, 1910 Volume XLI, Number 22, page 1 Brimfield. George W. de Rochemont. George W. de Rochemont, 73, died at his home in Little Rest last Friday after a lingering illness with Bright's disease. Mr. de Rochemont was born in Portsmouth N.H. January 8, 1837. His grandfather came from France and belonged to the French nobility before the Reformation when the family was driven from France. This ancestor was married to a Miss Dewitt from Holland, who was a young cousin, because of the custom of intermarriage between noble families of different nations. This branch of the family emigrated to America in 1806. George de Rochemont lived upon his father's farm in Portsmouth until 17 years of age, when he served apprenticeship in the brass and bronze foundry business which he followed for 52 years. For 20 years he was forman for the "Adams & Wesetake Manufacturing Co. in Bridgeport, Ct. He was married to Miss Catherine Stores of Springvale, Me., whom he survived, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding. Always retaining his passion for farming he came to Brimfield a few years ago and enjoyed that occupation in his later life. He was a member of the Methodist church for 50 years and a consistent Christian, but on account of deafness he had not attended church in his old age, though he kept up his religious interest in the reading of sermons and other religious literature. The body was taken Maine and placed beside that of his wife in the Springvale cemetery.	tree1
541	I1649	DEROCHEMONT	Geraldine L	Abt 1923	15 Dec 2003	0	Geraldine went to Hingham in 1946 and received a master's degree in library science. She was head librarian at the North Quincy High School and also taught the clarinet.	tree1
542	I961	DEROCHEMONT	Groendolyn M	31 May 1927	4 Jun 2012	0	Gwendolyn Anderson \|STRATHAM -Gwendolyn M. (de Rochemont) Anderson, 85, of Stratham, died Monday, June 4, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Kittery, Maine, on May 31, 1927, the daughter of the late J. Archie and Gladys M. (Manson) de Rochemont. During World War II, she volunteered for the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service as a coast observer. Gwendolyn had been employed by the former Mars Bargainland in Newington and Globe Department Store in Exeter. She was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary Fire Department in Newington and a former Sunday school teacher for the Newington Congregational Town Church. She enjoyed bingo, reading, and spending time with her dog Brandi. Survivors include four children, Andrew M. Anderson and his wife Noreen of Stratham, Susan L. Anderson of Stratham, Laura J. Futterrer and her husband Robert of Berwick, Maine, James L. Anderson of Blue Hill, Maine and three granddaughters. She was predeceased by her husband, Andrew M. Anderson on December 21, 2002, and granddaughter, Jessica Lynn Anderson on September 19, 1996. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Please visit: www.jvwoodfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest book, send a private condolence, gift or sympathy card. Arrangements are under the direction of the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel.	tree1
543	I542	DEROCHEMONT	Harry	18 Jan 1868	8 Jun 1946	0	The New Hampshire Marriage and Death Certificates indicate that Harry DeRochemont was born 18 Jan 1868 to Frederick W and Sarah F (Adams) DeRochemont. They were living in Newington at the time. Harry was the oldest child and by the 1880 Census he had 2 younger sisters and 2 brothers. On 15 May 1895, Harry married Annie C. McKenzie from Prince Edward Island. He is shown as 27 on his marriage certificate and Annie was 18. It lists him as a farmer. They were married by clergyman Edward Robie in Greenland, NH. Annie's parents were John and Barbara McKenzie. Harry's first two children, Mabel and John were both born in PEI. But we know from newspaper reports and the births of the rest of his children that he was living back in Newington by 1899. In 1900, Harry and Annie were enumerated in Newington, living with Harry's parents Frederick and Sarah, their three children Mabel (4), John (2), and Lawrence (1), Harry's brother Frederick Jr., his grandfather Joseph Adams, and his aunt Annetta Adams. Sadly, Annie died in 12 Mar 1906, just 4 days after giving birth to their son Bernard. Tragically, Bernard only lived a few months and also died on 17 Oct 1906. He is buried next to his mother in the Newington Cemetery. She had given birth to three more children before she died, James, Orville, and Harry Jr. In the 1910 Census, Harry and his 6 children were still living with his parents in Newington. Elizabeth Haughey, a 24-year-old girl from Ireland was living with them as a housekeeper. On 18 July 1916, Harry married his second wife, also a widow - Edith G. (Bradstreet) Garland. In 1917, the city directory lists them living at 612 Market St., in Portsmouth. During the 1920 Census, they were living at 412 Hunker St. in Portsmouth. Harry's 4 boys, John, Lawrence, James, and Harry were still living with them, as was Clifton Garland and EB Garland (2 children, presumably Edith's from her first marriage) and Calton Bradstreet (age 25). Harry's father died in 1926 and then his mother died in 1928. During the 1930 Census, Harry and Edith were living in Newington, and his daughter Mabel (34 now) was living with them. Edith died in 1934. During the 1940 Census, Harry was living alone in Newington; his son John W. and 8 grandchildren were living next door. On this Census, Harry indicates he had completed just 5 years of school. On 8 Jun 1946, at the age of 78, Harry died in Concord. He is buried in the Newington Cemetery near his first wife Annie. J. Verne Wood was the funeral director. Death certificate says he died from a cerebral hemorrage. He had chronic myocarditis and myocardial degeneration. The attending physician was Dr. Everett F. Lombard. Harry worked as a toll collector. General Notes: There was a notice of a marriage of Harry de Rochemont to Lena Fogg in the July 3, 1907 issue of the Portsmouth Herald although I have seen no other record to indicate that Harry had three wives. He was alone, widowed, in the Newington 1940 federal census. He was enumerated as being a mason's helper.	tree1
