Pierre Morissett (1675 - abt. 1734)

Born 1 May 1675 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Faure) Morrisett — married May 1702 in Manakintowne, Virginia

Descendants

Died about Jun 1734 at about age 59 in Parish Dale, Henrico, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Pierre Morissett was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

• Fact: immigration (23 Jul 1700) James City, Virginia
• Fact: Religion French Prostestant (Huguenot) French Protestant

Naturalization

On the HuguenotManakin website, there is a list of Huguenots who took the oath of allegiance to be naturalized. Pierre is not on that list. Pierre was in London before coming to Manakin and he must have taken ^[1] Quote: Since no Manakin settler could obtain his 133 acre allotment until he applied for citizenship, the matter of naturalization was of primary concern to the Huguenots. Quite apart from the material gain, however, there was a natural desire on the part of the inhabitants to identify themselves as completely as possible with their adopted country. Some of them--the percentage is unknown--were granted English citizenship before they left for Virginia under the instructions issued by William III on March 18, 1700.

But others were still French aliens when they arrived at Manakin, and these were soon requesting naturalization. Upon receipt of a petition on March 22, 1702, embodying this request the Council once again called on the House of Burgesses for thee formulation of a policy. The latter passed an act naturalizing en masse the Manakin settlers, but established no machinery to administer the oaths of naturalization. For a little over a year nothing further was done. But on April 3, 1703, the House augmented its previous action by authorizing the governor "to commisionate so many persons he shall think fit to administer the oaths and test to the French Refugees . . . in order to their naturalization."

Read the story of Pierre's escape from France.

Marne, France Births, 1501-1970NamePierre MORISETBirth Date (Gregorian Calendar)8 nov. 1672 - Birth Place - Bergeres-les-Vertus FatherFrancois MORISETMotherHelene MORISETHousehold Members NameAge Name Helene MORISET Name Francois MORISET Name Pierre MORISET

Peter Moriset, 129 A., 1 R., 35 P., (N.L.), Henrico Co., on S. side of James River, adj. John Lunado, 31 Oct. 1716, p. 295, Part of the lower part of the last 5,000 acs. surveyed for the French Refugees.

Daniel Foure, 296 acs. (N.L.), Henrico Co. beg. the (James) River, at cor. parting Peter Morriset & sd. Foure, 23 Mar. 1715, p. 285. Part of the last 5,000 acs. surveyed for the French Refugees. ^[2]

539 Peter Moriset 31 Oct 1716 VPB 10:295 129a Henrico/ ^[3]

Name: Pierre Morriset. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Arrival 1700 Virginia, USA. Map: Latitude: N38.0667. Longitude: W78.5833. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.huguenotmanakin.org/huguenot-settlement-of-manakin-town
2. ↑ Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Vol. I, Abstracts of Land Patents - Henrico County https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49134/
3. ↑ http://www.directlinesoftware.com/Pool/chesterf.txt
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: S5 Place: Virginia; Year: 1700; Page Number: 80. Arrival date: 1700 Arrival place: Virginia Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=4021697&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=4021697&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
5. ↑ Source: S1 Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=861108&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=861108&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
6. ↑ Source: S6 Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-17thcentcolanci&h=176757&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-17thcentcolanci&h=176757&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
7. ↑ Source: S7 Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-earlyvafamjamesriv1&h=32016&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-earlyvafamjamesriv1&h=32016&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRD-J22 : 28 January 2020), Pierre Morriset in entry for Elizabeth Morriset, 1721.

• https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Morissett-2
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 June 2017, 04:38), entry for Pierre Morisset(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LH23-SYP); contributed by various users.

• https://www.huguenotmanakin.org/huguenot-ancestors
• Source: S1 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv;

• Source: S5 Gale Research Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe;

• Source: S6 Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. I

• Source: S7 Ancestry.com Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Vol. I Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Vol. I (Henrico County - Goochland County, Virginia). B;