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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: tornado on Sunday 08 June 25 11:14 BST (UK)
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Hi all . I am on a mission to try and find my 9th G Grandparents from France if possible . The Ancestry site only goes so far ... if anyone can help with the research i would be grateful . So Thomas de Rouffignac was born in 1610 in Charente France and His Wife was Marie de Mott . Any help is appreciated and thank you .
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There have been several posts about this family here on Rootschat - I see some not replied to, but this one was.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=854540.9
Glancing through them quickly, I don't think anybody had found the parents of John with wife Marie de Mott.
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There is a tree on MyHeritage which gives the father of Thomas as Jacob Bevan Rouffignac, born at Puyeasquier, Gers, Midi-Pyrenees. No date given or any indication where that information came from. (according to Google maps, that's 340 kms away, so possibly a little unlikely!)
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thanks Goldie for your help here . Yes the previous post about rouffignacs was mine and i did track down some good info as a result . Don't think I will find my Thomas as the records go back too far . best wishes .
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Also a tree on geneanet.org which gives his parents as 'Jacob Bevan de Rouffignac' and 'Elizabeth Bevan'.
They have Thomas dying in 1710 in France - making him a hundred years old.
Do you know if this is correct?
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hi again . On the Ancestry tree it says Thomas Died in 1685 , which sounds reasonable enough . That's all I know . Many thanks .
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Here are two later records. Is Jacob the son of Thomas? The will might have references to places or cousins in France. PCC wills are available from TNA for free when you sign in (also free).
Will of Jacob De Rouffignac, Master of Arts of Saint Swithin, City of London, 1722
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D584084
Alumni Cantabrigienses:
ROUFFIGNAC, PETER. Adm. sizar (age 19) at Trinity, July 6, 1702. S. of James, of London (and formerly pastor of a church in Languedoc). B. May 27, 1683. School, Merchant Taylors
https://archive.org/details/p1alumnicantabri03univuoft/p1alumnicantabri03univuoft/page/490/mode/2up?view=theater
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Thanks Vance for the news here . Yes! Jacob was the Son of Thomas Rouffignac and Thomas did Die in 1722 in Essex UK .
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Below you can search the French National Archives. There are quite many hits for ROFFIGNAC or ROUFFIGNAC, for example Jacques de ROFFIGNAC, chevalier, sieur de MALSAC (or Marzac).
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/cms/content/display.action?uuid=Accueil1RootUuid&onglet=1
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Sorry Vance but I cannot read French! thanks anyway for all your support here .
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Google translate works fairly well:
Quittance de Jacques de VOULDY, écuyer, maître d'Hôtel du Roi, à Ysabeau de SALVIATY, dame de TALCY, absente, par les mains de Pierre ELLAIN, avocat en Parlement, pour le rachat d'une rente provenant de Jacques de ROFFIGNAC, chevalier, sieur de MALSAC, et Ysabeau de SARDINY, dame de TALCY, veuve de Ferias de SALVIATY, chevalier, seigneur dudit TALCY, et autres.
Receipt from Jacques de VOULDY, squire, master of the King's Hotel, to Ysabeau de SALVIATY, lady of TALCY, absent, by the hands of Pierre ELLAIN, lawyer in Parliament, for the redemption of an annuity coming from Jacques de ROFFIGNAC, knight, lord of MALSAC, and Ysabeau de SARDINY, lady of TALCY, widow of Ferias de SALVIATY, knight, lord of said TALCY, and others.
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hi Vance . The only Jaques james de rouffignac I have in my f tree was born in 1688 and Died 1719 in london . I see your snippet mentioned a Jacques rouffignac .
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Either Jacob or James could be the English translation of Jacques.
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thanks for the update .