544	I297	DEROCHEMONT	Harry	9 Dec 1903	11 Nov 1923	0	Harry deRochemont Jr. died at 19 in an automobile accident on the ME State highway between ogunquit and York Beach. He was with a friend when the driver lost control and crashed into a telephone pole. The truck rolled and Harry was crushed underneath, dyin	tree1
545	I297	DEROCHEMONT	Harry	9 Dec 1903	11 Nov 1923	0	Harry died when he was a student at UNH. A truck he was riding in while returning from a football game in Portland went out of control, and he was killed. He never married; nor did he have children. A write-up in the Portsmouth Herald outlined the circumstances of Harry's death, and one the next day stated that when the driver was also brought into the hospital after the accident, a bottle of alcohol was found in his pocket.	tree1
546	I2182	DEROCHEMONT	Henri Marie Augustus	19 Oct 1783	1833	0	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.	tree1
547	I1653	DEROCHEMONT	Henrietta Ann	27 Feb 1845	29 Dec 1928	0	In the 1860 Newington census Henrietta, 15, was living in a household with brother Lewis Leonard, 21, and Gee Pickering, 40.	tree1
548	I2183	DEROCHEMONT	Henrietta Charlotte Winhelmina	Feb 1789	28 Jul 1817	0	Groote Kerk, S'Gravenhage, Netherlands	tree1
549	I1353	DEROCHEMONT	Henry Melville	24 Nov 1881	Aft 1930	0	From the Portsmouth Herald, July 3, 1907: The marriage of Harry Melville de Rochemont of Newington and Miss Lena Katherine Fogg of Rockland, Maine took place on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the bride in that city. The ceremony was performed by Reverend. Robert Sutcliff in the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives from this city and Rockland. The bride was becomingly gowned in white muslin with val lace and carried a bouquet of bride roses. Miss Orressa Fogg was bridesmaid and wore ecru lace over silk. The groom was attended by Percy Ellis de Rochemont, his brother, who wore evening dress. After the reception which followed the ceremony, Mr and Mrs de Rochemont left for a short wedding trip, after which they will reside for the summer in Newington. Many beautiful and useful gifts came from legions of friends and acquaintances, who extent best wishes for a long and happy wedded life. The groom is an employee of the Portsmouth Heating and Plumbing Company of this city and is much respected by the firm members and his associates. The bride is one of Rockland's fairest daughters. For some time she has filled a position in the public schools of that city and is known for her kindly disposition and pleasant manner which have endeared her to a host of friends and acquaintances. In 1920 Henry was a farmer in Waldoboro but by 1930 was a plumber in Rockland.	tree1
550	I414	DEROCHEMONT	Herbert Stanley	15 Aug 1853	10 Sep 1922	0	According to Amelia Patch, Herbert was a real estate broker in San Francisco. He dropped the Derochemont surname and became Herbert Stanley when he decided to leave his wife for a girlfriend. She said evidently he did not want to disgrace the Derochemont name. Maybe he just did not want to be found. In the 1880 census, Herbert was living with his wife Olive and daughter Charlotte, but in the 1900 census, Herbert was enumerated alone with Clarence and his family. In the 1910 Alameda census, Herbert and Florence claimed that they had been married for seven years. Both boys with them carried the name Stanley as a surname, but they more than likely belonged to Florence's first husband.	tree1
551	I1656	DEROCHEMONT	Irving Storer	5 Jan 1866	1935	0	According to Gene de Rochemont, Irving was a dramatic critic. He also notes that he was the superintendant of American Locomotive Works in Providence, Rhode Island ca 1904. He and his wife separated, according to granddaughter Barbara Wippperman, because he travelled around the country too much, and Nellie was tired of that life and wanted to stay home.	tree1
552	I536	DEROCHEMONT	James Archie	15 Jul 1900	4 Apr 1962	0	In 1930 Archie was enumerated as a toll collector on the bridge and in 1940 as working in sand and gravel contstruction.	tree1
553	I1657	DEROCHEMONT	Jane Y	1925	27 Aug 2006	0	Jane was a nurse who received her master's degree from Vassar and later her RN from Yale. She took care of her husband in later years after he had had a stroke.	tree1
554	I1660	DEROCHEMONT	John (Carsten)	22 May 1850	25 Sep 1851	0	John was not in the 1860 census.	tree1
555	I419	DEROCHEMONT	John Willie	13 Oct 1897	20 Mar 1958	0	Kathy Avery of Eliot is probably a descendant of Willie. In 1923. Willie was of 677 Central Ave, Dover. On his WW I registration, John "Willie" claimed that he was a naturalized citizen, that he was a mason tender who lived on Market St in Portsmouth. Obviously Harry's first two children were born on Prince Edward Island where his wife was from.	tree1
