Françoise (L'Orange) Weaver (abt. 1695 - 1769)

Born about 1695 in France

Wife of Daniel Guerrant II — married before 1721 in Colony of Virginia

Wife of Nicholas (Soullie) Soullié — married 1727 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

Wife of Samuel Weaver — married about 1737 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1769 at about age 74 in Manakin Town, Cumberland, Virginia

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Biography

Francoise L'Orange was the daughter of Frances (Rivers) L'Orange, and the granddaughter of the French Huguenot Claud Rivers, who emigrated to America via England, with a group that settled in Manakin Town, on the James River in Virginia. (Claud(e) Rivers remembered Anne Souille, a daughter of Nicholas and Francoise, in his Will)

Frances L'Orange Souillie was married three times, and survived three husbands, as was evidenced by the transactions on a land deed that remained in her possession, on February 20, 1738. She was the widow of Nicholas Souille in 1738, having been the widow of Daniel Guerrant, Jr., after this tract of Parenteau's was deeded to Guerrant in 1728. Prior to August 1738, Frances had married for the third time, her new husband Samuel Weaver, who predeceased her. (his Will written in 1763 was probated in 1769. ^[1]

Children of Francoise and Daniel Guerrant, Jr include:

• Daniel Guerrant, III, born August 18, 1721, died circa 1750
• Peter Guerrant, born 1725
• Dilcy Guerrant, born 1726
• Francois Guerrant, born October 12, 1728, in Mankin, Goochland, Virginia, died after April 17, 1800 in Buckingham county, Virginia, married Charles Perault (1728-1797)

Francoise married, secondly Nicholas Souille, born circa 1696, in France. Between 1700 and 1701, Nicholas immigrated with his parents and one sister, to Old King William Parish, Virginia, where he had become eligible as a "tithable" in 1711^[2] He was listed thereafter with regularity through 1735, the year he died. The following year "The Widow Souille and her tithables" were recorded.

• 19th June, 1735, was born Nanni Soulié, daughter of Nicolas Soulié and Francoise Soulié, his wife; had for godfather, the father of the child; for godmother, the mother and Ann gining [sic] ^[3] Nanni was only a few months old when her father died.

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Weaver

Wife: Francoise L'Orange

Child: Benjamin Weaver

Child: Daniel Weaver

Child: John Weaver

Child: Mary Weaver

Child: Jesse Weaver

Child: Sarah Weaver

Child: Elizabeth Weaver

Child: Samuel Weaver

Child: David Weaver

Child: Joseph Weaver

Marriage:

Date: 1737

Researchers Notes

Last Name at Birth

L'Orange because Jean L'Orange and his wife Francoise are listed by the Huguenot Society with that spelling, although the ship's list has Lorange. If birth or baptismal records are found showing Lorange, please share! If you disagree with L'Orange, please postpone the merge and discuss - see this G2G discussion. ~ Noland-165 01:01, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Disputed Children

A previous version of this profile, without source, attached Lucretia (Weaver) Hudson as a child. Lucretia is not named in Samuel's 1769 will and she was born in 1760, when Francoise was already 65 years old.

Additional Notes

Something is possibly amiss with a family tree on FamilySearch.org: Daniel Guerrant, Jr. was born circa 1699, a son of Daniel Guerrant and Marie L'Orange.... and Marie was a daughter of Francis L'Orange and Francoise Rouvierre. If that were truly the case, Daniel married his maternal aunt!? See also: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M3BM-Z77/marie-l%27-orange-1663-1730

Nicholas Souille/Souillie left a Will in Goochland county Virginia in 1735. His estate included of a tract of land on the south side of the James River in Henrico county, Now Powhatan. This 133 acre Patent (782) was obtained October 31, 1716

Following info from the "Daniel-Smith" Rootsweb family tree owned by jdanel Danel ([email removed]):

Ref; Register containing the Baptisms made in the Church of the French Refugees at Mannikintown in Virginia, in the Parish of King William. In the Year of our Lord, 1721, the 25th March. -- done by; James Soblet, Clerk.

Ref; The Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of the National Huguenot Society. Arthur Louis Finnell, register General, National Huguenot Society, 9033 Lyndale Ave. S Suite 108, Bloomington, MN 55420-3535

Ref; The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume V, Lineage Records, Page 432; 7- Francoise (ca. 1695-post 1763 of Cumberland Co., Va.; m 1737, Samuel Weaver ( 1690- 1763; William6, of Manakintown, Va.)

