Aime (Bilyeu) Baillou (abt. 1574 - bef. 1621)

Descendants

Died before 1 Jul 1621 before about age 47 in Leiden, Holland, Netherlands

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Biography

She was born about 1574.

Aime "Ann" married about 1599 probably in England to Thomas Bailliou or Billiou or Baljou or Bilyeu.

They may have resided in Hertfordshire, England.

She was buried on 01 July 1621 at Saint Pieterskerke in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland. ^{[1] [2]}

On 15 October 1622, Thomas was enumerated in the Wolhuis district of Leiden, Nederland, with his three daughters - "Anneken", "Abigeal", and "Hatil". ^[3]

Children

1. Anneken Bailliou, b: England; m: 1624 Nathaniel Walker ^[4]
2. Abigail Bailliou, b: England; m: 1622 John Dunham ^{[5] [6]}
3. Thomas Bailliou, b: c1605 Herforschier, England ^{[7] [8]}
4. Mary? Bailliou (possibly identical with "Hatil" & "Meijnego"), b: Leiden; m: 1629 Steven Fastaer (uncertain) ^[9]

Research Notes

There is no primary source for her name. She was the wife of Thomas Bailliou. They seem to be of French origin, possibly Wallons from Flanders. In the early seventeenth century, they were living in Leiden, Netherlands. They were parents of several children, including Abigail Bailliou.

The earliest reference for "Aime" as the mother of Abigail (Balliou) Dunham seems to have been in the 1962 "Workman Family History" which is also when the Huguenot and Walloon claim seems to originate. It asserts without argument that Abigail Balliou and Pierre Billiou were siblings. The author also asserts that Abigail's mother was named Aime and that her father Thomas Balliou was "of LaBassee, or Wicres, in 'French Flanders'". ^[10]

The author presumably conflated them as siblings because of their similar surname, that they were both in Leiden, and that both went to North America (though Pierre went to New Netherland in 1661).

Two of her daughter's marriages were civil ceremonies. Abigail's known family does not appear in the Walloon church records.

Pierre Billiou or Balliou was a French Huguenot. He was married at the Walloon church in Leiden, and at that time his birth location was given as Rijsel (now Lille, France). His marriage record clearly states his father's name as Jeacq, who was a witness to the marriage. ^[11] Wicres is about 15km southwest of Lille, and La Bassée 5km southwest of Wicres. Wicres is the alleged birth place of Pierre's father-in-law Chrétien du Bois. It's possible that this information was somehow distorted and applied to Thomas Balliou as well.

There is currently no information to support the idea that Abigail and Pierre were related. There were in fact other families with names similiar to "Baillou" (and its many variations) in Leiden during this time. An Erfgoed Leiden search for "ba*l*u" as a surname comes up with 232 hits between 1590 and 1690. And other variants exist, ending with "w" or "e", or starting instead with "Bi" for instance.

Sources

1. ↑ Funeral certificate mentioned as wife of Thomas Baljou (huisvrouw) and not by name; Text: "huisvrouw van Thomas Baljou opte Langebrugge"
2. ↑ Erfgoed Leiden Index: Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; Register van begravenen te Leiden, Nederland 1617-1624; inventaris#1316; archief#501A; folio#141; buried: 01-07-1621
3. ↑ "Leiden Hoofdgeld van 1622"; Wolhuis; inventaris#4021; archief#501A, I.B.2.7.1.5.2; folio#27v; Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; 1622 enumeration
4. ↑ Erfgoed Leiden Index; Schepenbank Leiden; Zoek op personen; Erfgoed Leiden; Ondertrouwboek en trouwboek voor schepenen van Leiden 1611-1633; inventaris#198; archief#1004; folio#160; blad B, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; marriage record for daughter, Anneken Bailliuw m: 15 June 1624 Nathanael Walker
5. ↑ Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Church Records 1076-1916 on FamilySearch.org; citing Netherlands National Archives, Zuid-Holland; Alle Gezindten > Leiden > Trouwen 1592-1646 > image#317/704; Rijksarchiefdienst Nederlands, Zuid-Holland
6. ↑ Erfgoed Leiden Index, Schepenbank Leiden; Zoek op personen index and images; Ondertrouwboek en trouwboek voor schepenen van Leiden (1611-1633); inventaris#198; archief#1004; folio#137v; blad B, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; marriage record for daughter, Abigail Balliou m: 22 Oct 1622 Jan Danham
7. ↑ "Bastiaen Jansz. Krol" by A. Eekhof ('s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff 1910); krankenbezoeker, kommies en kommandeur van Nieuw-Nederland (1595-1645); p21 "Van hem wordt gezegd dat hij vóór 4 of 5 jaren 'nae de Virginees' is gegaan. 'De Virginees', ook wel 'de Virgines', is in dezen tijd een andere naam voor Nieuw-Nederland"
8. ↑ "[Amsterdam] Confessieboek 1628-1631"; inventaris#298; archief#5061; folio#257v, 258; Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief; for son, Thomas
9. ↑ Ondertrouwboek en trouwboek voor schepenen van Leiden (1633-1646) inventaris#199; archief#1004; folio#109; blad C, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; for daughter
10. ↑ "Workman Family History" by Thelma C. Anderson in 1962; p42-43 on archive.org
11. ↑ Kerkelijk ondertrouwboek (NH) van Leiden (1647-1653); index; inventaris#14; archief#1004; folio#97v; blad B, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken; for Pierre & father, Jeacq