556	I419	DEROCHEMONT	John Willie	13 Oct 1897	20 Mar 1958	0	During the 1940 Census, John W. Derochemont was enumerated living in Newington where he was a renter. He was 42 years old and was living with his wife Elspy (35), and their 8 children: Jacquilyn (14), John W. (13), Elinore M. (11), Lucinda A. (9), Norman H. (8), Marilyn A. (8), Elspy (6), and Mary P. (5). His uncle Jospeh A. DeRochemont (age 61) was also living with them. John W. indicated he had completed 8 years of school. Elspy had completed high school (12 years of schooling). They reported having been living in the same house in 1935. John was working as a "helper" mason. John's father - Harry - was living alone in the house next door. On the other side, Henriette DeRochemont (age 74) was living with her two sisters Marie (61) and Sara (69). Percy DeRochemont and his family (a wife and 3 teen children) were living a few doors away. John W. was the only renter; all his other family who were neighbors owned their homes. In 1953, in the 31 Aug edition of the Portsmouth Herald, in his uncle Frederick William's funeral notice, "J. William" deRochemont is listed as a pallbearer. John Willie's death certificate notes that he is divorced. This must have happened after 1940 as Elspy was still living with him at that point.	tree1
557	I881	DEROCHEMONT	Joseph Adams	20 Apr 1878	6 Apr 1955	0	In 1940 Joseph lived with nephew John and his family. He was enumerated as a contractor in the sand and gravel business.	tree1
558	I537	DEROCHEMONT	Lawrence	23 Jul 1899	3 Oct 1969	0	after a long illness	tree1
559	I1668	DEROCHEMONT	Louis Clark	13 Jan 1899	23 Dec 1978	0	Age at Death: 79	tree1
560	I960	DEROCHEMONT	Lucinda Ann	22 Dec 1929	19 Nov 2018	0	Resident at the Gafney Home	tree1
561	I1672	DEROCHEMONT	Lydia Lowe	1 Apr 1855	1936	0	Living next door to widow Maria L Caziarc in the 1880 census were Mayhew Pray, aged 28, wife Liddea 25 (Maria's niece), Mabel 4, Benjamin 2 and Lizzie 10 months.	tree1
562	I1673	DEROCHEMONT	Marguerita G	14 Aug 1923	14 Jun 1999	0	Margherita's obit in Foster's says that she attended the one room school house in Newington, was a graduate of Portsmouth High School with the class of 1941 and the University of New Hampshire class of 1944. She also attended Boston University as a law student. She was working at that time as a title examiner in Boston. During WW II she worked at Camp Langdon and met her husband who was at that time the chief in charge of Navy Detachment at Fort Stark. Margherita was active in Newington affairs as editor of the "Newington Neighbor" for 25 years, member of the town church, member of the historical society and historical district. She was a 4-H leader for Newington and Greenland, and before 1972 when McIntire Road connected the two parts of town, she ran a branch library in her home in South Newington. Although born in Medford, Massachusetts, Margherita and her family moved back to the family homestead in South Newington in 1931. Margherita was a kind lady who was very interested in family history. One of her "treasures" was a bridal crown of woven flowers and ribbons brought back for the marriage of her great grandmother Maria Louisa de Rochemont. Suppposedly Maria's brother Carsten had bought it back from England.	tree1
563	I1280	DEROCHEMONT	Maria Louisa Suzette	20 Nov 1786	30 Nov 1828	0	Her birth 20 Nov 1786 and death of 30 Nov 1828 date are from family papers which Virginia DeRochemont had in her possession. The marriage betrothal announcement was in the 31 Aug 1805 issue of the Essequebo and Demerary Gazette. In the US lawsuit filing against Frederic deRochemont, it was stated that MLS deRochemont died 6 Dec 1828, so I will use that legal date. The deposition to the lawsuit said that Maria was not in her right mind at the end. Her estate at death included the land and lot at #10 Werken Rust, the wharf and the passage to the road. Frederic sold the real estate and twenty-five of the slaves and placed proceeds in trust for the seven surving children.	tree1
564	I1280	DEROCHEMONT	Maria Louisa Suzette	20 Nov 1786	30 Nov 1828	0	In the 1 May 1894 Boston Daily Globe article titled "She Is No Yankee," describing Maria Louisa De Wit, Marie Louise Susette's daughter, that she traces her ancestry back to Francois Baron de Rochemont and Seignieur de la Mothe, at des Bresjores, who died in France in 1661.	tree1
565	I900	DEROCHEMONT	Maria Louise	13 Sep 1838	21 Jun 1921	0	Maria was the head of family in 1910, living with her two single daughters on Portland St in South Berwick.	tree1
566	I1677	DEROCHEMONT	Marie Dillingham	16 Mar 1879		0	Marie got the deRochemont House. It became the Great Bay Training Center. At one point, her nephew Louis fixed up the third floor and Virginia and her family lived there for a while. This would have been in the early to mid 1930's. Virginia says, "The barn and carriage shed where Grandpa Derochemont parked when he came from Cambridge have been moved. As a girl, I spent lots of summer days at The Farm with chickens, cows, cats and gardens. I have on the wall one of the skimmers Aunt Marie used to scoop up the thick Guernsey cream from the cooling pans in their kitchen. I have a picture of Bill Knight in the barn by the grain bin. My parents called their house Blueberry Ban. When my mother and brother sold the big house, Simplex used it for a while as office or guest house. Then Simplex sold the big house which was turned and moved SE and is now a homeopathic clinic. Most likely the wild strawberry plants that grew along the stone wall are gone, probably they did something with the brook and all the trees, the stand of pines and everything else that wouldn't turn a profit."	tree1