Ref; An Early Settler of King Williams Parish and Manakintown, "Samuel Levele/Weaver b c 1700 France d. 16 Dec 1763, recorded 28 Aug 1769, Cumberland Co., VA. m/1 name unk; c 1738 to Frances L'Orange Guerrant, widow of Daniel Guerant; dau of Jean Velas and Francoise L'Orange.

Ref; Information about Françoise L'ORANGE in Becky Bonner's Harrison Genealogy WebPages - http://www.uokhsc.edu/~rbonner BIRTH: ABT 1700, Manakin Town, Goochland Co, VA? ?DEATH: AFT 1769, Manakin Town, Cumberland Co, VA. RESIDENCE: Manakin Town, Cumberland Co, VA. Father: Jean Velas L'ORANGE Mother: Francoise ROUVIERRE

Family 1: Daniel GUERRANT MARRIAGE: BEF 1721, Manakin Town, VA Daniel GUERRANT Francoise GUERRANT Peter GUERRANT

Family 2: Nicholas SOUILLIE MARRIAGE: AFT 1729, Cumberland Co. VA

Family 3: Samuel III , Jr. WEAVER MARRIAGE: BEF AUG 1738, Cumberland Co, VA Became widow on: 24 AUG 1769 Children: Daniel WEAVER John WEAVER Serah WEAVER Joseph WEAVER David WEAVER

Notes Frances L'Orange Nicholas Souillie died about 1735. Cabell, Priscilla Harriss, "The French Lands," Turff & Twigg, Vol. I, p.240. Frances Souille (remarried widow) of King William Parish, Goochland Co, VA, sold Patent 909, 133 acres, on 2 May 1737, to Edward Bryars of King William Parish, Henrico Co, VA, for 15 pounds. Cabell, supra, p.241. Samuel Weaver and Frances, his wife, of Cumberland Co, VA, made a deed dated in Aug 1738 to Daniel Scott, of the same county, for the sum of £125, conveying land in Cumberland Co, VA [Patent 822], "on the south side of James River bounded as follows: beginning at a corner elm standing on the river parting John Parniteurs and Frances Lorange, it being part of the five thousand acres of land surveyed for the French refugees [--] 59 acrs which said tract or parcel of land was heretofore granted by Letters Patent bearing date at Williamsburg the 31st day of October 1716 unto Frances Lorange, her heirs and assigns...." Cumberland Co Deed Book 1, p.179 [p.280?]. Cabell, Priscilla Harriss, "The French Lands," Turff & Twigg, Vol. I, p.240. "Daniel Guerrant Jr. had a land grant deed for property that passed to his daughter Frances. Frances and Charles Perrow sold this Cumberland Co. Virginia land in 1753. Henrico Co. VA Deeds and Wills 1714-1718, p. 219-20. the VA Genealogist, Vol. 8, p. 68." Frances Weaver relinquished her dower right in patent (782) Nicholas Soullie when it was sold by Stephen Sulley (Souillie), son of Nicholas, on 19 Nov 1745. Cabell, Priscilla Harris, "The French Lands," Turff & Twigg, Vol. 1, p.238 (Richmond, VA). Alias: Frances Lorange; Frances Guerrant; Frances Sulee INFO: FRANCES LORANGE, 133 acs. (N.L.), Henrico Co, on James River, adj. Peter Gory. Residence: Manakin Town, King William Parish, VA

Death: Cabell says she was deceased by 9 Apr 1740 and possibly by 1737. p.239.

Slave

Amey Weaver-15084 -- Amey bequeathed to his wife Frances in the 1749 will of her husband Samuel Weaver: Item - I lend unto my wife Frances, during her natural life and no longer, the land & plantation whereon I now live also my negro woman named Amey. At her death I give the said land and negro Amey, with her increase, unto my son Daniel Weaver, to him and to his heirs forever.

Sources

1. ↑ Turff & Twigg: The French Lands, Volume 1, by Priscilla Harriss Cabell, published 1988, original from the University of Virginia, page 304
2. ↑ Vestry Book of King William Parish, p. 304
3. ↑ Documents Chiefly Unpublisehed relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin-Town, by R.A. Brock for the Virginia Historical Society, published at Richmond, 1886, page 91 </li></ol>

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9NST-5BN/francoise-l'orange-1695-1769
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
• The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia:
  • Lineages
  • Manakin Settlers
  • Publications
  • Ship List, Nassau, arrived March 5, 1701 and went up the York River, Virginia:

114 Lorange, Jean Velas

115 Lorange, ---- (his wife)

116 Lorange (1 child)

Acknowledgments

• One of the merged profiles was created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011.
• WikiTree profile LOrange-5 & LOrange-6 & LOrange-7 were created through the import of Stough Family Tree.ged by Lindsay Coleman on Nov 2, 2011.