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Title: Gold nugget - Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: lepicard on Friday 01 March 24 16:06 GMT (UK)

Hi,

I think I found a "gold nugget"
On Ancestry I can read ligne 4 the text....
Anth. SOULARD was apprentice , son of Ste (Stephen???) SOULARD merchant .
Do you think I can find out more?
My ancestor was Antonin (in French) son of Stephen. Antonin was born in France in 1700.
His father Stephen lived for a couple of years in London.
Maybe his son was sent to England ?????

UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811

Title: Re: Gold nugget - Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: MollyC on Saturday 02 March 24 07:16 GMT (UK)

I am replying to this because no-one else has, to suggest there may be records held by the Goldsmiths' Company of London. 

https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/

I am not knowledgable about the London companies, but what caught my eye was line 3 above your entry, for a scissorsmith in Attercliffe, which is two miles from Sheffield.  There, trades were controlled by the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire.  Records of apprentices are published including this one, with the additional information of the date when the apprentice became a freeman.

So, it's worth trying the Goldsmiths.

Title: Re: Gold nugget !- Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: lepicard on Saturday 02 March 24 08:34 GMT (UK)

Thanks.
I'm sure there is something promising about this register.
I found a second son of Stephen.
Henry , son of Stephen, dead.

Nom   Henry Soulard
Date du paiement   1 Feb 1717 (1 févr. 1717)
Lieu de résidence   St Martin, Middlesex
Remarques   City (Town) Registers
Ménage (Nom)   Rôle
Jacob Lemoyne watchmaker?
Master
Henry Soulard   Apprentice

Title: Re: Gold nugget - Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: MollyC on Saturday 02 March 24 09:34 GMT (UK)

Try  https://www.clockmakers.org/

Do Lemoyne and Lafon both suggest French descent of the masters?

Title: Re: Gold nugget - Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: ciderdrinker on Monday 04 March 24 11:17 GMT (UK)

Hi
There is a Stephen Soulard on the lad tax records for London in 1692 at St Peter le Poer
Also in the parish
Stephen Sollart buried 8.9.1687 in the vault
Mrs Soullard buried 25th May 1694 in the vault.

Just in case they fit

Ciderdrinker

Title: Re: Gold nugget - Need more details about Apprenticeship Books in 1714
Post by: lepicard on Monday 04 March 24 12:38 GMT (UK)

Quote from: ciderdrinker on Monday 04 March 24 11:17 GMT (UK)

Hi
There is a Stephen Soulard on the lad tax records for London in 1692 at St Peter le Poer
Also in the parish ; He was my ancestor
Stephen Sollart buried 8.9.1687 in the vault. Maybe a family member?
Mrs Soullard buried 25th May 1694 in the vault. She was also in my tree

Just in case they fit. Thanks

Ciderdrinker