567	I898	DEROCHEMONT	Mary Josephine	7 May 1846	6 Jan 1903	0	She and her family lived in Canadaigua Ward of Ontario, New York. Her dates are on the monument in the Newington Cemetery. She claimed in 1900 that she had been married for 17 years and that she had had no children. She gave her birthdate as May of 1847. She and Homer were boarders, and he was engaged in "commercial trade" if I am reading the words on the census correctly. Her obit in the Portsmouth Herald calls her the widow of Homer Jones and that she had died at the home of her brother Clarence.	tree1
568	I1683	DEROCHEMONT	Maximilian J	Mar 1844	2 Oct 1886	0	Max's second marriage occured in Seabrook but was registered also in Newburyport. Wife Sarah applied for his Civil War pension.	tree1
569	I1685	DEROCHEMONT	Maximillian J	5 Nov 1876	Aft 1940	0	Maximillian lived for much of his life in New Rochelle, New York. His draft registration card there maintained that he was tall, medium build, gray eyes and brown hair. in 1900 he lived in a boarding house in Manhattan where he was in sales. By 1910 he was married and living in New Rochelle where he was an assistant manager of a furniture house. In 1920 he was enumerated as a piano manufacturer. In 1930 he was a bond salesman and in 1940 an investment broker. He had an 8th grade education but based on border crossing records, he traveled extensively.	tree1
570	I533	DEROCHEMONT	Maximillian John	24 Sep 1781	Between 21 Aug and 9 Dec 1826	0	Tournai (Doornik), Belgium	tree1
571	I533	DEROCHEMONT	Maximillian John	24 Sep 1781	Between 21 Aug and 9 Dec 1826	0	1810 census for Portsmouth Derochemont, MJ 3 males under 10 1 male 26-44 1 female under 10 1 female 26-44 1 female 45 + 1820 census does not exist 1830 census for Portsmouth Sarah deRochemont 1 male 5-10 1 male 15-20 1 female 15-20 1 female 20-30 1 female 50-60	tree1
572	I1687	DEROCHEMONT	Nancy Elizabeth	29 Jan 1878	27 Jun 1878	0	Nancy died at five months from inflamation of the brain.	tree1
573	I2004	DEROCHEMONT	Norman Harry	25 Feb 1931	5 Sep 1979	0	Age at Death: 48	tree1
574	I299	DEROCHEMONT	Orville Fessenden	1 Apr 1902	19 Dec 1980	0	A Portsmouth Herald personal notice 3 July 1939 said that Mr and Mrs Orville De Rochemont of Baltimore, Maryland were spending the holidays at the home of Mrs De Rochemont's parents, Mr and Mrs Harold Gile of Kittery.	tree1
575	I1354	DEROCHEMONT	Percy Ellis	10 Dec 1883	Feb 1967	0	First person in NH to be issued a driver's license prior to 1899s. Also first person to be issued a chauffeur's license.	tree1
576	I1693	DEROCHEMONT	Richard Guertis	13 Dec 1903	Aug 1982	0	Richard did much family research. He had an art gallery in Paris on Pont le Voy. He had a Medal of Honor from Charles de Gaulle and an oscar which his widow Jane's bank sold according to niece Virginia Derochemont. RICHARD DE ROCHEMONT, 78, DIES RICHARD DE ROCHEMONT, 78, DIES; MADE 'MARCH OF TIME' NEWSREELS By WALTER H. WAGGONER Published: August 6, 1982 Richard G. de Rochemont, an award-winning film maker and former executive producer of ''The March of Time,'' the newsreel program, died Wednesday at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, N.J., after a long illness. He was 78 years old and lived in Manhattan and Flemington. Mr. de Rochemont, who spent most of his career as a correspondent and film producer with the Time-Life organization, retired in 1980 as president of Vavin Inc., which he established in 1955 to produce informational films. Mr. de Rochemont started as a newspaper reporter in Boston and New York in the late 1920's, but soon abandoned the printed page for the fast-growing newsreel industry. As executive producer of ''The March of Time,'' he won an Academy Award in 1949 for his production of ''A Chance to Live,'' about Boys Town in Italy. He also received several awards from the Government of France, including commander in the Legion of Honor and commander in the Order of the Merite Nationale. Began in Films in '30 After working for The Boston Advertiser and The New York Sun, Mr. de Rochemont began his film career with the old Fox-Movietone News in 1930. He was foreign editor of the newsreel company in 1930 and 1931, and then was stationed in Paris until 1934, when he joined ''The March of Time.'' He was European correspondent and then managing director from 1934 to 1940 and managing editor in New York until 1943. Under his direction in 1941, ''The March of Time'' produced ''The Story of the Vatican,'' the first sanctioned film of the papal state. In 1943 he succeeded his brother, Louis, as executive producer of ''The March of Time.'' He remained in that post until November 1951, when Time Inc. dismantled its film-producing division. After two years as a vice president of J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency, Mr. de Rochemont established Vavin Inc., producing films for such organizations as the State Department and the Ford Foundation. Links With France Mr. de Rochemont was born on Dec. 13, 1903, in Chelsea, Mass., a descendant of a French Huguenot family. From 1943 to 1946, Mr. de Rochemont was president of France Forever, an association of Americans in support of a free France, and also a vice president of the French-American Club, which represented the French colony in New York City during the war. He was the author, with Waverly Root, of ''Contemporary French Cooking'' and ''Eating in America.'' He was also the author, as a result of a dinner conversation with the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, of ''The Pets' Cookbook,'' published by Knopf in 1971. Mr. de Rochement attended Cambridge (Mass.) Latin School and Williams College and graduated from Harvard College in 1928. He is survived by his wife, the former Jane Louise Meyerhoff.	tree1
