I'm trying to figure out how many people named Jacques Petillon were living in Mannheim in the 1650s, and I'm hoping the attached record of plague victims can help answer the question. I know there were at least two Jacques:
- One was Petillon-38, the son of Andre Petillon (c 1616-1692) (Petilion-4), who was born about 1650, lived to adulthood, married Marie Herland and had children with her.
- The second was Petilion-5, probably the brother of Andre Petillon (but presently also shown as a son of Andre); he was born about 1630, married Marie Sy and died about 1666 (between 1664, when he baptized daughter Marie in Mannheim in 1664, and 1667, when his wife remarried Nicholas de Vaux (De-Vaux-71)). The timing of his death might indicate he died of the plague that swept Mannheim in 1666.
Can anyone help decipher the death date on the attached record? It looks like maybe the person died on Christmas 1655, because that is the only date attributed to that person. If so, that would indicate that there was a third Jacques, MAYBE the father of Andre and his brother, as I can't think of who else it would be. But other records on the page have multiple dates next to them, and I can't figure out why that would be. Any thoughts? Unfortunately, the document attached to the free space page is the only snip that I copied from Archion, and I don't currently have access to that database.