Daniel Guerin I (1663 - 1730)

Born 5 Jan 1663 in Isle of Champagne and St. Nazaire Saintonge, France

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 66 in Goochland, Manakintown, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Daniel Guerin I was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Birth

Record ID Number: MH:IF493

Date: 5 JAN 1663

Place: St Nazaire France

Daniel was born about 1663. He is the son of Thomas Geurin. ^[1]Daniel, (ca. 1693/4-1731), m. Francoise L'Orange (ca. 1699-after 1769), daughter of Jean Velas L'Orange (brother of Marie) and Francoise, before Sept. 1720: Daniel (1721-50), Peter (1725-before 1750), Francoise (1728-), Jane

Immigration

Record ID Number: MH:IF495

Date: 1700

Place: Arrived in Virginia

Note: #N71

Daniel arrives in the US in 1714. This is impossible. He is listed on the manifest of the Nassau, when he arrived in Virginia in 1700. ^[2] Annotation: Contents include passenger list of 170 refugees on the Peter and Anthony, which came to Jamestown in September 1700; Records Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia in 1700; List of All Ye Passingers from London to James River; Liste des Personnes du Second Convoy que Serent Toute l'Annee a Manicanton; A List of the Refugees Who Are to Receive of Ye Miller of Falling Creek1700; Rolle des Francois, Suisses, Genevois, Alemans, et Flamans; A List of Ye French Refugees that are Settled att ye Mannachin Town; and Lists Generalle de Tous les Francois Protestant Refugies The reprint carries, in addition, a Communication from Governor Francis Nicholson Concerning the Huguenot Settlement, with List of ye Refugees, 1700.^[3]

Marriage: Daniel Guerin(1/5/1663 Saintonge, France-1721) and Marie L'Orange (ca.1663 Rochelle, France-after 1721). Daniel married Marie L'Orange before 16 Nov. 1730. (1690?) Daniel Guerin, his wife, and four children came to VA in 1700 on the Nassau, coming from Santogne, St. Nazaire, France, west of Nantes. His patent (#739) was not within the French lands. He witnessed numerous deeds and wills and farmed the glebe land briefly.

Marie was the daughter of Francis L'Orange of La Rochelle, France (ca. 1633-? VA), granddaughter of Jean Velas L'Orange, and greatgranddaughter of Sir Velas Orange, ^[4]

Children:

• Pierre (Peter) (1697 France-1750 Cumberland Co VA), m. Magdelene Trabue (1715-) ca. 1732.
• Jean, b. France

A John Guerin was naturalized in 1702 in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Death

Record ID Number: MH:IF494

Date: 1730

Place: Goochland, Manakintown, Virginia

Daniel died intestate, a complete inventory of his assets can be found http://huguenot-manakin.org/manakin/martin.php (This link no longer works)

Link to inventory at family search : https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=395019&rmsId=TH-1951-48091-3675-50&imageIndex=154&singleView=true

The Guerin family settled in Anjou, France between 1520-1550. According to ^[5] "The Guerrants are of the ancient and grand nobility, one of them being among the 2,000 Chevaliers who defended Mont Saint Michele against the English in 1427". ...descendants have continuously occupied the ancient Chateaux and Lordship of Grand Cannay, whose tenure extended over three parishes."

Henri Guerin (ca. 1633-1696), father of Daniel, was broken on the wheel in France in 1696 (Smiles, 6).

Estate

Inventory of Daniel Guerrant, Jr. Daniel died without a will; therefore his estate was inventoried in full detail.

Following are the items listed:

"A true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of Daniel Guerrant late of the Parish of King William in the county of Goochland, dec'd, taken, valued and appraised, pursuant to an order of Goochland County Court, by Thomas Dinkins, Stephen Chastain and John Chastain, the 26 day of November in the year of our Lord 1730 as follows: vizt:

The deceased's wife's wearing apparel, 13 yd 3/4 Gartering, 1/2 yds Dowlas, 1 1/2 yrds Jr., 45 yrds bro. Lin, 4 yrds Rappers, 25 3/4 yds of hd wide Stuff, 1/2 yds. do, 50 yds Calico, 3 quires paper, 1 piece Inklo, 1 1/2 oz. Mustard, 1 horn comb, 27 Razors, 3 Strands sewing silk, 17 Sts, Ten dozen Coats Butt's, 12 1/2 dozen Coat Butt's fine, 11 dozen Brass Coat Buttons, 1 Small parcel of Alum, A bundle saddlers tacks, 1 lb. brimstone, 18 pr Buckles, 1 Small parcel of buckles. rusty, 7 pr Fine Buckles, 1 Knife and fork, Old pair of money scales, 18 Poor Swine, 3 Hides tanned leather damnified, 1 Parcel of old lumber in the kitchen, 1 Old Saddle, Old raw hides, 1 Old Cart; wheels, A small parcel of old silver, 2 Old chests and box, some old lumber, 3 Horn Boxes, 1 Brass Ink Pot, 3 Rapers lafe; hone, 46 lbs. Old pewter, etc, 3 Old Candle sticks, 2 smoothing irons, 5 lbs of Dears leather, 1 old clost, 1 Old bed and furniture, 1

Parcel of old book, 1 Parcel of old lumber, A lot of bills of Exchange, the draght by Mr.Claude Rouview and Mr. John Maynard, Merchant in London and payable to the deceased for 50 lbs. sterling, 1 Horse (worth 1 pound), 1 Negro man (worth 25 pounds), 1 Pocket compass, 27 Thread lates, 7 Pairs Women's shoes, 30 yds Shalloon, 40 yds Drugot, 6 Fine boys hats, 3 Mens hats, 41 yds Planos, 5 yds Coarse Muslin, 6 Eight Quarter Ruggs Coarse, Two thousand five hundred; 10 penny nails, 4 Hods, 1 Slate Cock, 325 lbs. Shott, 74 lbs gun powder, 1 Carvers Knife; 2 Flushing knives, 1 Lot for the currying knives, 22 Old Lasts, 10 Shoemaker tools, 1 Pegging aul and 3 hand lasts, 1 pr Nippers & Pinchers, 1 Shoemaker's Hammer, 1 Old gun, 1 pr old stillyards, 7 Cows and 3 calves (worth 7 pounds),

1 Negro woman and sick child near 14 mo old (worth 25 pounds), 2 Iron pots weighing 74 cwt and pott hook, 1 Old pot and frying pan and ax, 1 Grid Iron, 2 Old tables, 1 old paid; 5 old chairs, 1 pr Silver Buckles; 1 pr studs, do, 1 Old Sun Dial, 3 Cows and three yearlings, 1 Colt and 1 Mare, 22 Barrels and 1 Bushel of Indian Corn, 32 pounds flax and 7 1/2 pence a pound, 36 Bushels; 1 peck Wheat @ 20 d, 1758 pounds Tobacco @8 s and 4 d, 1 Plow, 2070 ft plank @5d of peice, 513 lbs. Tobacco

Notes

Note N71arrived on the Nassau with wife (Marie) and four children

This information indicates that Daniel's children were born in Virginia and not France. The boat came in the year 1700 and his children were on that boat.

Record ID Number: MH:N71

PRIN MH:IF495

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Diana McCauley, Aug 31, 2011
2. ↑ Daniel Guerrand in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
   • Name: Daniel Guerrand
   • Arrival year: 1714
   • Arrival Place: Virginia
   • Primary Immigrant: Guerrand, Daniel
   Source Publication Code: 953
3. ↑ Source Bibliography: BROCK, ROBERT ALONZO. Documents, Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin-Town, with an Appendix of Genealogies, Presenting Data of the Fontaine, Maury, Dupuy, Trabue, Marye, Chastain, Cocke, and Other Families. (Collections of the Virginia Historical Society, n.s., vol. 5.) Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1886. 247p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1962. 255p. Repr. 1979.
4. ↑ according to William Pullin, Guerrant Family of Virginia (at Virginia Historical Society).
5. ↑ The French Book of Heraldry,

• https://www.huguenotmanakin.org/copy-of-old-registered-lineages
• Source: S4 Type: Family Bible Title: Mary Pauline Johnson-Monroe’s Genealogical Papers Periodical: Research Papers Publication: None Owner: Mary Pauline Johnson-Monroe Source Locality: Kensington, MD Media: Papers

• Huguenot-Mannikin.org, this part compiled by Ann Woodlief.

Acknowledgments

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