577	I1696	DEROCHEMONT	Ruth	20 Apr 1882	29 Sep 1927	0	She died unmarried of tetnus following an auto accident in New York. She died after several weeks at Bedford Northern Westchester Hospital. She was an editor at Vogue and wrote a book called The Evolution of Art. According to Virginia de Rochemont, Ruth was the "darling of the family."	tree1
578	I1699	DEROCHEMONT	Sarah Hill	19 Jun 1870		0	She died unmarried. After college, she came home and lived on the farm in Newington. According to Virginia de Rochemont, she never did farm labor. Instead, she pulled a few weeds, ordered next year's seeds, talked to the birds, read into the night and slept into the day, avoiding work of all kinds.	tree1
579	I901	DEROCHEMONT	Sarah Marie Ann	28 Sep 1833	18 May 1850	0	St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana	tree1
580	I1701	DEROCHEMONT	Sophia Antoinette	3 Mar 1843	15 Jan 1919	0	At the time of her death Sophia lived at 348 Union St. She died from pneumonia.	tree1
581	I1712	DEROCHEMONT	William Frederick	4 Mar 1916	29 Jul 1999	0	Fred was an avid golfer who played every day at the golf course near his home in North Hampton. According to Amelia Patch, he married Theresa Mayrand of Dover, a Catholic, much to the upset of his grandparents. They never liked her. One of Theresa's brothers was a priest which made things even worse. Fred died from lung cancer. The following was found online concerning Fred's employment background: Fred lived on Deer Street in Portsmouth as did his great great grandfather Maximilian. He is a high school graduate and has taken computer courses at American University in Washington, DC. He attended Navy Supply Officers School in Bayonne, New Jersey, IBM Corp., schools in Endicott and Poughkeepsie, New York and Army Machine Records School in Fort Washington, Maryland. He served in the 46th Machine Records Unit (Mobile), XIII Corps, US 9th Army during World War II from 16 October 1943 to 6 February 1946. This unit kept personnel records and status of 9th Army troops as they assembled in Great Britain and went through France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Austria. Except for World War II service, he was employed in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from 7 April 1937 to retirement on 29 July 1972. The last 11 years of this employment was as Director of the Data Processing Office.	tree1
582	I903	DEROCHEMONT	William Henry Cornelius Maximillian	11 Sep 1829	15 May 1871	0	St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana	tree1
583	I903	DEROCHEMONT	William Henry Cornelius Maximillian	11 Sep 1829	15 May 1871	0	Kidney complaints	tree1
584	I903	DEROCHEMONT	William Henry Cornelius Maximillian	11 Sep 1829	15 May 1871	0	He died single and was called just Henry on the monument in the Newington Cemetery. He is listed with his parents in the 1870 census as a single farmer.	tree1
585	I2179	DEROCHEMONT	William Leonard	30 May 1779	25 May 1850	0	Tournai (Doornik), Belgium	tree1
586	I2179	DEROCHEMONT	William Leonard	30 May 1779	25 May 1850	0	All info from Debbie Patch: He remained in Holland after his parents died in Demerara. He became rich, was married and had no children. Could he have been the one who left a legacy to the de Wit children in Demerara?	tree1
587	I14718	DESPORTES	Helene	7 Jul 1620	24 Jun 1675	0	Hélène Desportes, born around 1620 in Quebec, was the daughter of early French settlers Pierre Desportes and Françoise Langlois. She is often credited as the first European child born in New France. Hélène's life epitomized the experiences of women in the early days of the colony. She first married Guillaume Hébert at a young age and was widowed by 19, left with three small children. On January 9, 1640, following a marriage contract signed on December 27, 1639, she wed Noël Morin, a 34-year-old wheelwright from France. With Noël, Hélène had 12 more children between 1641 and 1656, including Germain, the first Canadian-born priest ordained in New France, and Marie, one of the first Montreal-born nuns. Hélène's life in New France was marked by the challenges and triumphs of colonial life. She and Noël were granted a pew in the church in 1655, and in 1663, she became Madame de Saint-Luc when Noël was granted his seigneury. Hélène died on June 24, 1675, at St. Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, at about 55 years old, predeceasing her husband by five years. Her legacy as an important matriarch in early French Canadian society lives on through her numerous descendants, including many notable figures in North American history. Hélène Desportes' life story represents the resilience, adaptability, and crucial role of women in establishing and nurturing the foundations of New France.	tree1
588	I14701	DESPORTES	Pierre-Philippe	1594	18 May 1629	0	HIGHLIGHTS: Their daughter Hélène, born on July 7, 1620, was the first European child born in what would become Canada. Hélène's godmother wasHélène Boullé, the wife of Samuel de Champlain. Pierre wore many hats in the struggling colony. He managed a warehouse for storing fur pelts destined for export, served as the settlement's baker, and as he was one of the few literate settlers, was even involved in correspondence with France regarding the colony's condition. CONNECTIONS: Jim's 10X and 11X GGF on the Vermette/Gilbert branch. LIFE STORY: Pierre Desportes, born around 1594 in France, was one of the earliest settlers in Samuel de Champlain's vision for a New France. Though his exact origins are unclear, Pierre was known to be literate, suggesting he received some education - a rarity for his time. He married Françoise Langlois, likely between 1617 and 1620 in France, before embarking on their life-changing journey to the New World. The couple arrived at the fledgling Habitation de Quebec in 1619, accompanied by Françoise's sister Marguerite and her husband Abraham Martin. In this remote outpost on the St. Lawrence River, Pierre and Françoise became integral members of the small community. Their importance was underscored when Françoise gave birth to Hélène on July 7, 1620 - the first European child born in what would become Canada. Hélène's godmother was none other than Hélène Boullé, the wife of Samuel de Champlain himself. Pierre wore many hats in the struggling colony. He managed a warehouse for storing fur pelts destined for export, served as the settlement's baker, and was even involved in correspondence with France regarding the colony's condition. His literacy made him valuable in a community where few could read or write. Pierre was also associated with the Company of One Hundred Associates, though his exact role remains debated by historians. Life in New France was challenging. By 1625, only seven families resided in the settlement. The Desportes family's time in Quebec came to an abrupt end in 1629 when English forces led by David Kirke captured the outpost. Along with most other colonists, Pierre, Françoise, and young Hélène were forcibly repatriated to France via England. Tragically, neither Pierre nor Françoise would return to the land they had helped pioneer. Pierre is believed to have died in Dieppe, France between 1629 and 1634, while Françoise passed away in 1632. Their daughter Hélène, however, would return to New France, likely under the guardianship of her aunt and uncle, Marguerite Langlois and Abraham Martin. Despite their brief time in New France, Pierre and Françoise left an enduring legacy. Through Hélène's two marriages, first to Guillaume Hébert and then to Noël Morin, they became the ancestors of numerous individuals in North America, including several notable figures in entertainment, politics, and other fields.	tree1
589	I13132	DESVARIEUX	Vincente	1622	2 Jan 1695	0	Pierre Gagnon, born in February 1612 in La Gaignonnière, Tourouvre, Perche, France, was baptized on February 14, 1612, in the church of Sainte-Madeleine de La Ventrouze. He was the son of Pierre Gagnon and Renée Roger. Pierre's journey to New France marked the beginning of a significant family line in Quebec's history. Around 1640, Pierre emigrated to New France with his brothers Mathurin and Jean, joining their sister who had previously settled with her husband, Eloi Tavernier. Their widowed mother, Renée Roger, also made the journey, cementing the Gagnon family's commitment to the new colony. Upon arrival, the Gagnon brothers quickly established themselves as industrious settlers and entrepreneurs. They acquired farms along the coast between Château-Richer and Sainte-Anne, while also engaging in trade in Quebec City during the winter months. On August 14, 1651, they purchased land in the Lower Town of Quebec, and on October 6, 1658, they acquired a store, demonstrating their business acumen. Pierre's personal land grant in Château-Richer measured 6.5 arpents of river frontage by 126 arpents deep, a substantial property that would become the foundation of his family's legacy in the area. He engaged in some land transactions, notably ceding half an arpent to Nicholas Lebel on May 13, 1657, only to reclaim it on December 29, 1668. On September 14, 1642, Pierre married Vincente Desvarieux in Notre-Dame de Québec. Vincente, born around 1624 in St-Vincent d'Aubermail, Caux, Normandy, France, was the daughter of Jean Desvarieux and Marie Chevalier. She likely arrived in New France as a fille à marier, one of the young women sent to the colony to help establish families. Pierre and Vincente had ten children together: Jean (1643-1699) Anne (1643-1666) Pierre (1646-1687) Jeanne (1648-1648) Pierre-Paul (1649-1711) - became a priest Joseph (1651-1680) René (1653-1653) Marie-Madeleine (1655-1677) - became a nun Raphaël (1658-1681) Noël (1660-1708) Their family life reflected the challenges and triumphs of early colonial life. While they lost several children at a young age, others went on to play significant roles in the religious and social fabric of New France. Pierre-Paul became one of the first Canadian-born priests, while Marie-Madeleine entered the Augustinian convent, known for her piety and devotion. Pierre was confirmed in the Catholic faith on August 10, 1659, by Bishop Laval in Notre-Dame de Québec, underscoring the importance of religion in the family's life. The 1666 census listed Pierre as a 50-year-old merchant, living with Vincente and their children in Beaupré. By 1681, at the age of 70, Pierre was recorded as owning 2 guns, 22 horned animals, and 40 arpents of cultivated land, indicating the family's prosperity and established position in the community. Vincente Desvarieux passed away on January 2, 1695, in Château-Richer, where she was buried the following day. Pierre lived for a few more years, dying on April 17, 1699, at the age of 87. He was buried the next day in the cemetery of La-Visitation-de-Notre-Dame parish in Château-Richer.	tree1
590	I1520	DEWIT	Barthel	Abt 1750	1798	0	On the 1786 map of the colony, B DeWitt is shown as the owner of lot 14. B de Wit on the Capt Walker 1798 map was the owner of Lot 63, Maicouncy Creek to the east side of the Demerary River. On the 1798 Bouchenroeder Map lot 63 Wittensburg was owned by the Enfans de Wit. This suggests that B de Wit died during 1798 or slightly before. He was called in a 1785 petition to the Dutch West India Company "a Hollander, formerly a ship's pilot". An entry in the IGI gives the names of CC de Wit's parents but CC's wrong death date as circa 1833, submitted by a LDS member. Barthel must be a variant of Bartholomew as Carsten named a son Carsten Bartholomew de Wit.	tree1
591	I1288	DEWIT	Carsten Bartholomew	Aug 1808	14 May 1865	0	Carsten was referred to as "a farmer of Springfield, Maine" for a while. He has a footstone with his large stone in Newington. Also there are two markers, one a "US Veteran" and one a "Post 1 GAR". His obit in the Portsmouth Journal calls him a "late yeoman on the US Steamer Kearsage." The 1864 Portsmouth Directory shows that Carsten had a house on Dennett St. He was not in the 1860/61 directory nor the 1867 one. Neither was his wife. A Thomas H. De Wit posted bond as sureties of his estate 12 Sept. 1865. According to the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, his daughter Sarah J Shannon claimed that her mother was born in British Guiana but that her father was born in New York. He was not. Carsten was an accountant in the 1860 Portsmouth, New Hampshire census: Carstine Dewit 52, accountant,born Demerara Anne E 43, born Demerara George Brown 20, farm laborer, born Demerara Thomas H Dewit 13, born New Hampshire Sarah J 9, born Maine Leonard O 6, born Maine Anna Maria 4, born Maine Carstin's marriage to Anna is also recorded in Portsmouth.	tree1
592	I1281	DEWIT	Carston Cornelius	25 Jun 1780	1 Apr 1827	0	Le Resouvenir, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana	tree1
593	I1281	DEWIT	Carston Cornelius	25 Jun 1780	1 Apr 1827	0	In the 1 May 1894 Boston Daily Globe article titled "She Is No Yankee," it says that Castin Cornelius De Wit is descended from the family of John de Wit, governor of Holland. It describes him as a sugar planter with a schooner.	tree1
594	I1281	DEWIT	Carston Cornelius	25 Jun 1780	1 Apr 1827	0	A small note in family papers reads, "Cornelius C. DeWit died Apr. 1. 1827. Buried on Plantation Le Resouvenir, east coast of Demerary Apr. 3. 1827. b June 25. 1780". So far Castin Cornelius's line has not been found other than parents. As of 16 May 1807 Carsten and his brother with only the intitial "N" owned shares in Plantation Wittenberg. In 27 Oct 1804 LHH de Wit was the manager of Le Resouvenir. The following information was extracted from Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood, the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 by Emilia Viotti da Costa. "When all land along the river had been granted, the company distributed new grants along the coast, east and west of the mouth of the Demerara, in the areas that came to be known as the East Coast and the West Coast. A limit of 1,000 acres was established for sugar and 500 for coffee plantations. Before the area could be settled, a complicated system of canals, dams, and sluices had to be built to improve drainage--a task the Dutch were particularly qualified to accomplish. Plantations were laid out next to each other, with frontages of 100 roods [one rood= 12 feet] and depths of 750." Demerara was incorporated into the British empire circa 1792. On the East Coast, the area between the Demerara River and Berbice, most plantations in the first part of the nineteenth century were producing mainly cotton although some were producing at the same time sugar, rum, cotton, and coffee. By 1813, 8% of the plantations had more than 300 slaves, 40% had between 200 and 300, and 46% had between 100 and 200. Le Resouvenir belonged evidently to a Dutch planter named Hermanus Hilbertus Post. Unlike most of the planters, he was a pious man and invited a Methodist minister named Wray from the London Missionary Service to come and preach to the slaves. Post had been born in Utrecht in 1755 but had settled in Demerara. He quickly built a fortune which allowed him to travel to Holland and to live in New Rochelle, NY from 1791 to 1799. He returned in 1799 to take care of business in Demerara. Evidently he had undergone a religious conversion and made the religious instruction of his slaves a top priority. Le Resouvenir was on the East Coast of Demerara, about eight miles from Stabroek which became Georgetown. In 1808 it "had a population of 375 slaves and about 700 acres, 225 of which were planted in cotton, 375 in coffee, and 100 in cocoa and provisions. The main building stood about a mile from the seaside, and behind it there was a canal leading to the back dam. Orange trees had been planted on each side of the canal. A green path shaded by rows of Mountain Cabbage trees led from the main house to the public road. Everything had been built or grown by slaves under Post's supervision." Post built a chapel called Bethel Chapel on Le Resouvenir and a small missionary house as well. Slaves from surrounding plantations were allowed to attend the church services also. Most of the congregation was made up of slaves and a few white overseers. The local Dutch minister as well as other planters saw Post as a trouble maker. Many at Le Resouvenir only spoke Dutch, but most spoke English as well. In 1809 Post died, and his widow married a man named Van der Haas whose brother beat the slaves. He in turn was replaced by a man named Hamilton. There was much unrest on the plantation at this time. Wray who had come to preach had been eventually replaced in 1816 by missionaries John Smith and his wife Jane. In her deposition, Sarah de Wit mentions a Dr Smith, but he appeared to be a medical doctor, and the above John Smith was dead by the time the De Rochemonts immigrated to the U.S. in the 1830's. It is John Smith who is considered the hero of the slave rebellion of 1823 which led ultimately to their emancipation. He lived and preached on Le Resouvenir. Da Costa speaks of an outbreak of smallpox at Le Resouvenir in 1819. She further mentions a slave Susanna who lived with the plantation manager John Hamilton. She also speaks of slaves in the dry season going to Le Resouvenir for water, for there was a permanent spring there. She mentions a carpenter Peter Hood on the plantation and slaves Cupido, Romeo, and Azor. The focus of the book concerned the events that led up to the revolt of 1823, and there is little about the goings-on of Le Resouvenir other than those that concerned the slaves directly.	tree1
595	I1287	DEWIT	Henrietta Jacoba	28 Jul 1814	15 Apr 1871	0	Benjamin Penhallow Shillabar, brother-in-law to Henrietta, wrote the following tribute to her which appeared in the Portsmouth Journal 17 April 1871. Death claims the victory when we sadly close The coffin lid upon the precious dust, And when we quaiff the chalice of our woes With tearful eyes and hearts of feeble trust. But when the anguish of the barb has flown, And we look up from the concealing sod, Tracking the path the loved and lost have gone, We no more turn in anguish to the clod. We see the Graces that our life has blest Transferred to where they brighter still may shine; Unmarred by blight of care, or pain distrest, In airs beneficent and light devine. Still holds its sway the undivided bond That bound our soul below to that above, As constant still, in its adhesion fond, As when on earth 't was manifest in love. Not sanctified, the mourned, but simply good, Not free from earth's alloy or human taint, But in the fullness of true womanhood Was comprehended all that makes the saint. The dignity, the counsel, sweet and wise, The lender care, the gentle, loving voice, The eloquence that pleaded from the eyes, The thousand acts that made the heart rejoice-- And more than memories--they are still our own, In the blest influence that they impart; The loving glance, the tender voice's tone. Still bide within the chambers of the heart. We feel the touch of hands that disappeared, Yet take our own in guidance as of old; And the bright character that erst endeared, Illumes and gladdens all it then controlled. Such cannot die to us: the real lives In that which made it real while 't was here, And this grand faith the blest assurance gives, That though the loved be gone they are still here. Herein the victory over Death is shown: The form is but the shrine, of tenure slight, That may in the attack be overthrown, While lives the spirit in unfailing light. B. P. Shillaber	tree1
596	I775	DEWIT	Maria Louisa	28 Mar 1811	3 Sep 1900	0	Maria Louisa went to school with Celia Thaxter's mother at Susan Huntress' school. She raised her four younger sisters whom she brought north with her and her husband. She also brought several slaves, one of whom was named Nina and lived to be over 100 years old. They are buried in the garden of the DeRochemont home in Newington. Marguerita Mazeau related that her father Percy told her that as Maria Louisa, called Louisa, became elderly, she remained most of the time in the upstairs bedroom in the home where Marguerita now lives which at that time belonged to Louisa's son Clarence. She was afraid most of the time that a strange man was going to get her and would scream about it. Marguerita has in her home a small wreath of dried flowers that Louisa supposedly wore at her wedding, a present from her brother who got it while in England. I do not know if it was from brother Carstin or brother Leonard who died ca 1829. In the 1900 Newington census, Maria L was enumerated with Clarence and his family. It also states erroneously that both of her parents were born in Germany. It also states that she had a total of 12 children and that 6 were living as of 1900. I have only the names of 10 children for her.	tree1
597	I1290	DEWITT	Elizabeth A	1816	Aft 23 Oct 1867	0	According to her deposition concerning the lawsuit against William deRochemont, Elizabeth was alive 23 Oct 1867. She sponsored the baptism of Chalres John Frederick Derochemont in 1832 and signed as E. A. Odde (Mrs).	tree1
598	I4912	DILL	Peter Leutwinus	1640	13 Aug 1692	0	In spite of the many online trees that claim otherwise, Peter Dill's origins are a mystery.Peter Dill was probably born in the 1640 to 1650 time frame, probably in Massachusetts. Some sources indicate he might have been a son of George and Abigail (Hand) Dell who were in Bsoton and Salem, Massachusetts before 1650.	tree1
599	I13706	DION	Marguerite Guyon	16 Mar 1662	14 Jul 1663	0	Drowned	tree1
600	I13860	DIT LACHANCE	Genevieve Pepin	11 Sep 1682		0	Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada	tree1

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